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The Ho Circuit Court presided over by His Honour, Felix Datsomor has sentenced local musician Reuben Abusah, popularly known as Last Burial, to two years imprisonment in hard labour for engaging in lotto fraud. The 23-year old musician was sentenced on his plea of being guilty to the charge of defrauding by false pretence on Wednesday, 23rd September 2020. The ...

James Womba, a suspect in the murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, has told police that he had the motive of robbing his late boss. Speaking to the media on Friday, October 2, 2020, the Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service, COP Isaac Ken Yeboah, said the suspect in his confession disclosed that he ...

The First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari has given an indication that contrary to fears that the country’s economy will take some time before getting back on track, data available to the Central Bank suggest that the economy is on its way to recovery. According to him, even though the country experienced a contraction in ...

Former President John Mahama has chided government for downplaying the Western Togoland secessionists agenda. He said it is surprising that the National Security Minister Kan Dapaah was following the President in the Ashanti region when the separatist agenda was raging on. “It looks like the whole government is not serious about this, the President is not serious about it. No ...

The police service has charged new recruits to dedicate themselves to supporting all police operations aimed at maintaining the peace of the country within the electioneering. Recruits passed out in all police training schools with a parade held under strict COVID-19 protocols. In the Ashanti region,183 personnel comprising of 130 men and 58 women, joined the service as constables. These ...

Security analyst Adam Bonaa is asking government to activate and broaden the country’s law on anti-terrorism to deal with secessionist groups in the Volta Region. His call follows president Akufo-Addo’s comment about the attacks carried out by members of the group in the Volta region which has so far claimed one life and left a number of persons injured. According ...

Residents of Gaagbini, Dimia, Tinkaya and Banawa in the West Mamprusi municipality of the North East Region woke up to a tragic morning as their homes were submerged in floods as a One-Village One-Dam project in Guabuliga broke its boundary due to pressure from a downpour on Wednesday night. At about 5:25 am Thursday, October 1, two local dams in ...

The Sports fraternity in Ghana today joined the families and scores of mourners of the seven juvenile footballers who lost their lives at Offinso in a road accident.         The seven young footballers, namely, Ofori Amanfo Ramsey, Alex Agyemang, Antwi Richmond, Abdulai Jamal, Hubert Anaba, Samuel Boakye and Kwame Opoku were on their way from a juvenile screening exercise at ...

The Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, on Monday arrived to a rousing welcome in the capital of the Upper East Region, Bolgatanga as she began a four (4) day visit. The tour of the region forms part of an intensive commencement of campaign duties by the NPP to secure another victory in the December 2020 ...

The minority in parliament is demanding the immediate suspension of a contract with Frontiers Healthcare Solution Services Limited for Covid-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport. Government engaged the company to conduct rapid Covid-19 tests of passengers since the opening of the airport to International Passenger flights. The NDC MPs argue the fact that the company was incorporated just days ...