Crime

C/R: 3 remanded for lynching plantain thief at Mankessim

May 31, 2022

The Mankessim District Magistrate Court has remanded three accused persons, Isaac Osei, 25, John Amissah, 39, and Samuel Ampah, 54, into prison custody for a month for allegedly lynching a neighbor suspected to be a plantain thief at Mankessim Krofu in the Central Region. The incident, which took place on Saturday, May 7, occurred at […]Continue Reading

Crime

Driver arrested over accident at Ejisu-Besease which claimed 3 lives

May 31, 2022

The Ejisu District Court has remanded a driver arrsted in connection with the accident at Ejisu-Besease which claimed the lives of three male adults. According to police, the Honda CR-V which was driven by the accused, Justice Adjoyi attempted to overtake other vehicles, but lost control and killed three persons. The deceased include, 62-year-old Hamidu […]Continue Reading

Opinion

We pray the Bloodshed Ceases On the Motherland

May 31, 2022

  Human blood is sacred and most valued among God’s creations’, therefore, the one that spills it  and the ground that drinks it become accursed; punishable by strange negative occurrences like plague of all kinds, famine, poverty, hunger, disease, squalor and, consequentially deaths of confusing nature. Our fear, however, is that, Ghana is gradually becoming […]Continue Reading

Business

Tension Mounts At Dangote Cement Over Poor Salary Issues… After 5-Years of No Increment

May 31, 2022

By Gifty Arthur Tension is currently brewing among Ghanaian workers of popular cement production company, Dangote Cement Company, belonging to Africa’s richest business mogul, Aliko Dangote. The Nigerian billionaire is rated the world’s 61st richest man and number one on the continent of Africa. But his workers here in Ghana, have been agitating for some […]Continue Reading

NEWS

500 Life-Guards Out To Save Lives On Volta Lake

May 31, 2022

As part of efforts to prevent further disaster and loss of lives on the Volta Lake, a total of 500 lifeguards have been successfully trained and passed out yesterday at the Eastern Naval Base, in Tema. The trained lifeguards, drawn from nine regions of Ghana, comprised both males and females, who could be deployed in […]Continue Reading

NEWS

‘Di wo fie asem’ – Police fires back at UK High Commissioner over tweet on Barker-Vormawor

May 31, 2022

The Ghana Police Service has taken on British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, for her public remarks on the arrest of #FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. The police service in a statement said her comments on the matter, which came in a tweet, were “either a biased or uninformed position.” It feels the comments were […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Syndicate to become commercially viable – Oppong Nkrumah to media houses

May 31, 2022

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has called on media houses in the country to consider syndication as a means of improving their market potential and commercial viability. According to him, the opening up of the media landscape has led to the creation of hundreds of media houses many of which are not economically viable. […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Boy killed by lightning strike left in the open over fear of ‘thunder god’

May 31, 2022

The body of a 17-year-old boy believed to have been struck by lightning in Ho in the Volta Region on Monday has been left in the open over fear of angering a thunder god. Emmanuel Doli and two others were struck by lightning during a downpour. The two other victims who were rushed to the […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Stop transfer of ownership of Achimota forest land – OneGhana Movement

May 31, 2022

Social action group, OneGhana Movement, says it is disturbed by recent developments of government’s transfer of portions of the Achimota Forest Reserve lands to private individuals.  “We call on His Excellency, the President, to take immediate steps to reverse all actions taken so far and fully restore the State’s complete control and ownership over the […]Continue Reading

Crime NEWS

‘We’re on top of security’ – Police reject GBA’s concerns of increased crime

May 31, 2022

The Ghana Police Service has rejected assertions by the Ghana Bar Association that the country’s rate of violent crimes is at an alarming level. It says, “there is no upsurge in crime. The Service is on top of the security situation.” The leadership of GBA had said there was an increasing spate of armed robbery […]Continue Reading