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A 35-year-old man has been put before a Gender Based Violence Court at the Police Headquarters in Accra for abusing his 15-year-old daughter sexually claiming the act is a tradition. The victim resided with the father and her stepmother. “The stepmother traveled for a funeral leaving her husband and the …

A 40-year-old passenger has been thrown out of a commercial vehicle at Akyem Apedwa junction stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway in the Eastern Region, Ghana. The passenger’s health condition worsened and was gasping for breath. He was aided by an eyewitness to cross the road in a desperate …

A group of soldiers have shot dead a 25-year-old man, assaulted two others at Agbozo Junction near Hobor in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, according to reports. The soldiers were in the community protecting a vast land belonging to a company. “Some residents were grading …

A Madina District Court has sentenced a 26-year-old Nigerian Computer Engineer, to 450 days imprisonment for attempting to obtain a Ghanaian Passport twice, according to reports. The suspect was charged with attempting to obtain Ghanaian passports by false declaration and was pleaded guilty.   The Court, therefore, sentenced him on his …

A one-year-old baby girl got burnt in a fire outbreak that engulfed two wooden structures in a house at Mataheko, near the Mars Business School, in Accra, Ghana, according to reports. The baby was asleep when the fire gutted the structures. Apart from this, other occupants in the affected structures …

A man, traveling with his family, died in an accident when his vehicle collided with an oncoming truck, with a foreign number, on the Cape Coast-Elmina stretch of the Accra Highway, according to reports. He was reportedly driving his nephew to the Kotoka International Airport in Accra and was about …

A 37-year-old man was found hanged, suspected of committing suicide, at the Kasoa toollbooth near the Densu River in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. “The deceased walked into the forest, climbed one of the 40ft trees and hanged himself with a rope,” according to information. According …

Thousands of Ghanaians took to the streets of the capital Accra on Thursday to demonstrate against a controversial government-sponsored electronic transaction tax bill. The parliament is yet to pass the bill, which introduces a 1.75% tax on all money transactions above 100 cedis ($15; £11). The majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu …

The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States( ECOWAS) have imposed heavy sanctions on coup leaders in Guinea. They impose travel bans and a freeze of the financial assets of the putschists and their families. Following an extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday, the leaders of ECOWAS …

Several thousand anti-government protesters have marched through the streets of the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to call for action to address the country’s economic and social challenges. A social media campaign under the slogan “Fix The Country” has gained momentum in recent months. President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government has introduced new taxes …