GENERAL NEWS

Two kids drown in Ashaiman open drain

Two kids have drowned in a dugout at Adjei Kojo, a suburb of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region. The kids, who are 11 and 14 respectively, drowned after efforts to swim and collect rabbit feed from the drain proved futile. The boys whose names were given as Daniel Martey …

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NCA to shut down 49 television stations

  The National Communications Authority (NCA) has embarked on an exercise to shut down 49 television stations for operating without authorization. According to the regulator, this forms part of a continuous monitoring exercise conducted on various Satellite Free-to-Air Television platforms using the Broadcast Monitoring System (BMS) and the Radio Spectrum …

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Bishop Obinim freed over alleged forgery case

  The Kaneshie District Court has discharged Bishop Daniel Obinim, the founder of the International God’s Way Church (IGWC), and Kwabena Okyere who were facing charges of alleged forgery before it. The court presided over by Her Honour Rosemond Dodua Agyiri discharged them after the prosecution led by Detective Sergeant Richard …

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Audit all road contracts to expose bloats – Amoako-Attah to A-G

File photo of a road Acting Auditor-General Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu must audit all road contracts in the country to expose any bloats, Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Attah has said. In his view, the audit will expose the politicians behind any such bloats. Speaking to the media after meeting …

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Akufo-Addo names 39 deputy ministers, appoints Minister of State at Finance Ministry

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 21 April 2021 submitted to the speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin the names of persons he has appointed as minister of state and deputy ministers in his second term. Charles Adu-Boahen has been appointed as the Minister of State at the Ministry of …

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Chiefs summoned by Berekum Traditional Council over Fulani herdsmen

The President of Berekum Traditional Council, Dasebre Dr. Amankona Deiwuo II, has today, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, summoned a meeting with his sub-chiefs and stakeholders to discuss ways to cutb the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the Berekum Municipalities. The chiefs whose lands the Fulani herdsmen are operating were called …

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Murder of AWA Engineer: Suspects say they mistook Kumi for a pig

The Akyem Oda Police has arrested three (3) suspects who allegedly killed the Aeronautic Engineer of African World Airline (AWA) on April 1, 2018, at Akyem Asuboa in the Eastern Region. The suspects are Joseph Kwasi Effah alias Kwasi Tailor, Kwabena Akwaah, 45, and Kwasi Bosompem Mensah, 58, all members …

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Provide Funding  To Boost Proper Waste  Management – Gov’t Told

  The Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Science and Technology, Mr. Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi has urged  government to allocate adequate  funding to service providers to provide proper sanitation and waste management in the country.   Speaking to the media at the Oti landfill site in the Asokwa …

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Idriss Déby’s murder may lead to long period of instability in Chad and neighbouring countries – Anin

  A security analyst, Professor Kwasi Anin has noted that the murder of the President of Chad Idriss Déby may result in political instability in that country and its neighbours. The international media reported on Tuesday, April 20 that Mr Deby died of injuries he suffered on the frontline in …

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