A joint task force has arrested at least twelve tricycle riders on the Accra-Tema Motorway for defying a directive not to use the highway.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, banned the use of tricycles popularly known as Aboboyaa on the Accra-Tema Motorway effective November 1 as part of ensuring discipline on the highway.
But some tricycles were still using...
Police have arrested two people in the Eastern Region who stripped two teenagers naked and paraded them on the streets of Akuapem Adawso.
According to the reports, the victims were subjected to this abuse with their hands tied after being accused of allegedly stealing ¢100 and a mobile phone.
The incident which saw the two 14-year-olds assaulted by a mob occurred...
Police in Takoradi say they have launched an investigation into an alleged kidnapping of one Stephanie Kumiwaa in Mpohor in the Western Region.
In a press release, the Head of the Public Affairs unit at the Western Regional Police Command, DSP Olivia Adiku stated that the case was brought to their attention after a media publication.
She noted that the checks...
Police have formally filed charges, including causing damage to public property, against Francis Xavier Sosu in court over a demonstration he led in his constituency in Madina.
The embattled MP is supposed to show up in court to answer the charges on November 8, the Director General of the Police Public Affairs, ACP Kwasi Ofori said.
“The Police has obtained a...
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that from the first quarter of 2022, the Ghana Card will be globally recognised as an e-passport.
He has indicated that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has duly accepted the usage of the cards as e-passport from the second quarter of 2022.
According to the Vice President, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 marked a...
Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Dapaah has entreated people who urinate in gutters to stop because “gutters are not their washrooms”.
The Minister who wants an end to this attitude noted that people are hired to clean the gutters.
Ms Dapaah said, “there are generations in Ghana who think urinating anywhere, anytime is their right, it’s wrong, and we...
The Special Prosecutor has invited the embattled Juaben Municipal Chief Executive nominee, Alex Sarfo- Kantanka, for questioning.
Kissi Agyebeng, in a letter dated November 2, said his outfit has commenced investigations into allegations of corruption and corruption-related offences against the nominee.
Mr Sarfo-Kantanka has failed on two occasions to get the nod from assembly members of the Juaben Municipal Assembly to...
A member of the Prampram Traditional Council, Asafoatse Lartey Bantama IV, has made an urgent request to President Akufo-Addo and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, to impose a curfew on Prampram.
Speaking at a media briefing, he said this will help address the precarious security situation in the area.
A gun attack in the town led to...
About 5 passengers traveling in a bus from Lawra in the Upper West Region were burnt to death when the vehicle caught fire upon reaching Akomadan in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday dawn.
The vehicle which was carrying about 37 passengers as at the time of the accident caught fire after crashing into a stationary vehicle at a Police Check...
About 5 passengers traveling in a bus from Lawra in the Upper West Region were burnt to death when the vehicle caught fire upon reaching Akomadan in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday dawn.
The vehicle which was carrying about 37 passengers as at the time of the accident caught fire after crashing into a stationary vehicle at a Police Check...
