Embattled illegal mining kingpin, Aisha Huang has been accused of being a Chinese spy These allegations were made by Professor Kwesi Aning, the Director of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. Aisha Huang who was deported to China in 2018 was accused of engaging in small-scale mining, however, the state could not prosecute her due to diplomatic relations between Ghana and China. The former Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo justifying the reason Aisha Huang was not jailed said “putting that woman in jail in Ghana is not going to solve your money problem”. In...
Family of slained Muniratu Moro calls for expedited investigation.
The family of the late Muniratu Moro who was allegedly stabbed to death at her residence in Abeka on Tuesday evening by a yet to be identified person has called on the Ghana Police Service to expedite its investigations into the matter. Speaking to Baina News, the relatives of the late Muniratu say they hope the Police would investigate the incidence and bring the culprit to book and until such is done, they would not allow the remains at the mortuary to be released for burial. They say want the law take its course and justice be served by unravelling...
Government set to build hospital for koforidua Zongo- Okyere Baafi
The deputy Minister for Trades and Industry, Micheal Okyere Baafi has assured the people of Koforidua Zongo, that in no time, contractor will move to site to commence the construction of the Zongo Hospital project. The Minister who also doubles as the Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben North made the disclosure over the weekend at the 34th Maulaid ceblebration of Sheihk Ahmed Tijani at Zongo Laaka, a suburb of Koforidua. He said, the government is doing everything possible to help develop Zongo and his office has recently received a letter from the ministry of health indicating the ministry’s...
MCE for La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly tours WASSCE centres.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMMA), Jennifer Dede Adjaben, has encouraged candidates participating in the West African Secondary School Certificates Examination (WASSCE) in the municipality to remain confident and approach their papers with determination to enable them to come pass and pass well. That, she said, would ensure they get admitted to tertiary institutions of their choice, which would then propel them to achieve their future aspirations. Mrs Adjabeng disclosed this during her tour of some selected West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) centres in in LaNMMA enclave. Some of the centres visited...
Minority in Parliament has threatened not to approve the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation
The Minority in Parliament has endangered not to authorize the budgetary funding for the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation if the nation continues to ignore troubles over the SIM card re-registration exercise. This stood after the National Communications Authority on Sunday rolled out penal criteria to be meted out to persons who are yet to register their SIM cards. SIM card users in Ghana who have not re-registered their SIM cards started confronting penal actions yesterday, Monday, September 5, 2022, ahead of the September 30 deadline. Stakeholders have however asserted that some persons are incompetent to re-register their SIM cards...
Twitter to roll out edit button to users
After years of anticipation, social media giant Twitter announced on Thursday that it is now testing an edit button. Twitter provides the option to edit tweets within 30 minutes of tweeting via its new Twitter Blue service, however, this is not free as it will cost users US$4.99 per month. Users often complain about the inability to edit tweets containing inaccuracies or typographical errors. Deleted and unavailable tweets are frequently seen on the Twitter platform as most users usually have to delete tweets as a result of errors. Concerns of an edit button being abused leading to the loss of...
Ambulance driver allegedly killed by ‘mad’ man
The driver of the Ghana National Ambulance Services in the Bole district of the Savannah Region, Mr. Mahama Imoro, a.k.a Lucky is reported to have been killed in the late hours of Sunday, 5 September 2022. Mr. Imoro is alleged to have been hit on the head with a block by his assailant around the Bole L.A. Primary school at Mempeasem, a suburb of Bole. According to a family relative of the victim, Mr. Mahama Haruna, Mr. Imoro is believed to have been making a call around the school where the alleged suspect sleeps. He explained that the late Imoro...
Elmina fishing harbour 91% complete
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, 3rdSeptember 2022, inspected ongoing work on the construction of the Elmina Fishing Harbour, as part of his two-day working visit of the Central Region. The 30-month project commenced on 1stAugust 2020 following the cutting of the sod by President Akufo-Addo. The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, told President Akufo-Addo that the project is currently 91% complete, following the completion of the construction of the south breakwater, the north breakwater, sheet-piling, dredging, scour and ploughing, and reclamation works. The Minister revealed that, currently, civil related infrastructure works including buildings, pavement works, roads and...
President Mahama never took any such ex gratia payment of GH¢14 million in 2013 – Joyce Bawah Mogtari
The office of former President John Mahama has described a recent allegation made by the governing New Patriotic Party’s Bono Regional Chairman, Mr Kwame Baffoe (Abronye DC) that the 2020 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), got the “fattest” ever ex gratia of GH¢14 million, as “porous, false, unintelligent and a campaign of calumny” against the ex-president. “President Mahama never took any such ex gratia payment of GH¢14 million in 2013 or at any other time during his 25 years of distinguished public service”, a statement issued by Mahama aide Joyce Bawah Mogtari on Monday, 5 September 2022, said,...
3 dead, one in critical condition as Covid-19 vehicle crashes
At least three passengers onboard a COVID-19 branded pickup crashed into a stationary vehicle at Teacher Mante, a sprawling community along the Accra to Kumasi highway. Another passenger, believed to be a medical officer, however, survived but is in critical condition at the hospital. All three, the driver of the vehicle, a property of Ghana Health Service, a woman, and a child on board reportedly died on the spot. Witnesses claim the gory incident was caused by a tricycle rider who reportedly crossed a Toyota Hilux without observing traffic, compelling it to swerve, but unfortunately hit the rear of the...