Category: General

Chief destooled for allegedly taking bribes from illegal miners

A traditional ruler who allegedly collected bribes from illegal miners in the Dormaa Traditional Area of the Bono Region has been destooled.

The Ankobea Royal Family of the Area performed customary rites to seal the destoolment of Nana Ansu Agyei, th…

Four robbers sentenced to 16 years in prison

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has sentenced four robbers, Richard Dzikum, Prosper Ahiadorme, Zorh Believe, and Frank Galley, to 16 years imprisonment each for engaging in robbery.

The court, presided over by Ms. Eleanor Kakra Banes Botchway, sentenced t…

Organised Labour declares strike over sale of SSNIT hotels 

Organised Labour has declared an indefinite nationwide strike beginning Monday, July 15, 2024, over the proposed sale of 60 percent shares in four hotels owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

This follows the National Pen…

Traders defy municipal orders, continue selling on railway line

Traders at the Nyalla Rail market in Douala, Littoral region, have continued selling along to the railway line despite repressive municipal actions and the killing of a woman by a train in May 2024.

Speaking to some of the traders selling along and o…

Government urged to deal with triple burden diseases

Professor Kwesi Torpey, Dean of the School of Public Health of the University of Ghana, Legon, has called on the government to be strategic in dealing with the triple burden of diseases which is currently plaguing the country.

This, he argued were th…

Youths urged to shun social vices and embrace productivity

Togbe Dzogolo Atiamoah II, the Dufia of Mafi Dzogolokope and its allied towns in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region, has admonished the youth to avoid social vices and channel their energy into productive endeavours.

This followed Togbui …

Traders defy municipal orders, continue selling on railway line

Traders at the Nyalla Rail market in Douala, Littoral region, have continued selling along to the railway line despite repressive municipal actions and the killing of a woman by a train in May 2024.

Speaking to some of the traders selling along and o…