GENERAL NEWS

A police report detailing the circumstances that led to the death of a senior staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) at Akuse in the Eastern region, who was involved in a road accident, showed that the deceased sustained a wound suspected to be from a gunshot. Eric Dogbe, 47, …

A Prado Land Cruiser with registration number AS 4612-19  run into some food vendors on Monday night at the Tabora-Alhaji main station in Accra leading to the death of a porridge seller. According to information from eyewitnesses, the driver lost control of the vehicle, hitting the ‘Koko’ seller who was …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his 6th national address on measures against coronavirus, announced that the government will fully cover the bills of low-income consumers of electricity in the country for April, May and June 2020. In the April 9th address, the president also added that the remaining consumers who fall …

Royal House Chapel International, Ahenfie, Circle, has benefited from Zoomlion Ghana Limited’s free disinfection exercise. The gesture—which is being conducted by the waste management company—has seen many churches, schools, corporate institutions among others disinfected at no cost. Royal House Chapel which is the latest organisation to benefit from Zoomlion’s free …

The Kumasi Railway Subin underground, has been identified by residents in the Metropolis as a safe haven for drug peddlers and some hardened criminals. According to OTECNEWS’ reporter Akweasi Acheapmpong aka ‘Kanewu’ most there confuse their sorry ways of thievery and crime for survival. It is a quotidian oddity of …

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has shut down the MTN office at Dansoman Zodiac for failing to adhere to precautionary measures to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), especially the social distancing rule. The Minister who happened to pass in front of the office observed the operators did not …

The leadership of Bono East region of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has presented some Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to all 11 constituencies in the region to be distributed equitably in their respective areas. They include veronica buckets and stands, hand washing basins, tissue papers, dustbins, liquid soaps and …

The Supreme Court of Ghana has dismissed a suit filed by a private citizen that asked the court to set aside the agreement ratified by Parliament between Ghana and the United States over a military cooperation deal. The apex court took a unanimous decision in dismissing the case on the …

Scientists have identified an antibody in a lab that they say can prevent the novel coronavirus from infecting cells. The team hopes the antibody could be used to create treatments for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Since the coronavirus began infecting people in the central Chinese city of …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for the Asuogyaman Constituency Dr Akyea Darkwa has been involved in a serious accident on the Asutuare-Akosombo road in the Eastern region. Dr Akyea Darkwa sustained multiple fractures in the right leg and hand as well as several other injuries. He was rushed to the …