One person believed to be a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been stabbed to death in the Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region. Abubakar Saddiq, 37 years, was a spare parts dealer at Suame Magazine but stayed at Zaabo Zongo a suburb of Asawase. Photo File Though it is unclear why he […]
Elderly persons in the Ejura Sekyere-dumasi district in the Ashanti region will benefit from free ‘Eban’ welfare card with a rebate of 50% of their transportation fares when they board public buses. The aged who were registered on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), will board Metro Mass, O.A buses as well as vehicles of
A Chinese National identified only as Lee Fou alias ‘Soldier’ is suspected to have shot his Ghanaian in-law Kwaku Marfo, at Koko-Tabuom in the Atwima Kwanwoma district in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Reports say Marfo has lost his toes in the incident. Fou, who is engaged in some sort of mining in the area reportedly
A young man believed to be in his late 30s only identified as Sule Edii suspected to have stolen a mobile phone at Asawase-Dogomoro park in the Ashanti region has been burnt to death. Angry residents used tyres to set the suspected thief on fire when he was chased and arrested by some men in
Its that time again, when politicians brace and prepare themselves for the big elections. As Ghana goes to the polls next year, all indications are that it is going to be a keenly contested general election. This starts from the party primaries where allies and people from practically the same ideological standpoint have to pitch
A parade of elephants have invaded several communities in the Northern region of Ghana. The animals are believed to have come from a forest reserve in Northern Region and neighboring Burkina Faso and Togo. Locals say this is an routine annual visit by the animals to the area in the past few years. Residents have confirmed seeing
Former presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama is staging a comeback to lead the party after its abysmal performance during the last General Elections. Ghnewsnow confirmed that the former torch bearer of the PNC has since picked his nomination forms with the hope of leading the party in the
The Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection has extended its registration of Prison inmates onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to the three prisons in the Ashanti region. About 1,700 prisons inmates in Ashanti are expected to be captured after the registration of prisons inmates in the Manhyia, Kumasi Central and Amanfrom camp
Chairman of the Ghana Prisons Council, Rev. Stephen Wengam says Ghana’s current legal system need serious overhauling. According to the Prisons Council Chair, the hitches in the judicial service impacts negatively on the activities of the prisons service. He was making a submission on Daybreak Kapital Tuesday November 3, 2015, concerning the country’s current legal
A court in Accra has thrown out a case against the indefinite suspension of New Patriotic Party (NPP) national chairman Paul Afoko.A supporter of the main opposition NPP was in court to challenge the National Executive Committee’s decision to penalize the embattled chairman.According to NEC, Afoko’s actions were inimical to the fortunes of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo
