A campaign vehicle of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary candidate for Tema West, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah knocked and killed an 18-year-old. Another person also sustained injuries in the accident which happened around 11:00 pm on Friday, 26th August, 2016. According to eye witnesses, the 4×4 Sportage pick-up with registration number, GT 1561-16 which is one … Read more
[L-R] The second car for the veep lying upside down in the bush and the saloon car that rammed it Ghana’s vice president, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has narrowly escaped an accident, which has left four persons, including journalists and presidential bodyguards injured. A saloon car which failed to heed to the signal of the veep’s … Read more
A 34-year-old Police Constable, Kala Vatalise, a driver with the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), Sunyani lost his life in a road crash at Abesim, near Sunyani. Chief Inspector Francis Addo, Station Officer of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Tuesday in Sunyani … Read more
Three suspects including two police officers who were arrested for killing a bullion van driver have escaped. The three who were being transferred to the Eastern regional Police Headquarters in Koforidua absconded when the vehicle transporting them stopped to refuel at a Crown Fuel Station in Nkawkaw. The three said they wanted to visit the … Read more
The Kwesimintim Police in the Western Region have mounted a search for a driver who knocked down five persons, killing two instantly. The driver, identified as Dela Affum reportedly run his Mitsubishi Pick into a stationary taxi, killing two children who had stopped the taxi together with their mother. The pick-up then somersaulted and rammed … Read more
Two persons have been confirmed dead and seven others severely injured after a vehicle they were in somersaulted at Krofrom in Kumasi. The Mercedes-Benz cargo truck, with registration number AS 1454-P, was transporting over 20 artisans from the Suame Magazine to a funeral. The driver of the vehicle was said to be driving at top … Read more
Terry Bonchaka (born Terry Adjetey) was the grandson of Parliament speaker Peter Ala Adjetey and graduate from Adisadel College. Musically Terry was always aware of his gifts, however it was not till later in life that he decided to embark on the journey of becoming a professional musician. Terry’s big break came when he entered … Read more
ASONABA Kweku Darko, better known as “Super O. D.” did not really know his father as his father died while O.D was a toddler. But still, he knows one thing — that his father was very tall. For him his father’s grave which in his childish eyes had seemed very long has influenced him to … Read more
Comedian and musician, Kwame Asare Obeng popularly known as A Plus has come to the rescue of a 15-year-old boy who is in urgent need of funds for a surgery and a prosthetic leg after he was hit by a reckless driver two years ago. The boy, known as Prince, was knocked down by a … Read more
Uber, the innovative app that connects riders with drivers, has partnered with SMSGH to provide mobile payments to the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). Uber’s African expansion has significantly grown in the last year with its recent launch in Accra, the 13th city to join Uber’s booming network in Africa. The World Bank reports that … Read more
France’s national holiday turned bloody and violent Thursday night in the southern city of Nice, as a truck drove through crowds of Bastille Day revelers for more than a mile along a promenade. French officials said more than 70 people were killed, as the death toll climbed throughout the night. The vehicle was a large … Read more
Osu cemetery, one of the final resting places in the city for the dead, has currently been turned into a defecation and dumping site. In an interview, Mr William Totimeh, the sexton at the cemetery, expressed worry over the filth in the cemetery. “Since there is no night worker in the cemetery, residents near and … Read more
Each year, 15 million girls marry before the age of 18 around the world. Breaking this down – everyday 41,000 girls get married; every minute 28 girls get married; every 2 seconds a girl gets married. In Sub-Saharan Africa, it is projected that the number of child brides could double by 2050. On average, 1 … Read more
Accra is the latest city to join the African network of the multinational taxi company Uber. “Uber is excited to explore the potential of this dynamic city,” the ride-hailing company said in a statement. The taxi company operates by a mobile app via which customers can contact a driver with their destination, get located and … Read more
Actor John Dumelo has announced that he was attacked in Nigeria Friday evening. The Promising Actor and Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 6th and 7th Africa Movie Academy Awards respectively who is currently in Nigeria shooting a movie narrating the incident early Saturday morning on instagram disclosed that nothing bad happened to … Read more
Ghanaian actor Mikki Osei Berko has confessed his decision to leave Radio Gold to join Accra-based Happy FM was “stupid.” Berko, popularly known as ‘Master Richard’, admitted he made a hasty judgment then as a result of peer pressure. Speaking on Starr Chat with Bola Ray Wednesday, the key character in a popular weekly comedy … Read more
The taxi driver, who, at the peril of his own life, stopped two armed robbers in their tracks on Saturday in Accra, deserves national recognition, former President Jerry Rawlings has said. Mr Rawlings, in a statement, commended the driver for knocking down the gun-wielding robbers, who attacked and robbed a lady near the Lands Commission. … Read more
Mahmmoud Omar Mohammed Bin Atef, the 36-year-old Yemen citizen, and one of the two prisoners discharged by the United States from the Guantanamo Bay Prison to Ghana, is a one-time fighter for Osama Bin Laden, according a December 28, 2007 report by the United States Department of Defense. Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, … Read more
A 25-year-old Lance Corporal of the Southern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces and his civilian accomplice have been arrested for allegedly using a toy gun to snatch a taxicab from its owner. The soldier, Lance Corporal Michael Quaicoe, and his former senior secondary school mate, who is currently a duty load equipment operator, Baffoe … Read more
Critically injured Ghanaian high life veteran Amakye Dede has been transferred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for treatment after surviving a gruesome motor crash in the Eastern region. The ‘Iron Boy’ hit singer escaped death by a whisker ahead of a performance on New Year, but his manager and popular journalist Isaac Yeboah lost … Read more