Soldier in court for allegedly having sex with minor
A 30-year-old Soldier, Corporal Offei Richard Okyere, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, for allegedly having multiple sex with a 14-year-old girl at Burma Camp, Accra. The accused, who has been charged with defilement, has pleaded not guilty. The Court presided over by Mrs. Adelaide Abui Kadey, remanded Okyere into Military custody to reappear […]
US executes only woman on federal death row
The only female inmate on federal death row in the US, Lisa Montgomery has been executed for murder. She received a lethal injection at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, after a last-minute stay of execution was lifted by the US Supreme Court. The case attracted attention because her lawyers argued she was mentally ill […]
Late Jerry John Rawlings to be buried on 27th January
The burial service for the late former president, Jerry John Rawlings will be held on Wednesday, January 27. This is according to a circular from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to all Diplomatic Missions, International Organisations and Honorary Consulates accredited to Ghana. According to the circular dated Friday, January 8, the former President would be laid […]
Police pick two suspects in Aboabo fire incident
The police in Kumasi have picked up two suspects in connection with last Sunday’s fire incident which affected more than 30 shops in a building at Aboabo, in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality. The suspects, whose identities are being withheld for security reasons, are currently in police custody assisting with investigations. They are being held for negligently […]
Two suspects arrested for trafficking 12 people
Two men are in the grip of the police in the Northern Region for allegedly trafficking 12 persons between the ages of nine and 20 years from Zabzugu to Kumasi en route to some remote villages in the Western North Region to work on cocoa farms. The suspects, Kwaku Manu, 45, and Nkabeye Joshua, 24, […]
Nigerian troops kill 28 Boko Haram militants
Nigerian troops have killed 28 Boko Haram militants in an operation in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Yobe. In the operation conducted on Saturday, the troops “tactically out-maneuvered the criminals and engaged them with superior firepower resulting in high casualty on the side of the terrorists in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe state,” said military […]
Election of Speaker, deputies plus for democracy – IMANI
The Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of IMANI Africa, Mr. Franklin Cudjoe, has described the election of the Speaker of Parliament and his two deputies as a plus for Ghana’s democracy. Mr. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), was last Thursday elected the Speaker of the Eighth Parliament of […]
Indonesia landslide: Rescuers buried as they help victims
Rescuers searching for victims of a landslide in Indonesia were buried by a second mudslide just hours later, officials say. The first landslide, in Cihanjuang village, West Java, was triggered by torrential rain. Another struck as survivors were still being evacuated. At least 12 people died and dozens more are missing. Landslides are common in […]
Thieves rob filling station belonging to Keta MP
Unidentified persons on Sunday, January 10, broke into the Rootsenaf Gas filling station at Satsimadza near Agbozume belonging to the Member of Parliament (MP) of the Keta constituency in the Volta Region, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey. The robbery is the second attack on the MP in a month. The MP was on Friday, December 11, 2020, attacked […]
People of Wa hail Bagbin’s election as Speaker of Parliament
People of Wa have hailed the election of Mr. Alban Sumana Bagbin, as Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. According to them, the experience gathered by the former Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency Legislature and immediate past Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament was enough for him to be able to guide the current Parliament to […]
Ghanaians need apology from members of parliament – CEMED
Members of Parliament have been urged to apologize to Ghanaians for their shameful acts and conduct during the election of a speaker for the House. Executive Director of Centre for Moral Development (CEMED), Mr. Opoku Agyeman Prempeh a Kumasi-based civil society organization dedicated to moral uprightness and development, who made the call, said “the conduct […]
Carlos Ahenkorah apologises for snatching ballot papers in Speaker election
The Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah has apologised for his actions which almost marred the election of a Speaker of Parliament on Thursday. According to him, some “irregularities” which accompanied the voting process caused him to act in the manner which he did. In a Facebook post Friday, Mr. Ahenkorah in apologising for […]
Father, accomplice jailed 13 years for trafficking two sons
A father, who sold his two sons to a fisherman for the business of fishing, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment in hard labour. Mawuli Sosu, a 43-year-old mason from Keta, sold his two sons, aged 18 and 15 years, to the fisherman, David Akweteybor, who resides at Tewoekpo, an Island near Tokoranu, in […]
Trump bans Alipay and seven other Chinese apps
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps. The apps include popular payments platform Alipay, as well as QQ Wallet and WeChat Pay. The order, which takes effect in 45 days, says that the apps are being banned because they are a threat to US national security. It […]
