There was a deadly clash at the Dodowa Forest in the Greater Accra Region following a gunfight that ensued between supposed land guards and landowners. The fierce give-and-take exchange led to several injuries, as some of the victims sustained both guns and machete wounds. Information available to DAILY GUIDE indicates …
Read More »Kassena-Nankana curfew: Soldiers beat ‘watchman’ to pulp for sitting outside
Soldiers from the military detachment that have been deployed to maintain peace and order in Doba and Kandiga, the two feuding communities in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal and West District Assemblies, have reportedly assaulted a 46-year-old watchman who was on duty at the Nayagnia CHPS Compound. The soldiers are reported to …
Read More »Bolgatanga market days take a new trend
Traders at the Bolgatanga market have taken a new trend in carrying out their businesses since the Municipal Assembly gave a directive for closure of the markets in order to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. A visit by the Ghana News Agency to the Ayia market which is …
Read More »We’ve miss our wives – Quarantined fishermen cry out
Some quarantined fishermen in Sekondi, Western Region have lamented about how they miss their wives. Listeners of Takoradi-based Skyy Power FM yesterday were stunned after the fishermen complained of not being allowed to see their spouses, saying “we miss our wives.” The fishermen went on to make a passionate appeal …
Read More »Kia truck kills twenty-year-old man at Kwahu
A Kia truck conveying mining equipment with registration number AS 9946-14 crashed a twenty-year-old young man to death around Bonokrom junction in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region. The deceased, Kofi Adobia was riding an unregistered Haojin motorbike with Prince Ansah as the pillion rider when the accident …
Read More »Blind couple dying of hunger as coronavirus cuts support
A visually impaired couple in the Okere District of the Eastern region of Ghana is probably going through the most difficult stage in their struggle for bread and butter as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and its negative impact on livelihoods. Francis Agbeko, 37, and Rose Korkor Tetteh, 39, …
Read More »You could contract coronavirus from street hawkers- A/R Minister warns
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has identified street hawkers as potential carriers of the deadly coronavirus and could spread it in Ghana if they are not strictly checked by health authorities. He observes that persons who sell in traffic do not adhere to the safety protocols, especially the …
Read More »SSNIT shoots down Mahama’s calls to pay contributors 3-months token
he Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has rejected calls by former President John Mahama that all contributors should be given a three-month token to cushion them against hardship in this era of coronavirus pandemic. “That the benefits His Excellency is suggesting that we pay do not exist in …
Read More »COVID-19 Fight: Flooding, Cholera and others also waiting to strike– KMA cautions gov’t
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is cautioning government against a possible outbreak of other infectious diseases like cholera which has become an annual ritual as rainy season approaches, MyNewsGh.com reports. “Don’t forget about diarrhea, malaria, cholera and flooding while we fight COVID 19” Mr. Osei Assibbey Antwi, Mayor of KMA disclosed. According …
Read More »Popular NPP serial caller and Youth Organiser dead
A popular serial caller and Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashaiman Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, Baba Alhassan is dead. Sources reveal that he died on Friday, 24th April, 2020, after taking a long break, to seek medical attention in the Northern part of …
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