The 7-member fact finding Committee appointed by the Ashanti Regional National Democratic Congress (NDC) Council of Elders to establish the veracity or otherwise of the allegations of misconduct against the party’s regional executives has recommended that the Regional Secretary, Kwame Zu, should be barred from all party activities. Mr. Zu, a Lecturer, Researcher and Consultant at the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) has been accused of compromising his position as the party’s regional
The atmosphere at the late Botchwey family house and the entire Yeji community will, from now on, be a solemn one as their 25-year-old daughter and native has met her untimely death at Mankessim in the Central Region. Twenty-five years old Georgina Asor Botchwey, a nursing trainee, was said to have left home to attend an interview at Cape Coast, capital city of the Central Region. Instead of returning home alive, her family is now waiting to receive her lifeless body, which was exhumed at the
Barely 24 hours after the police disclosed that a body had been discovered in a shallow grave at Bamahu, the special purpose intelligence and investigation team, as part of its surveillance during the night of September 19, 2022, recovered another body of a male adult, but this time it had been cut open with the heart and kidney removed. After the necessary crime scene examination, the body was removed and deposited at the Regional Hospital, Wa, awaiting autopsy. A Pathologist from the Police
Frank Asirifi Junior, Fleet Manager at Huawei Technologies Ghana S.A Limited has been arraigned for allegedly stealing 44 vehicles belonging to Leasafric Ghana PLC, a car rental company. He has, therefore, been charged with 44 counts of stealing and was put before the Accra Circuit Court ‘11’ presided over by Patricia Amponsah on Monday, 19th September, 2022. Asirifi has, however, pleaded not guilty to all 44 criminal counts. Details of the case are that Mc Dennis Ackon (complainant)
Reports coming from Wa and Mankessim in the Upper West and Central regions of the country respectively are that some dead bodies have been discovered under very suspicious circumstances. One of the deceased is a 22-year-old nurse trainee, Georgina Asor Botchwey, whose body was exhumed by police investigators on Tuesday. According to reports, the Pastor, who assisted the police to retrieve the body, was the very person who allegedly helped the Chief (Tufuhen) of Ekumfi Akwakrom to kidnap, rape,
Four chiefs and six queenmothers have been enstooled at the palace of the Lower Town Axim and Nsein Traditional Council after they swore oaths and pledged allegiance to the Omanhene, Awulae Agyefi Kwame III, at a short and colorful ceremony on Monday. The four chiefs, together with their queenmothers, swore oaths before the Omanhene at an open durbar where they pledged allegiance. The chiefs are Nana Appiah Agyarko IV, Benkumhene, Nana Arizi Armah II, Adontehene, Nana Kofi Mensah V and Nana Kojo
Aboso Gold Fields Limited (AGL) and Zero Waste Bosumtwe have collaborated to mark this year’s World Cleanup Day by cleaning four communities in their host areas. Zero Waste Bosumtwe is a youth group in the company’s host communities that tackles and deals with issues of sanitation. This year’s Cleanup Day, which fell on Saturday 17th September, saw youth from the communities taking to the streets to clean various locations. For instance, at Hunni-Valley, the youth desilted chocked gutters,
The Bank of Ghana and the Ghana Police Service yesterday conducted a special operation on foreign exchange (forex) parallel market operators (black market operators) at Rawlings Park, Tudu, Cowlane, Circle, Kimbu, Timber Market and Lava. The operation succeeded in the arrest of about 76 culprits who would soon face prosecution. This special operation was part of the Bank’s overall strategy to sanitise the foreign exchange market. Other measures being put in place include enforcement of compliance
The Gomoa East District Assembly has placed a lifetime ban on all forms of ‘land guard’ activities, including ‘digging fees’ within the entire district. This, according to the Assembly, would help to end the myriad of needless intimidations and violence among other threats perpetrated by these land guards and other unscrupulous ones, in relation to land usage in the area. Addressing a news conference at Postin, the District Chief Executive, Mr Solomon Darko-Quarm indicated that land guard
The Health Support Foundation (HSF), a charity organization, yesterday donated toiletries and other items worth GH?10,000 to management of the Accra Psychiatric hospital. The items included washing powders, soaps, diapers, detergents, toilet rolls, liquid soaps, buckets and some food items. The group, in addition, donated a cheque of GH?2000. The items and the money are meant to cater for the needs of the children at the hospitals kids ward. Addressing management and staff of the hospital
Technology set to transform Medevac and critical care in Africa A myriad of existential threats plague the Continent of Africa: from the humanitarian crisis and terrorist activities across major regions to the health catastrophe occasioned by the Covid-19 Pandemic, climate change, and a general collapse of national health institutions. It has, indeed, been a somewhat tragic tale of woes. A major public health gap that was exacerbated by the Covid -19 Pandemic has changed the Continent’s
Two persons, Ademola Idowu Oloworiyibi, the Olofun of Irele, and Adeyemi Akinde, the Olu of Igodan Lisa, have been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate Court for illegally parading themselves as traditional rulers. The court had last week instructed the State Commissioner of Police, Oyediran Oyeyemi, to arrest both individuals and present them at the next court session. They were docked following a lawsuit brought before the court by Sir Charles Titiloye, the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner
THE Group Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited, Melee Kyari, on Tuesday, said some illegal petroleum products piplelines were connected to Churches and Mosques. He also said that the shutting down of pipelines in the country was deliberate. The CEO also said that the reason for shutting down the refineries include the challenge of not operating as a business, thereby making them to incur loses. Speaking when he featured at the ministerial briefing
The National Industrial Court ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to work. The Federal Government in a suit, prayed for the order for ASUU to call off its seven months strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment on behalf of the Federal Government had filed the matter before the court by way of referral to resolve the issue of the ongoing strike by ASUU. Mr J.U.K Igwe, SAN, counsel to FG in his submission had informed the court that the application for the injunction
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The development was sequel to his screening by the Committee of the Whole at the Senate chambers on Wednesday. During the screening, Justice Ariwoola responded to questions posed to him by Senators. The motion for the screening was moved by the Senate Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, at the plenary at 11:35 am. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, had called for the screening exercise
The Melcom Care Foundation has lent support to the Centre For Communication and Culture to honour 13 veteran journalists who are on record to have spoken truth to power in an objective and fearless manner. A statement issued by Melcom Care Foundation and copied to the Ghana News Agency said a cheque in support of Sponsorship for the Award Ceremony was presented to the Centre by Mrs Sonya Sadhwani, Melcom Group of Companies Director of Brand Management and received by Mr. Enimil Ashon, Executive
The price of bread rose by almost a fifth in the European Union in August as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, both major exporters of grains and fertilisers, continued to disrupt global markets and headline inflation accelerated. Hungary has seen the biggest increase, with prices rising by 65 percent in a year, according to data published by European statistics website Eurostat. In August 2022, the price of bread in the European Union (EU) was on average 18 percent higher than in August
A man who appeared to grab the flag draped over the Queen’s coffin planned to trespass at royal residences including Buckingham Palace because he did not believe she was dead, a court has heard. Muhammad Khan, 28, allegedly left the queue in Westminster Hall on Friday night while the monarch was lying in state as the live feed briefly cut away. Khan was arrested and appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday, charged with two counts under the Public Order Act. “The defendant had
Women have been at the forefront of escalating protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of a woman detained for breaking hijab laws. Crowds cheered when women burned their hijabs on a bonfire in Sari on Tuesday, the fifth successive day of unrest. Activists said a woman was among three protesters shot dead by security forces in Urmia, Piranshahr and Kermanshah. Authorities accused protesters of killing two civilians in Kermanshah as well as a police assistant in Shiraz. At least seven
A Japanese man has set himself alight reportedly to protest at the state funeral for ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July. Hundreds of dignitaries from Japan and around the world are expected to attend the funeral on 27 September. On Wednesday, witnesses called police after spotting a man on fire near the prime minister’s office in Tokyo. Officers put out the blaze, and took the still-conscious man to hospital, local media reported. The extent of his injuries and his
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