Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has reiterated that all machines seized in the ongoing exercise to clamp down on illegal mining would be destroyed. Concerns have been raised over the decision by the task force to burn excavators and machines seized. A private legal practitioner, Mr Bobby Banson has said it will …
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29-year-old baby thief arrested by police
Eunice Adomako, a 29-year-old resident of Oduman near Ablekuma in Accra, has been arrested for allegedly stealing a six-month-old baby. According to reports, Eunice failed to inform her two boyfriends after she lost her baby at birth at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital last December 2020. Her two boyfriends, one …
Read More »Herbert Mensah Suspended As Ghana Rugby Chairman
Herbert Mensah The Board Chairman and President of Ghana Rugby, Herbert Mensah has been suspended indefinitely by the board of Ghana Rugby for abuse of office. The decision comes on the back of a petition from the Ghana Rugby Union Players Association to the Rugby Board accusing Mr. Mensah of …
Read More »Kasoa murder: Runaway fetish priest arrested in fresh case
The on-the-run Fetish priest in Kasoa Murder, whose name was given as Wazinga, has been arrested in another case of attempted ritual killing. Wazinga was arrested after attempting to perform money rituals for another person. It will be recalled that two teenagers, aged 16 and 17 respectively, on Saturday, …
Read More »3 illegal miners jailed 15 years
Three illegal miners have been jailed five years each by a Circuit Court in Koforidua for engaging in illegal mining at Tentenku No.8 near Kofi Pare in the Kraboa Coaltar district of the Eastern Region. The convicts, Alhassan Abass, 28, Ibrahim Mohammed, 45, and Munkaila Djebo, 38, were apprehended …
Read More »Liberian President Oppong Weah’s Son Jailed
The son of Liberia’s ex-footballer president, George Weah, has been handed a six-month suspended jail sentence by a French court for “Ibiza-style” parties at his home in an upmarket Paris suburb. George Weah Junior, 33, was also ordered to pay 20,000 euros (24,000 dollars) to his neighbours after more than …
Read More »INSIDER Account: How Legon graduate studying medicine in Cuba died
Erasmus D. Klutse, a University of Ghana graduate studying Medicine in Cuba has been reported dead after a Cuban hospital refused to treat him. Mr. Klutse had studied Biomedical Engineering at the University of Ghana, legon before pursuing full medicine in Cuba where he died. One of his friends @Kookowuraba …
Read More »Presidential bodyguard returns after 50-year absence
Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Milton Obote, Uganda’s first elected president, was exiled in Tanzania along with his head of securityImage caption: Milton Obote, Uganda’s first elected president, was exiled in Tanzania along with his head of security A former head of security for late Ugandan President Milton Obote, who was …
Read More »VIDEO: Police gun down suspected robber, 3 arrested
A suspected armed robber has been gunned down by police officers of the Jacobu District Police Command on Tuesday May 11. date rush The Police also arrested three other suspects on the Obuasi-Anwiankwanta stretch of road in the Ashanti Region. Jacobu District Police commander, Superintendent Abdulai Iddrisu speaking on Akoma …
Read More »Kan Dapaah installed Assistant Grand Master of Freemasons in Ghana
National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, has been appointed and installed as Assistant Grand Master of Freemasons in Ghana. This was at a ceremony held in Accra on Saturday, May 8, 2021, by the Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Ghana. Mr Dapaah was installed together with other prominent …
Read More »Scandal: How a brand-new Toyota Hilux car belonging to NSA vanished at a hotel in Kumasi
Almost two years since a Government of Ghana car vanished at the premises of a hotel in Kumasi, Police and authorities seem to have no clue. The brand-new 2018 Toyota Hilux Pickup was allegedly stolen, a couple of months after it was acquired. Angel FM’s Saddick Adams tracks back events …
Read More »Kwabena Agyepong re-instated as NPP member
Kwabena Agyepong The New Patriotic Party’s(NPP’s) National Executive Council (NEC) has re-instated the membership of Kwabena Agyei Agyepong. This was after the former General Secretary of the party wrote to it to reconsider its decision on suspending him from the party. In his letter to the NEC, Mr. Agyapong pleaded …
Read More »Customs driver jailed for selling official vehicle
Wonder Ahiadzro, a driver of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Customs Division, who stole and sold a Toyota LandCruiser at the cost of GHC20,000, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by the Kaneshie District Court. The original price of the vehicle, property of GRA, Customs Division, is stated at …
Read More »National Development Bank set take off in July – Finance Minister
The National Development Bank (NDB) will begin its operations by end of July this year, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said. The Bank, according to him, would provide long term wholesale financing to the private sector through Commercial banks. The Minister said this at a press briefing on Sunday to …
Read More »VIDEO: ‘Cheap’ Captain Smart owes me GH¢10,000 for unpaid air condition – Kennedy Agyapong
• Kennedy Agyapong claims Captain Smart bought an air conditioner from his shop three years ago but has failed to pay for the appliance • He posits that the broadcaster has no moral right to comment about Ghana’s debt • The MP’s accusation is on the back of the radio presenter’s criticism …
Read More »Fire guts over 30 wooden structures at Krofrom
Fire has gutted over thirty wooden structures at a Krofrom, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. A report by CitiNews indicates that the fire started around 2:00am, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Personnel from the Ghana Fire Service have begun investigations into the fire with the cause yet to …
Read More »Nine dead in shooting at Russian school
IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionSchool No 175 in Kazan where the attack happened At least nine people, eight of them children, have been killed by gunfire at a school in the Russian city of Kazan, reports say. A teacher also died in the incident 820km (510 miles) east of Moscow. Two …
Read More »Residents damage police vehicle; demand release of suspected ritualists
File Photo Angry youth of Amanase in the Ayensuano District in the Eastern region have set ablaze a brand new vehicle of suspected ritual murderers and caused damage to a police vehicle in violence the broke out Monday evening in the community. Five suspected ritualists identified as Prince Adjololo, 26, …
Read More »Why has there been a delay in the release of stipends
Ghanaian medical students on government scholarship in Cuba are living in very harsh conditions due to the Government of Ghana’s delay in releasing their monthly stipends. For the past 14 months, the stipends of these students abroad have not been paid. This has prevented the students from having access …
Read More »Desist from our YouTube content – Smart TV cautions bloggers
Smart Media Network operating Smart TV, has cautioned bloggers to desist from uploading its YouTube content. This comes barely 72 hours after it started streaming live shows on Facebook and YouTube. Though the caution which was posted on Facebook Monday evening did not come with any threats, the station …
Read More »Amanase residents burn fetish priest’s car over suspected ritual murder
Blood-curdling youth of Amanase near Suhum in the Eastern Region burnt into ashes a Toyota Camry belonging to a fetish priest in the area. They accused him of masterminding the kidnapping of a young boy in the area for ritual purposes. Leader of the group, Richard Sarfo, who confirmed the …
Read More »Ghanaian medical student dies in Cuba; colleagues send SOS to government
Ghanaian medical students in Cuba are calling on their government back home to come to aid as they claim they live in terrible conditions in the Caribbean island. The students, who are mostly sponsored by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat, say the two …
Read More »Students of Takoradi Technical University reject certificate
Some students of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) have rejected the Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering certificates issued to them by the university upon completion of the programme in 2020. They argued that before they enrolled for the course in August 2018, the authorities of TTU told them …
Read More »Fire sweeps through Timber Market in Accra
A wooden storey building structure housing about 50 people in the Timber Market in Accra has been ravaged by fire, early Monday morning. The blaze, which started at about 7:33 am destroyed several items. Residents have attributed the cause of the fire to the recent intermittent power outages in the …
Read More »Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct 40 during Ramadan Prayers
Gunmen have abducted some 40 worshippers from a mosque during overnight Ramadan prayers in the town of Jibiya, police in the north-western Nigerian state of Katsina say. The incident happened on Sunday night. Police spokesperson in the state Gambo Isah told the BBC a combined team of local vigilantes, the …
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