At least one person is reported dead with several others severely injured when a white van plowed into pedestrians strolling on the London Bridge earlier this evening. Although details are scanty, the incident has been confirmed by both the London Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance service via their official handles on Twitter. “We’re responding to […]

The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has held the inception technical workshop for the “Environmentally Sound Disposal and Recycling of E-waste in Ghana” Programme in Accra. With an approved budget of 15 million EUR from the German Government, the “Environmentally Sound Disposal […]

The Police have arrested the woman who allegedly lit a match to set Captain Maxwell Mahama’s body aflame after he had been stoned and beaten. The suspect was arrested on Friday night, the Central Regional Police commander, DCOP David Ampah Bennin, has confirmed. Captain Adam Mahama was murdered on Monday by some youth of Denkyira […]

Captain Maxwell Mahama, who was lynched to death by a mob in Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region, will be buried on Friday, the family spokespersons have said. Zakaria Sakara and WOII Ibrahim Samed said a family meeting has been scheduled to discuss how the burial service will be organised. […]

The leaders of the Osu traditional area on Friday lifted the ban on drumming and noise making in preparation towards their Homowo festival set to occur on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. The ban (Nmaa Dumor) and the lifting (Nmaa Faa), thus planting and harvesting of the first maize in the year by the Ga-Dangme traditional […]

Sergey Abramov, Industrial director of Rostec weapons cluster, commenting on the cluster strategy adopted in the beginning of April 2017, states that the cluster will be expanded due to the joining of Uralvagonzavod, the military division of the Tractor plants concern, about 20 state gunpowder enterprises, and about 50 JSC Spetsremont enterprises. The measures necessary […]

The caption of the news story was as follows: “Lynching Creates Unsafe Society – Council-of-State” (Starrfmonline.com / Modernghana.com 6/2/17). But the picture at the top of the story was that of the erudite Togbe Afedi, IV, Paramount Chief of the Ho-Asogli Traditional State, in the Volta Region, who also doubles as the President of the […]

Renowned Human Rights Lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has been barred by the General Legal Council (GLC) of the Ghana Bar Association  (GBA) from practising as a lawyer for the next three years. According to the council, the decision to suspend him comes after he was found guilty of professional misconduct. Although his specific offence was not […]

The heart of many bled when the footage on the gruesome murder of Captain Maxwell Adams Mahama went viral. The army officer met his untimely death at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region while on operational duties in that area.   The young captain, who was with the 5th Infantry Battalion (5BN), was accused of being […]

Arsene Wenger says he is considering a bid for Riyad Mahrez this summer. Mahrez has asked to leave Leicester a year after his performances and 17 goals in the Premier League title-winning season earned him the PFA Player of the Year award. The winger managed just six league goals this term but Wenger, who has […]