A carpenter, Nii Tetteh Ashong and a trader, Kojo Adu have been arrested and are standing trial for stealing raincoats and umbrellas worth GH¢1480. The incident which occurred at the Rawlings Park at the Accra Central Business District was reported to the police by a trader, Jamiratu Tackie Oblie whose …
Read More »Traditional priest kills, buries Kantamato trader
A second-hand clothing trader at the Kantamato Market in Accra has been killed by a traditional priest after she went to him for a money-doubling ritual. The traditional priest, identified as Agbeko Acumalt, allegedly buried the deceased in his shrine in an attempt to conceal the crime, The Chronicle reports. …
Read More »Nigerian trader jailed for six years by Ghana court over human trafficking
A Nigerian trader who trafficked two Nigerian women to Ghana and compelled them to engage in prostitution has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Favour Chikadia, charged with two counts of human trafficking, pleaded not guilty. The court, however, found Chikadia guilty at the end …
Read More »Flames from trader cooking caused fire at Kejetia market – Bawumia`
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says the briefing he received from the Ghana National Fire Service indicates that a fire from a trader cooking at the new Kejetia market caused the inferno at the facility last week. According to Dr. Bawumia, the shop owner was cooking inside her shop …
Read More »Why Ghana’s John Cabess is the 1st African millionaire trader to compete with Europeans in 1700s
A great African merchant, businessman, and state-builder, John Kabes (also spelled John Cabess or John Cabes) established the paramount stool of the prosperous port city of Komenda in the Eguafo Kingdom of the Gold Coast (Ghana). Despite his tight links to the British and his role as a supplier to …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: KMA city guard allegedly beats up a trader at Kejetia
There is a viral video of a suspected city guard with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly assaulting a trader at the Kejetia Market. Video of the incident sighted by GhanaWeb shows the supposed city guard brutalising the helpless middle-aged woman by kicking her around. According to a report by Oyerepafmonline.com, the …
Read More »KiDi gifts ‘viral’ taxi driver GHC5000 for his selfless gesture to trader
Musician KiDi has proven that he is not only good at music but also good at heart. The “Golden Boy” or call him “Lord KiDi”, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, entered the studios of Okay FM for an exclusive interview and came to meet Kwesi Ackon, a ‘good samaritan’ taxi driver whose …
Read More »Trader remanded for defrauding immigration officer over GH¢400,000
A 28-year-old trader, Dorcas Twene Amankwa, has been remanded by the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly defrauding an Immigration Officer to the sum of GH¢400,000. The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge of defrauding by false pretense contrary to section 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, (Act …
Read More »Trader killed, 7 injured in head-on crash at Sefwi Dwinase-Bekwai
A trader has died while 7 other persons have been injured in an accident involving 2 trucks along the Sefwi Dwinase-Bekwai A trader has died while 7 other persons have been injured in an accident involving 2 trucks along the Sefwi Dwinase-Bekwai road in the Western North Region. The accident …
Read More »Speeding vehicle runs over traders at Nzema-Nkwanta
Some traders at Nzema-Nkwanta in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region have been crashed by a speeding private car. The Vibe car model was said to be traveling on top speed from Bibiani to Kumasi when he run into the traders who were selling on the …
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