GENERAL NEWS

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has detected fraud in the one teacher one laptop project in the Ashanti Region. This according to management arose from Metropolitan Municipal and District Directors of Education submitting names of persons who do not qualify to benefit from the project. These persons include non-teaching staff, …

It was a fine Monday afternoon and I wanted to take a drive through town given the serene weather as I had proceeded on a 14-day mandatory self-isolation as a result of exposure to the deadly Covid-19. Coincidentally, a friend had called to meet him at Atomic Junction to accompany …

Parts of the Tamale metropolis and the Sagnerigu municipality have been flooded following a downpour that lasted for nearly three hours on Monday, August 30, 2021. Areas including Gumani, Fuo, Vitting, Kalariga were also affected. A gas and fuel station was also inundated with floodwater.   Some affected residents have …

SONABEL, the power utility of Burkina Faso, has informed the Volta River Authority (VRA) that due to the rapid rise of the water level as a result of high inflows recorded into the Bagre dam, it will commence spilling if the Bagre dam records an elevation of 234.75 meters.   …

An eight-year-old boy has been shot dead during a festival ritual in Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. According to the deceased’s relative, Atta Kow was shot dead on Monday morning by those carrying out the rituals to purify the community before the Awutu …

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, was spotted in traffic without using the services of motorcade or sirens to beat the gridlock with civilians on the Palace-Accra Mall Road. The IGP has been commended for exhibiting leadership by example. It is quite a common sight for …

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said the soya cultivating is gaining grounds in Ghana especially in the northern part of the country. He said soya production has increase by 10 in the last couple of years. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Sunday …

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A Bawku-bound Yutong bus with registration number GT 5524-16 on Saturday morning crashed at the Zebilla Custom Barrier. According to some passengers, the bus began to swing from left to right on the shoulders of the road until it eventually burst a tyre after the driver lost control.     …