GENERAL NEWS

The mortal remains of former President Jerry John Rawlings has been laid in State at the Accra International Conference Centre.     Heads of Security Agencies, staff of the former President’s Office, heads of political parties, and traditional leaders are filing past the body. Mr Rawlings is expected to be buried …

The burnt bodies of 19 people have been found close to the Mexican border with the US, according to officials from Tamaulipas state. Police found two burnt-out vehicles on Saturday and initial findings indicate the people were shot and then set alight. Violent drug gangs operate in the area, where …

Six persons have been reported dead in a gruesome road accident at Mpaha Junction in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region. According to available information, five other people were also left critically wounded and are receiving treatment at the Holistic Medicare Health Facility in Buipe. Giving details, the …

Illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, continues to be a scourge on our conscience as a nation with huge impact on the environment. A recent report filed by Erastus Asare Donkor of Luv FM, showed that, despite the many efforts and assurances by authorities to end galamsey, the activities of illegal miners is …

From today to Tuesday, January 26, the public at large, together with some heads of state, will have the chance to move past the corpse of late former President Flt. John Rawlings, Lt. Jerry. Leaders of security services, political party officials, and the public, in general, were permitted to view the …

The Volta regional command of the Ghana Police Service has warned the public not to take part in a demonstration being organized by a pro-New Patriotic Party group in Ho against the reappointment of Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa as the regional minister. The demonstration which is slated for Monday, 25th …

One of the medical doctors arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office in connection with a recent crackdown on a baby-harvesting and human trafficking syndicate has admitted to selling more than 12 babies over the period. This was revealed by the Executive Director for EOCO, Commissioner of Police Frank …

Through some recent engagements of the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, the ever-smiling devout Muslim has added a new twist to the long-standing religious tolerance and coexistence in Ghana. Throughout the 2020 Christmas period, the Vice President and his wife, Samira Bawumia, were seen moving from …

Six more people have died from COVID-19 in Ghana with the death toll now 367, according to the Ghana Health Service. Active cases have also jumped to 3,286 with 679 cases recorded. Ghana has so far recorded a total of 60,794 cases with 57,141 recoveries and discharges. Meanwhile, more than …

It’s almost 200 years since the Battle of Nsamankow, which was fought between the Ashanti Kingdom that occupied what is now southern Ghana and the British. In that war, during the reign of Ashanti king Osei Tutu Kwame Asibe Bonsu (c. 1801–24), the Ashanti brutally defeated the British, killing a …