GENERAL NEWS

There is heavy security mounted at the Kpong power plant after a middle-aged man suspected to be a member of the separatist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), was arrested on Friday on the dam in Akuse. The man is currently in the custody of the Akuse police after a …

Some residents of the Volta Region in Ghana have expressed suspicion of government involvement in the recent actions of the secessionist group in the so-called ‘Western Togoland’ of the Volta Region. Members of the Volta separatist, the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) on Friday dawn blocked some roads in the …

The phase two of the on-going national disinfection and fumigation exercise in basic schools kick-started in the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday, September 23, 2020.    The seven-day exercise, collaboration between the Ministry of Education (MoE), Ghana Education Service (GES) and Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) covers both public and private schools. …

A 7-year-old boy, Atta Prosper, has been washed away by floods at Asokwa in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. This follows a heavy downpour on Thursday, 24 September 2020 around 5.30 pm. The rains and accompanying storm ripped off the roofs of buildings in the area. It also displaced some …

Secessionist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), grabbed the headlines in Ghana on Friday dawn after ceasing Juapong, a town in North Tongu District of the Volta Region. The group also captured three personnel of the Ghana Police Service after attacking the Aveyime and Mepe Police Stations. Roadblocks they have …

A shop at Suhum main Lorry station in the Eastern region has been gutted by fire. The fire which started 8:00 am was caused 30 minutes later by residents and Firefighters. Two gallons of local gin (Akpeteshie) in the shop got burnt which fueled the fire to escalate. Eight (8) …

The Accra High Court has adjourned the contempt case involving Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong to Monday, September 28. The Assin Central lawmaker is in court for threatening to deal with a Judge and also describing him as stupid after the judge issued an interlocutory injunction on …

The police have picked up 21 persons to assist investigations into the abduction of three police officers and road obstructions at entry points into the Volta Region in the early hours of Friday. Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister and Chair of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) said the …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Tongu, Kobina Mensah Woyome, has called on the government to sit up and beef up security in the region to prevent further activities of the Western Togoland secessionist group. This follows the mounting of road blockades on major entry points to some parts …

Some twenty-five persons believed to be members of the separatist group seeking freedom and independence from Ghana to form Western Togoland have been arrested by the police. The persons have been picked up to assist investigations into the circumstances that led to the blocking of roads in the Volta Region …