The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, Tuesday ordered the arrest of three Chinese nationals operating a quarry company without permit at the Afienya-Dawhenya Industrial and Urban Renewal Enclave in the Greater Accra Region. The three Chinese, who are yet to be identified, established Skyline Quarry Company about …
Read More »Motor crashes into abandoned bridge, kills 6-year-old girl
A 6-year-old girl has been killed after a motorbike she was riding on with her father and an uncle, crashed into an abandoned bridge on the Afiadenyigba-Havedzi road in the Keta municipality. At about 10 pm on Saturday, February 22, the deceased, Ablor Shikakpe, the father and two others crashed …
Read More »CSM kills 80-year-old man in Bolgatanga
An 80-year-old man from Tongo in the Talensi district of the Upper East Region died from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) at the regional hospital in Bolgatanga, the regional capital, while two others are receiving treatment for the same disease at the facility. Dr.Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Regional Deputy Director …
Read More »Video: Fuel tanker overturns on Tema motorway
A diesel filled tanker with registration AS 8846-11 has overturned Tuesday afternoon on the Accra-Tema motorway. The driver, who reportedly noticed a fault with the bulk of the car, tried to balance it but to no avail. The incident attracted a lot of crowd to the scene as some tried to make …
Read More »Coronavirus: EU Parliament postpones Akufo-Addo’s visit to ECR-Africa summit
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo’s expected visit to the European Parliament has been postponed, Ghana Embassy in Brussels has communicated. In an official statement from the Embassy copied to the ECOWAS and UEMOA representation, it indicated the postponement has become necessary to allow the European Parliament put down precautionary measures in …
Read More »Work stalls on Ejisu-Donaso bridge project as thieves steal excavator parts
Work has stalled on the Ejisu-Donaso bridge project as thieves steal controller boards, injectors and pumps of three excavators. Three bridges linking Ejisu to Donaso and other areas in the Ashanti Region, have broken down for over two years. Motorists and commuters have had to truncate their journey on one …
Read More »Rawlings increases bounty for assemblyman’s killers to Gh¢45,000
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has offered Gh¢25,000 in addition to the earlier bounties offered towards the arrest of killers of the Sogakofe South Assemblyman who was brutally murdered last Sunday. The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa, and the South Tongu DCE, Emmanuel Louis Agama, had earlier offered Gh¢10,000 …
Read More »Linguist escapes death over jailing of Kitase chiefs
Pieces of information gathered by The Chronicle from Kitase in the Akuapem South District of the Eastern Region have revealed that some irate youth of the area on Wednesday last week, attempted to physically assault Okyeame Akwasi Asare, the linguist of Atweasin near Aburi. The irate youth who were allegedly …
Read More »Mahama calls on stakeholders to take bold stance on Coronavirus
Former President and Flagbearer for the NDC, John Mahama has called on stakeholders, Governments and the United Nations System to take a bold stance on the deadly coronavirus. John Mahama in a post on Facebook said “The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is posing a serious threat to global security, economy, trade, …
Read More »Coronovirus: Catholic Church bans handshakes and hugs henceforth
Henceforth, there would be no handshakes during mass in Catholic Churches throughout the country as well as congregants receiving communion on their tongues as part of measures to guard against the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The latest directive issued by the Ghana Catholic Bishop’s Conference sighted by MyNewsGh.com urges …
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