The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), a civil society organization, has advocated the creation of a more conducive educational environment to accelerate the nation’s attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Four. The SDG 4 enjoins countries to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education, while also promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. “In spite of the gains made over …
Officials of Ghana Tourism Authority(GTA) backed by armed police officers have stormed and closed down a hotel in Kumasi where the two kidnapped Canadian volunteers lodged before their abduction. According to the GTA officials, the hotel which has no name situated at Ahodwo near the Golf Park operated without a license and lacked standard security system including CCTV cameras a …
A 47-year-old foreigner with three different passports and a Burkinabe national Identity Card (ID) has been nabbed at the Sunyani Catholic Pastoral Centre on suspicion of being a terrorist. The suspect, Sammy Albetar, who is currently being detained by the Sunyani Municipal Police pending further investigation, initially told the police that he was a Malian but later said he was …
Five persons including a customs officer have been apprehended by the Marine Police, for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of 10 tonnes of containers of tomato paste from the Tema Port. The suspects include a customs officer, two clearing agents, a national security personnel and two traders. So far eight of the containers have been retrieved by the marine …
A team of Canadian security experts have arrived in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, to help find two kidnapped nationals. It followed the visit the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu and the deputy Canadian High Commissioner to Kumasi over the weekend to receive a briefing on investigations into the kidnapping of the women foreigners. The High Commissioner, Heather …
Three persons are said to be in a critical condition after two cars were involved in an accident at Agric Junction at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. This accident happened on Saturday night. According to eyewitnesses it happened at the traffic light interception at Agric junction when an Urvan commercial bus travelling from Tech …
The United Kingdom (UK) has updated its foreign travel advice for British nationals travelling to Ghana, warning that terrorists are likely to try to carry out attacks in the country. The advice published June 7, 2019, adds that localised outbreaks of civil unrest can occur at short notice, and can become violent (sometimes involving weapons). The advice reads: “If you’re …
Police in the Ashanti Region have intensified their search for two Canadian women allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday night, June 4, 2019. The two aged 19, 20, were reported to have been kidnapped by armed men on a driveway at Ahodwo-Nhyiaeso in . They were reportedly held at gunpoint and subsequently bundled into a car around the Kumasi Royal Gulf …
Hundreds of youth at Manso Tontokrom in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region have been rounded up in a dawn swoop by some soldiers, MyNewsGh.com reports. It is, however, unclear what might have necessitated the raid, but an eyewitness who spoke with Kumasi-based Angel FM this morning said it could be linked to a feud over a 75 …
One of the close friends of the late Junior US aka Iron boy has alleged that Shatta Wale was owing Junior US GH¢200,000 before he died According to the friend, Shatta Wale first owed Junior US GH¢150,000 and later GH¢50,000 which he paid none before Junior US died. He made this revelation at the funeral service of Junior US held …
