Elubo and its surroundings in the Jomoro District of the Western Region was heavily flooded on Sunday, July 09, 2017 after nearly five hours of torrential rainfall. Various homes, stores, offices, and other valuable properties were destroyed, leaving many people without places to sleep. Most of the affected areas were at the Elubo Zongo community, Ghana Nugua and Elubo market. ...

Dr Edward Mahama has said his appointment as an Ambassador-at-large by President Nana Akufo-Addo will not put extra burden on the taxpayer. “In any consideration of this nature, you’re looking at the cost-benefit [analysis]. You don’t know what benefit I will bring to this nation in this position and the resulting financial or other gains that will come. You don’t ...

The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has strenuously rejected claims by the Minister of State in charge of Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo that she secured the land for the construction of a Community Day Senior High School built in her constituency from the Commission. The MP for Dome Kwabenya, who is also the deputy Majority leader in Ghana’s parliament, has ...

Owners of the company that developed the audiovisual device planted in the office of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu have owned up. One Haruna who admitted he is the technology developer, said it was a gift for the former Minister Alhajii Inusah Fuseini upon a request as part of measures to step up his ...

The ink on Wayne Rooney’s contract at Everton may still be wet, but already there have been calls to give him the captain’s armband. Rooney returned to Goodison Park on Monday and admits he is excited about the chance to run out again for his boyhood club. Here Chris Beesley looks at the possible options available to manager Ronald Koeman. ...

The Headmaster of St. Thomas Senior High Technical School in Asamankese in the Eastern Region has warned the school will dismiss any student who fails end of term promotional examination in order to decongest classrooms for beneficiaries for the upcoming Free Senior High School. According to William Ansah, the school has limited classrooms to accommodate huge population and will therefore ...

As the government prepares to launch the second phase of the anti-galamsey fight, defiant people continue to ravage the environment. They are so determined to mine the precious metals illegally that they have resolved to work only at night to evade security agencies. Four people, one of them with partial visual impairment, are in police grips in the Ashanti Region ...

Last Friday, the Weija Police Command arrested one Timothy Yawson for acting as a lawyer when it was alleged that he had no certification to prove that he was one. The alleged quack lawyer was picked up in court by the police on Friday, July 7 as he was defending a client on a civil case at the Weija Circuit ...

The dilapidated school building at Mintakrom M/A School in the Akuapem North Municipality has collapsed displacing over 130 pupils. The pupils and teachers managed to escape death during the collapse of the building. School authorities have been compelled to organize classes and continue with academic work under trees. The situation has been unbearable for the teachers as the torrential rains ...

The Peoples National Convention (PNC) is to hold an emergency to take a decision over their National Chairman’s acceptance of a position in the Akufo-Addo led government without informing the party. Dr. Edward Nasigri Mahama was on Monday, July 10, 2017, assigned ambassadorial role by the President of the land. His portfolio, Ambassador at Large, was granted him at an ...