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Suspected gunman at Washington press dinner identified as 31-year-old Californian
Posted on with No CommentThe man arrested after shots were fired inside the hotel where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was being held on Saturday night has been named by law enforcement officials as Cole Tomas Allen. The 31-year-old suspect is from Torrance in … Read more →
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‘Allow Bawumia to lead us into 2024 polls; it’s our turn’ – Bugre Naabu to NPP
Posted on | CommentA former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugre Naabu, says it will be an act of discrimination if the party fails to endorse Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the party’s flagbearer for the 2024 polls. According … Read more →
Stop demanding money from census officials – Bawumia to Ghanaians
Posted on | CommentThe Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has asked persons demanding money from census officials before being counted to refrain from doing so. According to him, such an act is unpatriotic and unacceptable. The 2021 Population and Housing Census commenced officially … Read more →
2 Held over murder of #FixTheCountry campaigner in Ejura
Posted on | CommentPolice in the Ashanti Region have rounded up two suspects in connection with the mob attack and subsequent death of Ibrahim Anyass, popularly known as Macho Kaaka on Facebook. The social media activist did not survive a mob attack on … Read more →
African Union worries about ‘two-tier vaccine system’
Posted on | CommentThere are concerns that the European Union’s vaccine passport programme could exclude people who have been given a version of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine that was made in India. Most of the vaccines supplied to the Covax scheme, intended to … Read more →
Asenso-Boakye outlines flood mitigation measures, including 19km storm drains
Posted on | CommentGovernment has invested GH?450 million in flood mitigation measures in the past four years to avert flooding across Ghana. The money was used to construct 19 kilometres (km) of drains and further excavated, re-channelled and maintained approximately 1,000km under the … Read more →
FDA Laboratory receives largest ISO accreditation scope in Africa
Posted on | CommentThe Centre for Laboratory Services and Research (CLSR) of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in Ghana has increased its ISO 17025:2017 testing scope after successfully completing an assessment by the internationally recognized National Accreditation Board (ANAB) of the American … Read more →
Ghana removed from EU’s money laundering blacklist
Posted on | CommentGhana is no longer on the European Union’s list of blacklisted countries that have failed to put in measures to fight money laundering. This was made known by global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) … Read more →
4 Arrested over James Town Bullion Van attack
Posted on | CommentTHE Police in Kyebi in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region have arrested four suspects believed to have been involved in the deadly bullion van attack at Adedekpon in Accra.The suspects: Collins Addae aka Kekye from Akim-Swedru; Ebenezer … Read more →
7 Arrested for abducting and killing 12-year boy at Nornyikpo
Posted on | CommentThe Kpetoe District Police have arrested seven persons in connection with the recent abduction and subsequent killing of a 12-year-old boy, Cornelius Negble at Nornyikpo, a farming community in Agotime-Ziope District of the Volta Region. The suspects are; Hunor Kofi … Read more →
Teenage pregnancies in Ghana hit 555,575 in 5 years
Posted on | CommentMore than half a million teenagers are on record to have gotten pregnant over the last five years, data from the Ghana Health Service District Health Information Management Health System (DHIMS) reveals. Between 2016 and 2020, about 555,575 teenagers aged … Read more →
Kumasi: Toddler swept away by flood found
Posted on | CommentA two-year-old boy Mohammed Awal, who was carried away by floodwater at Sawaba in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, has been found dead. But for the timely intervention of rescuers, two people in a car would have also died on … Read more →
Takoradi: Teacher remanded for assaulting pregnant colleague teacher
Posted on | CommentThe Takoradi Circuit Court on Wednesday, June 23, remanded a female teacher into prison custody for two weeks over attacking a female colleague teacher, Hassana, and threatening her life. The accused, Jamilatu Mohammed is a 34-year-old teacher at Islamic Junior … Read more →
AG to probe $170 million judgment debt
Posted on | CommentAttorney General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame says the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, will investigate the Power Purchasing Agreement signed between government and Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC), exposing the nation to a financial loss. He … Read more →
35 Foreigners arrested for online fraud
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Police Service has arrested 35 foreigners suspected to be illegal immigrants who engaged in fraudulent activities. The suspects are made up of 27 Burkinabe’s, Four Togolese, and four Nigerians. They were arrested at Sowutoum in the Greater Accra … Read more →
Ken Agyapong cuts sod to construct 80-bed cardio centre at 37 Military Hospital
Posted on | CommentThe Assin Central MP, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has cut sod for the construction of an 80-bed Cardiothoracic Centre at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. The Centre will include a Cardiothoracic Training Centre and Conference room, VVIP clinic, 3 operating … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo inspects Watermelon Factory in Walewale
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has inspected ongoing works on the construction of a GH¢36 million watermelon juice factory at Walewale in the North East region. The construction of the watermelon factory is estimated to cost Gh¢36m which is being funded by the … Read more →
Takoradi: 22yr old Taxi Driver escapes death from armed robber
Posted on | CommentA 22-year-old taxi driver has narrowly escaped from death after a carjacker inflicted knife wounds on him in an attempt to steal his Toyota Yaris vehicle at Airport Ridge Residential Area in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region. In … Read more →
684 Students get Covid in Eastern Region
Posted on | CommentA Medical Report from the Eastern Regional Health Directorate sighted by DGN Online indicates that a total number of 684 Senior High School students have been infected with Covid-19 in all the 33 Districts and Municipalities in the Region. According … Read more →
W/R experience increase in road accidents involving motorbikes, tricycles
Posted on | CommentWestern Region Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) Nana Akua Ansaah Cobbinah has disclosed that 17 persons were killed using either a motorbike or tricycle, also known as Aboboya or Pragiya, in the first quarter of 2021. “Statistics of … Read more →
Covid-19: Deadly Indian strain detected in Ghana – Sputnik V, AstraZeneca vaccines not effective against it
Posted on | CommentThe most contagious Covid-19 variant, originating from India, has been recorded in Ghana. Head of the West Africa Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens, WACCBIP, of the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon Awendare confirmed that the Indian variant, also … Read more →
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