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E/R: Ten declared missing after heavy rains cause floods

E/R: Ten declared missing after heavy rains cause floods

The Eastern Region Dirfive ector of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Kwame Appiah Kodua, has confirmed that five deaths were recorded over the weekend in four districts of the Region. He explained that 10 more have been declared missing in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality. A total of 17 Municipal and District Assemblies were also affected...

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Teacher unions threaten to go on strike again over conditions of service

Teacher unions threaten to go on strike again over conditions of service

Four teacher organizations in public universities in Ghana have given the government up till Wednesday, October 5 to restore their conditions of service as decided early this year or they discontinue their services. The National President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Professor Solomon Nunoo, stated at a press conference on Wednesday, September...

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Zongovation Hub holds maiden Zongo Developers forum

Zongovation Hub holds maiden Zongo Developers forum

As part of Zongovation hub’s effort to bring IT skills closer to the youth of Zongo, they organized a seminar labelled Zongo Developers forum with its theme “empowering software developers from the Zongo communities across Ghana.” The event moderated by Mr. Mahmoud Jajah, the CEO of Zongovation Hub brought together distinguished software developers from the...

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BoG warns MoMo loan defaulters

BoG warns MoMo loan defaulters

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has cautioned mobile money loan defaulters that they cannot avoid repayment by discarding their SIM cards because their data have been captured by credit bureaus. Some persons who have acquired loans through mobile money platforms have deliberately refused to register their SIM cards under the ongoing national SIM card registration...

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Elubo chief, brother arrested for galamsey granted bail

Elubo chief, brother arrested for galamsey granted bail

The chief of Sefwi Elubo, Nana Anini Baffour, who was arrested with his brother for illegal mining, has been granted bail. The two and two others were granted bail by His Worship Lawrence Buenor on Monday, September 26. They were granted bail at GH¢100,000 each with surety of Ghana Card. They are to reappear in...

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Chief involved in Mankessim murder alive and in police custody

Chief involved in Mankessim murder alive and in police custody

The report circulating in the media that the chief arrested in connection with the murder of a prospective student-nurse at Mankessim has died is false, the Police administration has said. The chief and his accomplice, a self-styled pastor, who were remanded into police custody by the court to reappear on October 4, 2022 are alive...

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The Muslim caucus of Parliament held second annual Muslim Conference

The Muslim caucus of Parliament held second annual Muslim Conference

The Muslim caucus of Parliament held the second annual Conference of the National Muslim conference of Ghana at the national mosque in Accra yesterday. This year’s edition, scheduled to take place from 22nd September to 25th September, is on the theme, towards a coherent and holistic Economic Empowerment strategy for National Development- the Ghanaian Muslim...

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Western Region Chief Imam dies at 74

Western Region Chief Imam dies at 74

The Western Region Chief Imam, Sheikh Alhaji Muhammad Sani Abdullahi Bawa, has died. The sad news was confirmed by his Special Aide, Alhaji Kamal, in an interview with Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show, on Friday. According to him, the 74-year-old Chief Imam visited his family in Kumasi and had a slight domestic accident....

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Obetsebi-Lamptey road to be closed temporary

Obetsebi-Lamptey road to be closed temporary

There will be a temporary road closure of the Obetsebi-Lamptey roundabout from 22 -30th September 2022 from 10pm –  5am for nine days to enable the contractors to launch metallic steel beams on the interchange . Section of the stretch to be closed is from the Obetsebi -Lamptey roundabout to the Abossey Okai central Mosque...

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A/R: 21 suspected illegal immigrants arrested at Ejisu

A/R: 21 suspected illegal immigrants arrested at Ejisu

Twenty One foreigners suspected to be illegal immigrants have been arrested in a 5-bedroom house at Akokoamong in the Ejisu municipality of Ashanti region. The suspects were picked up by residents of the area and handed over to the police, Thursday September 22, 2022. The suspected illegal immigrants, according to some residents have been housed...