GENERAL NEWS

Akufo-Addo ignores Sekyere East Chiefs; reappoints ‘insulting’ DCE

The President of Ghana has rescinded his decision to sack the District Chief Executive(DCE) for the Sekyere East District, Mary Boatemaa Marfo. This comes barely a week after she was sacked over leaked audio verbally abusing a chief in the area and the nomination of Kwame Adom-Appiah to replace her …

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Cash for Justice: Justice Dotse Committee submits report to Legal Service Board

The committee constituted by the Legal Service Board (LSB) at the request of the Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General’s Department to probe the senior state attorney implicated in the EIB Network’s investigative documentary film dubbed “Cash for Justice” has completed and submitted its report, high-level sources at the law ministry …

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Two persons dead in another car crash

Two persons – Anita Shaw Aggrey, 25, and Andy Lawson – died on the spot after two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision at Sege in the Greater Accra Region. Several others who sustained various degrees of injuries are responding to treatment at the Sege Polyclinic.A Mercedes Sprinter bus …

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Govt has identified sources of funding to Western Togoland secessionists – Oppong-Nkrumah

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said Government and security agencies have identified the sources of funding and key actors behind the Western Togoland secessionist group. In view of that, he said, the security agencies had taken stringent measures to deal with it decisively and publish names of key actors …

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Stop being stupid – MP descends on Serwaa Amihere

Patrick Yaw Boamah, MP for Okaikoi Central, used plain insults on Serwaa Amihere, the GHOne news anchor, and then charged her to stop advertising her ignorance, lack of professionalism and media ethics on air. Serwaa had called out the MP on Twitter on Sunday for putting a signpost on a …

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Mortuary workers to embark on strike Oct. 1

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has announced its intentions of embarking on an industrial strike, effective 1 October 2020. A press statement issued by the General Secretary of the group, Richard Kofi Jordan on 27 September 2020 indicated the strike is a result of the employer (Ministry of …

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Punish secessionists without fear or favour – Togbi Sri to Gov’t

The Paramount Chief of the Anlo Traditional Area, Togbi Sri III has asked the government to deal ruthlessly with persons involved in the secessionist uprising in some parts of the Volta Region on Friday. On the wee hours of Friday, September 26, some armed men reportedly attacked the Aveyime and Mepe Police …

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Separatists attack: 19 pellets retrieved from Police Commander’s body

A total of19 pellets of DB bullets have been retrieved from the body of the South Tongu Divisional Police Commander, ASP Dennis Fiakpui, following Friday’s attack and disturbances by persons believed to be members of the Western Togoland separatists movement. The separatists at the dawn of Friday, 25th September 2020 …

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Mahama, NDC deafening silence on Western Togoland attack worrying – Vim Lady

Broadcast Journalist with Despite Media, Afia Pokuaa known widely as Vim Lady has questioned why the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its leadership has failed to condemn the secessionist attacks in the Volta Region. The country woke up to the news of some secessionist group blocking roads leading to the Volta Region …

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What may have spurred the Western Togoland turf war – Awoemefia’s Spokesperson hints

The whole brouhaha about a separation and eventual creation of an independent nation, may have emerged as a result of cumulated feelings of marginalization by some sections of the Volta Region the Spokesperson to the King of the Anlo State, Togbi Sri III has suggested. Though Tobgi Kumassah maintains that …

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