Mother and child perish after building collapse
A woman and her three-year-old daughter perished on Wednesday when the house they lived in collapsed at Kasaam in the Kwabre-East District of the Ashanti Region. Maame Akua and her child, Ama Serwaa, reportedly died at the hospital in the early hours of Wednesday. Mr. Attakora Amaniampong, the Assembly member of Kasaam, told the Ghana […]
Man sustaining gun-shot wounds in robbery attack dies
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has confirmed the death of one Collins Dapaah, a 43-year-old businessman, who sustained gun-shot wounds in a robbery attack at Buokrom Estate Junction in Kumasi, on Tuesday, June 01. The incident, which occurred in broad daylight, reportedly saw the armed gang bolting with over GH₵140,000.00. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) […]
KMA, Social Welfare Department to clear child beggars off streets
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is working with the Department of Social Welfare to clear the streets of child beggars. “The presence of the teeming child beggars on our streets, most of them migrating from foreign countries, is becoming an albatross on our neck,” Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi, the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), bemoaned. The MCE, […]
Horticulture gets support
A delegation from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, is in Ghana to observe the progress of “Horticulture in Ghana for a brighter future” project being rolled for some 400 youth in the country, expected to make them employable. The project; Horticulture for Entrepreneurship, is also training some 40 model farmers as lead farmers […]
20 young entrepreneurs selected for apprenticeship with STN Ghana top CEOs
Top Ghanaian CEOs who mentored over 300 young entrepreneurs at an online mentorship programme held in Accra, have selected twenty of the mentees for an apprenticeship programme with their companies to improve their business skills. The business leaders and CEOs who will receive mentees in their companies, are members of the Stanford Seed Transformation Network, […]
Passion for Needy donates to Christ Faith Foster Home
Passion for Needy, a Non-Governmental Organization, on Tuesday donated assorted items to the Christ Faith Foster Home at Frafraha in Accra. The items are 60 bags of rice, five cartons of spaghetti, five cartons of mackerel, five cartons of tomato puree, 50 litres of cooking oil, and five crates of bottled water, The rest are […]
Africans in Diaspora asked to help needy communities
Mr Jonathan Akuamoah, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of TEAM CSR, has appealed to Africans in the diaspora to help provide potable water to communities in need in Ghana. He made the appeal when TEAM CSR, in collaboration with Omega Psi Phi, commissioned a borehole at Ayikuma in the Greater Accra region. Mr. Akuamoah said […]
Six Chinese arrested for illegal mining granted bail
Six Chinese nationals, arrested for engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) at Asankragua in the Western Region, have been admitted to bail by an Accra High Court. They are: Chen Guibin, Yao Zengcan, Lu Xiaobin, Wu Xiaobin, Cheng Churoung, and Xue Lianhua. They have, however, not been able to execute the bail bond. On Friday, May […]
Trial of alleged coup plotters starts June 8
An Accra High Court will on Tuesday, June 8, commence trial of 10 persons held over various roles allegedly aimed at destabilising the country. The State is expected to call its first prosecution witness out of the 19 witnesses. During the hearing on Tuesday, Mr Kojoga Adawudu withdrew the application for variation of bail terms […]
59 military officers from Ghana, African countries trained on crowd control
As part of a Joint Security Services Package on Internal Security and Counter Insurgency, 59 military officers from Ghana and other African countries have been trained on practical crowd control at the Ghana Police Detective Training Academy and the Formed Police Unit (FPU) Headquarters both at the Police Depot, Accra. Participants were taken through riot […]
