The US government has announced the completion of a $316 million investment in energy infrastructure in Ghana. According to a press release copied to Ghana Business News, the Kasoa Bulk Supply Point (BSP), inaugurated Wednesday June 1, 2022, completed over six years is to support more reliable power supply for …
Read More »Man, 69, stabbed in chieftaincy dispute at Ajumako
A 69-year-old man has been stabbed in a Chieftaincy dispute at Ajumako Onwane in the Central Region. The victim Opanyin Kojo Apamyin, the Chief, and some residents were at the Chief Palace when they were attacked. According to an eyewitness, the attack started with gunshots outside the palace before the …
Read More »Bangladesh fire: 30 killed, hundreds injured in depot blast
A fire and a huge explosion have killed at least 30 people and injured hundreds more at a storage depot near the city of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Hundreds of people had arrived to tackle the fire when a number of containers exploded at the site in Sitakunda. The cause of the …
Read More »31-year-old man arrested in Ada for killing wife
The Ada Police Command in the Greater Accra Region has arrested David Ayornu, 31, popularly known as Rapper Bee for slashing the belly of his wife and killing her instantly. According to residents of Lufenya, near Kasseh in the Ada East District, Ayornu stabbed his wife with a knife in …
Read More »Bangladesh: Five killed, scores injured in depot blast
At least five people were killed and scores injured in an explosion at a depot in a south-eastern town in Bangladesh, officials say. The explosion happened after firefighters were called to put out a fire at a container storage facility in the town of Sitakunda. Twenty of the injured are …
Read More »Ghana loses gold production top spot in Africa as output falls
Ghana loses its position as the top gold producer in Africa after output fell nearly 30 percent in 2021. The volume of Gold declined to 2.818 million ounces in 2021 from 4.022 million ounces in 2020, the lowest level of output since 2008. Mr Joshua Mortoti, the President of the …
Read More »Buhari, others in Accra for ECOWAS summit
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to join other West African leaders in Accra, Ghana today, Saturday (June 4, 2022) for an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The summit would focus on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region, …
Read More »I’ll close down all witch camps in two weeks – Kennedy Agyapong promises
Flagbearer hopeful for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kennedy Agyapong says if he is made President of Ghana his first agenda is to collapse all witch camps in the country. According to him, there are no witches anywhere and such a mindset is borne out of poverty. To Kennedy Agyapong, there is the need to …
Read More »National Security Ministry warns of likely terrorist activity in North East, Upper East regions
The Ministry of National Security has warned other security agencies in Ghana of a strange movement of certain persons along the borders of Ghana in the North Eastern Region and the Upper East Region. In a statement addressed to the Chief of Defence State and the Inspector General of Police …
Read More »Two die, 64 homeless as fire rages in Cape Town informal settlement
A man and a woman died in a Cape Town informal settlement fire on Saturday which destroyed 15 homes and left 64 people homeless. City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith said the alarm was raised at 7.26am about a fire at The Gatjie …
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