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Korle-Bu goes traditional to mark Ghana Month
A section of the staff in traditional wear
The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has held series of activities to commemorate its 100th anniversary and also mark the Ghana Month celebration.
The event saw members of staff dressed in traditional wear and others in their school wears.
On the menu was rich local cuisines including waakye, gari and beans, popularly known as ‘gobɛ’, kenkey and fish, banku and okro, tuo zaafi with snack such as sobolo, asana, lamugin, adunle, egg and pepper.
Speaking to The Spectator, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the hospital, Mustapha Salifu said the day was to help staff identify with their roots and generate excitement among them.
He said first and second Fridays in the month of March were days staff use to go ‘old school and also represent your region.’
According to Mr Salifu, the hospital as part of its year-long centenary celebration would embark on a clean-up exercise and a medical outreach as part of efforts to give back to the soceity.
“There will be a homecoming ceremony for all former trainees’ staff, and children born in the hospital and all clients of the facility,” the PRO said.
He said later in the year, the hospital will organise an innovation summit – where all innovations in the various departments would be outdoored, adding that there would also be inter-agency fun games, public lectures, staff awards and a quiz on the history of the hospital.
Mr Salifu said currently there was a project also known as “adopt a ward campaign” where individuals or organisations can adopt and renovate a ward adding that about 30 wards had been identified for the campaign.
By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man believed to be behind a series of robberies and killings of taxi drivers in the Greater Accra Region.
According to a statement from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the suspect, Peter Akakpo, also known as “Dompe,” was arrested on October 13, 2025, at Kasoa-Domeabra.
Police say he is an ex-convict and is believed to have worked with another suspect, Vincent Gbetorglo, who was arrested earlier on June 30, 2025.
The arrests follow investigations into the deaths of two taxi drivers at Sakaman Blue Lagoon on May 9 and June 15, 2025. Police say the suspects contacted the victims before the attacks.
The Anti-Armed Robbery Unit of the CID led the investigation, using intelligence and surveillance to track down the suspects.
Police say efforts are being made to recover the vehicles of the murdered drivers.
The CID assured the public that investigations are still ongoing and promised to provide updates as new information emerges.
By: Jacob Aggrey
