GENERAL NEWS

10 narrowly escape death in accident near Kumasi Airport

More than 10 persons occupying a commercial bus (trotro) and a taxi have narrowly escaped death after a trailer loaded with bags of cashew fell on the two vehicles at the airport roundabout in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. Some passengers and drivers of the trailer sustained various degrees of …

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I acknowledge that times are hard – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has acknowledged the economic hardship currently being experienced in Ghana. The vice president, speaking at National Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) National Conference, on Thursday, noted that the current situation, despite its cause, has been witnessed in the country before. “From the man on the streets to the …

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Aliu Mahama’s wife, Hajia Ramatu Mahama is dead

The wife of Ghana’s late former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama has reportedly died. Hajia Ramatu Mahama is said to have died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. She died at the age of 70. Her family is currently in a meeting to plan her funeral in line with Islamic …

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LIVESTREAMING: Dr Mahamudu Bawumia speaks on the economy

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is set to speak on the economic state of the country later on Thursday, April 7, 2022. He is the main speaker at a National Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) Training and Orientation Conference at Kasoa in the Central Region. As the head of Ghana’s …

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“God is African” movie to be premiered on Easter Friday

Eunice Asiedu Productions in collaboration with Purity Media are set to premiere their jointly produced movie titled “God is African”. The premiere will come-off at the Silver Bird Cinemas at the Accra mall and West Hills mall on 15th April 2022. The new movie according to the producers Eunice Oheneba …

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Double salaries: Supreme Court orders substituted service on 9 MPs

The Supreme Court has ordered a substituted service on nine Members of Parliament who have been dragged to court over double salary payments. The apex granted the exparte motion after lawyers Kwame Baffoe, the Bono Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) had told the court that, the defendants …

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Deputy finance minister sues Kwaku Baako

Deputy Minister for Finance, Abena Osei-Asare, has named the Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako, his newspaper, and a journalist as plaintiffs in a defamation suit filed on her behalf. In the suit filed in an Accra High Court on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, the …

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Open galamsey pits swallow community members

Scores of uncovered pits left behind by illegal miners are posing a serious threat to residents of those mining communities. While many people have fallen into those pits, leading to their untimely death, others are living dangerously, as the abandoned pits serve as death traps, looking for prey. Additionally, the …

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Commercial drivers to receive mini buses

The International Drivers and Road Transport Union of Trade Union Congress (TUC) has hinted at plans to supply over 5000 minibusses to commercial drivers in the Greater Accra region. The move, according to the transport operators, is to replace and eliminate rickety vehicles in the country. Chairman of the drivers’ …

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Pressure mounts on Okyenhene to disown, disband ‘land guards’

His Majesty Osagyefuo Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin Okyenhene is under intense pressure from the people of Kyekyere, Amanase, and surrounding communities to publicly disown and take steps to disband a group calling itself Okyeman Task Force allegedly engaged in land-guarding activities and currently ‘terrorizing’ residents and farmers living in communities …

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