Ghanaian actress and presenter, Naa Ashorkor has sadly announced this morning that after two years, the Multimedia Group has terminated her working contract with them. She made this announcement in a Facebook post sighted by theBBCghana Even though this is some unfortunate news, the award-winning actress used the post to also encourage her followers that …
Read More »Press Freedom: Mahama lied about ranking under NDC – MFWA
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has described claims by former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama on Ghana’s Press Freedom ranking as false. President John Dramani Mahama during his speech to the people of Ghana and the Press as the World celebrated World Press Freedom Day …
Read More »Mental patients shouldn’t be left out in Ghana’s Covid-19 fight – Dr Akwasi Osei warns (Video)
In every 10 people walking on the street in Ghana, one is a mental patient. Dr Akwasi Osei, the Head of Mental Health Authority, who made the disclosure that as many as three million Ghanaians are psychiatric patients, stressed the need for adequate care for patients, including those in the …
Read More »Mud swallows bulldozer operator in the Ashanti region
A bulldozer operator of about 30 years has died in an illegal mining pit after the mud swallowed him with the heavy equipment at Essuowin in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti region. Joseph Yeboah was reclaiming degraded land when the machine tipped over into the soggy part of …
Read More »Police find gunshot wound on VRA senior staff who died in gory accident
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, …
Read More »[Video] Land Cruiser runs over porridge seller at Tabora-Alhaji
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 …
Read More »This is how Ghana’s 50% discount on electricity works
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 …
Read More »Royal House Chapel Benefits From Zoomlion Free Disinfection Exercise
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 …
Read More »Video+Photos: Kumasi Railway Subin Tunnel, the hiding place of hardened Criminals
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 …
Read More »Ursula Owusu shuts down MTN office at Dansoman for flouting social distancing rule
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 …
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