Footballer Farouk Adams was driving vehicle without valid road use certificate and insurance – Police
The footballer for Aduana Stars, Farouk Adams has been charged with six offences. These are careless and inconsiderate driving; negligently causing harm and failing to report accident to police. The rest are, failing to stop to attend to an accident victim; driving motor vehicle without valid road use certificates and driving motor vehicle without valid […]
Takoradi missing girls: Judgment Day today
The Sekondi High Court will today decide the fate of two Nigerian nationals, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji, who are standing trial for the murder of four girls in Takoradi. The High Court presided over by Justice Richard Adjei-Frimpong, an Appeals Court Judge with additional responsibility as High Court judge, fixed the date after […]
Man jailed 25 years, 3 others remanded over taxi theft
One of the four suspects involved in a taxi robbery incident at Wasabiampa in the Lower West Akim Municipality in the Eastern Region has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by the Asamankese Circuit Court. Benjamin Kofi Larbi, 24, pleaded “guilty with explanation” at last Tuesday’s proceedings and was found guilty on his own […]
Fake Policeman and accomplice remanded for defrauding 51 people over jobs
A Cape Coast Circuit Court has remanded into prison custody, one Albert Bruce 26, unemployed, who posed as a police officer to dupe 51 people to the tune of GHC147,000.00 under the pretext of securing them jobs in the public sector. He pleaded guilty to defrauding by false pretenses and the Court presided over by […]
Mahama to respond to 2020 Election petition judgment at 6 p.m.
Former President John Dramani Mahama will comment on the judgement by the Supreme Court that dismissed his election petition at 6 p.m. Today. A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress, Abraham Amaliba, made this known after the Supreme Court delivered its judgment on Thursday, March 4. “We are unable to address […]
Dracula: Notorious armed robber’s jail term increases to 90 years
Prince Adu, also known as Dracula, a notorious armed robber, who was jailed to a cumulative 63 years by a Ho Circuit Court for three robbery offences, has his jail term increased to 90 years, when the court sentenced him to an additional 27 years in hard labour for similar offence. Adu who pleaded guilty […]
Resurgent Hearts take aim at WAFA, Kotoko face Sharks
Accra Hearts of Oak will open a new chapter with their eye catching signings this week as they lock horns with West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) in a match-day 17 encounter slated for the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday. Coach Samuel Boadu would lead Hearts for the first time and would be looking to continue […]
Kwahu Dadiehene unhappy with progress of work on Nkawkaw Stadium
Exactly six months after the sod-cutting ceremony for the reconstruction of Nkawkaw Sports Stadium into an ultra-modern sporting facility, work is yet to commence, raising concerns among local chiefs. Speaking, Kwahu Dadiehene, Nana Kwadwo Akuamoah, said the people of Kwahu were not happy with the current state of the stadium estimated at 27 million Ghana […]
US Capitol police warn of possible militia plot to breach Congress
Security has been ramped up at the US Capitol in Washington in response to “a possible plot to breach” the building. The move was prompted by intelligence that a militia group planned the attack for 4 March, the day conspiracy theorist group QAnon believes Donald Trump will return for a second term. The House of […]
Savelugu Municipal Hospital resumes full operations
The Savelugu Municipal Hospital has reopened and resumed full operations to provide healthcare services to people in the area and surrounding communities. The hospital had for the past eight days been temporarily closed down but provided partial services at its emergency and maternity units. The management of the hospital was compelled to close down the […]
Bridge over River Mamieso collapses
A steel bridge that links Mamieso to other communities in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality in the Western Region has collapsed. The bridge, which is over River Mamie at Mamieso, connects the community to Wassa Akropong, the municipal capital and sprawling commercial town. Some other communities affected by the bridge collapse include Wantram, Afransie, Asuogya […]
Accept Supreme Court verdict on election petition – CSOs urge Ghanaians
The Civic Forum Initiative (CFI), a coalition of 25 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in governance and democracy, has urged all Ghanaians to accept the final verdict of the Supreme Court on the 2020 election petition which judgement will be delivered on Thursday, March 4, 2021. In addition, the forum called on the leadership of both […]
Tension brews as ‘illegal’ car dealers invade Tesano
Tension is rising between residents of Tesano, a suburb of Accra, and some car dealers who have turned roads in the community into sales points for used vehicles. The registered garages are complaining that the irregular dealers are not registered, do not make statutory payments such as taxes, and, therefore, sell their cars at rock-bottom […]
Pupils of Gwira Ehyiam cry for maintenance of their school
Some pupils of Gwira Ehyiam Methodist school in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region have called on the Ghana Education Service and other stakeholders in the sector to help them fix their school infrastructure. The school, established some 25 years ago has since not seen any major rehabilitation making the facility uninhabitable for […]
