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Five persons are reported dead in a fatal accident which occurred along the Odumase-Assesewa road in the Eastern region . Three of the deceased died on the spot while two others died at the St. Martin De- Porres Hospital at Agomanya, according to an eyewitness. According to the eyewitness Emmanuel Tetteh, the accident occurred Thursday afternoon when a Tipper Truck ...

The Kaneshie Division of the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) on Thursday impounded 46 motorbikes after a routine swoop at Kaneshie in Accra. According to the Kaneshie Divison MTTD Commander, DSP Elvis Bawa Sadongo, the swoop was part of routine efforts to reduce the rate at which motorbike riders flout traffic regulations in the country. “First and foremost we ...

Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was China’s most prominent human rights and democracy advocate, has died aged 61. The activist had been serving an 11-year prison term for “subversion” and was recently moved to a hospital for treatment for terminal liver cancer. A university professor turned tireless rights campaigner, Mr Liu was branded a criminal by authorities. The Nobel Committee ...

Two suspected robbers who shot and killed a policeman and injured another have been arrested by the police on the Mallam-Kasoa road according to police sources. It is not immediately known if the two are actually those linked to the shooting but police indicate that they are yet to caution them in order to ascertain their true identity and to ...

Even though Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay has apologised for his whining comments that got a section of Ghanaians and Diasporians angry, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has dissociated itself from the comments. Acting Communications Director, Yaw Adomako Baafi has subsequently apologised to Ghanaians and persons from the Diaspora indicating that the comments are indefensible and not ...

The Government of Ghana has dismissed claims by the US Ambassador that over 7,000 Ghanaians are due for deportation by the Donald Trump administration. Ambassador Robert Jackson made the revelation before the deportation of over 60 Ghanaians last month. “In fact about 7000 of them are currently at different stages of the deportation process. And we are not apologetic about ...

There are conflicting reports over the number of Ghanaians to be deported from the United States of America this year. While the US Embassy in Ghana insists that 7,000 Ghanaians will be sent back home after the detection of their illegal stay in the country, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry claims that only 365 Ghanaians have been penned down to be ...

Financial Analyst and Social Commentator, Sydney Casely-Hayford has stated that he will retract and render an unqualified apology to Parliament for scathingly berating it. He said this after the MP for Kumbungu urged the leadership of the House to drag him before it to answer charges of contempt. Mr. Casely-Hayford speaking recently at a summit on “The Economic and Political ...

Two armed men have reportedly shot a police officer who led a team to stop a robbery operation at a popular joint called Las Palmas at Abeka Lapaz, a suburb of Accra. According to reports, the robbers who were on motorbikes shot the unidentified police officer three times in broad daylight on Thursday afternoon. An eyewitness in an interview on ...

General overseer of God’s Crown Chapel, Prophet Reindolf Oduro Gyebi popularly known as Eagle Prophet claims the Asante Kotoko fatal accident happened because management of the club turned a deaf ear to a revelation he made to them. Eagle Prophet tells Abusua FM Sports that he informed one of the management members that they should not return on the same ...