GENERAL NEWS

¢27.5m from Capital Bank’s ¢620m liquidity support was my commission – Ato Essien

The Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, has said that he received some ¢27.5m as finder’s fee, out of ¢620m given to his bank as a liquidity support According to Ato Essien who is standing trial for embezzlement, he earned the payment as commission, having facilitated payment of …

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Ada West records 357 teenage pregnancies in 2021

The Ada West District in the Greater Accra Region recorded 357 teenage pregnancy cases and seven cases of abortion in 2021. The pregnancies were among girls between 10 and 19 years. In 2020, 317 cases of teenage pregnancy and 18 cases of abortion were recorded in the district as against …

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Mass burial for Appiatse explosion victims slated for March 11

The Appiatse Disaster Relief Committee has set March 11 for the mass burial of persons who lost their lives in the Bogoso-Appiate explosion in the Prestea-Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region. The explosion occurred on January 20, 2022, after a truck carrying explosives owned by Maxam Limited got involved in …

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Soldiers allegedly kill two-year-old child at Ntoboroso

The Association of Small Scale Miners in the Ashanti Region have said some suspected military men have allegedly burned a two-year-old child to death at Ntobroso in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The two-year-old child according to them was allegedly burnt after fire from an excavator which …

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Foreign students in Ukraine are being evacuated to Poland, Romania, Slovakia – Ghanaian student reveals

Foreign nationals in Ukraine are being evacuated to Romania, Slovakia, and Poland due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis, a Ghanaian student in Ukraine, Nana Kwame Appiah Denis, has revealed. He said most of these foreign nationals are students. They have been asked not to carry too much luggage on them in …

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Some Ghanaian students in Ukraine find shelter in University’s bunker amid bombings

A Ghanaian student in Ukraine, Joseph Yankson has disclosed that he and some of his colleagues have found shelter in a bunker in the midst of bombings in the country. Speaking to GTV on Friday during the national television’s breakfast show, the student shared that there is a lot of …

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Why Bagbin told MPs to shut up

Tensions in the legislative arm of Ghana’s government have been quite high lately and the last thing anybody, especially the Members of Parliament, would want is to get on the wrong side of the man who leads them. Already, there have been counter-decisions, accusations and even claims of bias leveled …

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My Lawyer My Counselor earns nomination in Media Awards

A socio educative program on TV XyZ christened My Lawyer My Counselor has earned nomination in Ghana Media Personality Awards. My Lawyer My Counselor has been nominated in the TV Development Show of the year category competing with other insightful and programs that are impacting lives and communities. The host …

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Russia war on Ukraine: God should just strike Putin dead – Governance Lecturer prays

Governance Lecturer at the Central University, Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, has waded into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin launches an attack on Ukraine. According to a publication by Dailymail in the United Kingdom, Russia, today, ”launched an all-out war on Ukraine with simultaneous …

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Truck involved in accident blocks Accra-Kumasi stretch of N6 highway

There was a motor accident on the Nsawam by-pass involving a MAN diesel rigid truck loaded with poultry feed blocking the entire Accra-Kumasi stretch of the N6. The Police announced in a statement on Thursday February 24. As a result, the Police said the Nsawam MTTD officers have diverted Kumasi …

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