Residents of Gbullung and its satellite communities in the Kumbungu district of the northern region are up in anger to demand for what they referred to as “fair share of national cake” by fixing their bad roads. This morning, over a thousand demonstrators made up of sub and youth chiefs, religious leaders, opinion leaders, assembly […]
The Ho magistrate court has directed the Electoral Commission to expunge some 99 names from the voters roll in the Ho central constituency of the Volta region. This was as a result of objections raised by one Leonard Agbesi, a resident of Hodzokorfe claiming those persons were not ‘residents or ordinarily residents’ of his community,
Seth Sallah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Setho Classic Group of Companies, a renowned businessman at Atadeka, a suburb of Ashaiman, Greater Accra Region (GAR), escaped about 30 live bullets fired into his office by some unidentified gunmen Tuesday morning. The gunmen, riding two unregistered motorbikes, stood in the middle of the road and fired
The Chief for the Frafra Community at Zenu in the Kpone-Katamanso District has advised Moslem youth to distance themselves from any violent act as political parties gear up to begin their campaigns. Chief Abdulai Yen said the Moslem youth should reflect on the teachings of Islam to tell any politician who would hire them to
Members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Afienya in Ningo-Prampram, Greater Accra, say they are ashamed to campaign in the area following government’s inability to fix a major road in the constituency. Habib Mohammed, who is also the Assemblyman for Afienya, said party members could hardly pride themselves because the electorates in the
Residents of Kotokuo, a farming community in the Atwima Mponua district of the Ashanti region are calling on state authorities to help drive away illegal small scale miners in the community. They are accusing their leaders of selling the River Offin, which serves as the only water source in the community for farming and domestic
Medical care for victims of sexual abuse remains a dream in many communities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Parents of abused persons, mostly children, make little or no effort to take them to the hospital, even at police request because they cannot afford the cost. Two health workers who were confronted with the story
By Inusa Musah A chain of booming stores sited along the OS Adam Avenue at Ashaiman Newtown in the Greater Accra Region, have been forced to close down due to the invasion of rodents and reptiles. The stretch, popularly known as ‘borla’ road, for over six years now, have been overgrown with wild grass which
Traditional authorities of Old Tafo in the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi say they are battle-ready to face off with the old Tafo Zongo community anytime soon. The angry comment of Tafohene Nana Agyemang Ababio come after hundreds of the community folks besieged the palace Tuesday to demand for weapons in self-defense following constant attacks on
Medical Director for the Tema General Hospital (TGH), Greater Accra Region, has said that government should honour Tema with a state of the art hospital. Such a modern hospital, Dr Kwabena Adusei Opoku explained, would be able to meet the daily increasing health services clients were expected to be provided with. He said, “Renovating
