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Acting President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, Awulae Amihere Kpanyinli III has condemned in no uncertain terms the brutality and violence meted out at the Paramount Chief of Lower Dixcove, Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX last Monday dawn. Awulae Amihere Kpanyili III who is also the overlord of Eastern Nzema Traditional Area cried that the act was barbaric and ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has identified the country as having prevalence of chronic hepatitis B and C virus infections, which are leading causes of death from infectious diseases globally. A statement released by the GHS in Accra yesterday, said about 421 people died out of 117, 095 viral hepatitis cases between 2014 and 2018 in various health facilities across ...

The Ghana Police Service has thrown light on new method criminals are using to snatch cars from unwitting taxi drivers. According to the Public Affairs Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department, statistics suggest an increase in the reportage of the said crime. “The fraudsters will hire a taxi driver to a distant and lonely place and in the process execute ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has challenged the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to show any policy implemented during their tenure to improve agricultural productivity. Speaking at a durbar held in Daboase, the capital of the Wassa East District, as part of his two-day tour in the Western Region, President Nana Addo argued that NDC government failed to ...

A combined team of National Security operatives and Police personnel Tuesday afternoon chased out some dismissed staff of the University of Education, Winneba. The dismissed staff who stormed the Council Chamber Tuesday, July 23, included the former Vice-Chancellor Professor Mawutor Avoke, the former Finance Officer Arkorlie, and Dr. Ofori Bekoe who had his review for reinstatement thrown out by the ...

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has strung together some strongly-worded paragraphs in his latest epistle in a bid to put Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Yaw Boaben Asamoa, in his place. According to Mr Amidu, Mr Boaben Asamoa has on many instances created the impression in the public mind that he has authority to instruct the Special Prosecutor ...

The Presidency has rejected a petition by a group calling for the removal of the Speaker of Parliament over an alleged case of misconduct. The group known as the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), in a petition dated 9th July 2019 called on the President to as a matter of urgency to remove the Speaker of Parliament ...

A young man alleged to have stolen an unregistered Hyundai Santa Fe has been nabbed by police and some youth at the Madina Atomic Junction roundabout after a hot chase. An eyewitness told 3news.com, the suspect drove on high speed from the Rawlings Circle towards the roundabout, an act he said raised suspicions from onlookers. According to the eyewitness, the ...

An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Jennifer Dodoo has deferred her ruling for a third time in the contempt application instituted against the Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante Apeatu (now former IGP) and Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah. The contempt case was instituted by lawyers of Gregory Afoko, ...

Renowned press freedom champion, Charles Wereko-Brobby, has scored President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration as having the worse press freedom record. Dr Wereko-Brobby’s 24-hour-old Radio Eye – the first radio station – has gone into Ghana’s history of the first frontal attack against media subversion. The radio operated for 24 hours in 1994 before it was shut down by security forces ...