GENERAL NEWS

IGP Dampare takes over issue of police assault on Media General journalist

The Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has taken over the issue to do with an assault on Connect FM’s morning show Producer, Eric Nana Gyetuah. Nana Gyetua was on Thursday manhandled by police in the Western Region. He was accused by the officers of unlawfully taking photographs of …

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Gabby Otchere-Darko calls out Audit Service over silence on GH¢12 billion stolen cash

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, is calling out the Ghana Audit Service to respond to claims that an amount of GH¢12 billion has been stolen by the incumbent government. In 2021, the Auditor General’s report for 2020 showed that a whopping GH¢20 billion had …

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Ghanaian-American aboard United Airline flight allegedly dies due to ‘negligence’

A Twitter user has narrated circumstances that, according to him, led to the death of a Ghanaian-American at Washington D. C. in the United States of America on Sunday, February 6, 2022, between 6:15 AM and 7:30 AM EST. The user, Eche Enziga @Echecrates explained that the Ghanaian, whose name …

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SAD VIDEO: Articulator truck crashes six persons to death at Nsawam

An articulator truck has crashed six persons to death at Nsawam Old Mobil on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. Reports indicate the incident occurred on Monday morning. Three of the deceased have been identified as kenkey sellers who were going about their day’s work when the incident happened. An eyewitness narrated on …

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PHOTOS: Trailer truck reportedly failed kill four persons at Nsawam

Four persons are confirmed dead and scores injured after a trailer truck ran into some food vendors at Nsawam in the Eastern Region.     The accident occurred at the former Mobil fuel station on Monday February 7. The trailer truck reportedly failed its brake leading to the accident.   …

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I’m not guilty – Sosu pleads to criminal summons

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina Francis Xavier Sosu has pleaded not guilty to police criminal summons. The MP for Madina denied the charges when he first appeared before the court on December 1, 2021 which led to a bench warrant issued for his arrest rescinded. This came to …

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Owners vacate shops to brood over losses after fire disaster

Owners of shops in the story building that was gutted by fire at Adum in Kumasi on Friday evening have vacated the shops and are brooding over their losses. When the Ghana News Agency visited the scene on Monday morning the three shops on the ground floor, which were badly …

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Pressure Mounts On Speaker To Resign

A call has been made to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to resign on the grounds of infirmness. The call from former CPP acting General Secretary, James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr, aka Kabila, is hinged on grounds of ill-health, principle, and conscience to save Ghana’s Parliament. An earlier call from …

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Gov’t implements six tax relief measures

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has started the implementation of six tax reliefs introduced by the government to lighten the tax burden on businesses and the citizenry. The reliefs are to cushion taxpayers against COVID-19-induced challenges and quicken the recovery to sustain and create jobs. They include the exemption of people whose annual incomes are up to …

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Media General journalist beaten to pulp by police

Connect FM’s morning show Producer Eric Nana Gyetuah has been manhandled by police in the Western Region. He was accused by the officers of unlawfully taking photographs of them at the God Is Love Chop Bar in Sekondi-Takoradi last Thursday. Nana Gyetuah had gone to the eatery for lunch but …

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