There have been heavy gunfire exchanges in Bunkpurugu in the Northern Region since 8pm on Wednesday between rival chieftaincy groups Jamong and Jafog. Several houses have been torched in the renewed conflict. Police in the region are struggling to keep peace. The two factions are fighting over right to the throne. The Jamongs are challenging […]
Immigration officials at the Aflao border in the Volta region have impounded a huge cache of guns and other ammunition. the weapons were in transit to Ivory Coast through Ghana from Togo on a motorbike. The Immigration officer in charge of the Aflao section, Julius Gboglawo confirmed the news said, ” a 41-year-old man
A Member of Parliament in Ghana has led a group of local youth to demand the immediate eviction of Fulani herdsmen and their cattle from his constituency. Kwadwo Baah Agyemang, MP for Asante-Akyem North joined a group of citizens to hold a press conference to bare their teeth at the traditional authority who they blame
The Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has condemned what he described as a “false and defamatory” publication in the Daily Post newspaper of Wednesday January 27, 2016. A statement signed by Press Secretary of Nana Addo, Mr Eugene Arhin said a suggestion by the newspaper that Nana Addo
Members of the Agogo Youth Association (AYASS), a youth group at Agogo in the Ashanti Region, have resolved to get rid of Fulani herdsmen in the area. Led by two prominent citizens of the area, Communication Director of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Ernest Owusu Bempah and the Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North,
Six (6) persons have been confirmed dead in the Ashanti Region following an outbreak of Pneumococcal Meningitis in the country a couple of weeks ago. The confirmed number of deaths is out of a total of 17 suspected cases of the new strain of the disease reported by health officials in the Offinso Municipal, Adansi
Buipewura, Mahama Abdulai Jinapor II, the paramount chief of the Buipe traditional area in the Northern region has reportedly banished one of his sub-chiefs for gross misconduct. The Buipewura pronounced the punishment on Sorewura Alhaji S.S Gbankulso, chief of the Mankpan Traditional area, for allegedly challenging his authority. Confirming the incident Alhaji Gbankulso said the
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, has taken delivery of a 200-page deposition authenticating the murder of Sian Blake and her two sons – Zachary and Amon – by boyfriend Arthur Simpson-Kent. The deposition contains investigations, CCTV movement of Simpson-Kent from his south east London home after the murder, withdrawal of
Sachet water will be sold for 30 pesewas apiece effective February 1, 2016, the National Association of Sachet Water Producers has announced. A 50 per cent jump in the price was announced by the association at a news conference in Accra Tuesday January 26. The Association has also hinted at further hikes in the coming
Conflict resolution and Peace Building expert Emmanuel Bombande has asked the feuding factions in the protracted Dagbon conflict to appreciate the efforts of President John Mahama at ensuring peace among them. According to him, it is unfair to blame government and the Committee of Eminent chiefs helping to resolve the crisis for the volatile nature
