Elvis Anokye

IGP visits murdered police woman’s family

The Acting Inspector General of Police, (IGP), James Oppong- Boanuh, has visited the family of the murdered female police officer in Tamale. The IGP and his team visited the family to offer condolences. Addressing the family, the IGP said the police service viewed the murder case as a very serious …

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Help realise Africa Beyond Aid vision – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and African Governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to help realise the vision of a self-reliant Africa that is no longer dependent on the receipt of aid and charity. Addressing the African Caucus Meeting of …

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Aftermath of deadly Brazil prison fight

Prison officials have begun transferring the ringleaders behind a deadly fight at Altamira jail in north-eastern Brazil. Fifty-eight inmates were killed when members of a criminal gang known as Comando Classe A (CCA) attacked rivals from the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) gang. The number of dead rose from 57 to …

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Suspect ‘admits’ kidnapping Takoradi girls

Details are emerging about how the missing three Takoradi girls were kidnapped by their Nigerian captors. The court in Takoradi heard how Samuel Udoetuk Wills, the 28-year-old Nigerian, suspected to have kidnapped the three girls, admitted that he conspired with John Oji, 29, to escape with the girls who are …

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Ebola crisis: Rwanda shuts border with DR Congo to stop spread of virus

Rwanda has closed part of its border with DR Congo, where an Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people in the past year. At least two people have died from the virus in the past month in the crowded Congolese border city of Goma. It is the worst Ebola …

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Audio: Boy, 13, narrates how he escaped from a kidnapper at Gomoa

A 13-year-old boy, in an interview with Adom News, has narrated how he mistakenly helped a kidnapper at Gomoa in the Central region and got kidnapped. According to him, the incident happened when he decided to assist a man who was carrying multiple loads in the Kasoa market, but was forcibly …

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Supreme Court cancels Ibrahim’s bauxite contract

The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the grant of three mining leases in favour of Exton Cubic, the company belonging to Ibrahim Mahama, younger brother of former President John Mahama, is null, void and of no effect. It has, therefore, cancelled the mining lease granted Ibrahim to mine bauxite in …

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2019 Okuapeman Odwira festival launched In A Grand Style

Okuapeman will witness another Milestone this year the event, rich in art and culture is aimed at cleansing, purifying and re-uniting families among other things is slated for 15th to 22nd Sept. 2019. The festival will also be marked by various activities involving the re-enactment of important historical events in …

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I’m not sleeping with Shatta Wale – Wendy Shay

Songstress, Wendy Shay says she’s neither dating nor warming the bed of Ghanaian self-acclaimed Dancehall King Shatta Wale as some persons have sought to suggest. There were rumours that Shatta Wale was dating Wendy Shay after he fell off with his baby mama, Shatta Michy who has vowed never to …

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GHS10K bounty put on cop killers’ head

The Ghana Police Service has placed a GHS10,000 bounty on the heads of the killers of a policewoman at a checkpoint on the Kumbungu road in Tamale on 30 July 2019.According to the police, the victim was shot when she tried to stop a saloon car believed to be occupied …

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