The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has confirmed five deaths after Accra got flooded Sunday night. Speaking on Morning Starr, the Greater Accra Regional Director of NADMO, Archibald Cobbinah said the incident involves a woman and her child, two men and one other who was electrocuted. The police have conveyed the bodies to the morgue. […]
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A third world country like Ghana with very poor mental healthcare system cannot legalize ganja-Irbard Ibrahim
Security consultant and Chief Executive Officer of Irbard Security Consult, Irbard Ibrahim is vehemently opposed to the legalization of the marijuana in the country. He is also impressing upon the Ghana Police Service to decline a request by the Rastafarian community in the country and some proponents of the decriminalization of weed in the country […]
NABCo recruits to demonstrate over delays in payment of their allowances, CEO angry
A group calling itself the Coalition of NABCo (Nation Builders Corps) trainees, has served notice that thousands of its members across the country will throng the Obra Spot in Accra on Friday, April 12 to protest over their unpaid allowances. They are angry that there have been undue delays in the payment of their allowances […]
2019 WASSCE begins today, candidates to be verified to curb impersonation
The 2019 edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) begins today. Final year Senior High School (SHS) students are expected to take part in the exams in various centers across the country. The examination is commencing with Basketry 3 project work. Per the timetable, the first core paper which is the English […]
Highly incompetent and corrupt CID boss on her way to becoming IGP-NDC
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service as highly incompetent and corrupt who is on her way to becoming the Inspector General (IGP) of the Ghana Police Service. The NDC’s comments come on the back of the recent promotion of […]
Privatization of ECG: serious political pressure was exerted in signing of agreements – Dr. Yao Graham
Coordinator of Third World Network-Africa, Dr Yao Graham has revealed that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) was forced by political pressures to sign agreements with power plants owners leading to its privatization. ECG was handed over to Power Distribution Service (PDS) in March after the privatization process was completed. The country has in the […]
Student loan beneficiaries cry out to NUGS and USAG to help pressure gov’t for disbursement of their loans
Beneficiaries of the Students Loan Trust Fund are impressing upon the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) to intervene by impressing upon government to disburse their loans to them without any further delay. According to the beneficiaries, government seems to have deliberately neglected them by reneging on […]
Frimpong Boateng sues Captain Smart and another for defamation for saying he is corrupt
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has sued two persons for defamation. He is claiming GH¢2 million in general damages from Solomon K.A. Owusu, a Ghanaian based in the United States of America (USA) and Blessed Nana Godsbrain Smart, aka Captain Smart, a broadcaster at Adom FM, a private radio […]
UEW postpones Mid-Semester examinations indefinitely, Academic board to meet Monday to set date for exams and reopening
The University of Education Winneba (UEW) has postponed indefinitely, the mid-semester examinations which were scheduled to begin from April 9. No reasons were given for the decision contained in a statement issued Thursday by the University Registry, but it is believed to be linked to the closure of the school in March 14 following protests […]
Defend yourselves; don’t rely on the police, they can’t do anything for you- Ken Agyapong to Ghanaians
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has advised the generality of the Ghanaian people not to rely on the Ghana Police Service for protection. According to him, the masses must defend themselves at any given time because the police have proven over time that they are […]
Residents of Odumase Krobo block Kpong-Somanya road over rampant unannounced dumsor
Residents of Odumase Krobo in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region have blocked the Kpong–Somanya road protesting the unannounced power outages in the area. Mainly the youth set ablaze lorry tyres at strategic intersections around Nuaso and Abanse Bank Junction respectively and chanting war songs. As at the time of filing this […]
24 year old Nigerian arrested for robbing and kidnapping businesswoman at Mile 7
A 24 old Nigerian is in the grips of the law for allegedly robbing and kidnapping a businesswoman at Mile ‘7’ in Accra on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. The suspect, Isaac Aigbona and another accomplice, who is on the run, and being sought by the police, allegedly kidnapped the businesswoman and took her to the […]