Deputy Communications Minister, George Andah is reported to have been involved in car crash Saturday. Reports say Mr. Andah’s vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle in the Awutu Senya West Constituency where he represents in Parliament. Myjoyonline.com understands Mr. Andah, who together with four others, sustained serious injury, have been airlifted to the 37 Military … Read more
Deputy Communications Minister, George Andah is reported to have been involved in car crash Saturday. Reports say Mr. Andah’s vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle in the Awutu Senya West Constituency where he represents in Parliament. Myjoyonline.com understands Mr. Andah, who together with four others, sustained serious injury, have been airlifted to the 37 Military … Read more
Despite efforts to curb misuse of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country, it has emerged that most gas consumers in the western region do not adhere to the safety precautions associated with its usage. Malpractices ranging from stones placed on cylinders, gas cylinders placed next to coal pots, leak of LPG from damaged rubber … Read more
Despite efforts to curb misuse of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country, it has emerged that most gas consumers in the western region do not adhere to the safety precautions associated with its usage. Malpractices ranging from stones placed on cylinders, gas cylinders placed next to coal pots, leak of LPG from damaged rubber … Read more
The controversial Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Daniel Bugri Naabu failed to retain his position, not even after drawing sympathy votes from his storming the election grounds in a wheelchair as well as towing his mangled accident car to the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale where the delegates conference were held. … Read more
Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the largest single mass child sacrifice event in human history. More than 140 children were sacrificed at about the same time in Peru’s northern coastal region, about 550 years ago. The discovery was made near modern-day Trujillo, which lies near the centre of the ancient Chimú civilisation. More than … Read more
[Video] What is the fate of Laterbiokorshie as the rains set in? It is one of the flood prone areas in the Greater Accra region. Lives and properties have been lost in the area before due to floods. As the rains set in, the fate of the people of Laterbiokorshie seem to be hanging in … Read more
Employers are required by law to ensure the safety of employees at their workplaces, and employees are also required to deliver their responsibilities bearing in mind their duty of care. Are Ghanaian employers and employees aware of their safety regulations and responsibilities? Kwabena Adu Gyamfi takes a look at some work environments and bring this … Read more
A team of officers from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is in the Central Region, visiting selected communities as part of a nationwide Door-to-Door LPG Safety Campaign. The team, from the Corporate Affairs Division, visited several eateries in the Mankessim, Komenda and Cape Coast areas, where vendors were educated on the appropriate use of LPG … Read more
Ghana woke up to the news of a twin disaster of flood and fire at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle on June 3, 2015 claiming over 150 lives and leaving many devastated and traumatised. The incident left behind burnt properties, charred bodies and many lives scarred for life. One of such people still wearing their scars that remind … Read more
Government has announced a three-tier approach, including the introduction of spot fines by the Police and provision of funds, in a new measure to stem the growing tide of road accidents in the country. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by an executive order has also approved an additional GHC6.5million from the Road Fund to be … Read more
About 16 people, including the drivers of vehicles with registration numbers GW-2659-T and GM 5383-12, died on the spot after a head-on collision Sunday dawn. The accident according a police report occurred on April 15, 2018 at about 1:42 am, on the Yapei-Buipe stretch of the Tamale-Kumasi Highway. “The accident involved a Neoplan bus with … Read more
A six dormitory-block of the Pong Tamale Senior High School (PONTASS) in the Northern Region has been razed by fire suspected to have been caused by a coal-pot belonging to a student. Two students were injured in the Monday afternoon fire that has destroyed personal effects and educational materials of students who have been left … Read more
One person is dead and seven others injured in a Monday morning accident involving three vehicles at Anloga in Kumasi . A commercial mini bus (trotro) was said to have failed brakes, a situation that caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle and crashed into an Opel Astra taxi and a Toyota Highlander, … Read more
Mining giant Newmont Ghana Limited has indefinitely suspended mining activities at all its sites in the country as investigations into the death of six of the firm’s subcontractor staff takes shape. Six persons, all contractor employees of the construction services company, Consar Limited, died when the roof of a reclaim tunnel at the Ahafo Mill … Read more
Recent events point to the fact that earthquake appears imminent in Ghana, but the country looks very much unprepared to tell when the natural disaster will strike, the experts have said. This is despite the fact that the Ghana Geological Survey Authority has eight seismic stations across the country that are supposed to transmit signal … Read more
The long-serving governor of the Russian region where a shopping mall fire left dozens of people dead has resigned. Aman Tuleyev said stepping aside from governing Kemerovo was “the right, conscious and only true decision” following the disaster. He announced the move in a video address posted on the regional administration’s website. Last month’s fire … Read more
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has dispatched a team to Akrade in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region after three people reportedly died after receiving injection at a health facility. The victims were injected with Benzathine Penicillin at the New Senchi Health Centre about two weeks ago. The FDA said in … Read more
The Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate of the Ghana Police in the Western Region has moved to ensure accident Easter this year in the region, which records high numbers of road accidents during the season. Officers from the MTTD hit the streets Wednesday to sensitize some commercial drivers in the Sekondi/ Takoradi Metropolis to adhere … Read more
The organizers of 3Music Awards have made a donation of GHS10,000 to support the Ebony Foundation. This was done at the 3Music Awards night Saturday March 23 held at the Fantasy Dome inside the Accra International Trade Fair Center. Management of the late singer had announced at the launch of the official cloth for her … Read more