Man, 25 Arrested for Alleged Defilement

The Gushegu District Police Command has arrested one Sulemana Medu, 25, for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl (name withheld) at Pisinga in the Gushegu District of the Northern Region.
The Gushegu District Police Comander, ASP Thomas Tulisi, who confirmed the arrest to D…

Cop Crushed To Death On Tema Motorway

A policeman attached to the Workshop of the Ghana Police Service in Accra has been crushed to death by a motorist on the Accra-Tema motorway.
The deceased identified as Chief Inspector Donnie Ahiable was said to be traveling on his motorbike from Accra to Tema when the unfortunate i…

UN Experts Condemn Ghana’s Anti LGBTQ+ Bill

The United Nations (UN) human rights experts have called on the government of Ghana to reject a proposed anti-gay bill, saying the bill seeks to establish a system of state-sponsored discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community.
A statement from the UN office said the considera…

Volta Chiefs Alarmed Over High Covid-19 Cases

President of Volta Regional House of Chiefs – Togbe Tepre Hoho IV
The Volta Regional House of Chiefs (VRHC) is alarmed at the increasing rate of Covid-19 infections in the region.
To this end, it has issued an alert to its members and residents in the region over the rising cases of in…

Ag. IGP Launches Horse Patrol Operations

As part of efforts to strengthen the resolve of the Police to fight crime, the Acting Inspector-General of Police (Ag. IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare, today launched the Horse Patrol operations at the National Joint Operations Headquarters-Accra.
The patrol, which is part of t…

28 OMCs Failed to Pay Taxes – Audit Report

Some 28 Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) failed to pay an amount totalling GH₵226,942,904.00 in taxes between July 2018 to December 2019 says the Auditor General’s Department.
According to the 2020 Auditor General’s report on the public accounts released by the Department, the taxes were on …