Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, Inspector General of Police, has announced a GH¢20,000.00 reward to any person who gives credible information for the arrest of the suspected robbers who killed General Constable Emmanuel Osei. Constable Osei was shot and killed at James Town by the robbers who attacked a bullion van he was escorting. Superintendent of Police … The post IGP
Mr Emmanuel Adu, the Vice-Chairperson of the Cape Coast branch of the Technical university Teacher’s Association of Ghana (TUTAG), says they would not back down on their demand until the government gets a solution to their challenges. Speaking to the media in Cape Coast, Mr Adu said the Association was compelled to embark on strike … The post We will not back
An Accra High Court has thrown out an interim injunction filed by Prince Charles Dedjoe, a business executive, against the burial of his late wife, Lilian Dedjoe. The court, in its ruling, noted that the father of the deceased and head of family had the right to bury the deceased as the body also belonged … The post Spousal murder: Court throws out injunction
Afua Badu, a 42-year-old petty trader, who died through a stray bullet during the bullion van attack on Monday, at Adedenkpo, a suburb of James Town in Accra, was serving a customer when the incident occurred. Maame Yaa, an elder sister to the deceased, who was an eye witness, told the Ghana News Agency that … The post Bullion van attack: Woman died whilst serving
A Ho Circuit Court, hearing the case involving the alleged 21 LGBTQ members, has adjourned the case to July 14, 2021. Police Inspector Agnes Ahiable, holding brief for Prosecution Ayamga Yakubu Akologo, told the Court the case docket was sent to the office of the Attorney General’s Department for advice. She said they were yet … The post Alleged LGBTQ members
The Ghana Association of Persons with Albinism (GAPA) has appealed to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to include its members in the upcoming Population and Housing Census. It said the GSS clustered all persons with disability into one group instead of segregating them for easy identification and targeting for effective planning. “We cannot group all … The post Include
Prince Charles Dedjoe, a Business Executive, accused of spousal murder, has been granted bail by an Accra High Court (General Jurisdiction Division). Dedjoe was granted bail in the sum of GH¢200,000 with two sureties by the Court, presided over by Mr Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu, last Friday, the Ghana News Agency has gathered. The Court … The post Man accused
Ghanaian police were placed on high alert following reports that suspected bandits are planning to attack communities in Northern Ghana along the border with Burkina Faso, a police statement said Tuesday. “Reports indicate that Burkina Faso-based bandits are allegedly launching attacks in communities along the Burkina Faso-Ghana border. They are planning to launch attacks on … The post Ghana
Documents obtained by a U.S. congressional panel show that former President Donald Trump pressured the Department of Justice (DOJ) to back his claims that the results of the 2020 election were fraudulent. The documents released Tuesday, provided to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, showed efforts by Trump, his then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and … The post Documents
Despite the country’s progress in improving its technological advancements, there are still challenges that prevent thousands of students from fully getting access to facilities needed to learn Information and Communication Technology (ICT). As introduced in our primary education, ICT has served as the first ladder to making students and citizens more adaptable to the growing … The post Isn’t
A viral video claims Burkinabes fleeing conflict in their towns are illegally migrating into Ghana. According to some Facebook posters, the people seen in the video are migrating illegally to Ghana. The video shows tens of people, both women and men including children, appearing to be escaping from a looming danger, in what appears to … The post Insufficient
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo Tuesday launched Ghana’s Financing Roadmap for the realization of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). The roadmap, a partnership with the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP), seeks to forge a more effective public-private engagement for sustainable financing to ensure the successful implementation of the … The post President
Mr Victor Kwadjoga Adawudu, counsel for five of the ten persons being tried for treason, has told the High Court that nobody was prohibited from discussing coup d’etats on social media. He said Ghana’s political history had had six military takeovers, thus, the word coup d’etats and overthrow was not prohibited. He was cross-examining Colonel Isaac Amponsah, … The post Nobody
A High Court judge in Kumasi has expressed grave concern about how some immigration officials are aiding foreigners to stay illegally in the country by circumventing its immigration laws. He has therefore, appealed to the Minister of the Interior to reconsider the use of the discretion by immigration officers in granting of residential permits to … The post Judge
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday bade farewell to two envoys whose duty tour in the country has ended. The pair are Ian Walker, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom and Ambassador Christoph Retzlaff of Germany. At separate events at the Jubilee House Accra, President Akufo-Addo commended both envoys for their sterling performance during their … The post President
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has requested for CCTV footages to facilitate its investigations into the murder of Madam Pokuaa Sarpong, also known as Nana Achiaa, at the Airport Roundabout in Kumasi on Saturday. “We are liaising with the National Security to sample through the CCTV images captured around the crime scene,” Assistant Superintendent of … The post Murder
In view of the increasing terrorist attacks and violent extremism in the West African sub-region, ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council is examining proposals to establish the Forum of National Security advisors. The Forum would reinforce the security architecture of the sub-region and ensure concrete and full operationalisation of the Maritime Centre in the Gulf of … The post ECOWAS
The National Communications Authority (NCA) and the National Media Commission (NMC), Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to collaborate to regulate contents of broadcast media organisations to sanitise the broadcast landscape in the country. The memorandum is a mechanism by which the two State agencies will work together to address the challenges of unwholesome … The post NCA
Professor Harry Tagbor has been appointed as the next Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) by the University’s Council. His appointment takes effect from August 1 as he takes over from Prof Seth Owusu-Agyei, whose tenure as Pro-Vice-Chancellor ends on July 31, 2021. Madam Maria Gwira, Director of Public Affairs, UHAS … The post Prof
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the Government is mobilizing resources for the local production of the coronavirus vaccines. To that end, he said his administration was keen, in the light of the geopolitics of vaccines, to provide state health institutions all the assistance to achieve that objective as soon as practicable. The President said … The post Ghana
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