GENERAL NEWS

The Member of Parliament for Upper Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region Bismark Tetteh Nyarko has organized communal labour to fix some portions of the deteriorated Koforidua Asesewa highway. Residents used manpower to clear heaps of sand on the road, weed the narrow portions and filled some portholes to reduce …

A Gold merchant, Derrick Appau, 27, and three other persons have been injured in an alleged robbery attack. The attack allegedly occurred on Sunday 9th May, 2021, at Nkaseim in the Ahafo Region. According to sources, the merchant during the attack was robbed of GH₵25,000. The two armed robbers according …

Defence counsel for the two accused persons being held over the murder of former Abuakwa North Member of Parliament has prayed the Accra High Court trying them move the jury to the crime scene being the house of the slain legislator. Counsel for Daniel Asiedu, aka, Sexy Dondon and Vincent …

The CID is investigating the 53 senior high schools in the Ashanti Region over issues related to the supply of food items   At least 53 Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Region are being investigated by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service over allegations of corruption in …

A teenager has died after a violent fire razed down a ten-bedroom self-contained apartment at Atechem, in Dunkwa-Offin the capital of the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region on Saturday 8th May 2021. The deceased, 20, who has been identified as Solomon Johnson Mintah, was trapped by smoke …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has estimated that it will cost government US$10 billion to fix all dilapidated roads in Ghana. The Minister said this when responding to a question from the media on Sunday, during the Minister’s press briefing. The question was relevant following agitations by the #Fixthecountry. …

The government spent about GH¢8,134 million (about 8.1% of Expenditures and 15.1% of Domestic Revenues) to preserve livelihoods during the COVID period in 2020, according to Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta. The Minister said the decisive and unparalleled measures Government took to protect Ghanaians have come at a cost, …

A young woman in Koforidua in the Eastern Region escaped being lynched by a mob after she was deceived by a fraudster to send GHC2,000 for it to be doubled for her. The semi-literate lady who had already sent GHC1,000 in her mobile money wallet to the fraudster, went to …

The King of the Igbo community in Ghana, Eze Dr Chukwudi Jude Ihenetu, has debunked the assertion that Nigerians living in Ghana are corrupt and responsible for the crimes in the country. There is an assertion in Ghana that Nigerians are responsible for most of the country’s criminal activities such …

A raging fire has swept through the timber market at Kantamanto in Accra. The inferno which started on Monday morning saw the yard which is full of wooden items being razed down by the fierce flames. It is immediately not known the cause of the fire, but traders were seen …