A policeman believed to be with the Kraboa Coaltar Police in the Eastern Region has allegedly subjected a 32-year-old woman to severe beatings, claiming she tried to snatch his rifle. According to the victim, Hannah Ayisibea, a petty trader, the police officer, known as Kofi Boateng, beat her mercilessly with sugarcane and stamped her abdomen, … Read more
All appears not to be going well with Corporal Dianatah Nicodemus who in the run-up to the 2016 elections resigned his job as a policeman and entered into politics to campaign for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The young Police officer who was with the New Juaben Municipal Police Command in the Eastern region resigned … Read more
A video circulating on social media has raised eyebrows as it shows a non-uniformed Kenyan policeman killing an unarmed suspected gang member at point-blank range in the streets of Eastleigh in the capital Nairobi. The incident was confirmed to have occurred last Friday when the police pursued wanted gang members for killing police officers last … Read more
Residents of Wa in the Upper West Region are threatening mayhem against a female police officer identified as Corporal Believe Amedzro for describing them as “fools and criminals”. The police officer who used the abusive words for the residents on her Facebook Wall on Tuesday, March 4, further referred to the forefathers of the locals … Read more
A tutor of the Mawuli Senior High School suffered severe burns when his next door neighbour poured hot water on him at Awusagbakope, a suburb of Kpetoe in the Agotime Ziope District of the Volta Region. Matilda Ebor pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing harm when she appeared before the Agotime-Kpetoe Magistrate Court. … Read more
Beauty and the Beast will be released in Malaysia without any cuts, Disney says, days after it rejected censors’ demands for a gay scene to be removed. The blockbuster would be released on 30 March with a PG13 rating, Disney said. Two major cinema chains have confirmed the new date, two weeks after the postponed … Read more
Disney’s hit movie “Beauty and the Beast”, under fire from Malaysian conservatives for a “gay moment”, will be released in the Muslim-majority country without any cuts, the entertainment giant said Tuesday. The film “will be released in Malaysia on the 30th March, rated PG13 with no cuts”, a spokeswoman for Disney in Southeast Asia told … Read more
The East Legon Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Emmanuel Basintale, and his four police accomplices are to face a police service enquiry for misconduct following their alleged involvement in a GH¢1.3 million gold deal. The five, who were arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, have been … Read more
East Legon Police commander Emmanuel Basintale and three other officers at that station have been arrested for their roles in a gold fraud. The four are said to be part of a gold fraud syndicate duping several gold dealers of amounts running into several millions of cedis. A year- long investigation by the Criminal Investigative … Read more
The East Legon Police commander Emmanuel Basintale and three other officers at that station have been arrested for their roles in a gold fraud. The four are said to be part of a gold fraud syndicate duping several gold dealers of amounts running into several millions of cedis. A year long investigation by the Criminal … Read more
DSP Emmanuel Basintale, commander in-charge of the East Legon Police Station and six other junior police officers have been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for their alleged involvement in a gold fraud. The seven police officers, according to police reports, connived with seven civilians to defraud some gold … Read more
Disney has asked Malaysia to overturn a decision to cut a “gay moment” in its film “Beauty and the Beast”, a senior official said Thursday, as the studio reportedly postponed its release to resolve the issue. The film, featuring “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson, has raised hackles worldwide among religious groups angered by its depiction … Read more
Disney has refused to release a censored version of its film “Beauty and the Beast” in Malaysia after authorities in the Muslim-majority nation cut a “gay moment” in the movie, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. The film, featuring “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson, has raised hackles worldwide among religious groups angered by its depiction of Le … Read more
Malaysian censors have reportedly cut out a “gay moment” in the Disney film “Beauty and the Beast” before agreeing to its release in the Muslim-majority nation. The cuts come after the movie ran into trouble in Russia, which slapped an adults-only rating on the film last week following pressure by an ultra-conservative lawmaker who was … Read more
The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with Islamic State group propaganda after the jihadists’ infamous religious police took over the Christian place of worship. The sign above the door of Um al-Mauna (Our Mother of Perpetual Help) in Iraq’s second city reads “Chaldean Catholic church”, but its jihadist occupants had other … Read more
Former Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports is accusing president Akufo Addo of attempting to destroy Kwame Nkrumah’s legacy while glorifying his fathers and masters. According to Joseph Yammin, Nana Akufo Addo tried hard to revise Ghana’s history to glorify his (Akufo Addo’s) political ancestors and to portray Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as “a nobody” so … Read more
Ghana marked its 60th anniversary on Monday, March 6, 2017, at the Independence Square in Accra with colourful displays of the nation’s rich culture. The parade was graced by the three former Presidents of the country – Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor and John Mahama as well as heads of states and dignitaries from … Read more
Dr Sekou Nkrumah, son of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to allow Ghana’s first president’s role in the struggle for independence untouched. President Akufo-Addo renewed the debate over whether Ghana should have founding fathers or a founding father while delivering his speech Monday to mark Ghana’s 60 independence anniversary. According … Read more
The Executive Director of the Third World Network has described as “revisionist” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s narration about Ghana’s independence struggle. Writing on his Facebook wall Monday, the founding editor of the Public Agenda newspaper said the President “cleverly” revised the role played by the nation’s first President Kwame Nkrumah and the Convention People’s … Read more
Ghana’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), His Excellency Joseph Annim, has charged the Ghanaian peacekeepers to keep the Flag of Ghana aloft. HE Joseph Annim was speaking as the special guest of honour at Ghana’s 60th Independence Anniversary celebration organised by MONUSCO GHANBATT 13, the Ghanaian peacekeeping contiggent in that country, at … Read more