More Police Transfers

The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, has made other changes in the Police Service as some senior police personnel have been transferred to other units of the Service. This is a continuation of the list of transfers which was released early this week, including Superintendent Cephas Arthur of the public affairs department, who … Read more

Murder With Scissors At Wake-Keep

The deceased was stabbed in the chest with a pair of scissors A Twenty-five-year-old man, Abraham Mpong, met his untimely death when he was stabbed during a scuffle at Bepoase near Wiamoase in the Sekyere South District in the Ashanti Region last Saturday. While the suspect, Gideon Boakye,19, is being held in police custody to … Read more

Machete-Wielding Man Invades Bank Premises

Personnel of the Sekyere Rural Bank at Jamasi in the Ashanti Region had a shock of their lives when they opened up for business on Monday as they found a machete-wielding young man inside one of the locked offices. He was threatening to butcher anybody who came close. It took a lot of effort by … Read more

Taxi Runs Into Kiosk, Kills Woman, 73

Yaa Adoma had closed for the day and was locking the kiosk when the taxi ran into the kiosk A seventy-three-year-old woman, Yaa Adoma, lost her life last Sunday night when a taxi ran into a kiosk at Apaa near Jamasi in the Sekyere South District in the Ashanti Region. Her remains have since been … Read more

Must We Continue To Be the “Concert” Region?

Nana Oben’s article (“What is wrong with Akans, (especially Fantis) anyway?”) of 11th November got me reflecting on my recent visit to Ghana. Before I read Nana’s article, I was asking myself this question, “do we in the Central Region really have to continue to be the jokers of Ghana, even though others have taken … Read more

Komenda Sugar Factory Is Back

ALL is set for the much talked about Komenda Sugar Factory to commence commercial production of Sugar on Monday, November 28, 2016. Ghana currently spends more than $200 million on sugar importation annually and the Komenda Sugar Factory is expected to reduce this huge import bill on sugar. At full capacity, the company can produce … Read more

Boy, 12, Drowns In Well

An attempt by a 12-year-old boy, Derrick Oppong Nyantakyi, to draw water from a well resulted in his untimely death when he fell into the well and drowned. The unfortunate incident occurred at Domeabra, near Agona, in the Sekyere South District in the Ashanti Region, last Saturday. The Agona District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of … Read more