Tag Archives: VOLTA

The Oti regional commander of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Charles Domanba has disclosed that some 36 persons including children were rescued from human trafficking activities on the Volta lake last year. He made the disclosure during a stakeholder engagement led by the International Justice Mission (IJM) at Kete-Krachi in …

The bodies of four boys who drowned have been retrieved from the Volta Lake at Konkoma, a community in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region. The boys had gone missing for days, compelling their relatives to report their disappearance to the Police. “We heard the message yesterday …

• Papavi Kudzordzi has been reported dead • Sources say Papavi died after a short illness • Papavi took his last breath on October 15 The leader and founder of separatist group Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Charles Kormi Kudjordji, popularly known as Papavi has been reported dead. He is …

Domestic violence in the Volta Region almost doubled from over 600 cases in 2019 to more than 1000 cases in 2020, Mrs Thywill Eyra Kpe, Volta Regional Director, Department of Gender, has disclosed. More than 6,000 girls, in addition, got pregnant in 2020 alone, a worrying situation which she said …

Illegal sand-winning in Ghana’s water-bodies is on the rise at the beaches, with the current situation escalating along the banks of the Volta River. Some towns along the river, particularly Bator, Asutsuare, Akuse Dam, Dodi Island and Mepe Adzigo, have been experiencing the most negative impacts of this menace in …

Samuel Atta has revealed that his biological mother sold him to a ritualist to be used as a sacrifice. In a shocking revelation, Samuel indicated that as young as 6-year-old, his mother told him that his father was coming for him. However, after weeks he realized that he was among …

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Atta-Mills Institute (AMI) and former deputy general secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho says he is glad that the Volta Caucus of the Minority is not daunted by the resignation of Okudzeto Ablakwa from Parliament’s Appointments Committee. The outspoken politician has been tweeting since …

A final year student of Kadjebi-Asato Senior High School (SHS), Evelyn Gadagoe, and three others have drowned in the Volta Lake at Kpando. According to JoyNews sources, she was travelling with 10 other people in a canoe, on Tuesday, when they were hit by a storm on the lake. Six people on …

An unidentified dead body has been retrieved from the Adomi bridge stretch of the Volta River in Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region . The decomposing body of the deceased was found floating on the river at about 10:40am. A team made up of Police Personnel, Environmental Health officers, and …

Scores of passengers and goods got stuck on River Afram after a ferry transporting them developed a mechanical fault. The ferry was transporting scores of passengers including trader and Cargo vehicles loaded with goods from Ekye Amanfrom towards Adawso in Afram Plains South at about 4:00 pm on Monday. The …