GENERAL NEWS

• The government has renewed its fight against the galamsey menace after it encountered some challenges in its first attempt • Allegations have been rife that some leading government and NPP officials being either owners of galamsey concessions or acting as enablers of galamsey activities • This report highlights the …

  Twitter has suspended the account of KALYJAY, the social media influencer who started the #FIXTHECOUNTRY protest online. It is unclear the reason for the suspension. Twitter suspends accounts when it is reported by multiple accounts. The decision to suspend is even faster if the accounts filing the reports are …

A 22-year-old hotel attendant has allegedly been killed by a hit-and-run driver at Sefwi Atronsu in the Bibiani Anhwianso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region. Eyewitnesses told Adom News that the unfortunate incident occurred when the deceased, Regina Anarfi was crashed on the Atronsu- Bibiani highway after she had …

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, says the burning of excavators by the military task force clamping down on illegal mining is disheartening but a necessary evil in the fight against the canker. He said illegal mining is a threat to the environment, agriculture and sustainable development and therefore must …

 Police Sergeant Apewe Achana told the Kaneshie District Court that the Police had been informed that the cause of death was “severe injury.” The prosecution said the final report of the cause of death would also enable the Police to prepare a duplicate docket to be forwarded to the Attorney …

Three people died in two separate accidents in the Kadjebi District. The first, which happened at Mempeasem, a farming community along Nkwanta-Kadjebi highway involved two people, whose tricycle crashed into KIA Hyundai vehicle at Poase-Cement and the second was a 14-year-old boy of Menuso, who was electrocuted. Mr Damian Abofua, …

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has varied the ambassadorial appointment of former Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh. Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh was initially appointed by the president to be Ghana’s Ambassador to Beijing/China but that appointment has been reviewed. Information from the grapevine indicates that following consultation with the Council …

  Kennedy Agyapong, a leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, has advised government to alter its approach in dealing with the menace of illegal small scale mining else it will fail. According to the Assin Central MP, the use of force which is currently the case with …

  A scheduled 8-day load shedding exercise in parts of Accra is expected to end today Monday, 17 May 2021. Load shedding exercise began on Monday, 10 May 2021. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in a statement indicated that the power cut is necessary to enable its contractors to …

  A man and his wife were killed while three others got injured following a downpour in parts of the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, over the weekend. The couple have been identified as Doye Baanda, a 32-year-old artisan and his wife Joyce Larweh, a 42-year-old petty trader. The couple, who …