GENERAL NEWS

Ghanaians have been urged to speak for the removal of statutory laws that criminalise poverty in order to decongest prisons across the country. The Deputy Director of Prisons and Officer-in-Charge of the Kumasi Central Prisons, Asamoah Fenning, who made the call said it is inhumane to keep petty offenders in …

A saloon car caught fire on the Legon bypass on the morning of Thursday, August 19, 2021. The driver of the Toyota Yaris with the registration number GX 2031-21, could not hold back his tears due to the intensity of the damage. He has also denied overspeeding as earlier speculated …

The account about the Ewes will be incomplete without the mention of king Agorkorli. Historically, king Agorkorli was synonymous with wickedness. When our ancestors couldn’t bear his inhumanness anymore and planned to escape, apart from the surveillance put in place to restrict them, there was something else standing between them …

Former Chair of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei has said that she did not vote in last year’s elections. She said she was at the beach on the 7th of December 2020 which was the voting day and also on the 8th and 9th. Asked why she didn’t monitor and …

Akua Akyaa from Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region has been imprisoned for two months for stealing GHC 5 from a co-tenant. According to her, her services as a chop bar attendant had been truncated by her employer because the employer’s children had vacated and were performing the responsibilities she had …

A level 300 student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) has allegedly committed suicide at Adoato close to Bantama in the Ashanti Region. The unfortunate incident has thrown residents, friends and family members into a state of shock and mourning over what may have triggered the young student …

It appears state institutions mandated to ensure responsible mining are themselves breaching the law by not enforcing same. A ‘Performance Audit Report Of The Auditor-General On Regulating Reclamation Activities at Small-Scale Mining Sites’, shows clear breaches of the Mineral and Mining Regulations, 2012 and the Environmental Assessment Regulations, 1999. The …

There was a free booze frenzy at Madina-Ritz Junction on Monday, August 16, 2021, after a Hyundai Mighty truck transporting beer and non-alcoholic drinks from Adenta to Accra failed its breaks and crashed into an electricity pole. According to some eyewitnesses, the driver of the vehicle veered off the road …

A mason believed to be in his forties has allegedly hanged himself at Tinkong in the Akuapem North municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased, Bismark Tetteh Donkor, popularly known as Odo Kwaku, was found hanging on a lemon tree at the outskirts the community at around 5:00pm Tuesday. He …

A 45-year-old man, Kofi Nyame, has met his death, while another is in critical condition in a gory accident at Fetteh Kakraba on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway. The crash involved a faulty tipper truck parked by the roadside and a pickup with registration number GW 1241-19. According to reports, the …