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A two-year-old girl has met her untimely and painful death through a weird and bizarre  accident on a hot afternoon. The toddler, whose name is yet to be known  was painfully run over after falling off a trotro  same  she was on board at Essipong, near Sekondi in the Western Region. The accident occurred on Tuesday, April 3, at about 1:00pm during a trip from Shama to Sekondi. The police report, which has been sighted by N ews Hub , indicates that the child who was seated between the mother and the driver’s mate fell out of the vehicle when the driver’s mate slid open the door at a bus stop. After falling off, the rear tyre of the car ran over her. She sustained injuries and was rushed to the St. Benedict Hospital for treatment and later referred to Effia -Nkwanta Regional Hospital for further treatment. But she died shortly on arrival at the hospital, and her body has deposited at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting an autopsy. The car invol...

Former President of the republic of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings has spoken in the wake of the address to the nation Thursday night by President Akufo-Addo on the controversial US military deal. The former President said the President’s speech was ‘hard’ but ‘important and timely.’ As has become his style of late, he took to Twitter to make his views known, and noticeably, he took a marked different route from his party, NDC who have accused the President of using the speech to flay them and to call into question their patriotism. In the “stateman tweet” MYNEWSGH.com saw from his page, he called for a review of particular areas of the agreement that is a bone of contention to build consensus. He wrote: “Though the President’s address was hard, it was important and timely to hear him and the American Ambassador (earlier) affirm that there would be no military base established in Ghana. That was my major concern in my initial reaction to news of the agreement. The spirit of co-o...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in collaboration with the Pharmacy Council and the Ghana Police Service on Friday arrested 14 fake drug peddlers at Dome, Achimota and the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The drug peddlers made up of 11 men and three women were arrested for selling unregistered aphrodisiacs, analgesics, antibiotics, Tramadol, codeine containing cough syrup and other toxic medicines to the public. Some of the local aphrodisiacs seized from the suspects included: AK 47, Magic Gel, Cobra 150, Tiger 150, Tramadol, Magic Snow Vita and Super Sex Machine. Mr Vigil Edward Prah-Ashun, the Head of Drug Market Surveillance, FDA said the FDA had intelligence reports that some people around Dome, Kisiman, Avenor and Circle were engaged in the use of Tramadol and codeine containing cough syrup. He said the swoop was necessitated by the increasing incidence of illegal trading in pharmaceuticals. He said the practice was dangerous as the untrained people selling the drugs...

The Executive Director for Media Response, Mr. Samuel Dodoo is urging journalists to specialize in reporting on migration and produce more news items on migration in their news bulletin. This he says  forms part of effort to discourage irregular migration and provide credible information to promote regular migration among the teaming Ghanaian youths. Mr Dodoo bemoan Ghanaian journalists penchant to generate news stories more on political related issues  at the expense of other delicate socio- economic issues, and this has been the bed rock of our challenges as a country” “Most journalists in this country focus on general and political stories at the expense of sensitive social issues like irregular migration. Just a handful of journalists have specialized In   reporting on socio- economic issues and this has hinder the progress of this country has most important issues which journalists are to bring to light   remain    hidden” he said The ...

  A year after the inauguration of the train shuttle service between Sekondi and Takoradi, the Ghana Railway Company (GRC) is yet to break even due to low patronage of the service by commuters.  The GRC is currently operating at a loss and its income is not enough to meet liabilities such as the salaries of workers, fuel and maintenance costs. The service, which is expected to run throughout the day, night and weekends, currently operates only morning and evening sessions between Monday and Friday, with cabins mostly empty or half full. The low patronage has also been attributed to the direction of development of the city, which is heading inland as against the operations of the shuttle which are limited to the coast — from the Takoradi Harbour to Kojokrom, Sekondi. Interestingly, inland areas such as Apowa, Kansawurodu, Anaji, Bu, Kwesimintsim, Ntankoful, Aseike, among others, do not have rail lines incorporated into the planning of the city. Some commuters in the Twin Ci...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has affirmed, in no uncertain terms, that Ghana has “not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America.”  According to President Akufo-Addo, “the United States of America has not made any request for such consideration and, consistent with our established foreign policy, we will not consider any such request.”  In an address to the nation on Thursday, 5th April, 2018, the President stated that “in consideration of the realities of our circumstances and the challenges to peace in our region in our time, we have deemed it prudent to continue the Co-operation Agreement with the United States of America.”  He was confident that the US-Ghana Military Co-operation Agreement “will help enhance our defence capability, and offer an important layer of support in our common effort to protect the peace in our region.” Explaining why his Government had departed from the ...

The creation of the Western North region will promote good health service in the region  , Rtd. Lt. Col. Anthony Aduhene, has said Rtd. Lt. Col. Anthony Aduhene who double as the  Spokesperson for the Western North region,  made the pronouncement  during the public hearing of the Commission of Enquiry on the creation of new regions at the Accra International Conference Centre. According to him, should the northern part of the Western region be regarded as a region on its own, a regional hospital will be established, hence improving healthcare in the region. “Creation of the region will trigger, at least, a construction of a regional hospital where good healthcare delivery will be easily accessible to the people of Western North,” he posited.  He argued that “the only general hospital (in the region) is in Sekondi but it serves only the people in Western South”.  “Imagine a woman in labour at Bia West who develops complications and has to ...

For some time now residents of Ankobra in the Ellembella municipality have resort to the harvesting of mangrove plants along the Ankobra estuary for their household choice. It is said fishmongers particularly use the mangrove logs to smoke fishes. As some use mangrove to erect buildings. The situation they say has led to the depletion of over 118 acres of mangrove vegetation along the Ankobra estuary. This in effect has negatively affected the Ankobra wetland ecosystem. For instance aquatic animal like crabs, perwringles, catfish and the Nile tilapia which are now going into extinction. As a form of panacea to the menace, the USAID through it sustainable fisheries management   project   and Hen Mpoano in collaboration with natives of Ankobra   are embarking on a massive mangrove   replanting activity in the Ankobra wetland ecosystem. Mr   Stephen Kankam a project manager with Hen Mpoano explains NEWS HUB the mangrove replanting ex...