Over 70 suspected criminals have been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command in the Central Region during a massive swoop. According to the Divisional Police Command, they are going to intensify security in Kasoa to reduce the continuous killings and robberies in the area. In an interview with EIB Network’s Central Regional Correspondent Yaw Boagyan, the Kasoa Divisional Police ...
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NCA shuts down 49 illegal TV stations
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has shut down 49 Television (TV) stations for operating without authorizations. According to the NCA, the move forms part of a continuous monitoring exercise conducted on various Satellite Free-to-Air Television platforms using the Broadcast Monitoring System (BMS) and the Radio Spectrum Monitoring System (RSMS). In a statement, the NCA added that the monitoring revealed that ...
Read More »No special treatment for Akuapem Poloo, celebs – Prisons Dep PRO
A Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Prisons Service ASP. Samuel Kofi Opoku has cleared the air on the public’s perception that celebrities are given special cells and treated differently from other prison inmates when they are incarcerated. When asked on whether socialite Akuapem Poloo will be given a different cell from the other inmates and enjoy some ...
Read More »Hanna Bisiw ends thank you tour; commends NDC women leaders
The National Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Hanna Louisa Bisiw, has ended her nationwide ‘thank you tour’ which began last month to energize the party’s women’s wing. The tour which the women’s leader embarked on to re-organize the base of the party’s women wing was themed “Post-election petition, the role of our women” and saw the ...
Read More »Pokuase power substation to be completed 2021 – GRIDCo
The Ghana Grid Company has given the assurances that it will complete works on the Pokuase power substation by July 2021. The company said the outbreak of the COVID-19 had affected the study progress of work on the 580 Megawatt power station. Private contractors working on the site initially pegged completion at May this year but due to the latest ...
Read More »Sycophants inventing enemies for Mahama with ‘childish’, ‘unscientific’ 2024 flag bearer clamour – Kunbuor
Sycophants within the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are “inventing enemies” for former president John Mahama through their public clamour for his automatic selection as flag bearer for the 2024 polls, former Defence Minister Dr Benjamin Kunbuor has said. “You see, that is the problem of lack of scientific analyses”, he observed, explaining: “John Mahama is an individual and ...
Read More »PassionAir Kumasi-bound flight ends up in Abidjan over bad ‘weather’
PassionAir has said its Accra to Kumasi flight on Saturday ended up at the Félix Houphouët Boigny International Airport in Côte d’Ivoire (Abidjan) because of bad weather. According to the airline, bad weather made it impossible for the flight to land in Kumasi and could also not return to Accra. “On 17 April 2021, PassionAir flight OP152 departed from Accra ...
Read More »Gov’t acquired AirtelTigo for One dollar – Ursula
The Minister for Communications and Digitisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekulful, has revealed that telecommunications network AirtelTigo was acquired by the government of Ghana for just One dollar ($1). According to her, claims that the government acquired AirtelTigo for $20 million are untrue and must be dismissed by the public. She, however, revealed that some debts accrued by AirtelTigo amounting to $100 million ...
Read More »Child Rights focuses on street children after Akuapem Poloo’s incarceration
Following its efforts in getting actress Rosemond Alade Brown, aka Akuapem Poloo, incarcerated for child abuse, Child Rights International says it will now turn its attention on the parents of street children who allow their children to roam and beg for alms on the street. According to the non-governmental organisation, the court ruling had encouraged it to pursue more child ...
Read More »Poloo will serve 60 days in jail if she behaves well – Prisons PRO
Convicted actress Rosemond Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo will serve 60 days of her 90-day prison term if she behaves well in jail, PRO of the Prisons Service has said. Akuapem Poloo was last Friday handed a custodial sentence after she pleaded guilty for three charges including publishing of obsene materials involving her seven-year-old. However, her lawyer has since ...
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