The Board of Trustees of National Youth Council (NYC) has condemned the recording and circulation of an alleged sex-tape by a student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.
A statement issued by the …
After being on remand for almost three years, Kwasi Osae, a farmer, was on Monday sentenced to 10 years in prison in hard labour by the Asamankese Circuit Court for possessing narcotic drug.
Osae pleaded not guilty to possessing Indi…
Mr Richard Quayson, Deputy Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), said the Commission is concerned about reports of unprofessional conduct of nurses in Ghana's health services delivery.
He …
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has assured
the people Boadi, a suburb of Kumasi, of adequate security protection, amidst threats of attack by suspected robbers.
Police Chief Superintendent S. N. Adane-Ameyaw, Commander of the …
Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) David Eklu,
Madina District Police Commander, on Monday advised Ghanaians to unite to fight crime and improve the quality of life in their communities.
He said the idea of community or good neigh…
Members of the Asante Presbytery of Men's Fellowship of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana on Tuesday presented items worth GH�1,000 to inmates of the Kumasi Children's Home.
The items presented as part of activities marking the Fel…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Task
Force, on Tuesday, destroyed about 80 illegal wooden structures at Sodom and Gomorrah, a slum at Asafo, in Kumasi.
The four-hour exercise was to decongest the area to pave way for the cons…
Opanyin Agyei Mensah, Chief Farmer of Akwapem, has urged the Ministry of Lands and Forestry to take a serious view of the fast rate at which the forest reserves and rain forests are being
destroyed by chainsaw operators and mining compan…
The National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS) has earmarked GH�12.5 million to be disbursed to 71 districts nationwide under its Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) project this year.
It has, in addition, put in place …
A 24-year-old unemployed who posed as a medical doctor at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and swindled three students of a total amount of GH�330.00 under the pretext of securing admission for them at KATH's Nursing School has …
The Effutu Municipal Assembly has handed over a 3-Unit Class room block with offices, storerooms and toilet facilities valued at GH�41,000 to the Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) at Effutu Ateitu.
The bui…
Two employees of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) who posed as revenue collectors and succeeded in issuing an old tax receipt of the Assembly to unsuspecting shop owners were on Thursday arrested by the Police upon a tip-off.
…
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, said on Friday that the Assin North District Magistrate's Court will be upgraded to a circuit court by October this year.
The dilapidated structure housing the court has now been renovat…
A research conducted by authorities of Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) indicates that misinformation and lack of information are the major reasons why people travel in clandestine manner.
As a result majority of those, who embark on …
The Upper West Regional Branch of Zoomlion Ghana Limited has massively started disinfecting places that serve as major breeding grounds for disease-transmitting vectors to ensure a clean and
healthy environment in the area.
The exe…
Lieutenant General Peter Augustine Blay, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), on Thursday commended the 66 Artillery Regiment (Volta Barracks) for its high standard of discipline over the years.
He noted that the Military Administration had…
Mrs Dzifa Attivor, the Deputy Minister of Transport, said on Friday that the government was working on welfare and salary issues of staff of the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) and urged them to be hard working.
"You have to put up your bes…
Farmers, who would be affected by Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) Akyem Project, have expressed the fear that Upper Pra River would dry up when the Project, that would destroy Ajenua-Bepo Forest Reserve, takes off.
A communiqué iss…
Journalist and pro-Left commentator Praful Bidwai has criticised the UPA Government' climate policy arguing it was tailored to suit the interests of the Western block.
The government's climate policy was formulated under pressure exer…
The Breman Asikuma Magistrate Court has remanded a 57-year old farmer from the town in prison custody for beating his 38-year old wife, Beninda Ofori to death at Odoben.
The plea of Ebenezer Nyarko was not taken and will re-appear be…
Dr Paul Sekyere, Chief Executive Officer of MDS-Lancet Laboratories Ghana Limited, has stressed the need for proper diagnoses of hepatitis disease.
He said this would ensure that the right medication was prescribed to heal patients.
…
Experts from India and Europe Sunday mooted joint research in nuclear medicine applications, saying it could lead to breakthrough discoveries especially in treatment of cancer.
The experts from the two sides shared platform for the fi…
The Upper East Region has taken delivery of 18,000 pre-cut school uniforms from government.
The pre-cut uniforms are to be shared equally among the nine districts in the Region with each receiving 2,000.
They have been cut …
Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakari Dey, Member of Parliament for Salaga, has spent over GHc 105.000.00 out of his share of the MPs common
fund to build three boreholes and two mini-dams in some communities in his constituency.
The MP constru…
A total of 2,714 youths from the nine districts of the Upper West Region are to be employed by Zoil Ghana Limited, a subsidiary company of Zoomlion Ghana Limited.
Working in collaboration with the National Youth Employment Programme …
Some students of the Social Work Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, have donated a 4,000-litre water tank to the Mampong-Akwapim School for the Deaf.
Making the presentation, Madam Akosua Agyemang, a Lecturer of the Depart…
A twenty-six-old employee of Tema Steel Works Company, was on Monday sentenced to two years' imprisonment by the Tema Circuit Court 'B' for assaulting his sister.
Isaac Asamaoh pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge saying t…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has cautioned the public, especially churches and musicians, not to post posters indiscriminately on buildings and walls along the streets in the metropolis.
Defaulters, the AMA warned, would face…
Mama Vida Afla Awusibea II, Queen mother of Nyagbo Traditional Area in the Volta Region has urged teachers to uphold high moral standards in their schools.
Giving the advice at the fifth Anniversary Celebration of VAAD Educational an…
Fidelity Bank Ghana Ltd, is to raise between GH¢50 million and GH¢100 million in supplementary capital, including reserves and long term debts, to support its increased lending strategy.
Mr. Edward Effah, the Bank's Managing Director…
India's first indigenous combat helicopter capable of participating in anti-Naxal and counter terrorism operations Sunday took to the skies, marking its first official flight at the HAL airport here.
The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH…
Looking to strengthen its armoured capabilities, the Indian Army wants its futuristic Main Battle Tank to be equipped with high-powered lasers for taking on enemy rockets, aircraft and electro optical sensors.
"High/medium-energy le…
The Minister Transport, Mr Mike Hammah, has commended the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) for its efforts towards improving upon facilities at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and the other airports.
"Your tackling the …
At least 17 people were killed and three others were missing as cyclone Laila left a trail of devastation in coastal areas of India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh damaging road networks and destroying crops.
State Disaster Managem…
Work on the 100-bed General Hospital at Teshie is
expected to be completed by October this year.
President John Evans Atta Mills, cut sod for work to begin on the 10-million-dollar project being financed by Chinese Government in Ap…
Greece was hit Thursday by its fourth general strike of the year against harsh austerity measures aimed at easing the cash-strapped company's financial problems.
The strike was the first since demonstrations against government policie…
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), Ghana,
Pastors Association says it is disturbed by the recent impatience and hysteria associated with disagreements in churches in the country.
A statement signed by The Rev Lawson K. Dzanku…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)
had initiated moves to identify accredited private hospitals owned by medical officers who practice in nearby public hospitals to streamline their
activities including withdrawal of accred…
Investigators Sunday sifted through the charred wreckage of the Boeing 737 plane of Air India's budget carrier for the cockpit voice and the flight data recorder--the Black Box--that could give vital clues for the cause of its crash that k…
Mr Ambrose Dery, Member of Parliament for Lawra-Nandom Constituency has supported the Songtaa Nyog Women group in Lawra with GH�12,500 as seed capital to establish a credit union.
The money formed part of Mr Dery's share of the Hi…
A Ghanaian scientists says studies have shown that fake and cheap cell phones on the Ghanaian market are not safe.
Mr Joseph Amoako, Director of Regulations at the Radiation Protection Institute (RPI) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commis…
The Northern Regional Directorate of Health Services (NRDHS) has embarked on an aggressive plan to attract doctors and other health professionals to serve in the region.
As part of the plan, the Directorate has put in place attractiv…
Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Monday around 2 am in the morning began the clearing of the Novotel Market, asking the sellers to go to Odorna market near the Kwame Nkrumah circle.
AMA guards and Police men had gathered around t…
Government will provide a six- unit classroom and dormitory block for the Nandom Senior High School (SHS) to reduce the pressure on existing facilities, Mr. Cezar Kale, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister has announced.
He said work …
The Ministry of Roads is to construct four bailey bridges on the River Akora in Agona Swedru to ease traffic congestion in the Agona West Municipality.
Mr Felix Jacob Obeng-Forson, the Municipal Chief Executive, told the third Ordinary…
A 36-year-old tailor who defiled a 10-year-old school drop-out was on Monday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court.
Samuel Asare, charged with defilement, pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting, Police Inspector I.A…
The death is reported of Mr. Alhassan Bukari Shakour, the District Chief Executive of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba, a statement in Accra said on Monday.
The statement signed by Mr. Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister for Local Government and Rural De…
The Agona West Municipal Assembly has organized a one day public forum to validate the medium term development plan to enhance socio-economic and culture development in the area.
The forum afforded the participants the opportunity to c…
Mr Ebow Nyankah, a youth activist and member of 101 Young African Leaders, at the weekend advised Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to acquire loans from banking institutions to fund their local development projects.
He…
The death is reported at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital on April 18, of Mr John Tettey Otsrisah, former Headmaster of the Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Junior High School in Kumasi.
He was 63.
According to a family spokesman, …