GENERAL NEWS

A total of 42 persons lost their lives out of a total of 146 recorded road traffic crashes in the Upper West Region from January to December 2021 according to the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA). The total number of vehicles involved was 234 out of which there were 34 …

Two trains have collided at Wassa Manso Fire service personnel aid The incident occurred on Saturday morning A head-on collision by two trains at Wassa Manso in the Western Region has resulted in the death of many passengers on board. The incident is said to have happened around 2 am …

There is uneasy calm at Nyinawusu, a mining community in the Atwima Mponua district following the alleged killing of five illegal small-scale miners (galamseyers) by some community members. According to reports, the victims were mistaken for armed robbers. The Atwima Mponua District Security Council is considering a military intervention to …

The Dormaahene and President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyeman Badu, has described the uncompleted at Sunyani and other parts of the region as discriminatory against the people of Bono. He has therefore asked the government to make it a priority to complete the projects. He …

The residents of Kpongunor in the Krobo area, have rejected plans by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to install pre-paid meters in the Yilo and Manya Krobo municipalities. The management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), on Tuesday, began a comprehensive meter reading and pre-installation survey in the …

Mortal remains of two slain officers airlifted to Accra Emmanuel Akowuah, Mohammed Adam Suley killed at Zuarungu GH¢50,000 bounty placed on suspected armed robbers The Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has received the mortal remains of two gallant police officers who were killed by suspected armed robbers while on …

The Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) has filed three different defamation suits against Manasseh Azure, an investigative journalist and three others at the Human Rights Court (High Court Division). The Church, in its statement of claim, held that Mr Azure, an Editor, together with one Suleman Braimah, Executive Director of Media …

A total of1, 551, 118 persons aged 15 years above are unemployed in the country while 9,990,237 are employed, according to the 2021 Population and Housing Census figures. Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government statistician, said the unemployment rate among the population aged 15 years above was 13.4 percent and …

President Akufo-Addo charges Ghanaians to “act responsibly” during Christmas Large quantities of vaccines expire in Volta region over hesitancy Compulsory vaccination takes effect from January 2022 The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, last night Wednesday December 15, 2021 delivered his 27th update on measures taken by government against the spread of …

The body of the slain Zambian woman which was found in a refrigerator in her boyfriend’s room on November 22, this year at Ho-Fiave was laid to rest at the Ho Public Cemetery yesterday. This was preceded by a brief and solemn burial service which was led by the Assistant …