GENERAL NEWS

A 31-year-old mobile money vendor, Abukari Yissif was on Sunday [18 August 2019] evening robbed by two-gun men and shot in the arm at Tamale in the Northern RegionThe incident happened at Vitten around the African Touch and the victim rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) for treatment.The police …

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to embark on a four-day fact-finding jaunt to Ghana at a time it has become crucial for him to build cross-party support for his bid to become Prime Minister. Corbyn will meet president Nana Akufo-Addo and former president and NDC presidential candidate John Mahama. …

In his first remark since he was relieved of his post as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu has spoken against what he described as ‘over lobbying’ by some top police officers. It was a remark which, of course, made some of his colleagues uncomfortable, with the lobbying …

The Asamponhene of Kumasi and owner of Sikka FM in Kumasi has reportedly been killed by some armed men. Known as Nana Fodour, he was reportedly stabbed whilst travelling on the Ejura – Nkoranza road on Sunday August 18, 2019. Police officers received information that a vehicle had been involved …

Immigration, Customs and police officers stationed at Ghana’s border to Cote d’Ívoire at Chache, a suburb of Bole in the Savannah region, are on high alert as residents allege former Ivorian rebels and militia are taking advantage of porous borders and illegal small scale mining to integrate themselves into Ghanaian …

The Savanna Regional Minister, Hon. Adam Braimah Salifu has tasked residents of Lukula,a farming community in the North Gonja District of the Savanna Region to embrace peace towards the development of the area. Mr Salifu visited the community following the news of gunshots leading to the death of two persons …

Even before the Police Service completes it forensic test into discovered human remains suspected to be the Takoradi kidnapped girls, some residents of Takoradi have threatened to hit the streets of Takoradi with a mammoth demonstration if the results of the DNA test match remains discovered weeks ago. A Takoradi …

Ghanaian associations in South Africa have accused the past and present High Commissioners of Ghana to South Africa of neglecting them in their policies making. According to them, the use of Ghanaian associations by the government of Ghana for the past twenty (20) years is not enough; situation they said …

Legendary Jamaican reggae artiste, Mr Vegas born Clifford Smith has ‘rubbished’ President Akufo-Addo’s idea of constructing a National Cathedral. According to him, Akufo-Addo’s decision to build a cathedral is a slap in the face to blacks in the diaspora, especially if the only thing an “intelligent man” like him can …

Former President, John Dramani Mahama basked in cheers as he joined the Ga Mashie community, in the Greater Accra region, mark its annual festival, Homowo. John Mahama who is also the 2020 flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress shook hands, waved and beamed through the crowds that came round …