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At least 101 houses and shops were razed following a raid by terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, an official has said. Three villages were raided late Friday in Konduga local government area of the state. Yabawa Kolo, head of the government-owned disaster management agency, told …

The Executive Director of the Institute of Energy Security, Paa Kwesi Anamoah Sakyi has said the resignation of the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage Distribution (BOST) comes as no surprise to him. George Mensah Okley is said to have tendered in his resignation to the President on Friday, …

With the way things are going on in the country, very soon we might not be seeing a lot of rubbish on our streets. There have been concerns about the way people litter the streets with rubbish which sometimes causes disaster, especially during raining seasons. Over some few months, a …

Party delegates and Executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)  in some Atwima communities have hinted the incumbent government may lose massive votes in  the 2020 general elections if nothing is done about the deplorable nature of roads in the Ashanti Region. According to them campaigning for the NPP at the …

The Ashanti Regional Writers and Publishers Association (ASHWAPA) has rejected vehemently the new submission guidelines by the National Council for Curriculum Assessment NaCCA which calls on the writers to submit their books for assessment before putting them on market. According to them the new submission guidelines by NaCCA states that …

The Brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of aid from G7 countries to help tackle fires in the Amazon rainforest. French President Emmanuel Macron – who hosted a G7 summit that ended on Monday – said $22m (£18m) would be released. Brazilian officials gave no reason for …

The Director of Communication for Ghana Gas, Mr. Ernest Owusu Bempah, has accused Former President John Mahama of sponsoring Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, to verbally attack the person of Former President Jerry John Rawlings. Mr. Bempah’s accusation was in a response to Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, a social media commentator …

Maame Adwoa Afumwaa, a 75-year-old farmer and a native of Wioso near Kwapia in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti region, has been pronounced dead at a construction site when an excavator run over her. The heavy machinery was involved in the construction of a primary school block for …

Operation Vanguard personnel in the Eastern Region on Sunday morning at about 02:00 hours arrested 20 suspected illegal miners during a search operation in the general area of the Kibi Zongo Township. The illegal miners made up of 15 Nigerians, a Bissau Guinean and four locals had been handed over …

A quality education specialist with the SOS Villages Ghana has indicated that the new curriculum for basic and high schools is being rushed. Beginning the 2019 – 2020 academic years, Ghana will be moving towards a standardized practical based curriculum with national assessment examinations to be written in classes two, …

Former Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Rachel Appoh says her former boss, Nana Oye Lithur’s defeat in last weekend’s NDC Parliamentary primary is part of the price she’s paying for her ‘sins’ against her (Rachel). Nana Oye Lithur lost her bid to be the opposition NDC’s Parliamentary …

Following reports of attacks on motorists by suspected robbers on the third tier of the Kwame Nkrumah interchange, the Operations Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command has commenced intensive day and night patrols on the interchange. The 3-tier Kwame Nkrumah Interchange was constructed to replace the Kwame Nkrumah roundabout …

Citizen Watch, one of the leading think tank groups in the country, has commended Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government for reviewing the farmgate price for cocoa farmers. The government has agreed to pay $1,820 (GHC9,800) per tonne to Ghanaian cocoa farmers which represent 70% of the floor price of $2,600 …

The Savannah Regional Minister, Salifu Adam Braimah express worry about the bad road network in the Daboya-Mankarigu area. Due to the raining season, several communities have been cut off. Farmers in the Daboya-Mankarigu area have lamented bitterly about the rate at which their produce get spoilt in the farms due …

Police in the Northern Region have confirmed that 65 houses, three motorbikes and 10 bicycles have been burnt to askes in Bagurugu in the Karaga District. According to the Public Relations Officer of Northern Region Police Command, cattle of one Tahiru Ali who lives in Bagurugu, destroyed a rice farm …

A Magistrate court in Enchi in the Western North Region on Thursday, August 22, 2019 has sentenced six men who mercilessly flogged a young man recently for allegedly flouting the chief’s orders to 40 days imprisonment with hard labour. The convicts, Bullu Adjei, Alfred Ban in Obboye, Kwasi Kah, Stephen …

Former Finance Minister, Prof Kwesi Botchwey, is clearly an unhappy man, Peacefmonline.com can confirm. He is said to be extremely riled over reports of his selection as running mate to the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, reliable sources disclosed to Peacefmonline. Last week, social media …

A housewife identified as Auta Dogo Singe, as repeatedly killed her husband in Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State so as to free herself from the marriage and rejoin her former lover. It was gathered that the housewife conspired with one Garba Hassan and Sahabi Garba at Sabon Gari …

Gunmen in the early hours of Sunday invaded the Nigerian Customs Service premises in Calabar with the intention of carting away seized food items meant for delivery to Internally Displaced Persons camp across the country. The hoodlums, who invaded the premises around 4:00 a.m shot indiscriminately while trying to break …

Gunmen on Monday abducted the Chief Medical Director of the Irrua Specialist Hospital, Edo State, Prof. Sylvanus Okogbenin, after killing two policemen attached to him. The Medical Director was said to be travelling to Benin. This is coming on the heel of a similar abduction of two Assistant Directors of …

Following the recent security challenges in Enugu State, students in the state under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have joined in the call for the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Suleiman Balarabe, for lack of capacity to secure the state. In a statement …

The Presidency on Monday said the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has “nothing to do with President Muhammadu Buhari since he arrived Yokohama, Japan, on Monday.” Buhari had departed Nigeria yesterday for Japan to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) holding in the City of …

A University of Cape Town student has reportedly been missing since Saturday, the authorities have said. Uyinene Mrwetyana, 19, was last seen at around 13:30 in the Claremont area, NGO Pink Ladies said in an alert posted on Facebook on Monday. Mrwetyana lives at Roscommmon House on Main Road in …

Diminutive Kumawood actor, Yaw Dabo Popularly known as Don little has put Shatta Bundle to shame after he defeated the latter in a boxing match. The mouthy fellow, Shatta Bandle came to the limelight after he flaunted wads of cash, cars and a mansion, claiming to be very rich. The …

A 22-year-old woman, identified as Vera Adu, has been found dead in her boyfriend’s room at Adu Gyemfi near Sowutwom in the Greater Accra region. Unconfirmed reports have it that the boyfriend allegedly poisoned her when she paid a visit to him. It is, however, unclear what would trigger the …