The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has expressed concern over the increasing number of widows resulting from road crashes involving men. According to recent NRSA data, men accounted for approximately 79% of road fatalities between January and July 2024, while women accounted for 21%. Speaking at the launch of the …
Read More »Military deployed to Mion and Kulkpeni amid tensions over new market
The military has been deployed to the Mion and Kulkpeni communities in the Northern Region following tensions sparked by the alleged illegal opening of a market at Kulkpeni by the Konkombas. On Saturday, August 17, the military intervened to prevent violence from escalating in these communities. The tension arose after …
Read More »2 students arrested for lynching spiritualist who accused one of them of stealing mobile phone
Two students have been arrested by the police for mobilizing their colleagues to lynch a spiritualist who had accused one of them of stealing a mobile phone. The incident happened at Twifo Praso in the Central Region. The two students are from the Twifo Praso Senior High School. They are …
Read More »Wa East District Bedevils with Poor Road Networks, Most Communities Not Linked to the Capital
The Wa East District is about 20-Years since its Establishment by Former President Kuffour in 2004, is bedeviled with Poor Road Networks leading to developmental Setbacks including challenges by Assembly Members in attending assembly Meetings regularly. Most of the Roads in the Area, are disconnected by Rivers, the Ghana Education …
Read More »Contaminated maize sparks fear in Zambia after 400 dogs die
An “alarming number” of 400 dogs are thought to have died over the past month in Zambia after eating contaminated maize and humans could be at risk too, the country’s health minister has said. Elijah Muchima announced that approximately half of the 25 samples taken from milling companies were found …
Read More »FDA seizes unapproved products in market crackdown across Ghana
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has intensified its market surveillance efforts, seizing several unapproved products circulating in the Ghanaian market. This action comes in the wake of the FDA sanctioning over 100 manufacturing companies across the country from January to date for advertising unapproved products. During a recent operation …
Read More »Arrest Bryan Acheampong for his treasonable comments – Group to Police
The Community Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-Ghana) is calling on the Ghana Police Service to immediately arrest Member of Parliament (MP) for Abetifi and Minister of Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, for his recent outbursts suggesting that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will resort to every possible means to win the December …
Read More »Election 2024: NPP’s MP Cynthia Morrison goes independent
Agona West’s Member of Parliament, Cynthia Morrison, has officially announced her intention to run as an independent candidate in the upcoming 2024 parliamentary elections. During a recent interaction with her constituents, the former Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection emphasised her focus on the development of Agona. “God willing, …
Read More »Denkyira Kyekyewere: Assemblyman kills two suspected thieves on his cocoa farm
The Assemblyman for Denkyira Kyekyewere in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality Kwabena Boateng, has shot and killed two individuals suspected of stealing from his cocoa shed. The incident occurred around 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 21. According to Citi News sources, the suspects, identified as 16-year-old Razak and 20-year-old Agyaku, …
Read More »Marking of 2024 BECE postponed due to debt owed WAEC – Peter Nortsu-Kotoe
The Minority in Parliament has revealed that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed marking the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) scripts. In a press briefing on Thursday, August 22, Ranking Member of the Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe attributed the postponement to the lack of funds caused by …
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