Parliament has approved a €55,000,000 million Credit Facility between the Government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank AG, London, for the rehabilitation of the Kumasi inner ring roads. The credit facility would cover the rehabilitation of the Kumasi inner ring roads and Adjacent Streets Project the first phase covers 100kms of road. Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, Chairman of the Finance Committee, …
Can we say no medium of transportation is safe anymore? When we use roads, accidents occur either naturally, through careless driving, poor conditions of roads among several others. Using aircraft also comes with its own risks; recently, there was an Ethiopian airplane crash which occurred 6 minutes after it took off from Ethiopia, heading to Kenya. It was recorded that …
Akwasi Aboagye, a 21-year-old mason caught in possession of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis, has been granted bail in the sum of GHC 30,000.00 by a Kumasi Circuit Court. The court presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsenkyire, did not take the plea of the suspect who is expected to reappear on June 18. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) A.B. …
It has emerged that an explosive weapon was found among the arsenal of the kidnappers of the two Canadian ladies rescued on Wednesday. Pro-government newspaper, Daily Guide, reports on Friday, June 14 that besides the grenade, the kidnappers had an assortment of firearms “which were kept for defensive and offensive purposes.” Already, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said during a …
DGN Online has gathered that the Nigerians arrested in connection with the kidnappings of the two Canadian women are believed to be behind the kidnapping of the Indian businessman in Kumasi a few weeks ago. DGN Online is also informed that the ringleader of the Nigerians involved in the kidnapping, Aghaor Sampson, has since been arrested. In April 2019, police …
A 14-year-old Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidate is reported missing in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, missing four papers. Valerian Osei-Nyarko who visited his father in Koforidua, was put in a bus last Saturday to return to Kumasi where he has been staying with the aunt, to begin the BECE but was said to have got down from bus …
The private hostel hostel where the two kidnapped Canadian women were lodging prior to their abduction has been closed down for operating illegally. Officials of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in the Ashanti Region, assisted by police, yesterday locked up the hostel, which has not registered to provide accommodation in accordance with the law. The Ashanti Regional Manager of the …
The leader of a robbery gang, Richard Adarkwaa has disclosed that he was slapped with a 15-year sentence and currently languishing in the Sekondi Central Prison without getting his share of GH¢900 the robbery operation he led. The convict said he would have died a useless death if a Samaritan had not rescued him from an angry mob who were …
The two Canadian nationals who were abducted last week have been rescued. A team of top national security operatives rescued the duo from the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle at a hideout at slums in Kumasi. The four kidnappers who are all Nigerian nationals have also been arrested after the standoff between them and the rescuing force. They are …
MyNewsGh.com can exclusively report that the two Canadians who were kidnapped last week have been rescued according to a police source in Kumasi. They were reportedly rescued on Wednesday morning in a suburb of Kumasi by a police SWAT team our source revealed. It is gathered that the driver of the vehicle used for the kidnapping who is a mechanic …
