GENERAL NEWS

A 106-year-old woman who lived through the First World War is yearning to die because she feels “weary and frail” and that death has forgotten her. Speaking in an interview with Afrimax TV Euphrasie Kanyundo lamented that has spent too much time in this world and wants to leave. “I …

Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah has confirmed the shooting incident that occurred in court on Wednesday, February 23. A statement issued by Justice Cynthia Pamela A. Addo, Judicial Secretary on behalf of the Chief Justice said this is the first time such an incident has occurred hence has caused fear and panic. The …

Two persons have reportedly been injured in a multiple-vehicle accident at Okponglo on the Legon-Madina road. The incident is said to have occurred on Tuesday night. This was after a tipper truck from Madina hit a Kia Rio saloon car which also run into a Kia Picanto and an Opel …

Armed Military personnel believed to be members of the anti-galamsey task force have allegedly set ablaze four excavators parked at a private residence of a man believed to be small-scale miner. The incident occurred on Wednesday, 23rd February 2022 at Ntobronso, a Community in the Nkawie District of the Ashanti …

More than 5000 residents living in various rural communities in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal of the Eastern Region known as the ‘Middle Belt’ have bemoaned the lack of electricity in their communities, saying the situation is adversely impacting their livelihoods and social activities. The communities include yongwasi suisi, Gyekiti, …

An anti-corruption group, Crusaders Against Corruption has petitioned the Office of Special Prosecutor to investigate circumstances under which the Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei Opare caused 120,000 to be deposited into the accounts of MP for Dome Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo. It has come to light that Adwoa …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has described the attitude of the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu to overrule his rulings as unconstitutional, illegal, and offensive. The first Deputy Speaker on Tuesday dismissed a private members’ motion for a bi-partisan committee inquiry into Covid-19 expenditure since 2020. The motion was …

Some houses and structures at Ntoboroso in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region have been burnt after the anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Halt II team set ablaze some excavators parked in the community. The incident occurred today, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 during the operation of the task force in …

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has hinted that, he will be dragging three MPs before the Privileges Committee for their absenteeism without the Speaker’s permission. The three MPs are; Sarah Adwoa Safo, Dome-Kwabenya MP, Kennedy Agyapong, Assin Central MP and Henry Quartey, Ayawaso Central MP. According to …

Social justice group Economic Fighters League (EFL) has planned a march for Monday, February 28, to demand the release of activist and coup d’etat-charged Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor. Lawyer Barker-Vormawor was arrested on Friday, February 11, immediately upon his return from the United Kingdom after he had posted on Facebook that …