GENERAL NEWS

It has emerged that there were Ghanaian casualties in the explosion that occurred in the Lebanese city of Beirut on Tuesday, August 5 ,2020. The ‘Beirut Disaster’ as it has come to be known, happened after explosions in a warehouse at the Port of Beirut. Videos on social media capture …

A resident of Lamashegu in the Northern Region, Madam Hajia Maria, heaved a sigh of relief as waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), in partnership with the sanitation ministry, embarked on a clean-up exercise to clear a heap of refuse in the community.   The exercise followed a virial …

Each year, the International Youth Fellowship (IYF) –with a core mandate of building a stronger mind-set in the youth through cultural exchange and sharing of ideas, organizes ‘World Youth Culture Camps’in over 80 countries across the world: the biggest camp worldwide which converges over 500,000 youths annually.   Since 2008, …

A five-year-old boy George Annor has been killed by a speeding Tipper Truck at Kantinkyiren in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region that left two others in critical condition. The 30-year-old mother of the deceased Patricia Oforiwaa and her one-year-old baby is battle for their lives after they …

The leadership of the Coalition of Schools of Hygiene students says its members will not sit for the end of semester examination meant for final year students until their three-year unpaid allowances are paid. The final year students on Thursday August 6 invaded the premises of the Sanitation Ministry to …

Vigilant Immigration officials and a NABCO-Custom staff on duty at Beat Four (04), a known unapproved route bordering neighbouring Burkina Faso, have intercepted Eighty-Four bags of NPK Fertilizer suspected to be products from the government’s flagship Planting For Food and Jobs. The fertilizers were ceased onboard two motor king tricycles …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has dismissed two local government chief executives and replaced them with new appointees, a statement from the sector minister, Hajia Alima Mahama has announced. They are the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region, William Asante Bediako and Akwapim North Municipal …

Broadcaster, Blakk Rasta has disclosed that the government of Ghana has prevented his boss, Nana Appiah Mensah alias NAM 1 from leaving the country to UAE to retrieve his money he won from his court case in Dubai. According to him, Nana Appiah won $43 million and will have to …

Nearly two months ago, Ghana’s Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh upon taking a second test for the novel Coronavirus, confirmed positive and was put under isolation for treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), after which he recovered weeks later. Weeks after coming out of isolation, the Minister has opened …

A 20-year old man met his untimely death when his debtor who allegedly owes him GHc 50 shot him dead. Elijah Nankwase’s alleged killer owed him GHc 100 but paid GHc 50 out of the debt. When he demanded a refund of the remaining amount, Kwabena Naaba allegedly took offense. …