The Salvation Army Basic School at Asiakwa in the Eastern Region has been closed following an assault on a teacher of the school, George Somuah Bosompem, which led to his death on May 3, 2019. The school, which is one of the four public schools in the community, has remained shut since the incident. It […]
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E/R: Mad man who murdered pregnant woman and cooked her corpse lynched by angry residents
An angry mob at Muramura near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region on Sunday, 5 May 2019 lynched a mentally challenged man, Kofi Sammy, after the victim murdered a 30-year-old pregnant woman, Alimatu Karim and cooked her corpse. The Nkawkaw police command led by DSP Joseph Onsonyameye, after a distress call, proceeded to Muramura and met […]
Malnourished 10 month old baby starving to death in Kwahu West, Ghanaians launch appeal for support
The picture alleged to be that of a 10 month old baby starving to death in Kwahu West in the Eastern region is breaking the internet with some Ghanaians launching an appeal for support to rescue the said child. A Facebook user who shared the fate of the poor child said one Joseph B Danquah […]
E/R: School feeding caterers accuse gov’t of delayed payments
Caterers under the School Feeding programme in the Eastern Region have bared their teeth at government, for delaying in paying them their monies. One of the caterers Vida Adum who spoke on Accra based okay Fm and monitored by BestNewsGH.com said she has lost a lot of money in the process of working as a […]
E/R: NPP preparing for war in 2020, gives military training to MMDCE’s at Achiase-NDC alleges
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region is raising the red flags about an alleged ongoing military training for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives at the Achiase Jungle Warfare Training School. A statement issued by the NDC and signed by Darlas A. Williams, the Regional Communications Officer read in part that […]
Corpses transported to the mortuary on motorbikes in Apau Wawase in the Eastern Region
Commercial Motorbikes popularly known as Okada are being used as ambulance and hearse at Apau Wawase a farming community in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern region because the road to the community is not motororable. The road connecting the community to Asuboi and Suhum continue to deteriorate hence drivers have stopped plying the road. […]
E/R: Etwe Nim Nyansa’, ‘Kote Ye Aboa’ and ‘Hwoa Ye Mobo’ gets electricity and roads
Residents in communities which became famous due to their sexually suggestive names in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region are counting their blessings following the massive developments in the area. The people in villages like ‘Kote Ye Aboa’ literally means the penis is an animal, ‘Etwe Nim Nyansa’ literally means vagina is wise; […]
Gov’t to establish 3 additional cattle ranches at Fori Fori, Amankwakrom and Chemfeh in Afram Plains
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the cattle ranch established by Government in Wawase, in the Afram Plains South district, is helping to end the incidents of clashes between local farmers and nomadic herdsmen. The construction of the cattle ranch is in fulfillment of a campaign pledge the President made in the run-up to […]
Eastern Region NPP thanks Chiefs and People for warm reception accorded President Akufo-Addo
The ruling New Patriotic Party in the Eastern region has expressed appreciation to the chiefs and people of the region for the warm and enthusiastic welcome they accorded the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his 3 day tour of the region. A statement, issued by the party’s regional office and signed by the regional […]
For coming by road to see us, you are exceptional-Afram Plains Chief extols Akufo-Addo
Nana Kwasi Opoku Mintah, Chief of Kwahu Tafo in Afram Plains, has thanked the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for visiting the Afram Plains North constituency by road, and seeing for himself the nature of the road network. According to Nana Kwasi Opoku Mintah, “some Presidents and governments, in times past, only came to visit […]
NDC is aware they will stay in opposition for eternity-President Akufo-Adddo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is bound to stay in opposition for a very long time, hence their wicked machinations and vile propaganda against the god policies of his government. The president who was reacting to speculations that government intends to relocate the yet-to-be- completed University of Environment […]
Teachers posted for double track in Eastern region sleeping in lorry parks in Koforidua as regional GES rejects them
Teachers who have been posted to the Eastern Region under the double track system are said be stranded and have resorted to sleeping at lorry terminals and car parks as they have no money to rent or afford hotels. This is because they have been rejected by the regional directorate of the Ghana Education Service […]












