Author: SAMUEL
The police in the Upper West Region have in their grip a 38-year-old woman who stole a one-week-old baby and other valuables belonging to the mother of the baby from the Wa Market, popularly called Kejetia. A statement from the police said the suspect, under the guise of a caretaker, deceitfully lured the mother of the baby on August 10, 2025, to purchase baby diapers in the Wa Market and took advantage of the situation to abscond with the infant and her handbag containing a phone, cash, and other personal effects. However, a swift and coordinated action by the police…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is investigating a case of suspected malpractice after seizing the mobile phone of an invigilator at Armed Forces Senior High Technical School in Accra. The incident unfolded on Monday, August 25, during a monitoring exercise led by WAEC’s Public Relations Officer, John Kapi, as candidates were writing the Social Studies paper in the ongoing WASSCE. The invigilator, Bright Amoah, a Visual Arts tutor at the school, was allegedly found with a phone in violation of strict examination rules. Upon inspection, the device was discovered to contain answers to the Oral English and Picture Making…
Ahead of the September 2, 2025, by-election in Akwatia, Eastern Region, the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has scheduled a meeting with chiefs in the area to discuss their needs and ensure that the government addresses them. In a meeting with the chiefs and elders of Akwatia on Sunday, August 24, 2025, the chief of staff indicated that the chief, with his representatives, should meet him at the Jubilee House, where they will table all their needs to the respective ministers in charge, and he will ensure all their demands are met. The Chief of Staff, who was in the…
Former Vice President and 2024 NPP flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has thrown down the gauntlet to his rivals in the party’s upcoming leadership race, urging them to compete based on vision, policies, and proven achievements rather than divisive rhetoric. Addressing the NPP New York 33rd Anniversary celebration on Sunday, August 24, Dr Bawumia said the future of the party and Ghana required leadership defined by integrity and competence, not tribal or religious propaganda. “If you want to contest me, come with a vision, come with your ideas, come with your track record, come with your integrity, and let us decide,”…
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has brushed off criticisms from unions questioning his handling of the Ridge Hospital incident and his credibility for the role. Speaking on Hot Issues with Keminni Amanor, Mr. Akandoh said his track record speaks for itself. “I always tell people to judge me by what I am doing at the moment. I have been a ranking member of the health committee for about seven years, a member of parliament for four terms, and a deputy minister before. “If this is not competence, I don’t know what competence is,” he argued. The Minister added that while he respects…
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has defended his decision to establish a committee to investigate the Ridge Hospital incident involving Ralph Saint Williams, also known as Ralph De Fellow Ghanaian The Health Minister said the matter had two dimensions—alleged assault and alleged medical delays—and therefore required a broader probe. “There has been an alleged assault, and then there has been an allegation of delay in attending to patients. “The nurses or doctors may also have reasons. I am not, at this point, willing to go into triage or emergency processes—that’s why the committee is sitting,” Mr. Akandoh explained on Hot Issues with…
Social media activist Ralph seems to have resorted to the deities to seek justice in the incident that took place at Ridge Hospital. He is denying assaulting a nurse when he and some other men stormed the emergency unit of the hospital a week ago. In a video shared via social media, the activist is seen with some traditionalists who were slaughtering a goat to some gods to fight for justice on his behalf. Meanwhile Rejoice Tsotso Bortei, a nurse at the Greater Accra Regional (Ridge) Hospital who was assaulted during a violent incident involving relatives of a patient on…
Mustapha Gbande, Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has accused the former Nana Akufo-Addo-led administration of fueling the illegal mining menace that continues to plague Ghana’s rivers and forests. Gbande argued that much of the environmental destruction could have been avoided if the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government had enforced proper reclamation practices. “Do they think Ghanaians did not know that Akufo-Addo incentivized illegal mining? No control. The lands minister didn’t have any plan. When they brought up a scheme called Green Ghana, they said we should go and plant trees. Let them show where they planted…
Police in the Eastern South Region have arrested ten people and seized nine firearms in a series of security operations in Akwatia ahead of the by-election. The weapons — eight pump-action guns and one locally made single-barrel gun — were recovered between August 22 and 23 through snap checks and targeted raids to curb illegal arms possession before the polls. Among the arrests, police near St. Dominic Hospital intercepted Bernard Kumi Ofosu with a pump-action gun and cartridges. Though he presented a licence, the weapon is under verification. At Akwatia Y-Junction, officers picked up Joshua Amenuku with cartridges, later finding…
Five people have been killed and six others were injured in a violent land dispute at Gbiniyiri, a farming community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region, early Sunday morning. According to District Chief Executive Sinkina Saaka, the clash began after the community chief sold land to a private developer. When the developer attempted to start work, some residents resisted. Tensions escalated further when the chief and his son visited the site and were physically attacked. Three of the injured are in critical condition, while security forces have since been deployed to restore calm. Source:Lovinghananews.com Thanks for reading…