The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has designated centres for people to collect seedlings for planting on the Green Ghana Day next Friday. The centres are located on the premises of the ministry, the Forestry Commission (FC) Head Office at Achimota, opposite the main entrance to GIMPA, the National Theatre and the Trade Fair […]
The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has said workers in the public sector are generally overpaid for work done. The Government Statistician said averagely, public sector workers were paid double for their output. He has, therefore, called for the creation of a Public Productivity Committee of Parliament to work like the Public Accounts Committee […]
A returnee, Evans Oppong has been arrested for allegedly attempting to sacrifice his daughter for money. The suspect, who claims to have returned from a sojourn abroad, is said to have visited the home of a herbalist, Nana Adu-Boafo and requested to be made rich. Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr, appalled by the situation, recorded their interaction […]
A presiding judge at the Bolgatanga High Court has sentenced Mbawona Tindana, a self-styled spiritualist, to death for killing his wife and daughter to pacify his idols. Justice Charles Adjei Wilson, in delivering his ruling, prayed for mercy from above for the culprit. “May the Almighty God and Allah have mercy on your soul as […]
The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr is noted for being part of many street protests in Ghana and touted as an experienced street protester even to the extent of solely staging a one man street protest during the era of former President J.A. Kufuor. He has a strong conviction for street protests and it’s powerful signal […]
The Ghana Police Service has secured an injunction against the planned three-day armed demonstration by the #FixTheCountry Movement. The Accra High Court on Friday granted an order to restrain the organisers of the planned demonstration from embarking on the demonstation after the Police filed a motion on Wednesday, June 1. A statement from the Police […]
The police have arrested and arraigned a 37-year-old driver, Jacob Kwesi Acquah, for allegedly killing a Chinese national, Xiong Yin, in cold blood at Dansoman, Accra. Acquah, a former employee of the deceased, is said to have gone to her house to demand the phone number of her house help. When Xiong proceeded to her […]
“May the Almighty God and Allah have mercy on your soul as I sentence you to death” were the last words of the supervising Judge at the Bolgatanga High Court, Justice Charles Adjei Wilson, when he sentenced Mbawona Tindana, a self-styled spiritualist to death for killing his wife and daughter. Tindana, 35, who had been […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged central banks in Africa to actively build up their gold reserves by purchasing traceable and sustainably produced local gold at world market prices. “We have not had that philosophy and thinking over the years to build our gold reserves, as we just produce and share,” he said. Therefore, […]
The Police in Wa have arrested 25 people for attempting to forcefully release three suspects who were in Police custody for flogging the victims in the Wa viral video. The 25 were part of a mob who attacked the Wa Police Station on Wednesday to demand the release of the three suspects, Sidiki Osman, Bushiran […]
The Upper West Regional Police Command was attacked on Wednesday evening by hundreds of irate youth demanding the release of the three persons arrested for their alleged involvement in the public flogging of the two persons whose leaked sex video went viral on social media. The youth went on a rampage, pelting the facility with […]
Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs & Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Prof Kwesi Aning, has asked diplomats to abstain from meddling in internal affairs of the state. He said it is improper for diplomats to meddle in the affairs of their host countries. Speaking on the Super Morning Show on […]
