GENERAL NEWS

KMA gives final warning to illegal loading and off loading of vehicles; offenders to pay ghc1K spot fine

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly KMA has warned that, transport operators who will be apprehended for loading at unauthorized stations will pay a fine of GHS 1000. The Assembly has observed that, it will deploy task force beginning Monday August 27, 2023, to implement the second phase of their transport re-organisation …

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108 pregnant teenagers sat for BECE exams in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service has revealed that, One hundred and eight pregnant girls sat for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination BECE in the region. The directorate as disclosed that, additional one hundred and four nursing mothers reported for the entire duration of the examination. …

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10 NIA officials dismissed for gross misconduct

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed 10 staff members following investigations into allegations of misconduct, extortion of funds from Ghana Card applicants, and violations of NCA’s Standard Operating Procedures and applicable public service rules in the course of their duties as public officials responsible for registration activities. The decision …

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Niger Crises: Tell us what Ghana will get from troops deployments – Asafo Agyei asks Nana Addo

A Communications Team Member for the National Democratic Congress NDC, Mr Kwaku Asafo Agyei has asked the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufu Addo and his government to come clear on what Ghana stand to gain over deployment of troops to Niger. According to him, government should not even think of …

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I killed him for insulting me – Man who butchered his 78-yr-old blind uncle

A supposedly mentally sick man who murdered his 78-year-old uncle with a machete has given a bizarre reason for committing the heinous crime. Eric Narh, a 28-year-old unemployed man on Sunday, August 13, 2023, pounced on the deceased with a machete and inflicted deep wounds to his neck and arm, …

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Ex-convict, driver remanded over burglary at Tesano

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the remand of a 25-year-old unemployed man, Adolph Kosah, who broke into a residence at Tesano, making off with a television, laptop, and tablet. Kosah explained that the burglary was intentional, despite his plea for forgiveness He stated that he was seeking a job …

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Teenager jailed two years, three months for attempted theft

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a teenage boy, Ishola Yusuf, to two years and three months in Borstal Correctional Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun for attempted theft. The Chief Magistrate, Bola Osunsanmi sentenced the teenager to the Boys Correctional facility also known as Borstal Correctional Centre , Abeokuta, …

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E/R: Teenager dies after alleged assault by two policemen

A 17-year-old boy, Kwesi Boateng, has died after alleged assault from two police officers at Mamaso in the Birem North District of the Eastern Region The family members are demanding justice. Until his death, the deceased worked at a wishing bay at Maamaso, a suburb of New Abirem in the …

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Kennedy Agyapong told to work on temperament

Professor at the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) Smart Sarpong has admonished the Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, to work on his temperament as he seeks to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the 2024 elections. Ken Agyapong is one of the 10 aspirants on …

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