The Bolgatanga Circuit court has remanded into police custody five persons suspected of murder and discharging of firearms without authority at Bawku in the Upper East Region. They were arrested in Bawku in connection with renewed ethnic disturbances that recorded four deaths. The presiding judge of the Bolga circuit court, His Honour Alexander Graham, remanded...
The driver who hit and killed seven children at Ankaase in the Krachi West District of the Oti Region has been arrested. The driver is now in police custody for further investigations to be carried out,” the Municipal Chief Executive for Krachi West, Emmanuel Jalula Kajal, said to Citi News. Six of the students died on...
The government cannot continue to tax the people when salaries have not been increased, a private legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah has said. He believes that taxing the people without increasing salaries will create fertile grounds for corruption to take place among workers. “You can’t continue taxing the people when you don’t increase salaries. What then...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said that the La branch of Marwako restaurant did not have food hygiene permit to operate. The FDA says even the East Legon branch which the suspected food poisoning occurred had its permit expired at the time of the suspected food poison. The Director for Legal and Corporate Affairs at...
The Government of Ghana has appealed to nurses and other health professionals not to leave Ghana to other countries to seek greener pastures. Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare has told the nurses that Ghanaians are looking up to them to meet their health needs in the country hence they should stay. His comments...
Violence has broken out at a tertiary college in the northern Nigerian city of Sokoto after a female Christian student allegedly made blasphemous comments against Islam. The region is predominantly Muslim. Muslim students at the Shehu Shagari College of Education reportedly killed the woman and set her body alight. They then went on the rampage...
The High Court in Sunyani, presided over by Douglas Seidu, has ordered the New Patriotic Party in the Sunyani East Constituency to set aside a purported album used for the party’s recent constituency elections. This directive was given following a suit filed by four members of the NPP who appealed to the court to set...
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) Regional Chairman aspirant for North East, Alhaj Shani Mohammed, is under investigation for his alleged connection to some three persons who were arrested for possessing firearms. According to the police, the suspects, who were arrested with an AK-47 rifle, foreign-manufactured pistol and ammunition, alleged that the arms were being transported...
The Ghana Meteorological Agency has announced that a thunder storm is approaching Ghana from Nigeria on Thursday, May 12, 2022. The Agency says the thunder storm is expected to hit Ghana between 6hours to 8hours from the time of filing this story [6:30am on Thursday]. The Chief Forecaster for the Ghana Meteorological Agency, Felicity Ahafianyo, told Sunrise on...
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed concerns about the increasing rate of inflation in Ghana. President of GUTA, Dr. Joseph Obeng said the rising inflation will definitely have a negative impact on businesses in the country. The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) announced on Wednesday May 11 that the national year-on-year inflation rate was 23.6% in April 2022, which...