BNI Should Investigate Past BOST MDs Too
Financial analyst Sydney Casely-Hayford has called on the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) to expand its probe into activities at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited...
Tag: Disaster_Accident
Japan Floods Death Toll Rises To 18
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's south has risen to 18, officials said Sunday, as rescue teams continued their search for survivors. Swathes of Kyushu -- the southernmost of...
Wildfires Rage As California Sizzles
The first major wildfires after the end of California's five-year drought raged across the state Saturday as it was gripped by a record-breaking heatwave. Around 2,300 firefighters were battling...
Fire Guts Part of AESL Building, Fire Personnel Protecting GHA Central Server
Fire has ravaged part of the building of Architectural and Engineering Services Limited (AESL) at the Ministries area in Accra. Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service are on the ground trying...
Hundreds Displaced As River Pra Overflows
Over 700 persons living along the banks of River Pra in the Central Region have been rendered homeless following an overflow of the river. Areas largely affected by the floods include Twifo Praso,...
More Heavy Rain Forecast For Japan As Death Toll Rises To 16
Japanese rescue crews took advantage of a break in the weather on Saturday to search for survivors of torrential rain, floods and landslides, as the death toll from several days of freak weather rose...
BOST Issue A Case of ‘fraud, Create, Loot and Share’ – Ex-NDC MP
Former Member of Parliament for Nanton Constituency Ibrahim Mohammed Murtala has lashed out at the Akufo-Addo-led government, saying it is already embroiled in “create, loot and share”. The term...
More Rain Due As Deadly Floods Hit Japan
The death toll from flooding caused by recent heavy rain in southern Japan has risen to at least 15, officials say. Emergency teams are searching for another 15 people who are missing. Rivers burst...
Japan Floods Death Toll Rises To 15
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 15, media reported Saturday, as rescuers continued work to bring out isolated survivors. Raging rivers overflowing with...
Tennis: Venus Driving ‘lawfully’ At Time of Fatal Crash
New evidence shows Venus Williams was driving "lawfully" when she was involved in a deadly car crash that sparked a lawsuit against the tennis star, police in Florida said Friday. An initial police...
NADMO Cries For Help For Victims of River Pra Floods
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has launched an appeal for water receptacles to help provide potable water to residents of Anlo Beach who were hit by floods from River Pra....
Order External Investigations Into BOST Saga
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has called for fresh investigations into the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) contaminated fuel saga. The Executive...
Ghana Goldmine Death Toll Rises To 22
Twenty-two miners have now been declared dead after an illegal goldmine collapsed in western Ghana, police said, increasing the toll from 17. Nsuta district police commander Superintendent Atsu...
Transport of Pigs To Be Banned After Swine Flu Outbreak
The Veterinary Services Department intends to ban the transfer of pigs following reports of an outbreak of Swine flu in parts of the country. According to the department, data available to them...
Why Mass Burial Was Given To 22 Trapped Victims
The Prestea mine collapse victims were given a mass burial as rescue team could not find the 22 trapped persons… The illegal miners who were trapped in a Galamsey pit at Prestea in the Western...
Pakistan Orders Shell To Pay At Least $2.4m After Tanker Fire
Pakistan on Friday ordered Shell Pakistan to pay at least $2.4 million in compensation after more than 200 people were killed when one of its tankers overturned and exploded in a devastating inferno...
Suicide Car Bombers Target Egypt Checkpoint In Sinai
Egyptian security officials said two suicide car bombers on Friday struck a security checkpoint in North Sinai where Islamic State group militants are waging a deadly insurgency. Ambulances raced to...
Japan Nuclear Chief Steps Back From North Korea Remarks
Japan's chief atomic energy regulator has acknowledged it was inappropriate to say it would be "much better" if North Korea dropped a missile on Tokyo rather than on a nuclear plant. Shunichi Tanaka,...
Rescuers Scramble To Find Missing After Japan Floods
Rescuers in Japan are scrambling to find more than 20 people missing after huge floods swept across the country's south this week, killing six and leaving a trail of destruction. Raging rivers...
Panic, Damage After Deadly Philippine Quake
Residents fled their houses in panic overnight on Friday as aftershocks hit the central Philippines a day after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake killed two people and injured at least 72 others,...