A 26-year-old barber, Richard Amoako, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. The barber conspired with a 30-year-old mason, Paa Kwasi now deceased, to rob a gold buying office at Wassa Nkonya in the Wassa Amenfi East municipality. Amoako, who is popularly known as Jordan pleaded guilty […]
Chad’s interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby has threatened to withdraw the Central African country from a multinational security force, which he said had failed in its task of tackling insurgent groups in the Lake Chad region. Deby made the statement on Sunday during a visit to the region, which sits in part of western Chad […]
Police are only allowed to use their official walkie-talkies while on duty Zimbabwe’s government has banned “with immediate effect” police officers from using mobile phones while working. The ban is contained in a memo, ordering police officers to abandon their private communication gadgets while on duty. All officers are required to surrender their mobile phones […]
The senior midwife at Twifo Bimpongso CHIPS compound in the Twifo Atti-morkwa district of central region madam Patience Adzadzi is wailing that lack of electricity in the area has woefully affected quality healthcare delivery. She emphasized that they use either torchlight or lantern (Bobo) at night when they are delivering a pregnant woman who is […]
Eric Ato Appiah Mends, a 45-year-old acting Gyaasehene of the Nkusukum Traditional Area in the Central Region with the stool name, Nana Beeyin II has been remanded into two weeks police custody by the Cape Coast District Court 1 for the murder of 52-year-old, Kwesi Mekyeawo. An incident which occurred on Friday, October 25, during […]
The Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) is set to begin an indefinite strike today, Monday, October 21, 2024, following the government’s failure to address their demands for institution-specific allowances despite multiple attempts at resolution. The PSWU expressed frustration over the government’s refusal to honour these allowances, which they claim has worsened the financial burden on […]
Days after a fuel tanker explosion killed 170 mostly young people in Majia, a farming town in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa State, the close-knit community is still reeling from the overwhelming loss. “It was a terrible situation that we have never witnessed in this town; many people lost their lives,” local businessman Mustapha Abdullahi told Al […]
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Awutu-Senya West MP, Hannah Serwaa Tetteh, has raised thought-provoking questions regarding the Supreme Court’s decision-making process. Her remarks come in the wake of the Court’s recent ruling that overturned Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s decision to oust four Members of Parliament. Taking to her Facebook page, Tetteh questioned whether […]
Bishop Salifu Amoako, a prominent religious leader and father of the 16-year-old boy involved in the tragic accident that claimed the lives of two young girls in East Legon on Saturday, October 12, 2024, has called for an end to public discussions surrounding the incident. The accident, which led to the gory demise of the […]
One woman has been reported dead after a member of a local security group guarding a ‘galamsey’ site opened fire into a mining pit at Nyameadom in the Ashanti Region. Seven others have also sustained gunshot wounds. Sources say the women were working in the galamsey pit when the incident occurred. Reports […]