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An Accra District Court on Wednesday, 26 July remanded Kwodjo Fordjour, a driver, to police custody after police retrieved late Major Adam Mahama’s phone from his room at Denkyira-Boase.Briefing the court, Detective Inspector Simeon Appiosornu told the court that they retrieved the phone from Kwodjo’s room at Denkyirea-Boase when they …

In a last ditch effort to avoid the possibility of a jail term, Mawarko branch manager Jihad Chabaan standing trial for assaulting a caterer has secured an opportunity to settle out of court. “My client Marwako wants to settle this thing and put this matter behind us. We don’t want …

In our series of letters from African journalists, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why some Nigerian women have gone back to the militant Islamists who abducted them. When news emerged that some of the Chibok schoolgirls, abducted by Boko Haram in 2014, had declined to return home with the batch …

Most parents will know that while birthing plans are great, they rarely go to plan. Labour isn’t predictable. Things change. Emergencies happen. That was the case for 31-year-old birth photographer, Katie Gaeta. She planned to give birth at the hospital, but ended up welcoming a daughter in the parking lot …

Two persons have died while thousands have been displacement following hours of torrential rains on Tuesday in parts of the Northern Region. Schools and hospitals have been submerged by the flooding, according to Joy News Correspondents. Some of the communities severely affected include Dohinayile, Jakarayili, Fou, Taha, and Sawaba. One of …

Scores of female army recruits hopefuls have had their dreams of defending the country by land, sea or air dashed after they were rejected due to the plus size of their breast and buttocks. The Ghana Armed Forces which is currently recruiting personnel, disqualified such ladies during the documentation and …

The Supreme Court on Monday, July 24, permitted businessman, Alfred Woyome, to take a break from his oral examination to take some drugs as he claimed he was sick.Mr Woyome’s lawyer Ken Anku requested the court to grant his client permission to take his medication.Mr Woyome appeared in court on …

The Atewa Forest Reserve, one of the two remaining upland evergreen forests in Ghana, is the source of three major rivers (Densu, Ayensu and Birm) in Ghana. These rivers provide water to over 5 million Ghanaians for their domestic, agricultural and industrial use. On the 25th of June, 2017, the Vice President of …

Four bodies have been retrieved from a galamsey pit at Pentransa in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality in the Ashanti Region.The illegal mining pit collapsed on Sunday night killing small-scale miners who were within its belly at the time. It is not clear how many more people have been trapped …

Forestry Commission officials in Ashanti Region are patting themselves on the back for what they claim is victory in the fight against illegal mining. Acting Regional Manger of Forestry Services Division, Isaac Noble Eshun, is full of praise for stakeholders. He says perseverance and resilience of personnel, as well as …