GENERAL NEWS

Ghanaian veteran actor/comedian, Prince Yawson has reportedly died. He is said to have passed on earlier today at the 37 Military Hospital after battling an illness. Mr Yawson was 52 years of age.   The sad event was confirmed by veteran actor, Bob Smith Jnr (Diaboloman) who was inconsolable.   …

The Ofoase Magistrate Court in Eastern Region has sentenced Kofi Owusu, the man who hired “area boys” to molest his 15-year-old stepdaughter and recorded the act. He was convicted on his own plea. The Akyemansa district Police Commander Superintendent George Bawa said the wife of the convict Sarah Frimpong who …

Three persons are fighting for their lives after some individuals suspected to be Nigerian nationals assaulted them at Kasoa Free Town, in the Awutu Senya East Municipality. According to residents in the area, one of the victims, who is currently receiving treatment at a hospital, earlier assaulted a 20-year-old lady …

The Coalition of Health Workers on Krobo Land has appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to restore power to the area for smooth health delivery. The health workers who are made up of anaesthetists, doctors, nurses, midwives, laboratory scientists, and pharmacists added that they will be forced to …

Management of the National Service Scheme has applauded 2021/22 national service personnel for their “selfless and unrelenting contributions” as the service year ends on September 30, 2022. The scheme called on service personnel to process the annual evaluation form, since it will be used as a “major requirement to process …

Some rampaging students of Bolgatanga Technical Senior High have today, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 clashed with Police over the arrest of some of their colleagues. The rampaging students destroyed staff and school properties in the cause of the melee.   Some of the students were picked up on Monday, 1 …

The Upper East Regional Security Council has closed down the Bolgatanga Technical Institute (BOTECH) following a riot earlier on Tuesday. Students were given a couple of hours to vacate the school premises.   The Upper East Regional Minister and Chairman of the Regional security council, Stephen Yakubu, said the closure …

Some Ghanaians on social media are having a field day over a sermon from Sunday’s thanksgiving service of the New Patriotic Party’s 30th anniversary. Seated in the front row of the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) auditorium were top officials of the NPP including President Akufo-Addo during which the …

Prices of local airline tickets have shot up by between 15 and 20 per cent, prompting recession fears among local operators following “a gradual drop” in patronage. The new prices, which took effect from July 08, 2022, was in response to a rise in operational cost occasioned by the depreciation …

A Level 100 student of the University of Ghana is currently in the grips of the police for allegedly murdering her boyfriend at Ashaley Botwe School Junction  in Accra. 23-year-old Safina Mohammed Adizatu, according to the police, was assisted by one Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku a Technical Officer in committing …