GENERAL NEWS

Sad news reaching MyNewsGhana.net indicates that at least ten people are feared dead in a fatal road accident on the Winneba- Accra highway. According to reports, the accident happened when a private car that tried overtaking another vehicle collided head-on with a Toyota Grace commercial vehicle. Per the video available to MyNewsGhana.net, the …

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) says it will be challenging to regulate the commercial motorbike business aka Okada as the debate on whether or not to legalise it rages. Head of Research and Programmes at the MTTD, Alexander Obeng, said it will take more than regulation to legalise …

Power Distribution Services Limited (PDS) has sued the government of Ghana for wrongful termination of its contract with the state. This was disclosed by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. “Yes, PDS has sued the government in the court here in Ghana…wrongful termination is one of their claims”, Mr Nkrumah noted. …

A group known as Domeabra Obom Youth Association (DOYA) are up in arms against the government which it has alleged is using military men to take over their lands in the area. The Association said some chiefs in the Apadwa area led by the Mponuahene of Akyim Apadwa, Nana Baffour …

Owners of properties earmarked for demolition to pave way for the dualization of the Accra-Kumasi Highways are demanding compensation from the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA). The aggrieved property owners have therefore placed an interlocutory injunction on mass demolition exercise started by the GHA. A letter issued to the affected property …

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Akufo, has reportedly described the inability of the state to review or evaluate the effectiveness of the Agyapa Royalties deal in future as “unconscionable”. In an opinion on the deal to the Finance Minister, the Attorney General also noted that the payments …

The Odum Plala Okyeame, Okyeame Adukwei on behalf of the residents of Obom-Domeabra has apologised to the military and the entire nation for brutalising two soldiers at Dome Faase earlier this week. According to him, they mistook the soldiers for land guards hence the unwarranted attack on them. “We thought …

Nii Addo, Mankrado (traditional leader) of Obuom traditional area (Dome-Faase) is asking for protection. The Mankrado who is currently at a hideout in Accra says if his safety is assured, he will come out to assist the military look for their missing weapons. “If I am given the assurance that …

A 30-year-old Kwabena Sekyi has been stabbed to death by a Cameroonian at Gomoa Budumburam in the Gomoa East District after getting into a fight with him. The deceased was accused of being an informant who had been reporting happenings in the area, popularly known as the Liberia camp, to …

Police Wives at the Cocoa Marketing Board (CMB) Barracks in Accra on Thursday embarked on a demonstration over the pulling down of trees at the compound by a private building contractor. Madam Joyce Amponsah, who spoke on behalf of the Police wives, told the media that they heard an excavator …