Police in the Upper East Region has confirmed that the bodies of nine miners trapped in a pit at the Gbane mining site have been recovered. The miners were trapped after the pit they were working in, three nights ago, was inundated with water from a heavy downpour in the Talensi District. A rescue team spent nearly 48 hours pumping water out of the underground mining tunnels in a desperate attempt to locate and rescue the miners. It has now been confirmed that nine of them drowned and their bodies have been found. Meanwhile, a search continues as rescue efforts…
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The community of Sakora Wonoo is in a state of mourning as the mortal remains of the Former CEO of Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie is laid in state. The funeral rites of the politician popularly known as Sir John started this morning at the Sakora Wonoo Junior High School, in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region where residents of the community have lined up this morning to file past his remains. Dignitaries including the President, Nana Akufo-Addo are expected to be at the occasion to pay their last respects later in the day. The mortal remains of…
One of the two dreadlocked boys denied admission into Achimota School, Oheneba Nkrabea, has finally been admitted into the institution on Thursday, June 3, 2021. It follows an Accra High Court ruling that ordered the management of the school to allow the students to enroll. Citi News‘ visit to the school on Thursday, June 3, 2021, confirmed that the student has reported to the school and completed the admission process. The parents of the boy arrived at the school early this morning and submitted the completed admission forms to the school authorities. Oheneba has begun academic work as he has…
The Ghana Police Service has advised robbery victims to formally file complaints on their experiences to the nearest police station. The Service says this will aid in investigations and possible arrest and prosecution of suspected criminals. The advice by the Police follows series of reported cases of robberies along major roads in parts of Accra, some of which are only publicised on social media without any report to the Police. In a statement, the police administration particularly mentioned robbery hotspots including the GIMPA-Legon bypass. Victims are being urged to report to the Legon, Achimota or Airport police station in such…
The Ashanti Regional Chairman for Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA) , Mr. Joseph Mensah said any driver who illegally increases fare should be reported to police for an unauthorized root of increasing fares. In an interview with Nana Kwabena Ampratwum on Silver Omanbapa morning show, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of (PROTOA) Mr Joseph Mensah, noted there are a lot of challenges which is confronting Drivers that needs to be looked up to. He further admonished consistant increase of Fuel, Spare Parts among others things as problems affecting them. He said although, there is a consistent increment of fuel prices but…
The Ashanti Regional Police Command says the 43-year-old man who was shot during a robbery incident at Buokrom Estate in Kumasi has died. According to the police, in the early hours of Tuesday, June 1, 2021, four armed men on a motorbike stormed a non-bank financial agency and stole an amount of GHS 138,000. Speaking to the media at a news conference, the Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Godwin Ahianyo, called on the public to assist them to arrest the culprits. “The armed men in the process shot a customer who was later identified as…
Achimota School has backed down on a decision to freeze the court order to admit the two Rastafarian boys. The school’s board in a statement on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, said it is however committed to an appeal against the ruling of the High Court. It said the decision comes after consultations with two stakeholders on the way forward. “Further to our statement issued on 1st June 2021 on the subject of two Rastafarian applicants, we have been in consultation with other relevant stakeholders to seek the best ways forward, taking into account the interests of all parties,” it said.…
The nominee for Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, has disclosed that the COVID-19 pandemic cost the country about GHS21 billion. The nominee, who served as a deputy Finance Minister in President Akufo-Addo’s first term, made this known when he appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament today, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. According to him, GHS18 billion of the said amount was funded through borrowing, with the remaining amount sourced from grants and the Stabilisation Fund. “COVID-19 cost us [Ghana] about GHS21 billion. Of that amount, about GHS18 billion of it was funded through borrowing, and…
The National Media Commission, NMC, has concluded that the treatment meted out to Citi FM’s Caleb Kudah and the invasion of the media house by national security operatives in May 2021 was wrong. The Commission, in its report, following a petition presented to it by the management of Citi FM and Citi TV over the matter, said all institutions of state must act within the law and use approaches that reflect democratic values. “The National Media Commission has determined that the treatment meted out to Mr. Caleb Kudah by the Ministry of National Security operatives and the subsequent invasion of…
Chief Technology Officer of IT Consortium, Ebow Anamoah-Mensah, has said, although Ghana is gradually becoming a “commonplace” for cashless transactions, it requires a few more years for it to be nationally adapted. In his estimation, it will take Ghana just like any other African country almost two decades to fully operate a cashless economy. “I am sure in the next 20 years, cash will be scarce in a lot of countries including Ghana, and I think Ghana is moving quite quickly towards that stage”, he said. Mr. Anamoah-Mensah said this on the second day of the Citi Business Festival on Wednesday,…