GENERAL NEWS

I was wrongfully arrested and jailed for a crime l never committed. I was later released when they found the truth. I was angry in jail. And at a point, l was isolated from others. I guess they saw a man who could harm himself or possibly commit suicide. I …

But for the timely intervention of a joint police-military team at Obuasi, a clash between angry artisans and officials of Anglogold Ashanti’s security personnel would have turned bloody. Mining artisans, popularly known as ‘galamseyers’ numbering over fifty, wanted to take over a mining pit abandoned by Anglogold Ashanti at Wawase, …

Two pregnant women allegedly engaged in illegal mining also known as galamsey have died in a galamsey pit at Denkyira-Ayanfuri in the Central Region. According to residents, the incident happened on Thursday 17th March 2022 at around 12:30 AM. The names of the two deceased, aged 35 and 25, are …

A four-bedroom house has been destroyed following a light rainstorm that happened on Wednesday (16 March 2022) at Bunkprugu-Zongo in the Bunkprugu-Nakpanduri District of the North-East Region. The incident happened at about 9:30 PM where residents were already in their beds which led to the recording of two girls being …

Residents of Kabiti, a fishing community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region are now homeless after a rainstorm destroyed their property. The hours-long rain, which started at about 8:00pm on Tuesday, ripped off the roofs of over 200 houses and destroyed property worth thousands of Ghana cedis. …

Fishermen in the Ola community of the Cape Coast Metropolis have lamented over the lack of premix fuel for fishing. Ola is one of the fishing communities in the Central Regional Capital located under the Cape Coast North Constituency. Although not all the residents of the community are into the …

As of March 16, 2022, the trading rate of the U. S. dollar as against the Ghana Cedi was GH¢8.12. There are already great fears that now that the country’s currency has finally ‘broken the 8,’ it could soon just hit the GH¢10 mark. Should that happen, it could just …

An excavator operator has lost her life after the    machine she was operating allegedly slipped into a pit at a mining site at Mpatuam in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti drowning her in the process. Maame Duffie, 22, according eye witness went missing with the excavator she was operating …

A 64-year-old retired lecturer of the Wa Technical University, Mr. Steven Maani, has died after he was reportedly hit by a stray bullet at Danku, a suburb in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region. Mr. Steven Maani who was said to be a part-time lecturer before his death …

The Universal Plastic Products and Recycling, UPPR Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has appealed to Ghanaians to patronise its products, especially its waste bins which are on the markets. According to the company, its waste bins are not only durable but of high quality …