The Gomoa East District Assembly has secured an injunction against three stone quarry companies located at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region. The companies: Sarcon Quarry Limited, Pilot Quarry Limited and Executive Mining Quarry have been asked to stop working for non-payment of taxes and operating without permit. Presiding Member at …
Read More »Taxi driver, 22, narrowly escapes death from armed robber
A 22-year-old taxi driver has narrowly escaped from death after a carjacker inflicted knife wounds on him in an attempt to steal his Toyota Yaris vehicle at Airport Ridge Residential Area in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region. In the process, two of his fingers were cut off …
Read More »Dean of Students’ Affairs at Pentecost University, Rev. Johnathan Koffie has died
The Dean of Students’ Affairs at Pentecost University, Rev. Johnathan Koffie has died. He died at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital today Tuesday, June 22. The university convened an emergency assembly meeting to break the news to management and students at the James McKeown Auditorium. He was involved in a …
Read More »Govt to construct sea defence wall at Ketu South
News of the sea’s destruction of some coastal communities in Ghana is not new. Over the past few weeks, however, there have been fears the absence of a defence wall may lead to three communities in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region being totally consumed by the sea. …
Read More »Soldiers will die more if there’s a ‘shoot to kill order
A former illegal miner, popularly known as Strongman, has said that should a shoot to kill order be issued to the anti-illegal mining (Galamsey) Military Taskforce, Operation Halt, the soldiers will rather record more casualties. Some statesmen including Ghana’s immediate-past High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, have advocated …
Read More »Agbogbloshie onion sellers demonstrate at NPP Headquarters
Greater Accra Minister, Henry Quartey has announced plans to relocate Onion sellers at Agbogbloshie Tue, 22 Jun 2021Source: kasapafmonline.com Onion sellers at Agbogbloshie in Accra have thronged the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) Headquarters protesting against the planned relocation of their market centre by the Regional Minister. The onion sellers want the Minister, Henry …
Read More »Labour Minister storms out of interview over question on child labour
The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffuor Awuah shocked journalists in Koforidua in the Eastern region when he stormed out of an interview after a question on political will in the fight against child labour. The Minister was about to be interviewed by journalists on the sidelines of …
Read More »6 popular Ghanaian pastors whose controversial comments landed them in trouble
• Some Ghanaian pastors have been widely criticized for sharing ‘unsolicited’ and ‘distasteful’ comments on national issues • These outspoken pastors have been captured severally making such bold and controversial statements • They seem to have stepped on many toes with such utterances These outspoken men of God have been …
Read More »Fantana, mother turn heads after posing with Okudzeto Ablakwa
A photo of musician Fantana and her mum, Jomoro Member of Parliament (MP), Doris Affo Toffey with Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has popped up and Ghanaians can’t keep calm. The photo was taken when mother and daughter paid a courtesy call on the North Tongu MP as part of the 2021 Fathers’ Day …
Read More »55% of children in Ghana considering a move abroad -Report
About 55 per cent of children in the country foresee a bleak future and are planning to leave the country by 2040, says a study published by Child Rights International. The respondents cited jobs, education, and better standards of living elsewhere as the reasons for wanting to migrate from the …
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