The Police through sustained intelligence-led operation over a nine week period have arrested four armed robbery suspects in who were involved in a robbery attack that led to the death of two people at Asaman Tamfoe in the Eastern Region on 27-05-2022. The robbers, numbering seven, attacked a gold buying company in the town, Shot and killed the security man on duty and robbed the company of an unspecified amount of money. While attempting to escape, they also shot one other person who later died.
Social media (Twitter) went haywire yesterday, following the banner story of The Chronicle captioned “Beware! The Sachet Water you consume May Contain Shit.” Ghanaians expressed mixed reactions over the health alert raised by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). Whilst others were utterly surprised over the development, others claimed to have been in the known. Others also described the headline by The Chronicle as ‘wild’. Francis Kokutse, one of the respected senior journalists
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) has inaugurated a 9-member National Planning committee to spearhead the Green Ghana Project. The committee is made up of representatives from the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development; Ministry of Roads & Highways; The Forestry Commission; The Ghana Highway Authority; The Department of Urban Roads; The Department of Parks and Gardens; Zoomlion Ghana Limited and Mullen Lowe. The overarching objective of this Project
The Ministry for Gender, Children and Social Protection may soon have a substantive Minister and a Deputy, barring any parliamentary block. According to a statement by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, yesterday, President Akufo-Addo nominated Adwoa Safo’s deputy, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, as the substantive Minister, and Francisca Oteng Mensah as the Deputy. The Eugene Arhin press release yesterday added that, “The President is hopeful that Parliament will expedite
A Pastor and his wife have been arraigned before court for allegedly swindling about 875 persons in the sum of GH¢23,773,950. Pastor Kelvin Elson Godson, also known as Kelvin Kwasi Kobiri, is the Founder and General Overseer of the Zoe Outreach Embassy Church, and his wife, Sabina Elson Godson, were put before the court yesterday. The two were charged with 40 counts of conspiracy to defraud and defrauding by false pretences, and one count of money laundering, but have pleaded not guilty to all the
The entire Kroboland in the Eastern Region has been plunged into total darkness by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), following the accusation that some residents have tampered with the company’s system. The ECG, which recently, with the aid of the military installed prepaid meters on buildings, cut off power supply at about 10:30pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2022. Although the decision has received several condemnation from a section of the public, as it is the second time since December 2021
The Emmanuel Addo Fan Club has paid the full cost of the hospital bills for Doris Yonyeh, a 14-year-old student of Krobo Junior High School Form Two student in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region. She suffered a brain tumor and received treatment at the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, but was detained for one-and-a-half months after being discharged, till Mr. Emmanuel Addo, Founder and President of the Fan Club, got wind of the plight of the little girl. Mr. Simon
The Presidential Adviser on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, has said the fulfillment of campaign promises such as Free Senior High School (SHS), 1 District 1 Factory (1D1F), Planting for Food and Jobs, construction of good roads, and massive improvements in healthcare delivery should merit, at least, another mandate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He said even though the current economic crisis facing the government was a function and effects of the COVID -19 pandemic, the NPP government was
In a book titled “Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States,” the Author, Professor Erin Metz McDonnell, outlined three levels of lessons that could be learnt or incorporated into managing effective civil/public institutions’ bureaucracies and outcomes. Prof McDonnell identified these lessons – small group culture, ‘slack’ and small wins, and management style – through research conducted in Ghana. The book was launched on the Ghana Centre
The Ashanti Regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has re-arrested an imposter who once paraded himself as a staff of the company and thus extorted monies from unsuspecting customers for the same offence. Christian Asare was arrested on June 11, 2022 for parading himself as staff of the company and extorted monies from customers in a bid to help them solve their electricity or meters problems. Mr. Gideon Kwame Otto, acting Manager, Ashanti South Business Unit of the company, explained
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