Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament and the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, have again clashed, this time, over the appointment of Johnson Asiedu Nketia onto the Parliamentary Service Board. Asiedu Nketia was on Monday, March 29 confirmed as part of the six-member board which is chaired by the Speaker of Parliament. …
Read More »Tipper truck runs over okada rider; kills one and another in critical condition
One person has been confirmed dead and another said to be in critical condition after they run over by a tipper truck in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. The body of the deceased who has been identified as 19-year-old Emmanuel Drami has been deposited at the Wenchi Methodist …
Read More »Man grabbed over the murder of his pregnant girlfriend
Isaac Mensah, alias Ike, is being held by the Nima Divisional Police Command over the death of his pregnant girlfriend. Ike was said to have booked a room at the Nana Gyimah Hotel, Kokomlemle, where the deceased joined him later, only to be found dead the next day when …
Read More »Trouble looms in Ashanti Region again over the choice of MMDCEs
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) could face serious crises in the Ashanti Region if the appointment of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) is not handled with tact. Already, the party is still recovering from the shock it received at the 2020 polls in the region in view of …
Read More »GIJ students threaten demo over defer directive for late payment of fees
Students at the Ghana Institute of Journalism have threatened to unleash their wrath if the management of the school fails to reverse a decision asking students who defaulted in their payment of fees to defer their courses. Authorities at the Ghana Institute of Journalism on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, ordered …
Read More »PHOTOS: Lawyers hit street over murder of colleague
Lawyers in Anambra State on Monday held a peaceful march in Awka over the rising cases of insecurity and the murder of their colleague, Francis Onwuachi, by gunmen. The lawyers, under the aegis of Committee of Chairmen and Secretaries of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), also announced that they will stay away …
Read More »KNUST ex-staff fight management over unlawful ex-gratia deductions
Ex-staff of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have expressed their displeasure over unlawful deduction from their ex-gratia package by the institution. The 2019/20-year group said deductions of 17.5% from Senior Staff, 10% from Junior Staff and 25% from Senior members from their ex-gratia without their consent would …
Read More »NDC Constituency Chairman Suspended Over 2020 Election
The National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the Northern region has suspended its Mion constituency chairman , Alhaji Abdulai Zakaria with immediate effect for three months pending the hearing of the final determination of the petition against his conduct. A statement signed by the Northern Regional Chairman of the NDC , Alhaji …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: Cement truck runs over 19-year-old motor bike rider
A 19-year-old boy has met his untimely death in an accident that got him trapped under a cement truck at the Bogoso main lorry station in the Prestea Huni Valley District of the Western region. Emmanuel Adu Gyamfi who hails from Oppong Valley in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality had …
Read More »Court fines pastor for environmental offence
Michael Avanyo, the Head Pastor of Gethsemane Prayer Ministry in Suhum, has been fined a sum of GHC1,200 or in default serve three months imprisonment with hard labour. The accused person was charged with spillage of human effluent on his premises by the presiding Magistrate of the Suhum Magistrate Court, …
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