GENERAL NEWS

The Municipal Chief Executive of Ejisu municipality; Madam Serwaah Derkye has assured motorists and other road users that the Kumasi-Ejisu road will be in December 2019. Speaking  on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, with  our  reporter Isaac Nsiah Foster on Otec FM’s new programme ‘Asanteman Nkwan’,  a project called ‘Operation Fix Our Roads’ (#OFOR), on the morning show …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has suspended from office, with immediate effect, the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr. AB Adjei, according to a statement by Communications Director of the Presidency Eugene Arhin. This follows the broadcast of allegations made against him in an investigative documentary …

Three persons from the same family were killed last Sunday when the motorcycle on which they were riding was knocked down by an articulated truck at Apemanim, near Agona-Nkwanta in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region. The three – a husband, a pregnant wife and a son – …

For the second time, the Ghana Armed Forces has had a female Brigadier General in the person of Felicia Twum-Barima. Having served in the army for 29-years, Brigadier General Felicia Twum-Barima was promoted by President Akufo-Addo on recommendations of the Armed Forces Council. Brigadier General Felicia Twum-Barima has had a …

The mobile phone of the late Asamponhene of Otumfuo Osei Tutu, Oheneba Kwadwo Afodour, which was retrieved from his vehicle at the crime scene is giving the Ashanti Regional police a clue which will help them close in on the perpetrators of the heinous crime. The police began investigations into …

The St. Johns hospital and fertility center founded by the Affable Member of Parliament for Effiduase-Asokore Constituency Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, as part of their social responsibility donated an ambulance to the Ghana Prisons service by the acting CEO, Madam Maame Yaa Antwi on behalf of the workaholic legislator and …

It has emerged that the Police Officer found dead on duty with a gunshot wound at Akyem Swedru in the Eastern Region was depressed after he was diagnosed with diabetes. The widow, Aisha Asare, popularly known as Twumwaa Angelina on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 told the media after the visit …

Residents and motorists at Obuasi West Municipality of the Ashanti region have threatened to vote against the Nana Addo led government if they refuse to fix bad roads in the area before the end of 2018. They said several efforts had been made to get the attention of the authorities …

 The ongoing strike by the LPG operators in the country has left some drivers and consumers no choice but to travel long district in search of gas for domestic and commercial activities in the country. Otec News reporters Kwame Agyenim Boateng and Yvonne Osei after visiting some gas stations in …

Executive Director of Platform for Peace and Security Africa, Mr. Abass Osabutey, has suggested for an establishment of a Psychology Unit under the Ghana Police administration to help manage the rising rate of suicide and killing of personnel in the Police Service. According to the security expert, the trend of …