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The Nkawie Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Joshua Semenyo, has urged the youth, especially students in the Cadet Corps, to refrain from drug abuse. According to him, drug abuse not only destroys their health but can also lead to their disqualification from joining the security services. Chief Superintendent Semenyo made the appeal during a joint health walk and aerobics exercise …

Some tomato farmers at Agogo in the Asante Akim North Municipal,Ashanti Region have been apprehended by the police for allegedly using deadly chemicals to artificially ripen tomatoes. One of them, a farmer identified as Handyman, was picked up by the Agogo Police Service for inducing false ripening of tomatoes with harmful chemicals. About 50 bowls of tomatoes, each valued at …

About 7 illegal miners are feared dead following the collapse of a galamsey pit at Akyem Asaman Tamfoe in the Eastern Region on Sunday, August 30, 2026. According to reports, the mining pit had previously been worked on and abandoned. However, some illegal miners reportedly entered the abandoned pit to undertake what is locally referred to as “surplus” mining when …

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE TANO NORTH MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 29th August, 2026 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT EXTENDED TO DUMAKWAI, SANTASI, ADONGO (PONWAAKROM), BOMAA POULTRYMU, BINCHIMU, AND ADINKRAMU IN TANO NORTH MUNICIPALITY PROMISE DELIVERED: COMMUNITIES TO BE CONNECTED TO THE NATIONAL GRID The Office of the Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Pius Opoku, wishes to inform the general …

Residents of Kubi, a sub-town in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region, are appealing to the government and other stakeholders to urgently address the poor network connectivity in the community. According to the residents, the lack of reliable mobile network has become one of the major challenges affecting their daily activities and development. They explained that the situation …

A 25-year-old man from Subriso in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region is demanding justice after he was allegedly beaten to near death at Mfante-Asikam-Ashiaman. The victim, identified as Ibrahim Hayford, told reporters that he and his brother Ishmael had taken what they believed to be gold to a small-scale mining (galamsey) gold refinery at Asikam to …

A 30-year-old man has been apprehended by residents at Djomoa in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region for allegedly stealing livestock. The suspect an ex-convit , identified as Kofi Daniel, also known as Okorley, was found in possession of three goats and a sheep. According to residents, when he was first confronted, Okorley claimed he was going …

The National Deputy Chairman of the Quran Recitation Affairs Committee, Dr. Abdul-Razak Mohammed Issahak, has appealed to government, the National Chief Imam and Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to investigate an individual who he alleges picks Nigerians from Nigeria and sells Ghana’s slots to them. According to Dr. Abdul-Razak, the said person secures Ghanaian passports for the Nigerians to represent …

The drivers and Traders at the Koforidua-Kumasi station have called on President John Dramani Mahama to dismiss the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the New Juaben South Municipal Assembly, Ransford Boakye. They alleged that he [Ransford Boakye] has conspired with some people in the Municipality to give a portion of the station to one of the mobile telcos to mast …

Ghanaian parents are charged to lead the Advocacy in combating the spree of drug addiction among youth in Ghana. At the Convention organised by Divine Healers Church at the Jackson Park, Koforidua in the Eastern, the Chief executive officer for Willingway Recovery and Rehabilitation Centre, Mrs. Lydia Abena Manu Adofo called on parents to focus on their parental roles in …