A Nursing mother on a motorbike has been crushed to death at Kasoa Free town Junction on the Kasoa – Obom Road in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. The deceased known as Magasuba Mariam was returning home after buying some foodstuff at the Kasoa New Market …
Read More »Jinapor hands over impounded Rosewood to National Cathedral board
The Minister for Lands and Natural, Resources, Samuel Jinapor, has turned in 18 impounded containers of Rosewood to the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral for the construction of the Cathedral Project. The presentation was done on Friday, 17th September, 2017 at a short ceremony at the Forestry Commission’s …
Read More »Two dead, 11 injured in Ekumfi road accident
Two people have been confirmed dead while eleven others are in critical condition following an accident at Ekumfi Esaakyire on the Winneba-Cape Coast High way. The accident happened Saturday morning around 6:20 am between a Toyota Fish vehicle with registration number CR-748-17 and a Sprinter bus with registration number GT-5860-20. …
Read More »Collapsing Akyem Oda’s Chief Palace demolished
The one-storey palace belonging to the Omanhene of Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area at Akim Oda in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region which was gradually collapsing has been demolished. This was after the intervention of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oda, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, who led a …
Read More »Over 5,000 farmlands destroyed by floods, food shortage imminent – NADMO
The Upper West regional coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Ahmed Mustapha has warned of a possible food shortage if the Ministry of Food and Agriculture fails to institute interventions immediately to deal with the effect of floods in the Upper East region. He revealed that some five …
Read More »Flooding cuts off Saboba from rest of country
The Saboba District in the Northern Region has been cut off from the rest of the country following continuous torrential rains in the area since last week. A resident of Saboba, Kwame Belijo, in a telephone interview with the Ghanaian Times, said major roads leading to Saboba from other districts …
Read More »A trip to Tafi Atome where bananas do not grow
This journey on which we are embarking is catapulting us to one of the fertile lands in the Volta region which supports the growth of every food crop except banana. The land is the home to the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary and Cultural Village, one of the most popular tourist …
Read More »What Nkrumah said about his birth and birthday in his autobiography
• Dr Kwame Nkrumah‘s recognized birth date is September 21, 1909 • Ghana’s first president said it’s possible he was born on September 18, 1909 • It is also possible that he was born in 1912 For years, Ghana has marked September 21 as the birthday of its first president, …
Read More »Water tanker vehicle kills 39-year-old woman
A middle-aged woman has lost her life after she was hit by a water tanker vehicle on the Obom-Amasaman stretch in the Central Region. The woman, 39-year-old Magasuba Mariam, who was sitting on a motorbike, died instantly after the crash. The Deputy Central East Police Commander, ACP Oduro Amaning, who …
Read More »Police Service celebrates Bono East Anti-Robbery Taskforce
The Police Administration (PA) has commended the Bono East Anti-Robbery Taskforce for its work in fighting robbery in the region. The taskforce is led by Superintendent Al-Meyao Abass Kwarasey. Their operational work, which is one of the initiatives of the current PA, has been adequately complemented by the Bono East Regional Command …
Read More »