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The Ghana Police Service (GPS) promoted two officers for their position in effecting the arrest of one of their co-workers carrying suspected Indian hemp. The two police officers identified as Azumah Komla Justice and Felix Diameh arrested their colleague Lotsu Agbeko. The police in a statement said “The above police …

A military truck heading towards Bawku from Bolgatanga ran through some residents of Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, Saturday evening leaving one dead and others with life-threatening injuries, local media reported. Senyalah Castro, a local journalist said the military truck was “going at top …

A level 200 student who complained of dizziness soon after end of semester examination papers were distributed died mysteriously, throwing the entire campus into mourning. According to myjoyonline.com, the deceased was a student of the Akenten Appiah Minka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development in the Ashanti Region. The …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced that the country is experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19, as 62 new cases have been detected, most of them from the Greater Accra region. GHS Director of Public Health, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe said the cases had been recorded in the past two weeks, adding …

A 38-year old Ghanaian fetish priest who killed his wife and daughter and sacrificed them to his idols has been sentenced to life imprisonment, Ghana News Agency reported. The priest, Mbawona Tindana , was arrested in 2019 for allegedly killing his 25-year-old wife, Talata Abigail Kurug, and 2-year-old daughter, Nyapoka …

Professor of Governance at Central University of Ghana, Dr Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah said the President Nana Addo they once knew is not the same person they see now. The lecturer has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to consider reshuffling his ministers who are becoming complacent and inactive on the job. …

Police in Ghana arrested 18 people over the public flogging of a pair at the palace of a traditional chief in Wa in the northern Upper West region, local media reported. The victims of the flogging, a man and woman, are reported to have been lovers. They were each tied …

A 17-year-old male student of the Sokode Senior High School in the Volta Regional Capital, Ho, has died after being struck by lightning, local media reported. The incident occurred during a downpour in the late hours of Monday. The deceased, identified as Emmanuel Dorli, was reportedly hit by a thunder …

A court in Koforidua, eastern Ghana, convicted and sentenced two armed robbers, aged 47 and 38, to 30 years each in prison with hard labour. According to adomonline.com, the convicts attacked and robbed a resident of Klo-Agogo, in the amount of 4,500.00 GHC. The bandits also attacked and robbed a …

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo hailed the massive industrialization drive launched by his government since coming to power and said no other government has done it before them. According to President Akufo-Addo, the achievements the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has chalked in industrialization cannot be matched by any government in …