The Central Region branch of the National Peace Council has urged the Ghana Police Service and its Criminal Investigations Department (CID) as well as the Ministry of Interior to come out with the report on the case concerning the Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson. Madam …
Read More »Chinese found dead at casino in Osu
A Chinese has allegedly committed suicide on Friday dawn at the Casino Galaxy, located behind the Shell Filling station at the Osu Oxford Street in Accra. According to sources, the Chinese spent all his money on a game at the casino without winning. The deceased was said to have allegedly …
Read More »Assemblyman’s question to Deputy Speaker of Parliament earns him serious beatings
Some Assembly Members of the Bekwai Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday attacked one of their colleagues during the Assembly’s sitting for questioning Hon. Joseph Osei Owusu, the Member of Parliament (MP) of the area who doubles as First Deputy Speaker. Katakyie Kwame Opoku, the victim, asked whether …
Read More »Government to ban non-unionized commercial drivers
Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Minister of Transport, says from January 2021, commercial drivers who do not belong to a recognised transport union will be banned. The Minister urged all ‘roaming drivers’ to join either the existing associations or form a new union and be registered to operate under the new …
Read More »Man, 37, killed by speeding vehicle
A private car has crushed a 37-year-old man to death at Akyem Osino Stretch of the Accra to Kumasi highway of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased Abu Atalatey has been deposited at the morgue. The incident occurred Friday October 2, 2020 at about 5:35pm The suspect driver …
Read More »Non-compliance with road safety regulations, primary cause of road crashes – NRSA
Non-compliance with road safety regulations on the part of road users was the major cause of accidents, according to a preliminary investigation by the National Road Safety Authority into some road crashes. The Authority entreated all drivers to always check their blind spots before driving off, avoid drink driving, over …
Read More »10-year-old deplorable road fixed hours to Akufo-Addo’s arrival at Koforidua
Residents of Old Labour office in Koforidua were amazed when a road which has been abandoned for over-a-decade was suddenly fixed to welcome President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Prior to this development, several calls by residents to reconstruct that particular road fell on deaf ears. The then deplorable road which …
Read More »60 suspected separatists arrested in Volta Region
Security forces in Ghana have arrested 60 persons for their alleged involvement in a series of violent attacks –part of an orchestrated push by separatist groups to break away from the Volta Region. Fifty-four of the suspects have been remanded by a court, government officials said on Friday night adding …
Read More »Military, Police deployed across Volta Region to quell secessionists activities
Pius Hadzide, Deputy Information Minister has said military and police deployment has been stepped up across the Volta and parts of Oti regions for the safety of the population, property and national installations. He disclosed that heavy deployments could be seen at Juapong, Aflao, Kpando, Hohoe, in the Volta region, …
Read More »Dr Siaw Agyepong Mourns With Rawlings’ Family
The Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), Mr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, on Friday led a delegation to commiserate with former President Jerry John Rawlings and family, following the loss of his mother, Madam Victoria Agbotui. …
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