Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:42

Conflict has again reared its ugly head in the Osu Traditional Area following allegations that a faction in the chieftaincy dispute had ‘stolen’ the war god of the Kinkawe Division and taken it to an unknown destination.

The event created a chaotic situation in the community last Saturday, with angry youth vandalising property in one of the royal houses.

The police, however, reacted swiftly by firing tear gas to disperse the mob and succeeded in arresting six people suspected to be involved in the violence.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:42

An internet fraud-related murder, contemptuously referred to as ‘sakawa’, struck Nima, leaving residents puzzled about what could have triggered the cold-blooded crime. Gado Dagbani, 32, suspected to be a patron of sakawa, was killed by yet-to-be identified assailants said to be accomplices in the internet fraud crime, who came to his room at about 1am on Monday.

Nima Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Timothy Yoosa Bonga, said a certain Mustapha Mohammed, who lodged a complaint at the police station, indicated that the deceased lived in the same apartment with his younger brother, Alhassan Dagbani, 27, at a portion of Nima called ‘You Too Can Fly’.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:42

The atmosphere at Osu in Accra is very tense as a rival claimant to the Osu stool is penciled for coronation Monday afternoon.

The ceremony has seen several scores of policemen deployed to supervise a peaceful event, however there are fears the coronation could degenerate into fighting as suporters of the sitting chief have vowed to resist it.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:42

The Head of Drainage at the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Wise Ametefe, has said the courts are partly to be blamed for the persistent floods in Accra during the raining season.

The continuous injunctions on cases related to drainage projects brought before them by developers, he said, were major contributory factors to the floods in Accra.

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