Day: October 20, 2025

Accra: Mr Aaron Beteryel, the grand prize winner of the 2025 ‘Cowbell Coffee-with you every moment’ promotion, has been awarded a brand-new Suzuki Jimny vehicle as the grand prize winner in the promotion. The 23-year-old graduate of the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS), a native of the Upper West Region, expressed his surprise and excitement over winning the vehicle, describing it as an unexpected life-changing event. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr Beteryel shared his journey to winning the grand prize during a media interview in Wa. He recounted how he became interested in

Pavuu: ActionAid Ghana (AAG) has encouraged community members benefiting from the Community Action Plans (CAPs) intervention to take ownership and care of the water facilities provided to ensure their sustainability and service for future generations. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. John Nkaw, the Country Director of ActionAid Ghana, emphasized the importance of maintaining these facilities during a monitoring visit to project sites in the Lawra Municipality. The visit was part of his working tour in the Upper West Region, where projects such as hand-pump boreholes, mechanized water systems, conservation agriculture demonstration sites, agroforestry, dams, and irrigation facilities were observed.

Asante akropong: A 45-year-old self-styled prophetess has been jailed five years by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District for stealing personal belongings and cash valued at GHC 27,270 at Asante Abuakwa. Ama Salifu, who is also a trader, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing and was convicted on her own plea, by the court presided by Mrs. Gloria Mensah Bonsu. According to Ghana News Agency, Police Chief Inspector Evans Ayimbisa, presenting the facts of the case to the court, described the convict as a confident trickster. On April 17, this year, the convict met

Tweapease-aboo: Residents of Tweapease-Aboo in the Ashanti Region have been left in shock and fear following the arrest of two young men in the vicinity, allegedly involved in the murder and robbery of a 20-year-old, Kofi Mensah. According to Ghana News Agency, the suspects, identified as Solomon Opoku and Collins Aboagye, were arrested through intelligence-led police operations after several days of meticulous investigation by the Ashanti South Regional Police Command. Police reports state that the two suspects attacked and killed the victim on October 06, 2025, and escaped with his Haojin motorbike. The suspects’ capture was facilitated when Solomon Opoku

Accra: The residents of Kpale-Xorse in the Ho West District have renewed calls for justice following the gruesome killing of one of their own, Delali Kodzo Adovor. A farmer was found dead and buried in a shallow grave near his farm earlier last month. According to Ghana News Agency, Bishop Victor Goldsmith, who led the delegation from the community, described the death as ‘an irreplaceable loss’ and appealed to state authorities to ensure that all those behind the murder are brought to justice. “Our brother’s death is a huge loss to the community. He was deeply involved in every communal

Sunyani: About 42 new HIV infections are recorded among the adult and children population in the country every day, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) 2024 National and Sub-National HIV estimates and projections have revealed. Presently, the nation has 334,721 persons living with HIV, comprising 105,460 males representing 31.5 per cent and 229,261 females, representing 68.5 per cent. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim Bimbilla, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Technical Coordinator of the GAC, highlighted the significance of HIV estimates data for planning and understanding the magnitude of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the country.

Sunyani: The Global Media Foundation (GloMeF), a media advocacy non-governmental organisation, has expressed concern about barriers and existing disparity in the nation’s justice delivery system. The foundation, which works to promote social justice, transparency, and all-inclusive development, noted that “exorbitant legal fees” denied the vulnerable population equal access to justice delivery. According to Ghana News Agency, GloMeF has called on the Ghana Bar Association, Judicial Service, and the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department to take concrete steps to make legal services easily accessible, more affordable, and efficient for the ordinary class. The foundation emphasized that charging exorbitant legal