People who died in the Appiatse explosion in the Prestea-Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region will be buried in mass today, 11 March 2022. The explosion, which occurred near Bogoso on 20 January 2022, killed 13 people and injured 59 others, including a 15-month-old baby. Some of the victims have already been buried, with the...
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Man, 40, electrocuted
The body of a 40-year-old man was found, with parts of his body burnt, but alive lying on the Pokuase interchange. According to police information, the man, identified as Branteng Kofi Appiah was electrocuted when he went stealing and digging earth wire under the high tension. The Police, who were at the spectacle of the...
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There are criminals in the security service – Adam Bonaa alleges
Security analyst, Dr. Adam Bonaa has admonished authorities to conduct a thorough search into the properties and assets of all officers who joined the police service in the last 10years. In his viewpoint, there are some officers who are criminals but disguise themselves as police officers just to make money. “Anybody who joined the police...
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R2J Foundation lauches Ramadan outreach
In Africa, vulnerability and poverty are on the rise. This development has been a headache for all heads of state in the continent. Many foundations have done their best to address it. But it seems the problem keeps increasing while the population grows. Early this year, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), known as Road 2 Jannah...
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Four police officers, one civilian arrested in bullion van probe
Four more police officers and one citizen have been arrested in connection with the robbery of bullion vans that shocked Ghana last year. According to the police, the five were apprehended after further investigations. Constables Affisu Yaro Ibrahim, Richard Boadu, Rabiu Jambedu, Albert Ofosu, and suspect Razak Alhassan, a civilian, are the suspects. Interrogation warrants...
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Deputy Speaker to vote while presiding over parliament as speaker
The Supreme Court of Ghana has ruled that the deputy speaker is allowed to vote even when he is chairing as Speaker in parliament. The decision taken on Wednesday, 9 March 2022 means that if an issue requiring voting is submitted to Parliament, the deputy speaker of Parliament, who chairs in the absence of the...
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The Law Society of Ghana breaks Ghana Bar Association’s monopoly
A group of lawyers have formed a new organisation to compete with the Ghana Bar Association (GBA). Lawyers who graduate from the Ghana School of Law will have the Law Society of Ghana, limited by guarantee, as an alternative professional organisation. This would end the GBA’s monopoly as the country’s only professional association of lawyers,...
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“Let us guard the peace and stability we are enjoying jealously”- Nana Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned that anyone attempting to overthrow the government and undermine the country’s democratic successes will be dealt with harshly. The President informed the 65th Independence Day parade in Cape Coast that his administration is devoted to enhancing peace and stability in order to achieve the goals for which the...
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Drug abuse, spiritual attacks major causes of mental disorder – ‘Mental’ herbalist
A herbalist at Senya Breku, Madam Adjoa Anor has said that most of the mental cases she treats are caused by drug abuse and spiritual attacks. According to Madam Adjoa, most of those who get healed from these mental disorders go back home but start doing drugs again and end up coming back to the...
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Seized pistols, ammo were imported without permit – GRA
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it is worried at what it called mischievous and premature information that sought to imply that some 436 pieces of pistols and ammunitions seized at the Tema Port on Friday were being kept to be released to some ‘big men’. According to the Authority, the issue is under police...