GENERAL NEWS

A former New Patriotic Party(NPP) Parliamentary aspirant for Subin constituency in the Ashanti Region and businessman, Villey Acheampong has been charged with threat of death at the Circuit Court in Accra.   The youth activist has since been remanded after he pleaded not guilty to two charges of “discharging gun …

Police in Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have reportedly gunned down four suspected armed robbers after a five-member gang engaged them in a shoot-out on the Bekwai-Cape Coast highway on Wednesday.   According to eyewitnesses, the police had a tip-off of a robbery incident and upon reaching the scene, the …

A member of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has filed an application for an injunction seeking to prevent newly-elected GJA President, Albert Dwumfuor from being sworn in. In the suit, Justice Lee Adoboe argued that the bribery allegation levelled against Mr Dwumfuor should have been investigated before the elections were …

The National Tenants’ Union, Ghana (NATUG) has condemned the recent demolition exercise carried out on 200 acres of land belonging to the Animal Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Ghana (CSIR) at Frafraha in Accra.   The union said the nature of the exercise is …

A police autopsy report has revealed that the late Victor Kwadwo Owusu, who was allegedly shot and killed on May 18, 2022, by the police during a protest by the youth of Nkoranza in the Bono East Region over the alleged ‘killing’ of Albert Donkor, died of severe head injury …

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said actions taken by the NDC “Arise Ghana Demo” to fight the Police is an obvious attempt by the opposition party to create instability in the country. According to him “There is an obvious attempt to create instability in our country at this time, …

The Ghana Police Service have arrested one person for possessing a pistol at day two of the ongoing Arise Ghana demonstration. The man, who surrendered after he was caught with the weapon, has been sent to the Police station for further interrogations.   Meanwhile, leaders of the demonstration have asked …

The Ejura District magistrate court has placed an interlocutory injunction on the celebration of first anniversary of Islamic prayers (Dua’a) for victims of the Ejura incident. The event, scheduled to take place at Maame Dede Junction at Ejura in the Ashanti Region on June 30, has been restrained by the …

One of the leaders of the Arise Ghana, Mensah Thompson, has dared the Ghana Police publicly publish the images of the 12 injured officers. This challenge comes after the Ghana Police noted that the protesters attacked some officers during the protest on Tuesday evening.   According to them, as a …

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Mines, George Mireku Duker has disclosed that Ghana’s newly constructed Gold Refinery, Royal Gold Ghana, is set and ready to be Commissioned latest by August 2022 by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The Deputy Minister made this known when he …