Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister has issued a stern warning to all mmdces and other appointees that her outfit will deal strongly with anyone caught meddling in the affairs of illegal mining and illegal lumbering in the region. She explained, galamsey and illegal lumbering has become a crucial national canker which needed collective efforts to end the menace, this, she said, when achieved would help preserve water bodies and forest reserves to promote development and boost tourism in the country. The Bono Regional Minister noted this when she stormed galamsey sites in the Banda District as part of…
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The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, is on an official visit to the families of individuals who were injured or lost their lives as a result of the violence that characterized the 2020 elections in theTechiman South Constituency. During the visit, he apologised to all affected by the sad events for the impression created that the victims of the violence were armed robbers. While reacting to concerns raised by the families, the Minister stated that no official report had made such an allegation against the victims. He used the opportunity to console the families and apologised to them for the incident.…
A middle-aged man has been shot dead by his friend at Akuapem-Apiredi in the Eastern Region following a confrontation over a Ghc5 debt he owes him. The deceased whose name was given as Ben, a drinking spot operator, was shot twice on his chest by Kwame Dankwa, a 50-year-old hunter who had confronted him to pay his debt. Ben was reported to have refused to pay his creditor, a situation which angered Kwame who pulled a locally manufactured gun and shot him. A resident of the town, Kwabena Ofori told JoyNews, the deceased was pronounced dead on arrival at the…
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president, and a key figure in its independence struggle, has died at the age of 97, his family has confirmed. Kaunda was admitted to a hospital in the capital Lusaka on Monday suffering from pneumonia. His aides said he did not have Covid-19. In the 1950s, Kaunda was a key figure in what was then Northern Rhodesia’s independence movement from Britain. He became president following independence in 1964. As head of the left-leaning United National Independence Party (UNIP), Kaunda then led the country through decades of one-party rule. He stepped down after losing multi-party elections in…
The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has vehemently rejected the assertion that the government has lost the fight against crime. He insists the recent incidents of crime in the country does not mean that crime is on the increase. Reports of robbery attacks with the recent being the killing of a police officer escorting a bullion van in Accra and other criminal activities, have put fear in some citizens, who have called on the government and the security agencies to up their game to arrest the situation. For instance, the Minority in Parliament has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to…
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency and the Minority Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament has described the sudden disappearance of the Finance Minister as ”disappointing”. Mr Okudzeta Ablakwa, has filed an urgent question on the Floor of Parliament seeking responses from the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta on the amount of money spent on the President’s recent three days tour in Europe. On Wednesday, the Minister for Defense was at the Floor of Parliament to respond to one of the two questions filed by the North Tongu Member of Parliament on the air…
A 52-year-old farmer in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region has had his vanished penis returned to him and in its normal state, but it is yet to start functioning. According to the younger brother of Issifu Yeliwa, who narrated the horrific ordeal, they were at the funeral when an unknown person came to them and complained that he was hungry. When they were serving him food to eat, he said the man suddenly touched his senior brother’s manhood. Shortly after that, Mr Yeliwa’s manhood vanished. Speaking in an interview with Adom News’ Obrempongba K Owusu, the brother…
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is to leave after a 16-year spell in which he won 22 trophies, the club said on Wednesday. Real said there would be an “act of tribute and farewell” to Ramos on Thursday in the presence of club president Florentino Perez. Ramos, 35, has struggled with injuries this season and has played just five times since the start of the year. His 21 appearances for Real Madrid in all competitions is his lowest in 15 seasons playing for the club. Ramos signed for Real from Sevilla in 2005 for 27 million euros at the time,…
The inauguration of the newly elected Assembly Members was slated to commence yesterday, Wednesday, June 16 at exactly 2:00pm. After a successful inauguration of the newly elected Assembly members, the Municipal Chairperson of the Electoral Commission described the modalities for conducting the election in accordance with article 244(2) of the 1992 constitution. After this, assembly members were given the chance to vote and they voted accordingly. Sorting and counting was done and the election was declared with non of the aspirants being able to secure two-thirds majority of the votes cast. This created resistance from the Special Aide of the…
Stanley Eguma is the longest serving coach in the Nigerian professional football league. Police in South-East Nigeria have confirmed the alleged kidnapping of Rivers United coach Stanley Eguma. In a statement, the police in Enugu state say he was abducted on 15 June on his way back from an away match against Adamawa United played in Gombe state, northern Nigeria. The police say two men travelling with Eguma alerted them to the ambush by armed men. They say the vehicle they were travelling in was forced to the side of the road and the pair were then forced out of…