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US charges 6 over car theft ring shipping stolen vehicles to Ghana
Posted on with No CommentSix individuals have been charged in the United States over an alleged international car theft syndicate that smuggled stolen vehicles to Ghana, following a year-long investigation by federal authorities. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, … Read more →
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DISTURBING PHOTO: Illegal miner killed at Odumase
Posted on | CommentA supposed illegal miner was allegedly butchered to death at Odumase, near Konongo in the Ashanti Region, at about 1:30 pm yesterday. The incident occurred when a bloody fight reportedly broke out between two mining groups in the hitherto peaceful … Read more →
2 Nigerian women arrested for human trafficking in Ghana
Posted on | CommentTwo Nigerian women have been arrested by the police for allegedly trafficking six women from their country to Ghana, for prostitution. The suspects, Ify Mba,33, and Amanda Eze Chioma, alias Faith, were reported to have told the victims from Abia, … Read more →
Man killed during knife fight at ‘galamsey’ site
Posted on | CommentWhat started as a control of turf and show of supremacy by two rival gangs in the small scale mining community in Odumasi in the Asante Akyem Central District of Ashanti, has ended in the untimely death of a leader … Read more →
I wasn’t forced out – Bank of Ghana Governor confirms resignation
Posted on | CommentDr Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku has explained that he resigned as Governor of the Bank of Ghana on personal grounds. Confirming to Graphic Online that he has presented his resignation letter earlier in the day, Dr Issahaku said: “They did not force … Read more →
UK protest over Ghana, Nigeria deportations
Posted on | CommentSeventeen people have been arrested after a protest at Stansted Airport in Essex temporarily halted take-offs and landings on Tuesday. Police were called at 21:30 BST as a group entered a non-commercial runway and locked themselves in an aircraft. Those … Read more →
Ripple effects of galamsey: Chinese sex workers invade Wassa Akropong
Posted on | CommentInformation available to this medium indicates that Chinese commercial sex workers have invaded Wassa Akropong, a popular mining community in the Western Region. Some concerned citizens who want to remain anonymous say these foreign night ladies are normally brought in by … Read more →
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: Youth block New Takoradi-Monkey hill stretch of road
Posted on | CommentDisgruntled youth of New Takoradi have blocked the New Takoradi-Monkey Hill stretch of road over poor state of the road. Workers, school children, motorists and other commuters who ply that route are stranded. Tyres are being burnt amidst chanting of war songs, … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo is 73 years today – All to know about his great life
Posted on | CommentGhana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is 73 years today, March 29, 2017. A lawyer and a human rights advocate, Akufo-Addo became the president of the young oil-producing West African nation January 7, 2017 after his third attempt. He was … Read more →
3 arrested in Central Region for possessing human parts
Posted on | CommentThree people have been arrested by the Bremang Asikuma police in the Central region for possessing human parts. The three namely Kwesi Awudu, 25, Bismark Botwe, 20 and Stephen Donkor, 22, claim that they obtained the human parts from a … Read more →
Ghana to build first international Paediatric Cancer Centre
Posted on | CommentAn International Paediatric Cancer Centre, the first of its kind in the world, is to be built in Ghana as a center of excellence in cancer care on the African continent. The centre is the first step of a broad … Read more →
Police investigate ‘human waste found in Coca-Cola cans’
Posted on | CommentAn investigation has been launched after ‘human waste’ was found in Coca-Cola cans at a factory in Northern Ireland. Police were called after reports that a consignment had been contaminated at a factory in Lisburn, County Antrim. The incident involved … Read more →
Brong-Ahafo records 1,224 unsafe abortion cases
Posted on | CommentBrong Ahafo Region recorded 1,224 cases of unsafe abortion among teenagers in the 2016, the Ghana Health Service report has revealed. The report said the figure represented 12.7 percent of 9,612 cases of unsafe abortion recorded in the country within … Read more →
Article 50: Theresa May signs letter that will trigger Brexit
Posted on | CommentTheresa May has signed the letter that will formally begin the UK’s departure from the European Union. Giving official notice under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, it will be delivered to European Council president Donald Tusk later. In a … Read more →
COCOBOD CEO earns Gh¢70,000 a month as salary
Posted on | CommentThe Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) earns a whopping Gh¢70,000 monthly, according to the new board chairman of the outfit Hackman Owusu-Agyeman. According to the former Foreign Affairs Minister, the figure is “outrageous” hence the decision … Read more →
Hackman Owusu-Agyeman sworn in as COCOBOD Chair
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in former Minister of Water, Works and Housing under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, as Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board. Other members who were appointed to serve on the Board including Kwame Sarpong, … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo appoints DOP Patrick Darko Missah as prisons boss
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has appointed DOP Patrick Darko Missah as the Acting Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service. According to a press release from the Ministry of the Interior on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, “His Excellency, the President of the Republic, … Read more →
Thunder kills Prophetess at Assin Fosu
Posted on | CommentResidents of Assin Fosu in the Assin North Municipality of the Central Region were shocked when the spiritual leader of the International Christian Bible Church, Prophetess Ewura Esi Amanda, was struck dead by thunder at her residence Sunday evening. The … Read more →
W/R: Passengers attack Kufuor bus conductor for fare refund (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentMetro Mass Transit (MMT) driver and his Conductor came under attack when stranded and enraged passengers of a Takoradi-Kumasi bound bus rushed on them to demand back their fares after the bus broke down at Anto near Daboase for over … Read more →
Chinese Embassy pledges support to help gov’t’s ‘galamsey’ fight
Posted on | CommentThe Chinese diplomatic mission in Ghana has pledged its support to government to help in the fight against illegal mining popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’ involving some of its nationals. Hundreds of Chinese migrants have been rounded up for their roles … Read more →
Couple in court for being banned from naming daughter Allah
Posted on | CommentA couple in the US state of Georgia who were banned from naming their daughter Allah are taking legal action. The state Department of Public Health has refused to issue the 22-month-old with a birth certificate. Elizabeth Handy and Bilal … Read more →
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