NEWS

Poor standards of building materials and lack of supervision are major contributors of building collapse in Ghana – IMFA

President of the Ghana Chapter of the International Facility Management Association Sampson Opare Agyemang has attributed the collapse of buildings in Ghana to poor standards of building materials. He also attributes the situation to a lack of supervision by relevant agencies. Seven-storey buildings have collapsed within a period of four …

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9 school children drown, one body missing after a canoe capsizes at Faana-Bortianor

Nine school children have drowned on their way from school at Faana-Bortianor, an island community near Weaboman in the Weija Gbawe municipality of the Greater Accra region. The incident which occurred Wednesday afternoon, involved 12 passengers who were on board a canoe which capsised and left 9 drowned. The school …

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ASSAULT ON JOURNALIST: Court fines former NDC communications director and accomplice 3,600 cedis each

The Tamale magistrate court has slapped a 3,600 cedis fine each on the former Northern regional deputy communications director of NDC Hardi Pagazaa and his accomplice Mumuni Osman for assaulting a Radio Presenter of Dagbon FM, Sadiq Gariba. The two appeared to plead guilty to all four counts of; conspiracy …

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Traders at Kejetia Dubai give management a 48-hour ultimatum to find lasting solutions to the frequent power disconnections.

The electricity company of the Ghana task force on Tuesday disconnected Kumasi City’s market power over outstanding debt. Currently, the market is depending on the standby generator to operate. The market owes ECG a debt of 5.9 million cedis. The disconnection of power in the market is not new as …

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FATHER REMANDED FOR SUBJECTING TEENAGE SON TO TORTURE AND MUTILATION AT ASSIN PRASO

Assin Fosu District Court presided by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu has remanded 34-year-old Robert Kwame Kobi into police custody for two weeks. The suspect is said to have subjected his 14-year-old son to mutilation and torture after the father caught him at a game centre when he had searched …

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3-story church building falls in Bortianor, injuring 7 people.

Frantic rescue operations are underway to recover bodies, if any, trapped under a three-storey church building in Bortianor in the Greater Accra Region. The Word in Action Church building collapsed on Tuesday, May 9. There are fears some church members were in the building when the disaster struck. Seven people …

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A/R:FLOOD LOOMING AS GUTTERS CHOKED IN ADVANCE OF RAINY SEASON

It is common to see several areas within the Kumasi metropolis inundated with flood anytime there are heavy rains. This leaves properties destroyed and sometimes claims lives. It has become an annual ritual. With few days to the onset of the rains, residents are living in fear which also leads …

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A/R: 33-year-old man shot dead at Sewuah

Adamu Jantu, a 33 year-old-man and an electrician by profession has allegedly been shot dead by his friend popularly known as Lucky Young at Sewuah in the Bosomtwe district of the Ashanti region. The gruesome activity according to the family of the deceased took place on a plot of land …

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Two people arrested in connection with an attack on a radio presenter in Tamale.

The Police have today, 8th May 2023 arrested the two people who allegedly attacked, Abubakari Sadiq, a presenter with the Dagbong Radio station in Tamale while he was hosting a programme at the station on 3rd May 2023. Following the attack, the Police visited the scene but the suspects had …

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 Two lynched over witchcraft accusations at Zakpalsi

  A Middle age mother of seven believed to be in her forties, Imoro Safura and a man believed to be in his early sixties (60s) Mbaa Chirfo have been allegedly lynched at Zakpalsi, a farming community in the Mion district of the northern region in suspicion of witchcraft. The …

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