There was heavy police presence at Lake Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region on Monday as revellers were prevented from engaging in various activities during the Easter festivities as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Over the years, Lake Bosomtwe has been one of the most preferred destinations for relaxation and […] The post Heavy
One person has been shot dead after he was attacked by armed robbers at Nasamba in the Nanumba South District of the Northern Region. Another also sustained life-threatening wounds after the incident. The attack happened at about 12 am on Monday, April 5, 2021, when the two were returning from Wulensi. According to reports, the […] The post N/R: One dead, another
Authorities of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have dispatched an inspection team to markets in parts of the capital, Accra following the washing ashore of some fish at the Osu Castle beach. The team has been sent to monitor the Osu Mandela market in the Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly, in particular. This move, according to […] The post FDA deploys
The recent advice by the International Monetary Fund for governments to “spend as much as [they] can and then spend a little bit more” to deal with the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is a welcome departure from the Fund’s traditional prescriptions of austerity in the midst of economic crises. But then this is […] The post Nii
A data leak involving personal details of hundreds of millions of Facebook users is being reviewed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC). The database is believed to contain a mix of Facebook profile names, phone numbers, locations and other facts about more than 530 million people. Facebook says the data is “old”, from a previously-reported […] The post Data
A group has been arrested in Dubai and charged with public debauchery after an outdoor nude photoshoot. Video footage posted online on Saturday shows a group of naked women having their photo taken on a balcony. Eleven Ukrainian women are among those detained, the Ukrainian consulate told the BBC. A Russian was also detained, according […] The post Dubai police arrest group
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public against consuming any suspicious fish following reports that the fish washed ashore at the Osu Castle beach may have been sent to various markets. According to the Authority, it has also begun laboratory investigations to ascertain whether such fish are good for consumption or not. […] The post FDA
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is backing Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin who has threatened to resist the government’s community mining program. According to the Okyenhene, the program which was introduced to regulate illegal small scale mining nationwide has rather degraded lands and caused pollution to water bodies. At a meeting with […] The post Okyenhene’s
Mozambique’s military says it has regained full control of the coastal town of Palma, more than a week after it was raided by militant Islamists. A “significant” number of militants were killed in the counter-offensive, an army spokesman said. State radio reported that residents who had fled were starting to return – some to homes […] The post Mozambique
A group of people in Nzema and the family of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah have called for the immediate withdrawal of a class-6 book, the Golden History of Ghana authored by Mercy Gyaa-Adiyiah, as it misrepresents and defames Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. Addressing a press conference on Monday after a mini-demonstration at the Kwame Nkrumah […] The post Nzema
Citi FM has donated assorted items and cash to two orphanages – The Baptist School Complex and Orphanage (BASCO) at Trotor and Hopeway Ministries Children’s Home at Haatso as part of the station’s annual Easter Orphan Project. The items donated included bags of rice, gari, maize, cartons of biscuits and drinks, and hand sanitisers. The […] The post Citi
The Ghana Canoe Fishermen Council wants sector authorities to conduct thorough investigations into circumstances that led to the death of tons of fish along the shores of some beaches in the country. Some fish were found along the shores of the Osu Castle beach on Friday. This attracted many residents, some of whom picked them […] The post Fishermen
The Accra Sewerage Systems Ghana Ltd is set to expand and upgrade its liquid waste treatment plant and technologies to treat more liquid waste within Accra and its environs. The expansion project which is going to be undertaken by EMO, an environmental technology company based in France will help increase the capacity of the plant […] The post Accra Sewerage Systems to expand
Citi FM and Citi TV as part of their annual Easter Orphan Project has donated food items and an amount of GHS10,000 to HopeWay Ministries Children’s Home in Accra. This is the 11th time the media house is putting smiles on the faces of the children of the home. The donations were largely contributions from […] The post Easter
Citi FM and Citi TV as part of their annual Easter Orphan Project has donated food items and an amount of GHS10,000 to HopeWay Ministry Children’s Home in Accra. This is the 11th time the media house is putting smiles on the faces of the children of the home. The donations were largely contributions from […] The post Easter Orphan
The management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) says it has not flouted any court order stopping it from holding any impending student elections. The school’s statement was in response to a letter it received from lawyers of the interim GIJ Students Representative Council (SRC) cautioning it to cease all processes to conduct SRC […] The post We’ve
Some residents of Kasoa in the Central Region have called on the government to beef up security in the area following recent robbery and murder cases recorded in the town. Two persons, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old were arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command on April 4, 2021, for allegedly killing a 10-year-old boy […] The post Beef up security in Kasoa –
Mr. Prince Akwaaba, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Community Agric Development Ghana (CAD Ghana), producers of locally made cosmetics has appealed to Ghanaians to purchase products made in Ghana to support Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for rapid growth. According to him, SMEs are struggling in business now because initially, distributors either made upfront payment or […] The post Patronise
Government has been called upon to expedite action in establishing the domestic violence fund to cater for the needs of victims of domestic violence as provided for in Section 29 of the Domestic Violence Act 2007 (Act 732). Mr. Abdul-Rauf Alhassan, the Jirapa Municipal Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) […] The post CHRAJ
The Central Regional Police Command is calling on the public to volunteer relevant information that will help them investigate the recent case of ritual killing at Kasoa. Although two teenagers are currently in the grips of the police providing assistance to get to the bottom of the matter, the police say relevant information from the […] The post Central
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