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The National Insurance Commission and the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service have commenced training of some seventy (70) national service persons who will be assisting MTTD officers in enforcing road traffic regulations. The National Service Secretariat has since 2015 been collaborating with the Ghana Police Service, as some national service persons join MTTD officers in enforcing road traffic regulations. As the verification of insurance stickers forms a key part of the work of officers, the National Insurance Commission has formed a strong partnership with the Police Service where it assists in training national service…

The Management of Radio Ada has given a chilling account of the attack on the station by some unidentified thugs which occurred on Thursday. According to the External Communications Officer for the station, Julius Odoi, one of the presenters who was brutally assaulted during the attack, has suffered an injury to his eye due to the heavy slaps he was subjected to. He made the disclosure on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, on Friday, January 14, 2022. Mr. Odoi said the presenter, Gabriel Korley Adjaotor, received treatment after the incident and was discharged. However, he doesn’t seem as fit as…

A 43-year-old Chinese National whose name has been withheld for security reasons is in the custody of the Nkawkaw Police for accidentally discharging a firearm that hit an eight-year-old boy at Kwahu Apradang in the Eastern Region. According to preliminary investigations from the police, the suspect was repairing the firearm when it accidentally fired towards the direction of the young boy, hitting him in the process. The boy who sustained some injuries was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he’s currently responding to treatment. “He was repairing the pump action gun, and it was pointing at the direction of the…

Three persons have been reported dead following a car crash at Ekumfi Ekotsi in the Central Region after a Sprinter bus with registration number GR 6201-21 burst a tyre and crashed into some bystanders. Several others also sustained various degrees of injuries as a result of the incident. The incident which occurred on the evening of Thursday, January 13, 2022, brings to two, the number of accidents on that stretch since the beginning of the year. One of the three persons is said to be a coconut seller who was waiting for a friend along the road when the unfortunate…

Musah Yussif, 45, has been lynched for sporadically shooting five persons at ‘Agric’, a suburb of Tamale. Mr. Yussif is said to have gone to a funeral ceremony to attack one Kambo Naa. In the process, he rather shot bystanders and injured five of them. Northern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Bernard Baba Ananga told JoyNews that three of the victims are in critical condition on admission at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. The remaining two have been treated and discharged. According Superintendent Ananga, the Police received a distress call that someone came to the funeral grounds with a gun and disturbed…

Legal practitioner, Francis-Xavier Sosu says he will file a medical malpractice lawsuit against St. Dominic Hospital in Akwatia in the Eastern Region to seek damages over the injury of a year old baby. The right hand of the baby is rotting as a result of alleged clinical negligence. The baby boy, a twin was admitted to the facility on November 31, last year, for treatment of a childhood hernia. However, according to the nursing mother, a poorly inserted cannula by a clinician at the hospital led to swelling of the hand of the baby. The condition worsened within a few…

The Ghana National Fire Service has interdicted five of its officers for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of an amount of GH¢30,000 from an accident scene at Konongo in the Ashanti Region. The fire officers were said to have made away with the money after working at the scene of a car crash that led to the death of the paramount chief of Sekyere Kwamang Traditional Area, Barima Bretwum Okyere Bediako II on December 22, 2021. Speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the Fire Service, A.C.F.O. Timothy Osafo Affum, said an internal investigative committee is expected…

President Akufo-Addo launched a GH¢6.1 million Police Emergency Medical Intervention Fund at the Police Hospital on Tuesday. The fund is aimed at providing immediate financial assistance for the medical treatment of Police officers, who get injured in the line of duty. According to President Akufo-Addo, “I have been assured that beneficiaries do not have to go through the usual bureaucracies and the associated delays which have, in the past, resulted, in some cases, in personnel losing their lives whilst awaiting treatment, and the deterioration of medical conditions of some others.” Presenting the first three beneficiaries of the Fund, Chief Inspector…

The Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMTL) has commiserated with victims of the road accident which occurred on January 10, 2022 on the Bibiani – Anhyiaso – Bekwai road. In a statement issued by the company’s Corporate Communications Unit, the MMTL said it has been saddened by the news of the accident, which has claimed 13 lives and left others injured. “On Monday, January 10, 2022, at about 10:00 am, we received some sad news about MMTL bus with registration number AS 7123 – Y being involved in a crash with a Sprinter mini bus with registration number AS 1813 -19…

The Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Titus Beyuo has reiterated that data gathered by health authorities show that the Covid-19 vaccines procured by government are effective and safe for use. His assurance comes to address concerns by the Concerned Ghanaian Doctors who have stated that the vaccines being used in the country are not safe. They contended that recent studies show that the vaccinated are becoming more relevant in the spread of Covid-19. Thus, the vaccine rollout as well as government’s vaccine mandate should be stopped. The group has accordingly petitioned President Akufo-Addo to ensure…