Crime

Flogging incident: 25 persons arrested for rioting at Wa police station

June 2, 2022

Police in Wa have arrested 25 persons for attempting to force the release of three suspects who were in police custody for flogging the victims in a leaked sex tape. The 25 were part of a mob who besieged the Wa Police Station on Wednesday evening. “The irate mob pelted the charge office and adjoining offices with […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

13 government officials sponsored by Japan to pursue PhD programme

June 2, 2022

Thirteen Ghanaian government officials have been selected to pursue graduate studies in Japan this year, as part of a scholarship programme sponsored by the Government of Japan to support Ghana’s human resource development. The Project for Human Resource Development (JDS), funded by the Government of Japan, offers the opportunity to Ghanaian Government officials to Continue Reading

Foreign

Johnny Depp wins defamation case against Amber Heard

June 2, 2022

Johnny Depp has won his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, whom he sued over claims of domestic abuse. The jury has found Heard defamed her ex-husband in a 2018 Washington Post article in which she wrote about being “a public figure representing domestic abuse”. The foreperson of the jury is now running through all […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

Couple disappointed as wife on contraceptive gives birth to quadruplets

June 2, 2022

A father of seven has narrated how the much-talked about family planning contraception has failed him as his wife conceived and recently gave birth to quadruplets. City & Crime reports that Mr and Mrs Christopher Agbo who live at Sabon-Tasha, Gwagwa, an Abuja suburb, were blessed with quadruplets last Thursday at a private clinic in […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

‘Bawumia is an outsider; he must step aside’ – Amoako-Baah

June 2, 2022

One of the leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, not to contest in the party’s upcoming presidential race. Dr. Richard Amoako-Baah insisted that Dr. Bawumia is not a true member of the party. The Political Science Lecturer said he is not the person capable of leading […]Continue Reading

ENTERTAINMENT

Sarkodie to appear in court over Kantanka hoax reward scheme

June 2, 2022

An Accra High Court has subpoenaed award-winning musician, Michael Owusu Addo, known professionally as Sarkodie, to testify in respect of a suit against automobile company, Kantanka. The Kantanka Automobile Company has been sued by one Jude Osei for allegedly failing to fulfill a promise of gifting him a Kantanka Mensah vehicle after reaching a 30,000 […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

Adwoa Safo can bring her son to Ghana for treatment – NPP MP

June 2, 2022

Mpraeso Member of Parliament (MP), Davis Opoku Ansah, has described as insulting, comments by Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, that she will resume her duties as an MP and a Minister when her son is fit and healthy. According to him, the medical condition of her son should not be the reason for her to abandon her duties for […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

‘Even the dead are celebrated’ – Teachers petition Akufo-Addo to declare October 5 as public holiday

June 2, 2022

Some teachers have petitioned President Akufo-Addo to declare Teachers Day which is observed on October 5 annually as a public holiday. Among other things, the teachers say some of their colleagues are sometimes declined permission to absent themselves to partake in activities to observe the day. In a petition signed by the President of the […]Continue Reading

NEWS

OSP cash-strapped, without governing board 9 months after Kissi Agyebeng took over

June 2, 2022

Nine months after Kissi Agyabeng was sworn into office as the Special Prosecutor, his office does not have a Governing Board. Mr. Agyebeng took Office in August 2021. Section 5 and 6 of the Office of Special Prosecutor Act 2017 and Act 959 task the Board to formulate policies for the object of the Office, […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Appiatse C’tee runs out of funds

June 1, 2022

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Appiatse Disaster Committee, Thywill Quarshie, has revealed that their accounts are currently empty and cannot continue to transport affected school children to their various schools again. Speaking in an interview with Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa, Mr. Thywill Quarshie indicated that the committee Continue Reading