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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 …

Member of Parliament(MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has cautioned men who are led by their libidos to be responsible for their children and not expect Members of Parliament (MPs) to help them take care of their families. According to him, MPs and politicians in general, are not obliged to …

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 …

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”, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A teacher at Nkwanata South M/A Redeem Basic of the Oti region has canned a nine-year-old pupil to the point of injury for criticising the taste of her ‘sobolo’ drink. The pupil (name withheld) sustained multiples injuries on her body as she was severely beaten by her class teacher whose name given …

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 …

hanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has been arrested by the police according to a video that has just surfaced on social media in a breaking news. The video sighted by us at OccupyGh.com shows the ‘Borjor‘ hitmaker who featured Vybz Kartel on ‘All-Out’ single being whisked away by the Nima police officers. …

At the end of December 2019, total mobile data subscriptions stood at about 30.4 million, which is 101 per cent penetration compared to the country’s population. Mobile cellular voice subscriptions have for many years been more than the country’s population, but mobile data subscription had not topped the population until …

The popular saying “the Police is your friend” is often negated by the conduct of the Ghana Police Service, and only of decreasing minority have a good word to say about these men in uniform in terms of upholding professional conduct with the general public. One major characteristic of a …

At least 22 people have been killed in an attack on a village in north-west Cameroon, the UN says. Over half those killed in Ntumbo were children, and local media report that several victims were burned alive. No-one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident, but an opposition party blamed the …

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has announced the “readiness” of the Akufo-Addo government to ship loads of Ghanaian staple foods like “shito, gari and kenkey that can last over 2 weeks without going bad”, to the over 300 Ghanaian students who have been trapped in the Chinese province …

Chief Executives of two food import companies are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for importing four 40-footer containers of salmonella infested gizzard into the country. Veterinary officials said they were able to impound one of the containers but three others which can feed millions of people have …

The Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited (GTFC) took tenants and owners of factories situated at the Trade Fair by surprise when it illegally embarked on a demolition exercise backed by “orders from above” to destroy dozens of factories which are worth millions of dollars. In the dead of the night …

Mining giant Gold Fields will not be rushing to join AngloGold Ashanti in exiting South Africa after its last mine in the country returned to profit last year. The South Deep operation generated US$15 million of net cash in 2019 after a decade of losses. Profitability will improve this year …

Abshir Gaarane Ahmed was a lead singer in a government band in Benadir, the region that covers the capital Mogadishu in Somalia. The public knew him as the man who belted out patriotic songs about his country. His trimmed beard and smooth voice suited a youthful artiste. Then on January …

Nigeria has over the past 18 years recovered $4.6 billion (1.4trn) allegedly looted from the nation’s treasury and stashed abroad by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. Data on the recoveries collated by Daily Trust indicates that the funds were repatriated mainly from four countries between 2002 and …

Communication is great. As much as many people know this, however, opening up about certain things remain a little difficult. Ask women for instance, especially those who were born and bred in a sexual-instinct-stifling society like ours; where women are subtly and even expressly asked to not rein in their …

Police have opened an official probe into the near-fatal road accident involving two Members of Parliament, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak and Ahmed Ibrahim. Two parliamentarians were involved in lorry accident on Kumasi-Accra road and have since been discharged by the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak and Ahmed Ibrahim, legislators for …

A United States(US) court has given some details of how a Ghanaian-American surgeon based in Florida, Dr Moses deGraft-Johnson, splashed some of the over $26 million dollars he got illegally from the United States government and medical insurers. In a 58-count indictment by a federal court, Dr deGraft-Johnson is alleged …

Illegal mining, popularly known as “galamsey” in Ghana is a practice by people who want to earn ‘quick money’ as factors such as poverty, limited employment opportunities and lack of job security in gold-rich communities continue to push scores of Ghanaian youth into the trade. Ghana’s new President Akufo-Addo, put …

Madam Patricia Appiagyei, incumbent Member of Parliament for Asokwa last Friday shook the grounds of the famous municipality as she filed her nomination forms in grand style. Storming the party office in a white car while standing in the open-top portion, the MP waved to numerous party delegates and sympathizers …