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Two hospitalized after attack by landguards

Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds and after a group of armed men believed to be landguards attacked them on their land at Gomoa Fetteh Kakraba, in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The injured are currently receiving treatment at the Winneba Trauma Hospital. Citi News sources say …

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Niger aid stampede: At least 20 killed in Diffa

At least 20 people, many of them women and children, have been killed in a stampede in south-eastern Niger, reports say. Refugees from neighbouring Nigeria were queuing for food and money in the town of Diffa when the incident took place, according to local sources. Ten other people were injured. …

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NHIA owes mission hospitals GH¢87m – Catholic Bishop reveals

It has emerged that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is indebted to mission hospitals across the country to the tune of GH¢87 million. A news item published in the Catholic Standard, the official newspaper of the Catholic Church in Ghana, indicates that Bishop of Koforidua, Most Rev. Joseph Afrifah-Agyekum, …

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Efia Odo warned to stay away from Kennedy Osei (screenshot)

Ghanaian slay queen, Efia Odo, has been warned to stay away from Kennedy Osei after the later’s marriage with Tracy Ameyaw. In a recent post which came as a warning to slay queens from Afia Schwarzenegger, Efia Odo was tagged. As sighted by Gossips24.com on Instagram, Afia Schwarzenegger wrote; ” What God has put …

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Tarkwa: Mining company fined GHc1.5m for power theft

A Tarkwa based mining firm called Mohammed Mining Company has been busted by the Electricity Company of Ghana for illegal connection. The task force who acted on a tip-off upon the arrival at the company’s site observed that power had been tapped from the main source without the consent of …

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Non-payment of electricity bills to be criminalized – ECG

The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, has hinted that it is lobbying Parliament to pass a law that will criminalize nonpayment of electricity bills. Ghana has about 85% electricity penetration rate but the nonpayment of Electricity bills by consumers continue to suffocate the power distributor hence the move to pass …

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Police arrests one more suspect in alleged murder of Ruth Eshun

The Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested one more suspect in the alleged murder of Ruth Eshun, a community nurse with the Sewua Health Center. The police in a statement said on Thursday, February 13, 2020 acting on information they arrested suspect Kofi Garba alias Amanya Attiuwenti 37 …

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Ebony’s last prayer request revealed by father [Video]

Father of late dancehall diva, Ebony Reigns, Nana Opoku Kwarteng says her daughter’s last prayer request was to arrive safely from the unfortunate road trip that killed her. He made this revelation in an interview with Joy News during her 2-year celebration after her demise. The nation was shocked two …

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Bantama Calvary Temple A/G Launches 40th Anniversary (Photos)

The Calvary Temple Assemblies of God Church (CTAG) at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti region on Sunday February 16, 2020, launched its 40th anniversary celebrations. Congregants seated during Ministration The launch which was held at the church premise is on the theme: “Forty Years of His faithfulness”, …

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Free SHS: Ningo SHTS students study on bare floor

First-year Home Economics students of the Ningo Senior High Technical School at Ningo in the Greater Accra Region have to sit on the floor for classes due to lack of desks. The students, who number over 40, sit on the bare floor for lessons as the classroom has less than …

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Mahama causes stir in Kumasi

This year’s Maulud Nabiyi, to wit the celebration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Mohammed, was held in Kumasi where Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia and former President John Mahama suffered major protocol breaches. The programme hosted by one of the leading clerics of the Tijanniyya sect, Sheikh Wadudu Cisey, saw …

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Ghana, DR Congo license new Ebola vaccine

Ghana and three other African countries – the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Zambia – have licensed and can now distribute an Ebola vaccine, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed as a “milestone”. Preliminary study results indicate the Ervebo vaccine, manufactured by Merck, has a 97.5% efficacy …

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14-year-old girl killed, dumped in a bush at Twifo Agona

Fear has gripped residents of Twifu Agona in the Twifu Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region after a 14-year-old girl, Maame Esi a student at Agona D/A Basic School was murdered and dumped in a bush. Information suggests that four suspects namely Kwabena Asamoah, Abraham Anti, Kofi Owusu and Akwesi …

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Top 2 NDC MPs involved in a fatal car accident

Two leading minority Members of Parliament, Ahmed Ibrahim, and Muntaka Mubarak almost lost their lives in a near-fatal accident. The NDC party members were on their way to a funeral in Sunyani when their SUV got involved in an accident. According to reports, the SUV veered off the road and …

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