NEWS

World Press Freedom Day: PRINPAG calls on Gov’t to release information on investigations into deaths and attacks on Journalists in their line of duty

Fellow Media Practitioners and Members of the prestigious Fourth Estate, as the World marks this year’s World Press Freedom Day today, May 3, 2023, on the theme: “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for all Other human rights,” the Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers …

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POLICE ARREST TWO PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH VIRAL VIDEO ON SOME ALLEGED STOLEN RAIL TRACKS AND STEEL SLEEPERS

The Police have arrested two suspects in connection with some alleged stolen rail tracks and steel sleepers believed to belong to the Ghana Railway Development Authority which has gone viral on social media. The suspects Ibrahim John and Bashiru Ibrahim were arrested while transporting the said items to the Ferro …

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W/R:17 year old drowns in Essei Lagoon

A 17-year-old form two student of Sekondi College, Jojo Okyere, met his untimely death in the sea, near the Essei Lagoon beach at Sekondi on Monday, May 1, 2023. According to eyewitnesses, Joojo Okyere had ignored warnings by onlookers when he decided to swim, claiming he was not intimidated by …

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C/R: Six-year-old boy electrocuted by Pastor’s container shop at Fetteh Kakraba

  A six-year-old boy by the name of Theophilus Eleke Lordgist met his untimely death after he was electrocuted in a container belonging to a Pastor called Mr Bernard Obi in Gomoa Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the central region. According to Eyewitnesses, the pastor Bernard Obi …

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Convert the National Cathedral project into National Hospital, Organized Labour charged Gov’t

The Ashanti regional Chapter of Trader Union Congress has charged the ruling government to convert the national cathedral into a national hospital because it is a misplaced priority. Mr Augustine Adongo Ampambila speaking at the 2023 May celebration at Kumasi, reiterated the current economic crisis is not the result of …

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GII calls on the President and Anti-Corruption State Institutions to swiftly investigate on Professor Frimpong-Boateng’s Report

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has followed with keen interest the discourse on the leaked report on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) dated 19th March 2021 and authored by Professor Frimpong-Boateng, former Chairman of the IMCIM. The report makes a plethora of allegations that GII …

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NCA TO DEACTIVATE 11 MILLION UNREGISTERED SIM CARDS BY 31ST MAY

The National Communications Authority has announced that it will deactivate about 11 million sim numbers that are not registered onto the central sim register through the Ghana card. The NCA also says it will end the Mass registration of SIM at the same time. Therefore effective 1st June 2023, the …

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Akufo-Addo nominates Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as new CJ

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo a member of the supreme court as the new Chief Justice to replace Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah who retires from the bench next month. Justice Mrs Torkornoo if confirmed by parliament will become the third female Chief Justice in the history …

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MAWANINNHA FARM OWNER SUSPECTED OF BEING KILLED BY A FARM LABORER

A man believed to be in his early forties, a farm labourer has allegedly butchered his farm owner in a bush at Mawaninnha in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The suspect is at large after allegedly committing the crime. 53-year-old woman, Lydia Addo popularly known as Sister …

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C/R: 3 PEOPLE  CONFIRMED DEAD, WHILE OTHERS INJURED IN TWO SEPARATE ACCIDENTS

Three persons have been confirmed dead in two separate gory accidents in Assin Fosu and Assin Asempanaye in the Assin Fosu Municipal and Assin North District respectively. Twelve other male victims who are said to be masons and labourers also sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to the …

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