G/CPL Richard Datsomor of the Kpetoe District of the Volta region has been killed in a motor-vehicle crash that occurred Monday evening. The deceased died when the motorbike he was riding crashed into a cab on a section of the Denu to Adina road. According to reports, suspect driver Seth …
Read More »80-year-old man jailed with three others for inserting stick into boy’s anus for stealing
An 80-year-old man and three others have been found guilty and jailed for inserting a stick into the anus of a teenager. The convicts had accused the 16-year-old boy of breaking into a store in Agogo Market belonging to an octogenarian. For his punishment, the convicts tied his hands to …
Read More »How to win elections in Nigeria!
To start with, election candidacy ought not to be an impromptu decision. For inspiration, we may have to turn to Western civilization for succour. After all, our social structures and institutions are patterned after theirs. In the United Kingdom, as in other saner climes, young men and women who participate …
Read More »At least 34 people killed in clashes in Somaliland
At least 34 people have been killed in fighting in Somalia’s northern breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors at a public hospital in the town of Laascaanood say. Fighting broke out in eastern Somaliland on Monday morning between forces from the region, which declared its independence in 1991, and fighters …
Read More »K. T. Hammond is new trade minister, Bryan Acheampong heads to agric ministry
The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has made new ministerial appointments. Kobina Tahiru Hammond has been appointed Minister of Trade and Industry, while Bryan Acheampong will now head the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Other appointments are Stephen Asamoah Boateng, for Ministry of Chieftaincy; Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister …
Read More »Illegal miners block Birim River
Illegal miners have restricted the free flow of the Birim River on the outskirts of Akyem Aboabo to enable them to carry out their outlawed activities. During a tour of the spot between Akyem Wenchi in the Denkyembour District and Oda, where the river course has been diverted and narrowed, …
Read More »Family of Thomas Sankara boycotts burial plans
The remains of late Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara are to be buried where a memorial to him already stands, but his family is boycotting the ceremony and says the site is “inadequate for all the burden it contains”. “We believed and continue to believe that it is fundamental that a space …
Read More »40 Ejuraman SHS students injured after collapse of makeshift dining hall
About 40 students of the Ejuraman Senior High School in the Ashanti Region have sustained varying degrees of injuries following the collapse of a makeshift structure serving as a dining hall. The incident according to a report by Myjoyonline.com occurred on Monday, February 6, 2023, after a rainfall. The collapse …
Read More »Nana Aba asks Blakk Rasta to explain content of his viral Chinese song
Media personality Nana Aba Anamoah has accepted to appear on Blakk Rasta’s radio show on a condition that Sarkodie’s feature on Bob Marley’s ‘Stir It Up’ track will not be discussed. She instead asked Blakk Rasta to prepare explanations for portions of a track he put together with lyrics purporting …
Read More »Couple nearly lynched for allegedly stealing at Kasoa
A husband and wife nearly had their lives snuffed out of them after they were nearly lynched for allegedly stealing phones and money from shop at Kasoa CP in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. The incident happened Monday, February 6, 2023, morning. One of their accomplices …
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