Police in the Northern region has apprehended 11 suspected sex workers in the Tamale metropolis. A special operation with the Counter-Terrorism Unit of the Ghana Police Service raided some communities in the metropolis where the suspects operate. The Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Otuo Acheampong who led the operation said the suspects are believed to be […]
Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of the government’s Free Senior High School Policy to further her education. Ms. Nutsugah, a mother of six, who sells used clothing after school hours, is a first-year General Arts Student of the Keta Senior High Technical School in the Volta Region. She is part of […]
A student at the University of Ghana Medical School is reported to have taken his own life on Wednesday. Joseph Obeng Opuni’s lifeless body found in his hostel room in the early hours of September 4, campus-based UniversNews reports. A source at the University told JoyNews that the deceased might have taken some pills to […]
An eight-year-old girl has been killed and her body dumped in a bush in Nyive within the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region. Police reports say the girl was sent on an errand within the township by her mother, Abalo Serwa, but the girl never returned home. The failure of the young girl to return […]
A 22-year-old lady, identified as Vera Adu, has been found dead in her boyfriend’s room at Adu Gyemfi near Sowutwom in the Greater Accra region. Unconfirmed reports have it that the boyfriend allegedly poisoned her when she paid a visit to him. However, it is unclear what would trigger the man to commit such a heinous crime. DSP […]
George Andrew, a 28-year-old unemployed and Maxwell Peter, aged 34 a trader were on Monday remanded into police custody by Keta Circuit Court for kidnapping and raping their employer’s daughter aged 19 at Aflao in the Volta Region. They were charged for conspiracy, kidnapping, and assault. Andrew, however, had an additional charge for rape, with […]
Residents of Sabonjida, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region have arrested a suspected kidnapper in the area. The suspect, Ibrahim Kassim, 38, was arrested when he allegedly tried to kidnap a 5-year old girl from Hariya Primary, an Arabic school in the area. An eyewitness, Baba Fuseini, a teacher at Hariya Arabic school […]
Nigerians have descended heavily on UK-based Ghanaian gospel artist Sonnie Badu for xenophobic comments he shared on social media against the people of Nigeria. Sonnie Badu in a Facebook post claimed Nigerians have attacked and robbed some Chinese and whites all in the name of retaliation. He stated that Nigerians are attacking their fellow Nigerians […]
The Akatsi Senior High Technical Old Students’ Association (ASTOSA), in a joint action with the Parent and Teachers Association (PTA) of the school, will this morning embark on a demonstration to register their displeasure with how the current headmaster, Mr Amemazior Dickson, is steering the affairs of the school. In a letter of permission addressed […]
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has appealed to all media houses to intensify public education on the proposed election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). The media is expected to sensitise the general public to enable it to understand and embrace the idea and participate in all the processes to make the vision […]
The Executive Council of Katanga has called for calm promising that concrete and pragmatic steps are being taken to arrive at decisions that will be in the best interest of all fellows. It therefore appealed to all Fellows to act cautiously and with maximum care as they await the final decision of the Chancellor, His […]
Some residents of the Volta Region have issued a two-week ultimatum to the government to fix all the deplorable roads in the region or face their wrath. The group which is trumpeting a campaign dubbed Fix Volta Roads Now, say the bad nature of roads in the region had increased the number of vehicular accidents, […]
