The wanted assembly member, William Baah said to be involved in Monday’s lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama has surrendered, Graphic Online has gathered. He was said to have handed himself over to the police at Denkyira Obuasi on Wednesday. Graphic Online’s Central Regional correspondent, Timothy Gobah reported that, a member of the unit committee … Read more
The police have retrieved the pistol of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama. The pistol went missing on Monday after his killing. On Tuesday, the soldiers who were dispatched to the Denkyira Obuasi town for initial investigations and to retrieve the remains of the slain soldier, pledged not to leave until they were able to find the … Read more
The Denkyira Boase town in the Central region has become a ghost town following the ghastly lynching of an army officer there by residents, StarrFMonline.com has gathered. According to Starr News’ Central regional correspondent, Kwaku Baah-Acheamfour “most of the young people have fled” because they suspect that there will be retaliatory attacks from the military. … Read more
Some Catholic Priests from areas where there is illegal mining activities in the Central Region have launched a campaign to support government efforts to end the menace. The campaign christened ‘Operation touch heaven’ is for the priests to intercede in prayers on behalf of government officials and media personnel who are committed to the anti-galamsey … Read more
The Stop Galamsey Operation Taskforce in Dunkwa in the Central Region has destroyed 19 machines used by galamsey operators. The machines were used by the operators to mine on River Offin which serves as the major source of water for residents in the community. Joy News’ Central Regional Correspondent, Richard Kwadwo Nyarko reports the operators … Read more
Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have dismissed two students for their role in last weekend’s clash at University of Cape Coast (UCC). Three students were seriously injured during the attack involving students of the UCC, University of Ghana as well as KNUST. Joy News’ Central Regional correspondent, Richard Kwadwo … Read more
Awutu Senya East Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, Alhaji Ibrahim Abu-Sadat says they are ready to work with anyone the President selects as MP for the municipality. His comment is in reaction to reports of some members of the NPP fighting one another to be appointed the MCE … Read more
Several communities across the country are faced with acute water shortage, a situation officials blame on destructive human activities. Residents in the Northern, Central, Western and Brong Ahafo Regions are left with no option but of trekking miles to access water from rivers that are fast drying up. Officials of the Ghana Water Company Limited … Read more
At least 23 people are reported injured Monday after a Sprinter Benz bus veered off the road into a nearby bush at the Gomoa Apam junction in the Central Region. An eye witness said the driver of the Benz bus with the registration number AS 8823 – 10 glazed a Toyota V8 Sequoia with registration … Read more
Four people have sustained gunshot wounds after some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) clashed on Sunday, December 11 at Ekumfi-Esuehyia in the Central Region. Class FM’s Central regional correspondent, Raymond Kwofie, said some residents attributed the violence to the refusal of officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama’s recent alleged ethnocentric comment has received mixed reactions from majority of Ghanaians including the clergy, academia, civil society groups and traditional rulers. While some people believe the President erred by making such a comment, others particularly, supporters and appointees of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), think otherwise. President Dramani Mahama, … Read more
A Cape Coast High Court has sentenced a fisherman to death by hanging for setting ablaze five children, resulting in the death of one child. The fisherman, Kwabena Amakye, a native of Moree in the Central Region of Ghana was also sentenced to a three-year prison term for the burns sustained by the other four … Read more