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None of Ghana’s commercial trains in operation  are insured, TV3 can confirm. This is because the laws establishing the motor vehicle insurance do not make it compulsory for commercial trains to be insured unlike commercial and private vehicles. The Motor Vehicle Third Party Insurance Act (Act 42) of 1958 Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) makes insurance of trains optional. This means passengers who use the trains to commute from Tema to Accra and Nsawam to Accra daily risk their lives in the event of any injury or accident. On Monday an Accra-bound train from Tema derailed at Tesano, injuring four…

Voluptuous award-winning Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson, who turned 33 years today, has revealed how apprehensive she was to undergo a “major surgery” this year in a newly released story of her life titled “I’m a Survivor”. The actress explained she resolved to make the surgical procedure a private matter because she couldn’t trust that “anyone would quite understand the range of emotions,” she had to go through ahead of the operation. She said despite being strong and the reassurances from family, friends and doctors, she went through emotional trauma, especially in the last minute mainly because “a successful surgery, however…

A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress, Abaraham Amaliba, wants government to merge the Ministry of Railways Development with the Ministry of Roads and Highways, arguing the establishment of the former is unjustifiable. Mr Amaliba said he did not see the justification in the establishment of the Railways Development Ministry by the Akufo-Addo-government especially so when the country does not have active railway system. President Akufo-Addo created the Ministry to among other things, see to the completion of the Boankra inland port project and the Eastern Railway Line. The project which is a Public Private Partnership…

Fifteen suspected criminals, including four persons said to be armed robbers, have been rounded up by the Police in the Central Region in a latest effort by the Police to rid the region off criminal activities. They were arrested from their various hideouts during what the Police termed ‘strategic swoop’ in the Cape Coast metropolis and Kasoa among other places in the region. They include Ebenezer Aban, 20yrs; Joseph Yevugah, 25; Bashiru Abdlai, 19; Flex Adjei, 17; Emmanuel Anane, 27; David Basayia, 23; Kwasi Mensah, 23; and Richard Mensah, 25. Police found on them 123 pieces of wrapped substances suspected…

Government has offered to pay the medical bills of all persons injured in Monday’s train derailment at Tesano in Accra that left some passengers injured, the Ministry of Railways Development has announced. A three-member committee has meanwhile been set up to look into what caused the Accra-bound train from Tema to derail as well as make recommendations on how to prevent further future incidents. READ: Accra-bound train derails, leaves scores injured The committee, chaired by Deputy Railways Minister, Kwaku Agyenim-Boateng, is also tasked to recommend when the Accra-Tema rail line, which has been closed since Monday, should be reopened for…

Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Osei Assibey Antwi has tasked all Town Council members to remove unapproved structures and kiosks scattered across the metropolis. He expressed worryy about the increasing number of kiosks in Kumasi, which he said has significantly contributed to congestion in the city. “Thirty 30 years back, you can’t count this number of kiosks on our streets but now all our streets are full of unapproved structures and kiosks even places which were not meant for kiosks have now taken over by kiosks and is your duty to clear this structures” He said Kumasi…

A Circuit Court Judge in Kumasi, Mrs. Lydia Osei Marfo, has cautioned Senior High School (SHS) girls against uncontrolled pre-marital sexual practices. She reminded the girls to be wary of irresponsible men who might lure them with gifts with the intention of having sexual intercourse and impregnating them. She gave the advice when she addressed form one students of the Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) Girls SHS at an orientation ceremony at Kenyase in the Asutifi North District of Brong-Ahafo Region. It was organised by the Past OLA Girls Association-Kenyase (POGA-K). Mrs. Marfo who is a past student of the…

A court in South Africa has postponed the sentencing of two white farmers found guilty of kidnapping, assault and intent to do grievous bodily harm after they shoved a black man in a coffin and threatened to set him on fire. Sentencing proceedings were heard at the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday for several hours. Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Jackson were found guilty of six out of seven charges in August 2017, but the decision was postponed until Friday. Judge Segopotje Mphahlele said she needed more time. The courtroom was packed with activists and representatives from some of the major…

A university in north-west Nigeria is hiring snake charmers to eradicate the danger of fatal snake bites on campus. Zainab Umar, a final-year economics student at Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University in Katsina state, died last week after a snake bite. The dean of student affairs, Suleiman Kankara, said charmers had been hired before after snake reports. Snake charming is commonly practiced in south Asian countries but also in parts of Africa. Against medical advice, Ms Umar was taken away by her friends and her brother from the university clinic where she had been receiving treatment, Mr Kankara added. Snake charmers…

A university in north-west Nigeria is hiring snake charmers to eradicate the danger of fatal snake bites on campus. Zainab Umar, a final-year economics student at Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University in Katsina state, died last week after a snake bite. The dean of student affairs, Suleiman Kankara, said charmers had been hired before after snake reports. Snake charming is commonly practiced in south Asian countries but also in parts of Africa. Against medical advice, Ms Umar was taken away by her friends and her brother from the university clinic where she had been receiving treatment, Mr Kankara added. Snake charmers…