Two men accused of robbing a female mobile money vendor of GHC 900 in a moving taxi are in the grips of the Fomena District Police Command in the Ashanti Region, pending further investigation. Kwadwo Sarfo, 20, a cabbie, and Kofi Agyemang, 37, a steel bender, both residents of Kumasi-Abrepo …
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First Sky Group Of Companies To Partner Korle In Establishing Ghana First Kidney Transplant Center
First Sky Group of Companies will be partnering the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in establishing Ghana’s first ever kidney transplant center. The move forms part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) earmarked for its 17th-anniversary ceremony. The decision comes on the back of collaboration between the Korle Bu Teaching …
Read More »Ruling on Agordzo’s bail application adjourned again
The High Court has deferred its ruling on the bail application filed lawyers for ACP Benjamin Agordzo, one of the accused persons facing trial for allegedly trying to destabilize the state. According to the judge, Justice Ekow Baiden, even though the ruling is ready, he will like to consider some …
Read More »One person feared dead after loaded truck runs into 5 cars
One person was feared dead after a Renault truck with registration number AS 58 67-14, suspected to have failed its brake ran into five saloon cars before fallen on the road on Wednesday January 15, 2020 morning at Suame in the Ashanti region. The loaded truck was heading towards Suame …
Read More »Mentally challenged man 19, butchers bathing woman, 32, at Nkawie
A 32 year old woman, Ruth Pokuah, has been butchered by a 19 year old mentally challenged person in her house while bathing by a mentally challenged person at Nkawie in the Atwima Nwabiagya South district of the Ashanti region. The incident happened on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at 8 …
Read More »NABCO prepares first batch of beneficiaries to exit
The Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) is readying itself to facilitate the successful exit and seamless transition of the first batch of beneficiaries into permanent employment. It said already, 11,000 personnel had transitioned into their chosen future careers since deployment and were doing well. Addressing day two of the results fair …
Read More »Angry Judge issues arrest warrant for Kelvin Taylor
Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, has issued an arrest warrant directed at the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the National Security and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), to arrest social media commentator, Kelvin Taylor. He’s to be presented in Court to answer why he …
Read More »TUTAG calls off nationwide strike
The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has called off its nationwide strike after the National Labour Commission (NLC) secured an interim injunction on the industrial action. The association in a statement said its decision to call off the strike was a “demonstration of good faith which must be reciprocated by …
Read More »ECG retrieves over Ghc900k from power theft by hotels, radio stations, spots
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)in the Eastern Region has retrieved about GH₡949,000.00 from detected illegal connections in the Region last year. The amount represents penalties and surcharges slapped on customers who were caught using electricity illegally in the year 2019. Speaking to the media in Koforidua yesterday, the Acting …
Read More »US lifts VISA restrictions on Ghana
The United States of America has lifted visa restrictions imposed on Ghana in February 2019. According to the US, the decision to lift the restrictions imposed on Ghana follows the establishment of a mutually agreed process for the identification, validating and issuance of travel documentation to Ghanaian citizens under final …
Read More »Komenda junction accident death toll now 35; NRSA to control operations of commercial drivers
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it is taking appropriate steps to exert some control on the operations of commercial (passenger and freight) road transport organisations so as to help fight road accidents effectively. Confirming that the death toll in last Tuesday’s road accident on the Cape Coast – …
Read More »Okada rider loses both arms after a horrific accident
A commercial motorcycle rider locally known as ‘okada rider’ in the Shai Osudoku District is fighting for life having lost both arms in a horrific motorbike accident. The victim suffered fractured arms hence both reportedly amputated. “He is still struggling with his life but both hands cut off. Okada riders …
Read More »GES Apologises For Treating SHS Teachers Poorly
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has apologised to senior high school teachers for treating them poorly on Monday at the start of a four-day training programme. More than 200 teachers from the Greater Accra, Oti and Volta Regions who were invited on short notice to attend the training were left …
Read More »Ahmed Hussein-Suale’s murder: Artistic impression of assailants released
Today marks exactly one year after the killing of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale who used to work with Anas Aremeyaw Anas’s Tiger Eye PI. Ahmed was shot dead by unknown assailants who were riding on a motorbike whilst the journalist was in a moving car in his neighbourhood six-months after the …
Read More »GPL: Aduana shocked, Kotoko beaten, Hearts drew
League leaders, Aduana Stars were shocked by Eleven Wonders at Techiman this afternoon in a mid-week Ghana Premier League Match Day 4. Eleven Wonders got the only goal of the match on the stroke of half time via a penalty by Kwadwo Asamoah. This victory is the first of the …
Read More »Thousands continue to flee Eritrea – HRW
Thousands of Eritreans, including many children, continue to flee Eritrea because of human rights abuses and the nation’s indefinite national service, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says. Legally, conscription begins at the age of 18, but many children are also caught during round-ups, especially in urban areas, and sent …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire guts Accra Academy, dormitories burnt, over 100 students stranded
A late night fire has consumed two halls at Accra Academy, displacing more than 100 students. The fire started around 7:00 p.m. at Alema and Halm Addo halls, at a time the students were attending prep in their classrooms, one of the school’s private security officials who blocked access to …
Read More »We don’t trust EC to be neutral- Asiedu Nketia
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, in an interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com has revealed his party doesn’t trust officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a free and fair election. Mr. Asiedu Nketia’s comment follows calls on political parties to protect the integrity of the EC …
Read More »Radio Tongu director arrested for promoting separatists agenda
Mr Bestway Zottor, the Director of Radio Tongu in the Volta Region, was on Wednesday arrested for his alleged role in promoting the agenda of the Homeland Study Group Foundation, a secessionist group in the Region. Radio Tongu is a community radio station based at Sogakope in the South Tongu …
Read More »Former Beige Bank boss files for bail
Lawyers for Michael Nyinaku, a former Managing Director of Beige Bank, who is being held for stealing and money laundering, have filed a motion for bail at an Accra Circuit Court. The lawyers led by Mr Thaddeus Sory proceeded to the Circuit Court to have their bail application heard after …
Read More »Reversing sachet water truck kills toddler
A-One year, four months old girl has been killed by a reversing sachet water truck with registration number GS 1429-16 in Bediako, a community in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Confirming the incident to the Ghana News Agency, Mrs. Vida Graham, mother, said the little girl who …
Read More »Politicians ‘hunting’ for blood in election year for power – Rev. Owusu Bempah
The Leader and Founder of Glorious Word Chapel International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah says more gruesome deaths await Ghanaians, as the country goes to the polls, come December 7. According to him, politicians wanting to win power and those who want to hang on to power are scheming for human …
Read More »13 cars, 1 motorbike in freak accident at Adenta
Some 13 vehicles and a motorbike have been involved in a chain accident around SDA on the Madina-Adenta road. Although there are unconfirmed reports of the number of injuries and casualties, a video sighted by GhanaWeb showed that about five of the cars were in very damaged state. Halfway through …
Read More »Trump impeachment: House sends historic case to Senate
he US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to submit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a trial. The resolution passed largely along party lines by 228 votes to 193. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed copies of the articles alongside the team of Democratic …
Read More »Students evacuated as Accra Academy dormitories go up in flames
Parts of the Accra Academy located at Bubiashie in Accra is reportedly in flames. It is unclear what might have caused the fire in the school. Photos and videos are rife on social media with some claiming that dormitories in two halls of residence in the school, namely Alema and …
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