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December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

Israel Continues Gaza Onslaught Despite US Envoy’s ‘New Phase Of War’

Israel has continued to pound Gaza despite a senior United States official saying that Tel Aviv has agreed to end widespread bombing and ground operations and move towards precision targeting of Hamas. Despite mounting international calls for restraint, Israel on Friday pressed on

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

Fire Guts House In Kumasi

A self-contained house has been consumed by an inferno at Ohwimasi Hilltop, a plush-looking neighbourhood in Kumasi. The fire started around 9pm and traveled at lightning speed, burning everything that was on its path in the house. What caused the inferno

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

ECOWAS Officially Suspends Niger Over Coup

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc has suspended Niger's membership after the ruling military junta refused to reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Mr Bazoum was overthrown in a military coup in July. ECOWAS said in a statement on Thursday

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

Govt RTI Commitment Unwavering – Oppong Nkrumah

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has reaffirmed government’s steadfast dedication to the full implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2019 (Act 989). Speaking at a public forum on the implementation of the RTI Act in Accra yesterday, Mr.

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

Gender Ministry Outdoors Social Protection Information Management System

The Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection, (MoGCSP) has launch an electronic platform to monitor and evaluate its social protection interventions. The Social Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Management Information System (SP MEMIS), is expected to augment the monitoring and reporting

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023

Male Caterer Jailed 20yrs For Sodomy

The Tarkwa Circuit Court in the Western Region has sentenced a 36-year-old caterer, Isaac Tweneboah Koduah to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for having unnatural canal knowledge with a 30-year-old unemployed man. The convict pleaded guilty to the charge, and the

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023

Israel-Gaza War: What Is The Price Of Peace?

Just getting to the end of the day and surviving the night must feel like a miracle in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians "plead for safety", wrote Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, the main UN relief agency in Gaza, in an "endless,

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023

Man Allegedly Commits Suicide After Losing N2.5m To Betting

A Facebook user identified as Onoh Chukwuma on Tuesday reportedly took his own life by ingesting an insecticide allegedly for losing N2.5m to betting. Onoh had on his Facebook wall posted a message saying that it was his last day on

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023

Ugandan Serial Killer Sentenced To 105 Years In Prison

The High Court in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has sentenced a 25-year-old serial killer to 105 years in prison. Musa Musasizi was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to the murder of three women said to be his girlfriends and a three-month-old girl who was the child of one

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023

Police Exhume Body Of Woman Killed By Son Over GHC500

The remains of a 60-year-old retiree of the Ghana Highway Authority, Mercy Oforiwa, who was allegedly killed by her son, Gideon Asomani has been exhumed in an uncompleted building at Kyekyewere, a suburb of Nyamekrom in the Eastern Region, the police said. Asomani Addo