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June 13, 2024

Apuwongo bridge collapses, commuters remain stranded

The only bridge that connects Apuwongu and Dua communities through Yikene to the district capital of the Bongo district in the Upper East Region has collapsed.

The collapse of the bridge occurred after a heavy storm on Tuesday left commuters travelli…

Plastic is everywhere in Ghana’s marine waters – Researcher

Mr Jens Otto Krakstad, a Senior Researcher with the Institute of Marine Research in Norway, and Cruise Leader for the Research Vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, has revealed that plastic is seen almost everywhere in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire marine waters.

M…

Women urged to advocate for sustainable mining practices

Dr Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo, President of Women in Mining (WIM) Ghana, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the welfare of women in mining, has urged women in the mining sector to advocate for sustainable mining practices.

Speaking at the…

Court orders arrest of Welder charged with defilement

An Adentan Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of Ferguson Manu Tuckson, 31-year-old Electric Welder for failing to appear before it.

Tuckson was expected to open his defence in a defilement case on Wednesday but failed to turn up.

Prosecution, led…

14-year-old conquers monstrous python in sugarcane farm

Fourteen-year-old Master Kwame Junior on Tuesday valorously conquered a monstrous 14-foot python on a sugarcane plantation at Benyadze, near Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region on Tuesday.

The young boy’…

President Akufo-Addo backs Ghana hosting Africa Cinema Summit 2024

The ‘Africa Cinema Summit 2024’ is to be hosted in Ghana under the patronage of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo.

The National Film Authority (NFA) of Ghana and Silverbird Cinemas are the other supporting institutions of the event, which aims to…