The Ghana Police Hospital has noticed the general public of an intended mass burial for about 200 unidentified and unclaimed bodies as part of routine measures to decongest the mortuary. The unidentified and unclaimed bodies, according to the Police Hospital, are made up of mostly paupers, unknown former patients, abandoned …
Read More »Ghana’s LGBT+ group raise $37k, target $100k to acquire new office
The LGBT+ group in Ghana is gathering momentum online to raise funds to acquire a permanent administrative office space in Accra. This was after the opening and subsequent closure of their office in Ashongman in Accra last month. The group on its Twitter page has indicated that it had managed …
Read More »Ghana to observe national prayer service over LGBTQI+
Ghanaians will on Sunday, March 21, 2021, hold a national day of prayer over the recurring debates of the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, I+ (LGBTQI+) agenda in Ghana. This will be organised by the Ghana Christian Council and other Ecumenical bodies in collaboration with the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Tears flow as 13 Apam beach disaster victims go home in mass burial ceremony
Families of the thirteen teenagers who got drowned on March 7 after they went swimming in the sea at Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region will be bidding their loved one’s goodbye. A mass burial ceremony is being held in the Apam Community this morning to …
Read More »MFWA sues NCA over list of collapsed radio stations
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has filed a lawsuit against the National Communications Authority (NCA) at an Accra High Court. The Media Foundation filed its petition on the basis that the NCA failed to provide the list of all FM radio stations (indicating name of company, name of …
Read More »Prof. Benneh murder: One suspect freed
Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah, one of the suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, a law lecturer, has been discharged by the Kaneshie District Court. This follows an advice received by the Police from the Attorney-General’s Office. The Prosecution led by Inspector Ebenezer Teye Okuffo, told …
Read More »Mass burial for drowned Apam teenagers today
The thirteen teenagers who drowned when they went swimming in the sea at Apam in the Central Region will be laid to rest at a joined burial service Tuesday morning. The deceased aged between 12 and 17 lost their lives while swimming on Sunday, March 7, 2021, throwing the Apam …
Read More »Tension brews in Dixcove after chief beaten to pulp
Tension is brewing in Dixcove in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region following an attack on a sub-chief of Upper Dixcove by some unknown men believed to have come from Lower Dixcove. Nana Diako Kra was beaten to pulp and was stripped naked by a group of men …
Read More »Tarkwa Police Command arrest 37 Nigerians over robbery
Tarkwa Municipal Police Command has arrested 37 Nigerians suspected to be involved in a robbery case that happened at Agona Wassa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality. The Tarkwa Municipal Police Commander Chief Superintendent Thomas Osei -Ababio who confirmed the arrest said the suspects were arrested based on intelligence they picked …
Read More »‘Efo juju’ textbooks: Volta Reg. house of chiefs condemn publishers
The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has condemned the publishers of History of Ghana Textbook 3 and Golden English Basic 4 for publishing books which cast “derogatory allusions and innuendos at Ewes.” The books, History of Ghana Textbook 3 by Badu Nkansah Publications, features a song that shows the Ewes …
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