The scandalous trade they were engaged in earned them the names, ‘money mules’ but what makes the news of Linda Mbimadong and Richard Broni an ironic one is that they were not the main guys in the fraud case they have been found guilty in. Call them the middlemen and …
Read More »Police hunt for two men who dumped day-old baby at dump site
The Police in the Western Region has started the search to bring to book two men who allegedly dumped a day-old baby at a refuse dump site in Fijai in the Western Region. The shocking incident happened in the early hours of Friday, February 18, 2022, at the Fijai main …
Read More »Acute water shortage hits Sekondi-Takoradi
Residents of Sekondi-Takoradi and some adjoining communities in the Western Region, have been battling with acute water shortage for the past two weeks. The activities of both domestic and commercial users have been affected and they now have to walk long distances in search of water. Food vendors and other …
Read More »‘No place like home, don’t leave Ghana for greener pastures’ – French ambassador
French Ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie-Ave, has advised young Ghanaians to stay home and build Ghana because there is no place like home. She made the comments while addressing students this week (February 17, 2022) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Sophie-Ave had been invited as the …
Read More »You are not ‘headmaster of journalism’ – ASEPA boss to ‘ungrateful’ Manasseh
Mensah Thompson, Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability, ASEPA, has written an open letter directed at the investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni. Thompson pointed out in the letter posted on Facebook that Manasseh’s recent pronouncements on arrests of some civil society activists left much to …
Read More »Kofi Boakye qualifies for IGP – Abronye
The Bono Regional Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC, has said that Commissioner of Police, Kofi Boakye, is eligible to be the next IGP. According to him, Kofi Boakye is a very knowledgeable person who can bring to bear his intelligence in the police …
Read More »Look and learn – Ablakwa points Akufo-Addo to ‘rich’ SA Prez flying commercial
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa wants President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to look and learn from the manner in which his South African counterpart opted to travel overseas recently. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa earlier this week boarded a commercial flight on his way to …
Read More »Settlement residents mount roadblock to protest deplorable roads
Aggrieved residents of Agric Settlement, suburb of Canteen in the West Gonja Municipal of the Savannah Region have mounted a road barricade in protest of deplorable road network leading to the community. The residents say there was an urgent need to fix the deplorable road network which has since become …
Read More »Hundreds displaced in Assin Anwiasu after heavy downpour
Hundreds of residents in Assin Anwiasu in the Assin North District of the Central Region have been displaced following a heavy downpour that destroyed a number of houses on Thursday night. Over 50 houses and properties worth millions of cedis were affected by the rainstorm. The chief of …
Read More »US-based Ghanaian pleads guilty to laundering $35m from Americans
US-based Ghanaian, Fred Asante, who was arrested on February 17, 2021, as a member of a criminal money laundering syndicate in Ghana, has now pleaded guilty. Fred Asante pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and …
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