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Children and the aged at the Central Regional town of Denkyira-Obuasi where a military officer was murdered Monday have been abandoned in a Church. The immediate past District Chief Executive for Upper Denkyira West, Ambruce Amoah, who revealed this Tuesday said the children and the aged were abandoned by their parents and relatives as they fled the town for fear of reprisal. A team of security personnel made up of the police and the military are currently looking for food to feed them, Mr Amoah said on Onua FM’s ‘Mantem Mpuntuo’ Tuesday. “Children who have been left by their parents…

Like the air we breathe, they have become hard to do away with whenever the clock ticks 7pm on weekdays. Indeed,  news on television in Ghana has been completely ‘taken over’ by Alfred Ocansey and Natalie Fort. Not only do they exhibit much intelligence during analyses and interviews, but dazzle on our screens with style and professionalism. These two without a doubt have brought a new dimension to News360 with their unique presentation styles which add to the informative package News360 brings to its viewers in Ghana and across the globe. Natalie has a lot of hobbies which include playing…

Operators of the popular tricycles, known ass “Mahama Camboo”, in the Bolgatanga municipality are calling on the Upper East Regional Security Council to lift the one month curfew on the use of the tricycles at night. The REGSEC two weeks ago imposed a 7:00pm to 6:00am curfew on the commercial use of the tricycles in the municipality in an effort to check the abuse of the tricycles which have become the main form of transportation for the people. The REGSEC’s ban was necessitated by the fact that some some criminals have been using it the tricycles for armed robbery while operators…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated emphatically that persons involved in the dastardly murder of a captain of the Ghana Armed Forces on national duties on Monday morning would not be spared. Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama was brutalised and burnt to death by a mob who claimed they mistook him for an armed robber when they saw him jogging with his pistol at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central region. “No one involved in his murder will go free,” President Akufo-Addo said in a tweet on Tuesday as he consoles the family of Captain Mahama “on their tragic loss”. “I assure…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has in accordance with Article 76 (1) of the 1992 constitution named 19 of his appointees as cabinet ministers. This comes at a time, a section of the public, especially members of the opposition are questioning the President’s inability to live up to such an important constitutional requirement almost six months after taking over power. But on the floor of the house today, the Speaker of Parliament read a communication from the Presidency naming his cabinet which includes Alan Kyeremanteng, Ken Ofori Atta and Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey. Missing on the list are Senior Minister, Osafo Maafo; Communication…

Ghana’s Attorney General has justified the freeing of two persons who were being tried for the murder of one of the country’s members of parliament, stating the action was necessary in view of further investigations into the February 9, 2016 incident. The AG, Ms Gloria Akuffo, said the freed alleged killers of the MP for Abuakwa North in the Eastern Region, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, will be re-arrested and the case reopened. “They will be apprehended and investigations will be reopened,” she said Tuesday, few hours after the two persons were freed by the Accra High Court. The discharge of the…

Former President John Mahama has expressed his condolence to the family of the army captain who was murdered in cold blood by a mob on Monday following a mistaken identity. Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama was mistaken for an armed robber while jogging with his pistol tucked to his body around 8:30 in the morning at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central region. But the residents thought he was an armed robber, accosted and lynched him: pictures and videos have emerged depicting how he was brutalised and burnt to death. Captain M.A Mahama of the 5th Infantry of the Ghana Armed Forces was…

The High Court judge in Kumasi Justice Senyo Amedahe, who was robbed over the weekend, is packing his luggage and other property in preparation to leave the Ashanti Region to safety, accusing the Judicial Service of neglect. He was not around when the burglars attacked and took away his laptop, some documents and an undisclosed amount of money. But he suspects the attackers were after his life, noting that there were more valuable items in his room but were not touched by the supposed robbers who should have had a field day in his absence. He felt let down by the Judicial Service,…

Teacher trainees across the country are to boycott academic activities at their various campuses to demand the immediate release of their feeding grant from government, which they say has been in arrears since three semesters. A statement issued by the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana on Monday asked all members to wear red armband and boycott classes on June 1 and 2 to pressure the government to act. They have also threatened to march peacefully to the Ministry of Education on June 5 should the government fail to release funds for the payment of the feeding grant. “We want to…

Two persons who were being tried for the murder of the member of parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, have been discharged by the Accra High Court. The discharge of the two persons followed a nolle prosequi issued by the Attorney General on Tuesday when the case came up for continuation., our correspondent reports. No reasons were given by the State Attorney who announced in court Tuesday that the AG Department is no more interested in the prosecution of two persons. Calls for fresh investigations It comes at a time when family of the deceased are calling for fresh…