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Bekwai Court sentences cobbler to 15 Years for Armed Robbery
A 26-year-old cobbler, Thomas Opoku, popularly known as Akwasi Dekye, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Bekwai Circuit Court for robbing a nursing student…
Wontumi seeks bail pending appeal of 20-year prison sentence
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi, has applied to the High Court for bail pending the outcome…
“The nation still mourns with you” – Mahama comforts Families of Helicopter crash victims
President John Dramani Mahama has reassured the families of the eight officials who died in the August 6, 2025 military helicopter crash that their loved ones will never…
BECE Results: WAEC refutes bias allegations by Private Schools
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dismissed allegations that it intentionally awards lower grades to candidates from private schools in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), insisting…
“We still mourn” – Widow of Flight Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah reflects on tragic loss
The wife of Flight Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah has delivered an emotional tribute to her late husband and the seven other victims of the August 6, 2025 military…
GNFS confirms two dead, seven injured in Abor Junction accident
Two people have lost their lives while seven others were injured in a road crash involving a Toyota Voxy at Abor Junction on the Mankessim–Accra Highway in the…
Mahama pays tribute to eight officials one year after Military Helicopter crash
President John Dramani Mahama has honoured the memory of the eight state officials who lost their lives in the August 6, 2025 military helicopter crash, saying they set…
Millitary Helicopter Crash Victims Would Be Disappointed Over Galamsey Fight – Prof. Charles Marfo
The Provost of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CoHSS) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Charles Marfo, says the souls of…
University Lecturer criticises government over Galamsey fight one year after Military Helicopter crash
A lecturer at KAAF University, Dr Eric Bempong, has expressed disappointment in the government’s handling of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, one year after eight public officials…
“How did he suddenly become sick?” – Asiedu Nketiah questions Afrifa’s condition after arrest
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has questioned the events surrounding the arrest of media personality and New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary…