A gas explosion within the premises of Zenith Bank around Ministries in Accra, has left one dead, another in critical condition, and a third person with minor injuries. According to Citi News sources, the deceased and the critically injured person, both welders, were engaged to dismantle a garbage container within …
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Suspected Yellow Fever outbreak: Eight persons die in Savannah Region – GHS
Eight persons have died from suspected Yellow Fever (YF) outbreak in the Savannah Region, the Ghana Health Service(GHS) has said. This follows interim laboratory results of an unusual disease from the region, a press release from the Service, copied to the Ghana News Agency said. It said the disease was …
Read More »V/R: Police rescue one-month baby dumped at a farm at Akatsi
The Akatsi District Police has rescued a baby boy of about a month old, dumped in a bush at Agbaflome, a suburb of Akatsi. The infant, was rescued in the afternoon of October 27 2021 from a cassava farm at Agbaflome upon a timely distress call placed to the police …
Read More »Man nabbed for possessing narcotic substance in Volta Region
Police in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta Region have arrested a man for allegedly possessing some five slabs of narcotic substances believed to be transported from Accra. The arrest was made during one of the Police’s Patrol Duties on the Accra-Aflao highway on October 28, 2021, at about …
Read More »Obonsu D/A Primary forced to study under trees, new school building locked due to lack of desks
The Pupils of Obonsu D/A Primary School have appealed to authorities to operationalize a six-classroom block completed in the area so they would start using it. The pupils are currently studying under trees because the old school block is in a deplorable state. Rainbow Radio’s Fiifi Ankomah, who reported from …
Read More »Chaos on UG campus as Commonwealth, Sarbah hall residents clash over election results
Some residents from the Commonwealth Hall and the Mensah Sarbah Hall at the University of Ghana clashed over delays in the release of the final results from the Students Representative Council run-off elections. The residents from the two halls threw broken bottles and stones at each other in front of …
Read More »How bees swarmed trader’s shed at Jinijini Friday market
A swarm of bees found a new home as hundreds of them settled under the shed of a trader who deals in second-hand clothing at the Friday market in Jinijini, a farming community in the Brerekum West District. Speaking to Rainbow Radio’s Abdul Razack, the trader disclosed that she had …
Read More »Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: UN sexuality expert backs Anglican Archbishop’s opposition
• Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ Bill continues to receive external opposition • One of the most recent being the Archbishop of Canterbury • His views have been supported by the UN expert on sexuality Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nation’s Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, has waded into issues around …
Read More »Sintim vs Ocloo: The High Court ruling that set social media on fire this week
This week, Ghana’s social media space particularly Facebook has been dominated by two major stories. The two stories though distinct, elicited numerous reactions on the platform due to the persons involved and their attachment to certain political figures. The week was capped off with the relatively bigger story of a …
Read More »‘Trotro’ driver arrested for urinating on a Highway after viral video
• A driver at the centre of the viral video has been arrested • He was captured urinating along the road during traffic • He is said to be in grips of the police GhanaWeb sources at the Police Service have disclosed that a driver of a commercial vehicle with registration …
Read More »All Ashanti lands are mine, you can go to court – Otumfuo warns
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has moved to assert his authority as the custodian of all lands in the Ashanti Region. According to Otumfuo, all lands in the Ashanti Region are his property and no one can lay claim to any portion. He dared anyone who doubted his claim …
Read More »US busts syndicate shipping stolen luxury cars to Ghana via NY, NJ ports
• US officials have intercepted a luxury car exporting syndicate • They steal cars from across the country and export mostly to West Africa • Ghana is one of their main destinations US Customs and Border Protection officials at one of the country’s busiest ports have intercepted a car syndicate …
Read More »A/R: Body found floating on River Bobo in Baakoniaba
A lifeless body of a 63-year-old farmer has been found floating on River Bobo at Baakoniaba near Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region. The deceased, Kojo Aguma reportedly left home to his farm and never returned until he was found dead the following day. According to a police report sighted …
Read More »VIDEO: Armed soldiers attack Suame police station; beat up police officer
• A soldier was arrested for using an unregistered motorbike • Six other soldiers stormed Suame Police Station over his arrest • Police reinforcement deployed to Suame Some six soldiers are reported to have stormed the Suame Police Command in the Ashanti Region over the arrest of one of their …
Read More »‘How my erroneous conviction propelled my love for prisoners’ – Ghanaian Swiss citizen shares story
“I was in detention for three months but after four weeks, they took me to prison because I was like, I can’t,” Miss Hegglin said. A Ghanaian Swiss citizen has shared how her experience in a Switzerland cell made her develop special affection for inmates. Cynthia Hegglin, a mother of …
Read More »Man who killed pregnant wife dies from alleged poisoning
The suspect died at the hospital after being suspected of taking a poison before his arrest. Information coming in indicate Kwame Maxwell, the suspect who killed his 30-year-old pregnant wife at Nyankyerenease within the Kumasi metro has died. According to a report monitored by SmartMediaGh.com on TV3 midday bulletin of …
Read More »Scores of young people troop to recruitment centres in Bono East Region
00Scores of unemployed young people have trooped various recruitment centers in the Bono East Regional capital, to be enlisted into the security services. Many of them the Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered comprised mostly Senior High School, Polytechnic and University graduates, who had traveled far and near to go through …
Read More »Two ‘okada’ riders burnt to death for allegedly snatching phone
Two motor riders were on Thursday, October 28, burnt to death by irate residents of Nairobi’s Buruburu estate after they allegedly grabbed a phone from a pedestrian along the busy Jogoo Road. According to their colleague riders, the culprits snatched the phone from a lady who was walking on the …
Read More »C/R: Two taxi drivers jailed 60 years for raping and robbing at Kasoa
Two taxi drivers, Patrick Afful 18 years and Samuel Adams 19 years have been sentenced to 60 years imprisonment by the Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court for robbing and rapping a passenger at Kasoa Crispo City in the Central Region. According to the Kasoa District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Timothy Dassah, …
Read More »Nigerian singer Jaywillz mobbed in Ghana
Nigerian singer and ‘Medicine’ hitmaker Jaywillz was allegedly mobbed in Ghana last week after an event in Weija in Accra, starrfm.com.gh has gathered. The singer was billed to perform at the Connect event center Saturday, October 16, which he honored as agreed. According to sources close to the singer, the …
Read More »AG request for time in law students suit; case adjourned to Nov 9
The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Nicholas Mensah Abodakpi has adjourned to November 09, 2021, the case in which some ‘failed’ LLB students have filed a lawsuit against the General Legal Council and the Attorney General. Though some 499 students were deemed to …
Read More »Fake lawyer arrested; faces jail
A 39-year-old man, Kyei Baffour who posed as a lawyer has been arrested and charged for deceiving a public officer. The suspect was nabbed while representing his client in a murder case: The Republic Vrs. Selorm Agam at the Nyinahin District Court in the Ashanti Region on the orders of …
Read More »VIDEO: NPP Chairman jailed for attempting to bribe DCE
The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Supom in the Atewa Constituency, Yaw Sam Nyamade has been jailed for twelve months for attempting to bribe the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area, Paul Asamoah to allow some illegal miners to carry out their job without hindrance. According …
Read More »HOTCASS student spotted smoking in viral video
• An SHS student has been captured using drugs in uniform • Social media users have called on the IGP to take action • The student is allegedly a student of HOTCASS A student has been spotted smoking a substance suspected to be “wee” in a viral video. The young …
Read More »Sulley Muntari trains with Japanese star Jindo Morishita
Former Black Stars midfielder, Sulley Muntari, has been spotted training with Ebusua Dwarfs star Jindo Morishita ahead of the new GPL campaign. Muntari, who has played for a number of clubs in Europe, is currently a free agent and is spending some time in Ghana to stay fit as he …
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