Security agencies are on a manhunt for anyone connected with the Homeland Study Group Foundation demanding an independent Western Togoland from Ghana. A special operation by the 66 Artillery Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces rounded up 21 recruits undergoing training at a remote location, 10km North of Volta Region town, …
Read More »Two hospitalized after attack by landguards
Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds and after a group of armed men believed to be landguards attacked them on their land at Gomoa Fetteh Kakraba, in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The injured are currently receiving treatment at the Winneba Trauma Hospital. Citi News sources say …
Read More »Western Togoland ‘military recruits’ evacuated from Fievue to Accra
The 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho has evacuated some 21 persons including a lady believed to be receiving military training from a secessionists group – Homeland Study Group Foundation, in thickets around Dzodze in the Ketu North Municipality. The ‘recruits’ were rounded up in a dawn operation by the military …
Read More »Prof. Gyampo, Butakor get suspension with no pay over sex-for-grade documentary
The University of Ghana (UG) has suspended Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Butakor for six months and four months respectively for their roles in a sexual harassment scandal which hit the school last October. The suspensions which are without pay take effect from January 1, 2020. A statement by …
Read More »Bantama Calvary Temple A/G Launches 40th Anniversary (Photos)
The Calvary Temple Assemblies of God Church (CTAG) at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti region on Sunday February 16, 2020, launched its 40th anniversary celebrations. Congregants seated during Ministration The launch which was held at the church premise is on the theme: “Forty Years of His faithfulness”, …
Read More »Ghana, DR Congo license new Ebola vaccine
Ghana and three other African countries – the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Zambia – have licensed and can now distribute an Ebola vaccine, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed as a “milestone”. Preliminary study results indicate the Ervebo vaccine, manufactured by Merck, has a 97.5% efficacy …
Read More »Teacher assaults 9-year-old pupil for criticising taste of her ‘sobolo’ drink
A teacher at Nkwanata South M/A Redeem Basic of the Oti region has canned a nine-year-old pupil to the point of injury for criticising the taste of her ‘sobolo’ drink. The pupil (name withheld) sustained multiples injuries on her body as she was severely beaten by her class teacher whose name given …
Read More »Top 2 NDC MPs involved in a fatal car accident
Two leading minority Members of Parliament, Ahmed Ibrahim, and Muntaka Mubarak almost lost their lives in a near-fatal accident. The NDC party members were on their way to a funeral in Sunyani when their SUV got involved in an accident. According to reports, the SUV veered off the road and …
Read More »‘Arrogant’ police officers harass GhanaWeb journalists
The popular saying “the Police is your friend” is often negated by the conduct of the Ghana Police Service, and only of decreasing minority have a good word to say about these men in uniform in terms of upholding professional conduct with the general public. One major characteristic of a …
Read More »Stay in china, we’ll send you ‘shito, gari and kenkey’ – Gov’t to stranded Ghanaian students
The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has announced the “readiness” of the Akufo-Addo government to ship loads of Ghanaian staple foods like “shito, gari and kenkey that can last over 2 weeks without going bad”, to the over 300 Ghanaian students who have been trapped in the Chinese province …
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