Veteran Ghanaian Actor George Williams is dead. The 87-year-old actor died Sunday down at the KorleBu Teaching Hospital in Accra, a close relative confirmed to ghnewsnow.com. He reportedly complained of some ailment at home and was rushed to the hospital where he gave up the ghost. Mr. Williams who taught at the Accra Film School […]
A 35-year-old merchant, Adamu Bisa Bidor, has been shot dead by alleged robbers at Buipe in the Northern region. The deceased, together with other traders, who had come to the area to buy cattle were attacked by the gang of robbers while they were sleeping in a broken kiosk near the Tamale- Kintampo Highway. Brother
President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that Ghana and Liberia have reached an agreement to share intelligence, and collaborate with their respective security agencies to fight terrorism and crime within the sub-region. “On the sub regional level, we have discussed issues of interest to do with security; that is working together in order that we
A 58-year-old woman has died in a makeshift mining (galamsey) pit at Akyem Bomaa in the Atiwa District of the Eastern region. Afua Martha, who was the wife of a blind man reportedly went to farm with her 14-year-old grandson on Friday. After farming Martha asked her grandson to carry part of the load home
Over 30 Chinese nationals have been deported by the Ghana Immigration service in the Ashanti region. The foreigners were deported after they were caught engaging in illegal mining activities popular called ‘galamsey’. “We repatriated during the period 37 foreign nationals mostly Chinese nationals engaged in illegal mining,” the regional Commander for Immigration Service, Mr. Isaac
The Electoral Commission has sacked two of its officials after they took the voters’ register to the Walewale residence of the runningmate of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to verify him in the ongoing voter exhibition exercise. The two, Yubi Ambrose an exhibition officer and Mumuni latifa a verification officer allegedly acting on the orders
The Youth of Wenchi Wenesday embarked on a peaceful demonstration against their Municipal Chief Executive Honourable Hakim Dauda on what they termed as total disappointment to the people of the Wenchi Municipality since assuming office in 2012. The irate youths are therefore calling on his Excellency y John Dramni Mahama to sack the MCE with
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei II has charged the Ashanti regional Immigration Service to crack the whip on foreigners who flout laws especially Chinese nationals engaging in small scale mining activities in the region. He observed that illegal mining (Galamsey) operators have destroyed water bodies in the region and the country at large. He tasked Immigration personnel
The 12-unit classroom block of the Assesewa Senior High School in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region has been shut down as a result of a building defect. The defect which was identified six months after commissioning in 2012, has forced out administrators, teachers and the over 200 students who were occupying
Six suspects have escaped from police custody in the Offinso municipality in the Ashanti region. The suspects who were being kept in a cell at a Police station escaped through a hole they created in the cell Tuesday dawn. The Offinso Divisional Police Commander, ACP Oduro Kwarteng who confirmed the cell break to ghnewsnow said
