GENERAL NEWS

A 130-year-old woman, Obaapanyin Mary has died after she angrily went to collect her GHC34 owed her by a neighbour. According to reports, her debtor refused to pay her the money which got her so angry that she couldn’t;t control herself and this caused her to have a rise in …

The Anloga District Directorate of the NCCE has organized a social auditing programme at Genui, an Island community in the Anloga District, as part of the Commission’s efforts to engage the citizenry on the need to initiate, nurture, participate, own and take charge of their communities’ development.   Addressing the …

Veteran Ghanaian journalist and politician, Elizabeth Ohene, has taken a swipe at Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Ghana for their inability to take criticisms. According to the respected journalist and member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), while CSOs consider criticising governments as a democratic duty, they fail to accept that …

The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Protection has, since 2019, rescued, supported and given care to over 611 victims of human trafficking while the adult shelter in the period under review received 63 survivors of human trafficking. The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection said out of this …

The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabialamila, is at the head of high powered Nigerian delegation in the country for a two-day visit to the Parliament of Ghana. He was met on arrival by his Ghanaian counterpart, Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye. The two are expected …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has responded to claims by a virologist at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr Kofi Bonney, suggesting that the COVID-19 testing device used at the Kotoka International Airport is unreliable. In a  statement issued by the FDA assured the general public that …

A worker of the Electricity Company of Ghana has hanged himself in a bush at Assin Wiawso in the Assin North District of the Central Region. The deceased identified as Kwadwo Asare 36, hails from Nsawam in the Eastern Region but lives and works in one of the branches of …

The three former officials of the Venture Capital Trust Fund who were convicted have started refunding money to the state per the arrangement with the court in order to avoid jail terms. Former CEO Daniel Duku was asked to refund over 15 million cedis. Irene Anti Mensah, Executive Assistant to …

A Ghanaian pastor has beaten up a man who he tried to deliver from evil forces but failed to do so. The pastor tried to deliver the man and was heard shouting “Pieee! Pieee!! Pieee!!!” but after an unsuccessful deliverance he put down his Bible and went physical. The man …

A video making the rounds shows the moment an elephant attacked a bicycle rider and seized his bicycle.   In the video, the bicycle rider is seen lying on the floor beside his bicycle while the elephant towers over him.   The man, who appears to be overcome by fear, didn’t …