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Eight persons out of the eleven passengers onboard a canoe have died after it capsized on the Oti River. The accident is reported to have happened on Monday, March 27. The passengers were mourners traveling from Kpajoti, a village in the Krachi Nchumuru District to Sabaja in the Krachi West Municipality. According to the Assemblyman of the Woringa Electoral area in the Oti region Francis Yaw Bio, the Canoe was supposed to carry six passengers but the operator carried eleven passengers. All victims were without life jackets, according to an eyewitness. Meanwhile, it was reported on the 20th of March…
The United States of America Vice President, Kamala Harris is currently addressing Ghanaians at the Black Star Square in Accra. The President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo Addo, the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and other prominent dignitaries including diasporans are all present to witness the grand occasion. Kamala Harris will then proceed to the Cape Coast Castle, where slaves were kept in the Central Region, in the dark era of human slavery. Women and students especially have shown delight in meeting the first female U.S. Vice President as they are willing to draw inspiration from her speech.…
Al Jazeera’s latest investigation piece, titled the Gold Mafia, has uncovered a band of criminals who on a monthly basis scoop $40 million worth of gold out of Ghana. The Investigative Unit of Al Jazeera in the first episode of a four-part investigation into gold smuggling in Africa has revealed that a gold dealer, Alistair Mathias, is a protagonist in this whole affair. The first episode mainly focuses on Southern Africa, particularly Zimbabwe where a niece of President Mnangagwa is mentioned as the kingpin heading the alleged gold smuggling scam. Alistair Mathias, described by the investigative reporters as a financial…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill will meet the aspirations of all when it’s passed into law. The Bill which is currently before parliament seeks to criminalize homosexuality. Speaking at a joint press conference with the US Vice President, Kamala Harris in Accra, President Akufo-Addo said, “The Bill is going through Parliament, the Attorney General is doing its part regarding the constitutionality or otherwise of its provisions and Parliament is dealing with it. At the end of the process, I will come in, but in the meantime, Parliament is…
A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stealing from patients at the Koforidua Regional Hospital. The modus operandi of the suspect, Gabriel Oti Ankrah, is to wear a lab coat and parade himself as a doctor to steal from unsuspecting victims. On a daily basis, issues of missing laptops, mobile phones and parts of air conditioners are reported to the hospital’s internal security but the culprit was never found. Luck however run out for the unemployed suspect when he was questioned by a doctor during his usual morning stealing spree. He was caught red-handed stealing a patient’s mobile phone.…
The M25 has been closed for a three-junction stretch after a car crash involving three vehicles late on Monday night. The road is closed between junction 14 (Stanwell Park/Heathrow Airport) and junction 16 (M40) while the Met Police are at the scene investigating the collision between a car and an HGV, which took place shortly before midnight on Monday. Authorities said the closures are expected to be “protracted and in place for a considerable time today.” Police said the driver of the car is in hospital with life-threatening injuries. It is unclear if anyone has been seriously hurt or killed…
A teachers’ union boss has refused to rule out calling strikes on school exam days after recommending members turn down a government pay offer. Mary Bousted of the National Education Union said she “hoped” that exams would not be disrupted by strikes, but refused to say it would not happen. The government offered teachers a £1,000 one-off cash payment for this school year and a 4.3% consolidated pay rise for most teachers the following year, following weeks of talks. The NEU, which is the largest teaching union, has recommended that members vote to reject this. Ms Bousted said: “Our executive…
Report coming indicates that Philip Atta Basoah, Member of Parliament for Kumawu in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has died. He was 53 years and became a parliamentarian in 2012. The cause of his death is not immediately known but he was reported to have missed parliament when the MPs of both sides of the House cast critical votes to approve the new ministers and appointments of Justices to the Supreme Court. Mr. Basoah resumed Parliament in January 2021 and was the Chairperson of the Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises Committee; Lands…
Kamala Harris and President Nana Akufo-Addo Visiting Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris will this morning, 28th March 2023 deliver a major speech to an audience of young people at the Black Star Square, Accra. This is the highlight of her trip to Ghana. The event is expected to commence at exactly 10am where she will engage the young people. Ahead of the public address which she will deliver, there has been a tight security undertaken by the American Security Services where the guests attending the event will be screened. The visit by Harris, who is traveling…
The Director of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier General E. Aggrey-Quarshie, has said that many Ghanaians have hailed the Military for beating up the residents of Ashaiman especially for arresting the alleged criminals in the area. According to him, a lot of Ghanaians have called him, and the institution to applaud them including the residents of Ashiaman, and also asked them to embark on more operations. The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Armed Forces said this when he was expressing some concerns on how the media blasted them for beating the residents of Ashiaman at…
