GENERAL NEWS

A 35-year-old man, Kwame Antwi, has died after a galamsey pit caved on him at Nweneso No1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti region. The deceased also known as Romeo had gone to mine on Sunday, July 3, 2022. The pit, however, collapsed on him in the process, …

Environmental officials in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region have exhumed the corpse of a woman they mistakenly buried during a mass burial exercise. The body was mistakenly buried along with some other bodies at the Nkawkaw-Trafford cemetery in January, this year. However, the family displeased by the …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has said that the government was compelled to seek a bailout at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to him, the government was left with no choice as policies it proposed, including the E-Levy that could possibly have brought practical solutions to the country’s …

Some Muslim pilgrims have expressed disappointment towards the Hajj Board after they were abandoned at the Hajj village for hours. According to them, they were expected to travel to Mecca but the board has intentionally removed their names to the final list of travellers while their passports are also being …

At least six people have been arrested following a clash over land and chieftaincy dispute at Adum Afrancho near Atwima Kwanwoma in the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred on the morning of Sunday, July 3, 2022, at about 7:00am when two factions met on a family land where a struggle …

A renowned international economist at the Johns Hopkins University in the USA, Professor Steve Hanke, has stated Ghana’s decision to enter an economic programme with the IMF will not salvage the economy. He predicts that a financial bailout from the Bretton Woods Institution is likely to fail just like the …

He was the biblical Sampson of his days, his story, a mixture of bravery and notoriety. A defender of the poor and vulnerable and model figure for citizen vigilantism in Kumasi, specifically Buokrom. Owing to his much-touted strength and bravery which made him an ‘area champion’ in Kumasi in the …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has ordered the arrest and prosecution of a driver for insecure loading. According to Police investigators who are set to arraign the suspect before the court on Monday, July 4, 2022, the driver whose name is given as Mumuni Ibrahim was …

The announcement of Ghana’s return to the International Monetary Fund for a bailout has triggered various forms of reactions with Ghanaians, home and abroad responding to the news in various ways. An interesting angle to the IMF story is the hijack of the social media handles of the Britton Woods institution with …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it is ready to help Ghana fix its broken economy. Following the announcement by the government of Ghana on Friday, 1 July 2022 that it had started talks with the Fund for economic support, the Resident Representative of the Bretton Wood institution, Dr …