Minneapolis says goodbye to George Floyd
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US – Hundreds gathered on Thursday for the first of several planned memorials for George Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota last week. The Minneapolis event kicked off a week of services to honour Floyd, whose death on May 25, captured on video, set off protests across the […]
Perjury case against Kelni GVG CEO adjourned to July
The High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Stephen Oppong has adjourned an application for Perjury against the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Kelni GVG to the third of next month. This is to allow the applicant, Francis Kwarteng Arthur, and his lawyers to serve the Respondent with the application. Lawyers for the applicant […]
Ten persons sentenced for violation of COVID-19 restrictions
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced 10 persons, including a Journalist, to a fine of 12,000 cedis each for not complying with the COVID-19 restriction orders. In default they would each serve a four-year-jail term. The convicts were arrested for demonstrating near the private residence of President Akufo-Addo on the 5th of last month. They […]
Police Inspector remanded for alleged involvement in gold robbery
The Obuasi Circuit Court has remanded the Police Inspector who was arrested for his alleged involvement in a gold robbery case at Mmamiriwa in the Obuasi Municipality. Inspector Godwin Mensah, who was attached to the Operation Vanguard, is said to have conspired with another police officer and a driver, who are currently on the run, […]
Go to court if you have evidence of corruption in Saglemi Housing project- Former Minister
Former Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Sampson Ahi has dared the minister of works and housing to proceed to court with his claim that funds for the Saglemi housing project was misappropriated. According to him, the minister’s allegations are false and borne out of mere political propaganda. He denied the claim that 40 percent […]
Parliamentary committee recommends acceptance of EC’s Constitutional Instrument
The Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament has, by a 12-9 majority decision, recommended to Parliament to accept its report on the EC’s Constitutional Instrument (CI 126). The vote means the report will be presented to the Plenary for a full debate prior to the instrument coming into force on June 10. A source told the […]
Taskforce donates seized food items to Sunyani Central Prison
The Sunyani Municipal COVID-19 disease prevention Taskforce has donated food items, mostly raw vegetables to the inmates of the Sunyani Central Prison. The items, including garden eggs, onion, pepper, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, green pepper, okra and a quantity of roasted fish were seized from recalcitrant traders who disobeyed the COVID-19 prevention protocols to […]
#WeAreTired: Nigerian women speak out over wave of violence
There is widespread outrage in Nigeria following the murder of a 22-year-old university student in a church where she was studying in the southern city of Benin. The family of Uwavera Omozuwa, known as Uwa, say she was brutally raped and bludgeoned to death. It is one of several shocking cases in the past week […]
Minister to revoke the license of PFJ fertilizer suppliers
Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has warned fertilizer suppliers of the Planting for Food and Jobs fertilizer to stop smuggling the fertilizer or risk losing license and contracts with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. He said though the PFJ programme had come to ameliorate the plight of farmers in accessing […]
