Neoplan Ghana Limited, one of the country’s surviving coach manufacturing businesses in the 1970s, has announced a total shutdown on Friday, January 31, 2020 because it is no longer viable. A memo to all staff of the company in Accra and Kumasi announcing the closure of the company, which was …
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HOT PHOTOS: Sister Derby gleams in new photos
Ghanaian pop artiste, Deborah Owusu-Bonsu a.ka Sister Derby, has set the internet on fire. She has served social media with good viewing pleasure. The African Mermaid has shared stunning snap shots of her on instagram which has got her followers trooping in with heartwarming comments. The singer is seen in …
Read More »Ghana Health Service calls for forensic probe into conduct of Internal Audit Director
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called for a forensic probe into the conduct of the Director, Internal Audit Division of the GHS, Mr Kwabena Hemeng-Ntiamoah, who is alleged to have misappropriated millions of cedis meant for audit assignments. A document sighted by the Ghanaian Times suggested that the forensic …
Read More »Kan Dapaah inaugurates Obuasi Municipal Assembly
Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah represented the President His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo to supervise the inauguration and swearing-in of Assembly members of the 7th Assembly of the Obuasi Municipal Assembly. The event which took place at the Wesley Methodist Church on Thursday, 23rd January 2020 …
Read More »Excavators seized from illegal miners have disappeared – Prof. Frimpong Boateng
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng Minister for Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation and also Chairperson for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) has disclosed that most of the excavators that were seized from illegal miners have vanished. It will be recalled that last year the GALAMSTOP, a taskforce set up by the …
Read More »Ghana tightens surveillance as Cote d’Ivoire deal with suspected coronavirus case
Health officials in Ghana have tightened surveillance at Ghana’s border with Cote d’Ivoire after a suspected case of coronavirus was reported. Ever since the disease surfaced in China, many countries are on the alert to ensure it does not find its way to their setting. The Director-General of the Ghana …
Read More »Two arrested for stealing 300 cattle from Kete-Krachi
Two out of four persons who stole 300 cattle from Kete-Krachi in the Oti Region have been arrested by the Police in Savannah Region. Ibrahim Imoro and Amadu Imoro were said to have taken the stolen cows to a farm settlement near Kosorgbor in the Savannah Region. They were arrested …
Read More »Akufo-Addo to commission ambulances soon
President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to commission over 300 ambulances come Tuesday, January 28, 2020. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, made this known to the media at a press briefing in Accra on Sunday, January 26,2020. According to him, the over 300 ambulances, EMT Drivers and support staff will be …
Read More »Some Ghanaian youth smoke dried feces – Narcotics Control Board
Some young people in the country now smoke dried feces and soak sanitary pads to drink for vitality. This shocking revelation was made by the Upper West regional commander of Narcotics Control Board Ishak Bakuri when Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery visited the regional NACOB office as part of his three …
Read More »Meet the Cape Coast King who challenged the legitimacy of British authority
It is on record that King John Aggrey Essien of Oguaa (Cape Coast) was the first king in the 19th century to really have challenged the legitimacy of British authority. Organizing systematic protests against the British earned him the accolade as one of the African political martyrs of British imperialism, …
Read More »24 Soldiers killed in terrorists’ attack on Army base
The death toll in Sunday’s attack on Sokolo Army camp in central Mali has risen to 24. The operation has been claimed by Al-Qaeda affiliate Nusrat al-Islam (JNIM), a group active in the Maghreb and West Africa regions. The attackers reportedly took the servicemen by surprise. Militants stormed the base …
Read More »BREAKING: Senatorial candidate shot by security escort
There was a tragedy on Sunday as an operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps shot the 2019 senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance in Imo North Senatorial District, Ndubuisi Emenike. The incident took place around 5 pm during a victory party for the All Progressives Congress candidate at …
Read More »Police car carrying Zimbabwean suspect overturns
A POLICE car carrying one of the suspects accused of setting fire to the body of a 10-year-old girl overturned this afternoon at Otjiwarongo. Deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi today said soon after the arrest the officers had decided to refuel at Otjiwarongo Police Station. However, 10km before Otjiwarongo, the driver …
Read More »Four die as suicide bomber hits Borno mosque
Four persons were said to have died during a suicide attack on a mosque in Gwoza, southern Borno State. Gwoza was, at the peak of the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency, the administrative capital and caliphate of the terrorist group. It was learnt that the suicide bomber ran into a group …
Read More »Land guards on rampage at Gbetsile
Residents and developers at Gbetsile Obeyeyie, a developing community within the Kpone Katamanso Municipality are living in fear as a result of the increasing land guard activities within the area. The situation is brewing high tension in the community, according to reports. The land guards are alleged to be working …
Read More »Gov’t to distribute over 300 ambulances Tuesday
Emergency healthcare services in Ghana are to receive a major boost from this week, following the dispatch of over 300 Ambulances, over 300 EMT Drivers and support staff and 30 Dispatchers to 275 constituencies nationwide from Tuesday. The ambulances were procured under the government Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) …
Read More »We’ve not imported faulty BVDs from Nigeria – EC
The Electoral Commission has dismissed claims that it has imported some faulty biometric devices from Nigeria. According to the commission, such suggestions by one Owula Mangortey in an article making on social media, are false and must be ignored. “The Electoral Commission has noted with concern an article circulating on …
Read More »BoG can’t print money to pay depositors of collapsed banks – Bawumia’s spokesperson
Dr Gideon Boako, spokesperson the Vice President, has said the government cannot ask the Bank of Ghana (BoG) print money to pay depositors of the collapsed financial institutions in the country. He said if that is done, it will amount to the central bank financing government expenditure, an action he …
Read More »Many left injured as Nigerians and Pakistanis clash in Hong Kong
An clash between two nationals in Hong Kong, southeastern China on Sunday has left several people injured. The fight, which broke out between Nigerians and Pakistanis, was caused by a misunderstandings over money issues, FoxMeek has reported. The fight caused serious panic as many, including businessmen, scampered for safety. An …
Read More »Chinese man killed by compatriot in Asankragua
A Chinese national, Wei Yan Wen, has allegedly been stabbed to death by his compatriot at Asankragua in the Wassa Amenfi West District of the Western Region. The suspect, Lee Buau Huan, is believed to be a friend of the victim who was stabbed following a supposed disagreement over a …
Read More »Chieftaincy feud: Exhumed body dumped at rival’s home
There is tension at Awenade community near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region after supporters of a rival chief exhumed and dumped a dead body at the home of an opponent. According to the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) DSP Ebenezer Tetteh who confirmed the incident to Mynewsgh.com, the …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Shatta Wale angrily smashes windscreen of his $65,000-valued Dodge Charger
A footage has emerged online of musician Shatta Wale smashing his at $65,000-valued Dodge Charger’s windscreen. It is not yet clear what may have angered the musician to go to the extent of smashing a car that was given to him by People Celebrities Awards when he emerged as “Celebrity …
Read More »Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash
US basketball legend Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in California, US media report. Bryant was travelling in a private helicopter when it burst into flames above the city of Calabasas, according to the reports. The LA County Sheriff’s department said that five people died in a …
Read More »E/R: Corpse exhumed and dumped at chief’s palace
There is escalating tension at Awenade, a community near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region after a corpse was exhumed and dumped in front of a chief palace. The coffin containing the body of a 39-year-old Adwoa Antwiwaa was exhumed by some unknown persons and left at the forecourt of a …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Hearts of Oak 1-2 Asante Kotoko: Keita’s late penalty wins game for Porcupine Warriors
A late penalty converted by Guinean import Naby Keita earned Asante Kotoko the derby spoils in a 2-1 win over Hearts of Oak on Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Phobians failed to make their recent surge in form count as the Porcupine Warriors looked compact and tactically superior …
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