Government has intensified the curfew hours imposed on Alavanyo and Nkonya townships in the Volta Region, a day after the shooting and killing of a 15-year-old at Alavanyo. Alavanyo and Nkonya have been caught up in a protracted land dispute spanning almost a century with occasional violence attacks that result in death of people from … Read more
The family members of a 12-year-old boy shot dead in Alavanyo in the Volta Region say they are living in fear over the attack that has sent shocks throughout the community. Prince Kwakutsey, a primary six pupil, was reportedly shot in the chest by some unidentified gunmen who stormed her parents’ home Thursday. Also a … Read more
The family members of a 12-year-old boy shot dead in Alavanyo in the Volta Region say they are living in fear over the attack that has sent shocks throughout the community. Prince Kwakutsey, a primary six pupil, was reportedly shot in the chest by some unidentified gunmen who stormed her parents’ home Thursday. Also a … Read more
A 15 year old boy has been killed at Alavanyo in the Volta Region. The deceased, a native of Alavanyo Deme, was gunned down by some unidentified men who invaded the community about an hour ago. It is unclear if today’s shooting is linked to recent clashes between the Alavanyo and Nkonya faction which left … Read more
A Ho circuit court has fined Dodzi Gidisu, driver of a pick-up truck, GHC 840 or in default serve a nine-month jail term with hard labour for causing the death of one Moses Akpabli, a motor rider. The court presided over by Madam Priscilla Dikro, ordered Gidisu to pay a compensation of GHC 1500 to … Read more
President Akufo-Addo’s District Chief Executive nominee for North Dayi, Kudjo Edmund Attah was unanimously endorsed by assembly members Monday. All 33 assembly members who participated in the voting exercise voted yes to endorse the nominee as the new District Chief Executive. Edmund Atta, 34, who was the Asugyaman District Information Officer in the Eastern Region, … Read more
Dr James Avedzi Klutse, Member of Parliament for Ketu North Constituency has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was working on “courting the media” to offer better opposition to government’s programmes and projects. He said it was not true that the NDC was not media friendly in government and that it was just natural for … Read more
The government, in collaboration with the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has completed 90 per cent of the validation exercise for teachers. Out of the 117,232 documents received, 63,614 have been worked on and 42,347 have been successfully validated, with 41,550 already paid their salaries. Another set of 21,267 documents are, however, facing query. … Read more
Some aggrieved youth of Anlo in the Keta Municipality of the Volta region have asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to as a matter of urgency, revoke the nomination of Seth Yormewu as Municipal chief Executive for the area. Mr. Yormewu who was nominated alongside 24 others for the MMDCE positions in the Volta region, … Read more
Some aggrieved youth of Anlo in the Keta Municipality of the Volta region Some aggrieved youth of Anlo in the Keta Municipality of the Volta region have asked President Akufo-Addo to ?as a matter of urgency, ?revoke the? nomination of ? Seth Yormewu as? Municipal chief Executive for the area. ??Mr. Yormewu ?who ?was nominated … Read more
Mr Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, Chairman of the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Volta Region Caucus in Parliament, has affirmed the determination of the caucus to rally members and party faithful for the reorganisation of the NDC as it prepares for Election 2020. Describing the Krachi East Constituency, which lost the constituency seat to the majority … Read more
The suspension of Nkonya and Alavanyo chiefs in the Biakoye District by the Volta Regional house of Chiefs is unnecessary, Member of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency Dr. Bernice Adiku Heloo has noted. According to Dr. Heloo, the unfortunate shooting incidence which led to the death of two persons with two others sustaining severe gunshot injuries … Read more
The Biakoye District Assembly has failed to meet its revenue target of GH¢40,572.00 for the first quarter of this year, 2017. Alhaji Zaidu Tamimu, the District Coordinating Director who disclosed this at the Assembly’s Fifth Ordinary General Meeting said the Assembly generated only GH¢20,282.00, half of the estimated revenue target. He said the shortfall was … Read more
The Volta Region Security Council and police are set to conduct autopsies on the bodies of two persons killed last week, after which arrest of the killers would be made. A lack of strong evidence on the cause of the deaths, suspected to be due to gunshot wounds, is preventing police from making an arrest. … Read more
The Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has visited crime scenes where two residents of Nkonya in the Volta Region were murdered last week. A man believed to be in his 30s and a 17-year-old girl were killed in separate incidents in renewed clashes between residents of Nkonya and Alavanyo communities. The CID Crime Scene Management … Read more
Sogakope, a town in the Volta Region was thrown into disarray after some locals claimed they had arrested a “dwarf god”. If the sentence above reads preposterous to you, it is because it most likely is. A Facebook user, one Icon Joseph, shared photos and videos showing a group of locals parading someone they claimed … Read more
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa has rejected allegations that he influenced the suspension of the traditional leaders of Alavanyo and Nkonya from the Volta Regional House of Chiefs following the death of two persons at Nkonya. “It is important to stress that the government has no hand in the suspension of the chiefs,” … Read more
The Ministry of the Interior has slapped a curfew on the Alavanyo and Nkonya following a renewed clash between the two communities. The curfew hours take effective Sunday, April 23, 2017 from 8:00pm to 5:30am. The decision by the Interior Ministry was upon the advice of the Volta Regional Security Council. Mr. Ambrose Dery, the … Read more
Decision by the Volta Regional House of Chiefs (VRHCs) to suspend the paramount chiefs and queenmothers of Nkonya and Alavanyo traditional areas in the Biakoye District of the Volta Region has heightened tension between the two ethnic communities. The aggrieved chiefs and queenmothers of the two traditional areas have described as “unfair” the Volta Regional … Read more
Youth of Dzodze in the Ketu North District of the Volta Region have elected new executives to lead their association. Dzodze is one the commercial hubs of the Volta Region and a hotbed for political activism. Apart from its rich culture, the district capital of Ketu North has actively featured in Ghana’s oil palm industry … Read more