GENERAL NEWS

A businessman, who deals in Kako (dried salted fish), was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted by his four business partners at Kasoa in the Central Region. The man, Solomon Adae, is currently on admission at the Winneba Trauma Hospital with wounds all over his body from hours of brutality by his …

The embattled Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has appealed to the Police to probe a journalist working with Accra-based Peace FM and a national security officer in the ongoing missing excavators saga. In a letter to the Police, the minister claimed the reporter used his NIB …

A toddler and a four-year-old child were, on Friday night, 7 February 2020, burnt to death when fire gutted their house at Danoso New site in the Ejisu municipality of the Ashanti Region. The deceased are Zidan Razark, aged four, and his 18-month-old sister Sharifatu Razark. The incident, which occurred …

One hundred and fifteen out of a total of 161 vehicles have so far been auctioned under the auspices of the Receiver of the collapsed financial institutions. The auction process which started on Monday ended today, Friday, February 7 2020. The cars which are part of assets belonging to the …

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has intensified its investigations into the six persons who were arrested over missing illegal (galemsey) mining excavators. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Juliana Obeng, Head of the Public Affairs Unit of the CID in an interview with the Ghana News …

A commercial Hyundai mini-bus with registration number WR 1379 – 10, loaded with over 15 bags of 50 kg rice and several cartons of spaghetti, has been involved in an accident at Klefe Dome, a mountainous community within the Ho municipality. The Friday, 7 February 2020 car crash occurred at …

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye has put on hold a request for the House to probe the Airbus bribery scandal. The House approved an agreement for the purchase of the Airbus CASA 295 military aircraft after a heated debate in 2011. A recent judgment on the airline’s procurement …

Zipline has begun safety tests on its high-performance drones in readiness of the opening of the third and fourth distribution centers. Since launching in Ghana, Zipline said, has delivered over 20,000 units of blood, vaccines and critical medicines to patients in need at more than 350 health facilities over the …

United Steel & Fabrication Limited, a steel manufacturing company in the Tema Free Zones enclave, has been temporarily shut down by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This follows the company’s inability to meet EPA’s deadline to cut down on pollution. Ebenezer Appiah Sampong, Deputy Executive Director of EPA, Accra, who …

The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has urged the World Bank and the developed world to accept the fact that most African nations abhor homosexuality. According to Prof. Oquaye who doubles as a pastor, the practice of tying aids to the recognition of gay rights and marriages in …