Three people were killed while some passengers were whisked away into the bush by suspected kidnappers on the Lokoja-Abuja express road on Sunday evening. It was reported that the suspected kidnappers waylaid a 14-seater bus fully loaded with passengers and was heading to Abuja before the unfortunate incident. It was …
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Deputy Governor, accused of forgery, perjury
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi has been accused of altering his academic records. According to a series of posts on Twitter as well as some purported documents on social media, it was alleged that while serving as Chairman of Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, …
Read More »5 die as Oro festival turns bloody
The annual Oro cultural festival held in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has turned bloody, as suspected members of Aiye and Eiye cult gangs were embroiled in a clash. Five members of the secret cult groups died in the fight, while several others sustained bullet and machete wounds. The gangs were said …
Read More »(PHOTOS): 10 Year Old Boy Murdered And Dumped In A Plantain Farm At Sekondi-Takoradi
Residents of Adiembra in the Western Region were thrown into a state of shock following the discovery of the dead body of 10 years old boy. The body of the deceased was found in a plantain farm adjacent western Naval officers Base in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the western region …
Read More »Police arrest armed robbery suspect, recover firearms at church ground
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery suspect, Wasiu Kamarudeen, 19, of No. 8, Olaniyi St., Iyalode, Ilogbo in Badagry and recovered one locally-made short gun with one live-cartridge from him. This is contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer ( PRO), …
Read More »How to be a good partner without losing yourself in a relationship?
I met a couple recently for a session of marital counselling. They shared their individual experiences in being married for over a decade. They repeatedly circled back to one aspect, each sharing individually, albeit in different words “My marriage is not the way I would like it to be. I …
Read More »16-year-old girl’s arm chopped off over bathroom slippers
The left arm of a sixteen-year-old first year Junior High School (JHS) student, Josephine Amoabeng has been severed following a brawl with a young man on a farm at Komfour-Nkwanta in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti region, MyNewsGh.com reports. Father of the girl, Kwadwo Sakyi who narrated the …
Read More »VIDEO: Chief’s musketry kills first year UDS student
A first year student of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has been killed by a musketeer of the chief of Bomaa in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo region, Otempatadwanso Opoku Agyemang MyNewsGh.com reports. The twenty-one year-old student, whose name has been given as Raymond Kesse was escorting …
Read More »Husband allegedly kills man for chasing wife
Agona Nkum in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region was thrown into shock last Friday night when a jealous husband allegedly killed a 39-year-old farmer for allegedly trying to woo his wife. It was the violent end of a confrontation at a drinking spot where Kwame Egyir, 39, …
Read More »Angry NPP youth beat up NDC communicator at radio station
Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth in the Central Tongu constituency stormed a local radio station, Dela Radio during a political talk show program dubbed “Horodio” in the early hours of Saturday and beat up a communicator of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to sources, the NPP youth …
Read More »Volta region GJA lifts ban on NDC
The Volta Region chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called off its boycott of activities of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Nkwanta South constituency. It follows a peaceful resolution of an assault case between the party’s Constituency Secretary, Prince Succeed Fiagadzi and Adom TV reporter …
Read More »Did Jubilee House forget to go solar by August? – Ablakwa quizzes government
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is questioning whether the seat of government, Jubilee House, has switched to solar power as promised by the President. President Akufo-Addo in the 2019 State of the Nation Address to Parliament in February, assured that the Jubilee House …
Read More »Wontumi ‘fingers’ Mahama, Ofosu Ampofo as brains behind killing of two police officers
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, known widely as Charman Wontumi has accused former President John Mahama and party Chair, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo as the brains behind the killing of two police officers near Liberia Camp in Kasoa last Wednesday. According to the …
Read More »Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account hacked
Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey experienced a major security breach affecting his Twitter account in the late hours of Friday, August 30th, as his account was briefly taken over by a group of hackers known as the Chuckling Squad. Offensive tweets which include racial slurs, antisemitic messages and at least one …
Read More »Texas loosens firearm laws hours after the state’s latest mass shooting left five dead
A series of new firearm laws will go into effect in Texas on Sunday just hours after a shooting left five people dead in the western part of the state. The laws will further loosen gun restrictions in a state that’s had four of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in …
Read More »Five out of six bodies retrieved from galamsey pit
Five out of six galamsey operators who died when a pit they were working in collapsed on them at Atansi-Manso in the Mpohor District of the Western Region have so far been identified with the sixth person yet to be known. The Western Regional Director of NADMO, Abdul Ganiwu, speaking …
Read More »Katanga alumni unhappy with unresolved hall conversion brouhaha
Some male students of the University Hall popularly known as Katanga at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST) have raised concerns over the admission of female students into the hall. The University started admitting female students into two male halls, namely University Hall (Katanga) and Unity Hall (Conti) after …
Read More »Attacks on Zoomlion fueled by jealousy, envy – Duncan Williams
The General Overseer of the Action Faith Chapel International has called on government and Ghanaians to desist from the culture of destroying indigenous businesses and successful local entrepreneurs. Archbishop Duncan Williams alleged during Sunday morning’s sermon that successive governments have made the founder of Zoomlion, the subject of attacks because …
Read More »Peeping through microwaves dangerous
Microwave oven users who are fond of peeping into it while the machine is in use expose themselves to contracting eye diseases such as cataract. This is because microwaves have a heating effect and produce radiation which could harm the eyes or any delicate organ when it gets closer to …
Read More »LPG prices to shoot up; petrol, diesel to remain stable – IES
The Institute of Energy Securities (IES) is predicting a considerable rise in the price of LPG on the local market. In addition, the Institute said it expects the prices of petrol and diesel at the pumps to remain stable. “This can be attributed to international market variables on the local …
Read More »Ghana opens passport application hub in Japan to serve Asia
Ghana has opened an application centre in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, as part of efforts to improve passport acquisition by Ghanaians living in the Diaspora. Addressing a ceremony on the sidelines of this year’s Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad 7) Ghana’s Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration …
Read More »Scrap collector steals police motorbike
A scrap collector in Accra has been sentenced by the Dodowa District Court for stealing a motorcycle assigned to the Malejor Police Station for night patrols. The Court presided over by Gloria Naa Botor Laryea sentenced Mohammed Kwame, a resident of Agbobloshie, on his own plea of guilty to 18 …
Read More »Kasoa Police killing: Prime suspect arrested
The prime suspect who is said to have killed two police officers in Gomoa Buduburam near Kaso has been arrested. Eric Kojo Duah, who has been declared wanted by the police was on his way to the Volta region en route Akosombo in the Eastern region when he was nabbed. …
Read More »Mrs Kufuor alive and kicking – Kufuor’s Office rubbishes death rumours
The Office of former President John Agyekum Kufuor has rubbished media reports that the former First Lady, Mrs Theresa Kufuor has died. A statement signed by aid to President Kufuor, Dr Kwabena Osei-Adubofour Friday evening, clarified that the former First Lady is alive and kicking. “The Office of Former President …
Read More »Government announces bumper compensation packages for fallen Policemen
The government of Ghana has announced welfare packages to the families of the two police officers who were shot and killed while on duty at Kasoa near Budumburam in the Central region on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The packages are meant to look after the wives and children of the …
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