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There was sporadic gunfire Monday, June 5, 2017 at troubled Sayeegu and Sambrik communities near Nakpanduri in the Northern region where a chief and his heir were killed over land dispute. The two communities were just recovering from a fresh violence in April where many people were killed and several properties destroyed. According to the Assembly member for Nakpanduri South, ...

A market woman in Accra has expressed great shock at the gruesome murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama of the 5th Infantry Battalion of the Ghana Armed Forces, which took place at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region. The woman who was part of some angry traders in the Accra Metropolis Monday stormed the premises of ...

Spokesperson for the family of Major Maxwell Mahama has said they were astonished when the President announced that government has set up a fund for the wife and children of Major Mahama. President Akufo-Addo on Monday 5th June, 2017 announced that government has set up a memorial trust fund with GHC500,000 to support the wife and children of late Major ...

A stalwart of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Alhaji Mohammed Sani has launched a scathing attack at former President Jerry John Rawlings for accusing some elements within the party of being greedy, selfish and corrupt. Mr. Rawlings who has come under a barrage of attacks over comments revealing circumstances that led to the disgraceful defeat of the NDC at the ...

Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has denied publications suggesting that he (Koku Anyidoho) “fired” back at former President Jerry Rawlings for saying greed and corruption caused the defeat of the NDC in the 2016 elections. The New Crusading Guide Newspaper owned by veteran journalist, Kweku Baako Junior, on Tuesday June 6, 2017, published ...

The family of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama says it is yet to inform the only two sons of the late soldier about the death of their father. The late Major Mahama left behind two young children and a widow, Barbara Mahama. Speaking Tuesday on the Gold Power Drive with Samuel Eshun, spokesperson of the family, Douri Bennin Haji ...

A former Member of Parliament for Tema West constituency Irene Naa Torshie Addo has been nominated as administrator of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF). The Speaker of Parliament Prof. Mike Oquaye announced her nomination in the House Tuesday. The lawyer will be vetted alongside the newly appointed Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo and GetFund administrator. Parliament is yet to set ...

The Upper East Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three persons in connection with the lynching of a 67-year-old woman accused of being a witch. The deceased, Madam Yenboka Kenna, a widow, was killed at the Pelungu market on Monday, May 29, 2017. The Regional Police Commander, COP Vincent Redeemer, told Citi News that the police cannot prove ...

Some guards of Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin have brutally assaulted a driver for exclaiming about the level of destruction caused by galamsey activities in Kibi. One of the guards, Kwame Asiedu, an Assembly member and notorious galamsey operator slapped the driver in the full glare of the public during the World Environment Day celebration at Kibi on Monday. As ...

Host of Accra-based Asempa FM late afternoon political Show, Kojo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA) has been admonished to ask relevant questions about the gruesome murder of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama by residents of Denkyiri-Boase in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region. “Ask relevant questions if you need information from me as the Member of Parliament ...