At least 23 people arrested by some armed soldiers for trespassing on a mining concession belonging to AngloGold Ashanti at Obuasi in Ashanti Region have been remanded in police custody, MyNewsGH.com reports The 23 people were remanded for two weeks. It would be recalled that this website reported, that some military men …
Read More »VIDEO: Racist Chinese filmmaker charged by Malawi court for trafficking
Lu Ke, a Chinese national behind racist videos involving Malawian children has been charged with five counts of child trafficking by a court in the country. He was extradited over the weekend to Malawi from neighbouring Zambia after he fled in the wake of a BBC documentary that exposed his …
Read More »Between 200 and 300 Ghanaians have been recruited by terrorists – Adib Saani claims
A security analyst, Adib Saani, has indicated that armed groups operating in the northern parts of Ghana have paved the way for terrorist activities to take seed. He explained that this came about as a result of a series of surveys, showing that an estimated 300 young men and women …
Read More »Ghanaian woman shot dead by unidentified persons in US
The police have confirmed the death of a Ghanaian woman, 41, who was shot dead by unidentified persons on Cambridge Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. According to Asaaseradio.com report, the woman was one of two Ghanaian women shot at 7 PM on Saturday. The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital …
Read More »Social media users react as Chelsea player is held at gunpoint by Italian police
Chelsea midfielder, Tiemoue Bakayoko was at the mercy of Italian police as he was searched at gunpoint after he was mistaken to be a suspect involved in a shooting incident. The French footballer who is currently on loan at AC Milan was pinned against a blue and white Police vehicle …
Read More »52-year-old Ghanaian allegedly stabbed to death by husband in the US
A woman identified as Monica Akua, 52, was found dead in her apartment in the United States last Thursday, July 14, 2022. The incident involve a fatal stabbing in the Bedford Park apartment building reportedly between the victim and her husband, 59-year-old Anthony Erzuah, according to authorities. Police responding to …
Read More »Looming strike by Customs Division of GRA over promotional issues
Grapevine reports received indicate that both Senior and Junior Officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) are threatening to embark on a nationwide sit-down strike. The impending industrial action is over promotional issues and other matters of grave concern which have not been given the needed …
Read More »Food Shortage: Gov’t to distribute foodstuffs to affected SHSs by July 12 – Education Ministry
Senior High Schools hit by food shortages will receive supplies by Tuesday (July 12), authorities have announced. That’s according to the Education Ministry as it races against time to avert an imminent closure of second-cycle schools whose students have been affected by an ongoing strike by members of four teacher …
Read More »Two of three children hit by unregistered car at Awutu Obrachire die
Two out of the three siblings who were injured after an unregistered salon car ran into them in a stall at Awutu Obrachire have died. The two, Jerry and Francis passed on the same day (Saturday, July 9, 2022) as the unfortunate incident at the Bawjiase Polyclinic. Details have emerged …
Read More »Akufo-Addo slashes salary, that of appointees by 30%
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that his salary and that of all his appointees have been cut by 30%. The 30% cut also affects the expenditure of ministries, governmental agencies and departments. Addressing Muslims at an Eid-Ul-Adha ceremony on Saturday, July 9, 2022, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo indicated that fuel coupon …
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