A number of US military personnel have been injured in a missile attack on an airbase in western Iraq. The US military’s Central Command said an Iran-backed militia targeted the Al Asad airbase, which hosts American troops, with ballistic missiles and rockets on Saturday evening. An unspecified number of US …
Read More »Security personnel are dispatched to restore calm following the Twedie-Foase clash
In reaction to a clash between the youth of Foase and Twedie in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region, a joint police and military patrol team has been sent to two communities to restore peace and security. A misunderstanding ensued between the youth of Twedie and Foase …
Read More »National Chief Imam’s security personnel assault EIB journalist
The security personnel of the National Chief, Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, have assaulted EIB journalist, Lantam Panpanko. According to him, he was asked to move off the road because the National Chief Imam was behind him. Narrating the incident, Mr. Panpanko stated “So, I was driving from the Ofankor roundabout headed …
Read More »Ghana Health Service loses 525 skilled personnel in a year – DG
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has lost 525 of its skilled personnel and professionals to brain drain within the last 12 months, the Director-General, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has revealed. To this end, he said the service had put in place a number of measures to mitigate the impact of …
Read More »Sexual Harassment: Court slaps ‘side chick’ NSS personnel with GH¢6,000 cost
An Accra High Court has imposed a cost of GH¢6,000 on Deborah Sayram Adablah, a former National Service person, after striking out the name of First Atlantic Bank from her case. Ms. Adablah had taken Ernest Kwasi Nimako, a former Chief Finance Officer at First Atlantic Bank, to court, alleging …
Read More »‘We have changed a whole office of personnel’ – NIA boss laments high level of corruption
The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Ken Attafuah has lamented the level of corruption by personnel of the Authority. According to him, despite the punitive measures that have been taken against such corrupt officials, the act does not seem to have an end in sight. Speaking …
Read More »NSS personnel, senior students ‘take charge’ as teachers strike bites hard
A visit to selected basic and second cycle schools in the Ashanti region by GBCNews showed a mixed reaction of the interested parties to the strike action declared by labour unions at the pre-tertiary educational level. While a greater majority of teachers were complying with the industrial action with only …
Read More »Confusion rocks National Service Personnel Association ahead of National Congress
There is a seeming division currently rocking the National Executive Committee of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) ahead of the association’s 11th National Terminal Congress and elections. The Association in a statement dated April 24, 2022, and signed by its National President, Emmanuel Brimpong Akosa announced the opening of …
Read More »Military bus carrying military personnel rolls over on N1
An Accra-bound military bus carrying some military personnel has, today, Wednesday, 6 April 2022, been involved in a single accident between the Ajei-Kojo and Tema Abattoir stretch of the Kwame Nkrumah Motorway (N1). Police accident (MTTD) Personnel are currently at the scene managing traffic flow. The road Safety Management Services …
Read More »NABCo personnel threaten another demo over four months unpaid allowances
Beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) are planning a protest should their meeting with government fail to yield positive results. The group had protested over the non-payment of their six months allowances in February, which prompted the payment of two months arrears. But they are now asking for the …
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