General Regional

59 foreigners arrested in Mpohor

Ama Serwaa March 19, 2019 34 0

Fifty-nine foreign nationals from neighbouring African countries have been arrested by a team of police and Immigration officers at Adum Banso in the Mpohor district in the Western Region. Briefing Empire News in Takoradi, Head of Operations at the Western Regional Office of Ghana Immigration Read More

General Regional

Four killed in Tarkwa

Ama Serwaa March 19, 2019 36 0

Four people died in a gory accident at Tarkwa in the Western Region on Monday, when a passenger mini-bus ran into a pickup truck. The pick-up truck was said to have crossed the mini-bus on the Tarkwa-Bogoso highway. The victims included a student of Fiaseman Senior High School, an elderly woman. Two people survived the […]Read More

General Regional

‘Wee master’ grabbed at Pantang

Ama Serwaa March 19, 2019 32 0

The Abokobi Police have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected to be the ring leader of a gang that has been selling Indian Hemp at Pantang village and its environs. Toufik Adams, aka Wee Master, was arrested with a quarter slab of dried leaves, seeds and powdered leaves, all suspected to be Indian Hemp, in a […]Read More

Regional

Greening Northern Ghana project launched in Bolgatanga

Steve Darko March 19, 2019 18 0

An environmental project dubbed “Greening Northern Ghana (GNG) Project “, has been launched in Bolgatanga, in the Upper East Region, to complement government’s efforts at curbing desertification in the five regions in the northern part of the country. The regions are Northern, Upper East, Upper West, North East and the Savannah, noted to be facing […]Read More

Regional

Unknown gunman shoots man at Damongo

Steve Darko March 19, 2019 16 0

Information Reaching DGN Online indicates that a man known as Moro Pantrawura has been shot by some unknown gunman at Damongo in the West Gonja district of the Savannah Region. DGN Online gathered that the victim who is receiving treatment at the Damongo hospital was hit by a stray bullet. Reports indicate that the known […]Read More

General Regional

Police schools students on kidnapping

Steve Darko March 19, 2019 20 0

The Accra Regional Police Command has commenced an educational programme for senior high school students on the activities of kidnappers. The students are being trained on tricks that kidnappers use in abducting their victims. It comes in the wake of an increased rate of kidnapping cases recorded in Ghana recently. At the Accra Wesley Girls […]Read More

Business Regional

600 bags of cocoa beans reduced to ashes

Ama Serwaa March 18, 2019 33 0

Two cocoa trucks collide head-on, sparks fire near Tema motorway Two articulated trucks carrying 600 bags of cocoa beans went up in flames Monday morning following a head-on collision near the Tema motorway roundabout. One of the trucks was moving from a waiting yard towards the weighbridge area while the other was making a U-turn […]Read More

Regional

Kumasi Military Hospital to be ready in September

Ama Serwaa March 18, 2019 27 0

Barring any last-minute hitches, the Military Hospital in Kumasi is expected to be completed and handed over to the government in September this year. With 70 per cent of work – including a completed administrative block – already done on the 500-bed project, officials believe the September 2019 handover schedule is attainable. Engineers, artisans and […]Read More

Regional

Man, 85, burnt to death

Ama Serwaa March 18, 2019 28 0

An 85-year-old man identified as Opanyin Ibrahim Quansah has been burnt to death at his  farmland. The incident happened at Anweaso, a farming community near Akwatia in the Denkembuor district of the Eastern Region Saturday,March 17,2019. Information gathered by Kasapa News indicates that the deceased went onto the farmland he has released to one Abdul Salem to […]Read More

General Regional

Prosecute errant policemen – CHRAJ demands

Steve Darko March 18, 2019 17 0

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called for the prosecution in court, all the policemen who assaulted the three Ghanaian Times Journalists last Thursday. Condemning the assault and describing it as abhorrent and “exhibition of clear unprofessionalism and unbridled impunity”, the commission said “the errant policemen should be prosecuted Read More

General Regional

God will judge you if you don’t cook well for kids – School feeding caterers told

Steve Darko March 18, 2019 31 0

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison has charged caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) to ensure they put the interest of the beneficiary children first. She urged them to prepare meals that are delicious and nutritious, just as they would for their own children at home. The Minister […]Read More

Regional

Four arrested over Chereponi clashes

Ama Serwaa March 17, 2019 29 0

Four-person have been arrested in connection with the renewed violence between the Konkombas and the Chorkosis in the Chereponi District of the North East Region. The suspects were arrested from two separate areas carrying single barrel guns and have been detained to assist in investigations. There has been renewed clashes between Konkombas and Chokosis in […]Read More

Regional

Beware of ‘fake’ remedies for kidney disease – Specialist

Kobina Nyame March 16, 2019 23 0

A kidney specialist at the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Ghana, Dr Dwomoa Adu, has cautioned the public against patronising “wayside” drug peddlers who profess to have cure for kidney disease. According to him, the drug peddlers, many of whom have increased their marketing activities on social media in recent times […]Read More

Regional

Tertiary education summit ends today

Ama Serwaa March 15, 2019 38 0

A three-day National Summit on Tertiary Education and Enterprise Development ends today, Friday, 15 March 2019 at Koforidua in the Eastern Region.The summit is on the theme: ‘Putting our graduates to work’ and is being organised by the Ministry of Education in partnership with the Ministry of Business Development.The summit, which began on Wednesday, 13 […]Read More

Regional

Police gun down robber at Bole

Steve Darko March 15, 2019 34 0

Report has it that  a 25-year-old leader of an armed robbery gang operating between Banda Nkwanta and Bole Bamboo, has been shot dead by police. The identity of the deceased had not been revealed as at the time of compiling this report. But the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Yussif Tanko, confirmed […]Read More

Regional

Dumsor forces lawyers ‘to go naked’ before the law

Ama Serwaa March 15, 2019 33 0

Business at the High Court was somewhat interrupted yesterday, following the power outages experienced at the High Court Complex in Accra. To make matters worse, the generating plant at the facility could also not power the various elevators, computers and air conditioners. With temperatures recording as high as 32 Degrees Celsius, the excessive heat was […]Read More

Regional

UEW: Two students arrested for failing to vacate premises

Steve Darko March 15, 2019 23 0

Two students of the University of Education Winneba have been arrested for defying a directive to vacate campus. The school was shut down on Thursday after students riot turned chaotic. Students were given up to 6:00 pm to vacate the school. According to DSP Irene Oppong, the Central Regional Police PRO the two male students […]Read More

Regional

‘Remove Musah Superior as Tamale MCE’

Steve Darko March 15, 2019 25 0

A pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth group known as Youth for Justice and Growth in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale, is calling on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to dismiss the Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Musah Superior from office. According to them, the MCE takes decisions without recourse to the […]Read More

Regional

L’Oreal Foundation launches 2019 Women in Science programme

Kobina Nyame March 14, 2019 45 0

The L’Oréal Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, has launched the 2019 edition of the Women in Science programme for women scientists in sub-Saharan Africa in Accra. The Women in Science programme was established to increase the share of women in scientific research globally. Over the past 20 years the programme has supported and recognized accomplished […]Read More

Regional

Israel-Ghana Dance Festival launched

Ama Serwaa March 14, 2019 32 0

The Embassy of Israel and the Dance Department of the University of Ghana, Legon have launched a festival of dance, dubbed: “Dance Bridges” in Accra. The event, the first of its kind, is to celebrate traditional folklore and contemporary dance acts, performed by both Israeli and Ghanaian dancers. Madam Shani Cooper, the Ambassador of Israel […]Read More

Regional

One dead, 16 injured in accident on Kumasi-Sunyani road

Steve Darko March 14, 2019 29 0

AN accident that occurred on the Kumasi-Sunyani road yesterday claimed the life of a 51-year old woman and injured 16 others. The deceased has been identified as Madam Yaa Gyamfuah, a resident of Agric in the Kwadaso Municipality. The accident occurred on the stretch of road between Tabere and Atwima-Koforidua at about 5:30 a.m. when […]Read More

Regional

TTH to set up fund to support patients

Ama Serwaa March 14, 2019 32 0

The management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) has announced plans to establish an endowment fund to support needy patients who cannot afford the cost of specialised medical treatment at the facility.The Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Dr David Kolbila said the move is part of the key priorities of the hospital for the […]Read More

Regional

Headteacher electrocuted; two pupils injured at Akim Oda

Ama Serwaa March 14, 2019 36 0

The Headteacher of Akim Oda Anglican Basic School, Amos Aboagye has been killed in an electrocution incident. The incident occurred Wednesday Morning when the headteacher was assisting two pupils to remove an object used to draw water but incidentally fell deep into the well. Information gathered indicates that, while trying to remove the bucket from […]Read More

Regional

Akufo-Addo nominates MMDCEs for new assemblies

Steve Darko March 14, 2019 30 0

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated new chief executives for six municipal and district assemblies. The nominations were in accordance with Article 243(1) of the 1992 Constitution and Section 20(1) of the Local Government Act, Act 936. The nominations were contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, […]Read More

Regional

Congestion: Children treated on bare floor at Wa regional hospital

Ama Serwaa March 13, 2019 30 0

A sizeable chunk of the hordes of child-patients who troop to the 200-bed capacity Wa Regional Hospital in the Upper West Region for medical attention end up being treated on the bare floor due to lack of adequate beds, Wa-based Home Radio 99.7FM has reported.According to Mr Umar Kunateh, General Manager of Home Radio, who […]Read More

Regional

Immigration boss calls on Paga Pio

Steve Darko March 13, 2019 32 0

The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr. Kwame Asuah Takyi, on Saturday paid a courtesy call on Paga Pio (Chief of Paga), Charles Awia Awamampaga, in the Upper East Region. The CGI visited the Paga Pio’s Palace upon his arrival at Paga to continue with his working tour of command posts in the northern parts of […]Read More

Regional

Students gambling with fees, VC worried

Steve Darko March 13, 2019 28 0

The Vice Chancellor of the Sunyani Technical University (STU) in the Bono Region, Professor Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah, says some students of the university have resorted to using their school fees to gamble at the expense of their education. The Vice Chancellor made the revelation at a meeting with the Students Representative Council (SRC) and some heads […]Read More

Regional

Policy to streamline licensing regime for PwDs underway – DVLA

Ama Serwaa March 13, 2019 32 0

Very soon, Persons with Disability (PwDs) who will go to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) with the hope of acquiring a driver’s license will undergo a process that has been specially designed to address their needs. The current licensing regime does not address the needs of PwDs, especially, in the areas of training, […]Read More

Regional

Bakers to strike, increase bread price

Ama Serwaa March 13, 2019 30 0

A shortage of bread looms in the Ashanti Region as the regional branch of the Ghana National Flour Users Association plans to strike on 13 and 14 March 2019.They have also resolved to increase the price of bread and other flour products in the region.The decision is as a result of high cost of flour […]Read More

Regional

WASSCE: Students’ English, Maths, Science performance drop

Ama Serwaa March 13, 2019 24 0

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has expressed worry over the drop in the performance of candidates in three core subjects of the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).Wendy Addy-Lamptey, the Head of the National Office of WAEC, said an analysis of WASSCE results for school candidates, 2018, showed that with the exception […]Read More