GENERAL NEWS

Effective today, May 15, 2023, all forms of noise-making and drumming in Accra will be put on hold following a ban on same. This comes ahead of preparations for the 2023 Homowo festival by the Ga people. Per the ban, activities that involve the use of loudspeakers, drums, funeral rites, …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary aspirant, who was captured in a viral video throwing out money on the day of the presidential and parliamentary primaries, has been invited by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for alleged corruption. This was contained in a letter reported by myjoyonline.com. The said letter …

  An autocratic styled claimant mining lease holder of Electrochem Company to mine salt in Ada Songor has turned into causing mayhem to the indigenous peoples on the salt belts are also leaving in fear in their own respective town and villages in Ada Songor. The CEO of Electrochem Company …

Kumasi-based Private Legal Practitioner, Kwasi Afrifa Esq., has filed a writ at the Supreme Court against Justice Nene Ofoe Amegatcher’s insistence to sit at the General Legal Council (GLC) proceedings in the face of his retirement last February. The writ, filed on March 30, 2023, was duly served on Justice …

Some communities in the capital, Accra, recorded heavy downpours on the morning of Monday, May 15, which resulted in vehicular traffic and floods. The National Highway 1 (N1 Highway) from Dzorwulu to Lapaz had one of the slowest traffic, which caused delays for road users. Monday’s rain, which lasted for …

Firefighters from the Ejisu Fire Station were on Sunday, 14 May dispatched to respond to a twin accident and fire incident involving a Man Diesel Truck with registration number GA 5246 – 10 at Juaso Water Works in the Asante Akim South of the Ashanti Region. According to the Fire …

Twenty-two have been hospitalised due to acute diarrhoea following suspected food poisoning in Agou, a farming community in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region The victims are said to have eaten at a funeral on Sunday, May 14, according to a myjoyonline.com report. 13 of them have been admitted …

The Gyapoomu Royal family of Nkoranza has made a humble and passionate appeal to His Royal Majesty Otumfour Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene to come to their aide as the self acclaimed Omanhene of Nkoranza Traditional Council Kwaku Soro is using his unlawfully acquired Gazette to instruct the security and …

Two police officers in Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region who were detailed to respond to a distress call from a church were on Saturday reportedly rescued by an Immigration Officer in what could have gotten the officers killed. The police officers were reportedly subdued by a man who …

Some parts of the Makola Market have been razed by fire. Videos of the incident were posted online by the Ghana National Fire Service. The video shows portions of the market closer to the Ghana Commercial Bank in flames. The cause of the fire is currently unknown. —citinewsroom