The Greater Accra Regional Security Council has declared parts of East Legon in Accra as a high-security zone. With that, all matters of security have, with immediate effect, been left to only the REGSEC to handle. This was announced by the Minister for Greater Accra, Henry Quartey, after an emergency REGSEC …
Read More »Germany offers to return 1,000 human skulls to former east African colonies
Berlin’s museum authority announced this week that it was ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the former colony of German East Africa, after studying the remains to establish to which present-day countries they belong. Scientists examined 1,135 skulls at Berlin’s Museum of Prehistory and Early History, assigning 904 to areas …
Read More »VIDEO: How the East Legon Executive Club celebrated the Black Stars’ win
Members of the East Legon Executive Club weren’t left out of the jubilation ‘steeze’ after the Black Stars won their game against South Korea in the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup. Touted as the crème de la crème of society, these affluent men were gathered at an unknown location where …
Read More »Looming global recession sparks fear in East Africa region
East Africans are second-guessing what the projected global recession in 2023 could mean for them, given the International Monetary Fund says about a third of the world will be in recession, led by the globe’s largest economies including the US, China, and Europe. The recent growth projections by the international …
Read More »Upper East Regional Hospital saves 27 weeks preterm baby
The staff of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga have saved a preterm baby born at 27 weeks of pregnancy. The said baby recorded a birth weight of 0.9 kilograms (Kg) instead of the normal 2.5 kg but pulled through and survived …
Read More »13 grabbed over galamsey in Dormaa East
Thirteen persons have been arrested in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region for engaging in illegal mining, popularly called galamsey. They were grabbed following a joint operation involving personnel of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), National Investigation Bureau, Dormaa East District Police Command, and Dormaa East Assembly …
Read More »Rishi Sunak: Meet the new UK Prime Minister with East African roots
Rishi Sunak, is a British national but with Indian descent. At 42-years-old, he is on track to becoming the youngest British Prime Minister in the modern era. For many celebrating his ascent to the highest political office in the United Kingdom, Sunak’s feat is worth celebrating because as a person …
Read More »25 trafficked victims rescued, reunited with families at Ada East District
Some twenty-five (25) children have been rescued at Ada in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region. The victims, who were trafficked from the Ada East District to Ekye-Amanfrom in the Afram Plains, Akosombo, Akate, and Kpetoi (lsland) for exploitation on the Volta Lake, have now been reunited …
Read More »North East: Galamsey pit swallows five in Nangurumah
Five persons have been confirmed dead at Nangurumah, a mining site in the Mamprugu Moaduri district of the North East region on September 13. The deceased persons who were trapped inside a pit in the Nangurumah mining site have been identified as indigenes of the Yizeri community in the Mamprugu …
Read More »Krachi East MCE found dead in hotel
The Krachi East Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Francis Kofi Okesu, has been found dead in a hotel in Kumasi, 3news.com reports The deceased who also served as the Dean of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the Oti Region was found lifeless in a hotel room he had …
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