Three persons, comprising a soldier, a policeman and an unemployed man, have been arrested for allegedly attacking and robbing some customers of banks on the Spintex Road, Lapaz and other parts of Accra. The names of the suspects have been given by the police as Corporal Bernard Tsagli, a soldier attached to the 37 Military … Read more
A Koforidua Circuit Court has granted the 12 suspects who attacked and vandalized the Somanya office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Police station to a GHc70,000 bail with two sureties each. The suspects, Adamptey Jones Dendenden, Teye Israel, Michael Adjei Nortey, Theophilus Narh, Kosivi Amana, Wisdom Tetteh, Jerry George Klutse, Sackey Wisdom … Read more
The Ministry of Finance is hopeful that a US$2.6 million Remittance Grant Facility (RGF) secured from the Switzerland government will help bring down the cost of remitting money to the country from the current 12 per cent of every US$200 remitted to five per cent. The reduction is needed to motivate more Ghanaian residents abroad … Read more
One hundred and seventeen people were killed while 456 sustained injuries in road accidents in the Western Region in 2016. The Regional Police Command recorded 60 robbery cases in 2016 as against 56 in 2015, representing an increase of seven percent. Defilement cases also increased from 95 in 2015 to 149 in 2016. The region … Read more
A group of young people in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital, believed to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have sealed off the office of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). The group, said to be numbering over 200, allegedly went to the SADA office and forcibly evacuated the staff from the building. … Read more
The Police Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) has deployed some of its personnel to secure some government institutions in the Tamale Metropolis. This follows the closure of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) office at the metropolis on Monday by some youth believed to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The youth were alleged to … Read more
Two persons were confirmed dead yesterday in a gun battle between some inhabitants of Dawhenya and Miotso in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region. The clash was attributed to the drawn-out unresolved land dispute between the two adjoining communities near Tema. The bodies have since been deposited at the Police Hospital in Accra, … Read more