GENERAL NEWS

One person has died in an accident at the Kwahu Akwaboa junction on the Kumasi-Accra road. The accident, which occurred on Thursday, 24 March 2022, involved 3 vehicles; an STC bus, a trailer, and a Toyota Vitz. According to eyewitnesses, the Driver of the STC, heading towards Kumasi from Accra, …

One person has died after a free for all fight between two illegal mining (galamsey) groups at Bonsaso near Tarkwa in the Western Region. Several others have also sustained deep machete wounds as a result of the clash. Reports point to the fact that, there is an existing tension between …

Iddi Mohammed, the brother of murdered social media activist Kaaka, has been granted a GHS100,000 bail with two sureties by the Kumasi High Court. Mr Mohammed, per the conditions of his bail, is to report himself to the regional office of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police …

Commercial sex workers in Adum, Kumasi, have hinted at an upsurge in their daily charges due to the current economic hardships. According to them, the current hikes in prices of make-up kits, wigs, dresses, etc coupled with the high cost of living in the country has informed their decision. They …

Colonization cost Africa a lot, including the indigenous names of some of its countries. But after independence, several countries changed their names in an effort to completely cut authoritative links from their colonial rulers. Below is the full list of Africa’s 54 countries and colonial territories and what they were …

Officials of the Ghana Immigration Service have revealed through Preliminary investigation that their officer who died on Tuesday night had six gunshots from the rear by his attackers largely suspected to be smugglers. The statement issued and signed by one Ibn Yussif Duranah Abdul-Mumin Seidu, added that AICO Michael Out …

Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, has said current economic crisis should not form a basis for the government to review flagship programs. In a series of tweets, Cudjoe decried the government’s failure to conduct value for money and cost-benefit analyses for …

Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, has spoken about the murder of his father and other judges in 1982 during the era of the Peoples National Defence Council (PNDC). According to him, people high up in power must have given orders for the ‘savage’ murder …

The presidency has confirmed that appointees will take salary cuts as part of measures approved by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to mitigate hardships in the Ghanaian economy. Government has recently admitted that the economy is in distress amid the rising cost of living, hike in fuel prices and the …

The Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB) has commenced investigations into the circumstances that led to the assault of a suspect by some personnel of the service. A video capturing the assault of the handcuffed suspect has been widely circulated on social media. According to a statement from the police, the …