A loud noise like an explosion was heard in the early hours of Wednesday at Bankyim a suburb of Tarkwa which was the result of two tipper trucks involved in an accident where one person was severely injured. One of the tipper trucks with registration number GN 2106-22 belonging to …
Read More »Court remands 10 alleged National Security operatives for extorting monies from small-scale miners at Asiwa
The Juaso circuit court on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 remanded into police custody, ten alleged national security operatives who were arrested for alleged extortion at Asiwa in the Ashanti region. The 13-member syndicate was said to have been illegally operating within the Asiwa enclave, extorting monies from small-scale miners. At …
Read More »Suspected robber killed at Gomoa Ojobi after his gang attacked fuel station
A man suspected to be an armed robber has been knocked down and killed during an attack at a fuel station at Gomoa Ojobi. The now deceased person and his gang, numbering about six, with face masks, are reported to have attempted to snatch a Range Rover after robbing the …
Read More »First photos of Christian Atsu’s coffin draped in national flag at KIA
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia was leader of the government delegation at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Sunday night, February 19, to receive the mortal remains of Christian Atsu. Reports indicate that president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would have led the delegation but for the fact that he is out …
Read More »How US Ambassador to Ghana supervised burning of books at Achimota after Nkrumah overthrow
Ghana’s former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has recalled the initial moments of the overthrow of the country’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. Having been a student of Achimota School at the time, Nana Konadu wrote in her book, It Takes A Woman, that among the things that shocked her, was the burning …
Read More »Akufo-Addo meets IMF boss, Bill Gates at Munich Security Conference
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo arrived in Germany on February 16 aboard the presidential jet. Akufo-Addo’s main engagement in Germany was in respect of the Munich Security Conference where he shared the stage on South-North cooperation with Bill Gates and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Kristalina Georgieva. “We on the continent have been left …
Read More »Inferno destroys seven-bedroom apartment at Tafo
A seven-bedroom residential apartment at Nkontwima in the Tafo Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been razed by fire due to a deep freezer connected to a faulty socket. Fortunately, the occupants made up of children and adults were able to evacuate the building unscathed when the neighbors came to …
Read More »How a man defiled 3 school girls in 5 hours at Agona Swedru – Report
The Agona Swedru District Police Command has detained a 38-year-old man, Hamid Nana Baidoo, for defiling three teenage students while on their way home from school. According to Peace FM’s Central Regional correspondent, Jacob Kubi, the incident happened on Monday, February 13, 2023. The reports said the students were returning …
Read More »YouTube CEO Wojcicki steps down after almost 25 years at Google
YouTube Chief Executive and one of the first Google employees, Susan Wojcicki, has stepped down from her role, she said in a personal update on the video-sharing platform on Thursday, February 16. Wojcicki, 54 who started work at the tech giant in her garage nearly 25 years ago, will be …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: At least 73 migrants ‘presumed dead’ after boat sinks off Libya coast
At least 73 migrants are reported missing and presumed dead after an inflatable rubber boat sunk off the coast of Libya, the UN’s International Organization for Migration said. The boat, crammed with around 80 migrants, reportedly departed from the village of Qasr al-Akhyar, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of …
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