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Fire guts stores at the Navrongo main market

Fire has ravaged several stores at the Navrongo main market Monday night. The inferno, which started at about 8pm, destroyed containers and other properties belonging to the traders. Three large provision stores close to the smoked mudfish market, in the same vicinity with the Zambarima Pwekura, were completely destroyed before …

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[Photos | Video] Two hotels demolished over breach of lockdown rules

The authorities in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern Rivers state have demolished two hotels over an alleged breach of lockdown rules intended to contain the spread of coronavirus. State Governor Nyesom Wike, who supervised the tearing down of Edemete Hotel and Prodest Home on Sunday, said the operators had flouted an order …

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FLOOD: Kasoa residents sleep in wheelbarrows [VIDEO]

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has attributed the lack of roofing safety hooks in some houses as a major cause of flooding in Kasoa Ofaakor and its environs. According to the NADMO Director for Awutu Senya East in the Central Region, Kwame Amoah, over 1,000 roofs were ripped off, …

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Video shows Rome City shaking after being hit by earthquake

A mild earthquake shook Rome on Monday morning after the Italian city came out of Coronavirus lockdown following a massive drop in new cases. The quake, which had magnitude 3.3, struck at 5.03am 10 miles north of the Italian capital. It was also captured in a webcam footage. According to …

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Four suspected cultists with guns arrested

Four suspected cultists with guns were apprehended on Sunday, May 10, by Ngwuru Neighbourhood Watch in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.   The chairman of the neighbourhood watch, Mr Ferdinand Onah said that the boys who are in their early 20s were apprehended at Ogbaegu, in Ngwuru following intelligence …

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Govt’ has not given us any PPEs – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has disputed the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu’s claim that the government has allocated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Commission. Mr. Iddrisu had questioned the priorities of the government and the EC amid the novel coronavirus pandemic after alleging the allocation of PPE. The EC in its statement however clarified …

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KP Boateng can come back to Black Stars – Black Stars coach

Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor says Kevin-Prince Boateng can come back to the team but admits there are some issues that need to be solved first. The Besiktas attacker has not played for Ghana since 2014 as he is serving an indefinite suspension imposed on him by the erstwhile Ghana Football …

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Kpone residents demonstrate over demolition of properties

Hundreds of residents of Santeo COCOBOD, a surbub of the Kpone Katamanso District of the Greater Accra Region, have demonstrated over the demolition of their properties by some persons with the aid of armed security personnel. The demolition exercise, which is reported to have been carried out by an estate …

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Three arrested over Indian hemp

The Police has arrested three persons who were packaging substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The three persons namely; George Agidi aka Doctor Aggrey, age 30, Adam Razak, age 31 and 17-year-old Nunekpeku Isaac were arrested at Ve-Koloenu in the Afadjato South District of the Volta Region. The Volta Regional …

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Ayawaso East MCE dispels allegations of neglect by constituents

The Municipal Chief Executive of the Ayawaso East Municipal Assembly, Hajia Salma Adams Kuta, has dispelled allegations of neglect from a section of constituents with regards to the distribution of food and other relief items in the municipality. According to her, no such incident of neglect has taken place in …

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[Watch] Nana Agradaa Finally Replies Kennedy Agyapong

Nana Agradaa has finally replied Kennedy Agyapong after the latter threatened to expose her. It could be remembered that Kennedy Agyapong advised Nana Agradaa to change her ways else her end will come in his hands. It seems she fears for her life as she has emphatically stated that Kennedy Agyapong is someone she …

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COVID-19: Political Correctness Against Scientific Correctness

Largely, there is seething intellectual dishonesty and hypocrisy in Ghana because those in academia have been hypnotized into mental inertia or social alienation by the political class. The same rod has hit the clergy, the traditional leaders and the silent majority.   Everyone is silent not because everything is right …

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Library Authority secures license for 1000 Ghanaians to study on Coursera

The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has secured scholarship slots for 1000 Ghanaians to study on Coursera. Coursera is one of the leading, globally recognized Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platforms because of its association with top universities like, Stanford University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania and many others in offering …

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Land guards shoot two residents at Gomoa Tuansah

Two people have sustained gunshot wounds after suspected Land Guards attacked them at Gomoa Tuansah near Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region. According to an eyewitness Kwame Mensah a brother of the victim, they heard the land guards breaking their brother’s door with concrete blocks. He said in the process, …

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Togo reports an outbreak of African swine fever

Togo reported an outbreak of African swine fever in a farm northwest of the capital Lome, where 44 pigs have died of the disease since April 18. “Analyses at the Lome central veterinary laboratory have confirmed the presence of the African swine fever virus in this breeding farm,” said the …

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