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A fire engulfed the Alice Magistrate’s courthouse in the Eastern Cape.   The Alice Magistrate’s courthouse in the Eastern Cape has been gutted, the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development announced on Saturday. “Most parts of the district court burned down, with the exception of the regional court, which is …

  About 50 residents of a home at Old Tafo in Kumasi are counting their losses after a fire gutted their home and other property valued at thousands of cedis. Although no fatalities were recorded, the residents told JoyNews’ Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen the fire consumed all household items including foodstuffs. One resident, …

Yaa Pono has incurred the wrath of King Paluta and Primpong following the release of ‘Facts’. The two Kumasi-based rappers have released separate songs to register their displeasure at Yaa Pono over a line the Tema-based rapper used in ‘Facts’ – a diss song directed at Sarkodie, Shatta Wale and Samini. While Yaa Pono …

Security personnel in the Ashanti region were given a tough time as rampaging youth from Adwumakasekese in the Afigya Kwabre South District on Friday morning placed the entire Ebom-Bomfa Township under siege, destroying several properties and setting the town’s shrine, one in service to the Overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo osei Tutu …

Fire has destroyed portions of the Sunyani Municipal Primary School on Sunday in the Bono Region. The fire according to sources started around 4 p.m. It took fire personnel from the Bono Regional Branch of the Ghana National Fire Service about an hour to bring the fire under control. Three …

Some 24 houses have been burnt in a chieftaincy dispute between two rival chiefs in Yong Dakpem Yili, a Suburb of Tamale metropolis. Food produce harvested by some farmers in the area have also been destroyed in the violence that erupted Thursday evening.     An eyewitness, Noah Nash Hoenyefia, …

A piece of sad news reaching our news desk indicates that fire has raged and destroyed a 10-bedroom house in Bantama, a suburb in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. According to the details, the fire started in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A source close to the incident has …

Managers of the Kumawu Polyclinic in the Ashanti Region have been forced to halt some of its operations following Monday’s downpour that ripped off the facility’s roofing sheets. It also led to the destruction of files, medical supplies and equipment. Electricity connection in many parts of the facility has been …

Fire has destroyed an orphanage at Yamah, a village in Walewale in the West Mamprugu district of the North East Region. There are reports that the orphanage known as Yamah Orphanage and recreational centre serves as home for about 45 people. It was built by a philanthropist to support needy …

A 3-unit Junior High School block together with a storeroom and teachers’ office has been razed down by fire at Tarsor/Kulfuo Basic School in the Sissala East Constituency. It was one of the newly commissioned facilities in the last adminstration. The incident, according to sources, happened in the early hours …