Airlines at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) which were affected by the recent closure of the air-space over Europe, have assured and offered to fly all passengers who were grounded to their various destinations.
"The situation…
Professor Kwame Karikari, Executive Director, Media Foundation for West Africa, has appealed to the media to reposition itself and focus on issues of national unity and development.
He said the media had the power to either construct…
The Deputy Registrar for Academic Affairs of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Mrs Christie Okai-Anti, has appealed to Non-Governmental Organisations, philanthropists and companies to support the development of Education in the…
A day after Medical Council of India President Ketan Desai was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation on alleged corruption charges, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the MCI has its own identity and the government does not …
Yaw Asiamah, 22, who stole 160 bunches oil palm fruits, was on Friday, remanded in Police custody by the Kade District Magistrate's Court.
Asiamah pleaded guilty with explanation and will appear in court again on May 27.
Prosec…
Sheik Zurkanine Yusif, the founder and leader of the West Africa International Islamic Foundation, has made a passionate appeal to all factions engaged in conflicts in the country to have a change of heart and give peace a chance.
He…
WaterAid, an international charity in conjunction with End Water Poverty, a global campaign group, has given a makeover to one of the world's most recognisable buildings, the White House.
The makeover was done to highlight the plight…
The Rev Wilson Emmanuel Ashiegbie, the Acting Presbytery Chairman of the Ho Presbytery of the Global Evangelical Church (GEC), has called for the re-introduction of school farms and gardens.
"Going back to the idea would prepare young p…
Regional and district chief cocoa farmers have been urged to be alert and help expose illegal activities that deny the nation of revenue from cocoa.
They should monitor the operations of purchasing clerks to prevent them from diverti…
The Kwahu East District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Samuel Asamoah, has given the assurance that the government was putting in place adequate measures to offer employment to the youth, for them to contribute towards the development of the co…
Yaa Asantewa, 19, a trader, has appealed to the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs to help her find her six-month-old baby who was taken away by the Social Welfare Department in Koforidua in September 2009.
She said she report…
Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, has appealed to religious leaders to preach against social vices in order to complement government efforts to eliminate crime.
He said law and order was breaking down because parents are unable to control their c…
The Russian nuclear fuel major TVEL is in discussions with the Indian department of atomic
energy to set up a state-of-the-art nuclear fuel fabrication plant to fuel its upcoming and proposed plants in the country.
The Russian go…
Noting that there is a bipartisan support to Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, the Obama Administration expressed hope that Congressional approval of the reprocessing agreement reached between the two countries is a "mere formality".
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The Indian government has decided to install Radiation Monitor Portals (RMP) at all ports and entry points in the country amid reports that the recent radiation leak in West Delhi could have happened due to scrap brought in from outside.
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Eminent Indian-American doctor Ajeet R Singhvi has been elected as the new president of American Association of Physicians of India Origin (AAPI).
Singhvi and other office bearers of AAPI - one of the largest and influential body of d…
Management of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) on Thursday said an innovative financing mechanism to expand access to affordable Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACTs) for the treatment of malaria would be rolled out s…
The Ministry of the Interior, has on the advice of the Upper East Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, renewed for one week the curfew imposed on Bawku Municipality and its immediate environs.
A statement issued by…
A Medical Assistant has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing, forging, uttering of documents and falsely assuming the role of a medical doctor.
Maxwell Twumasi, is said to have stolen the medical certificates of …
About 759 million people world-wide can neither read nor write with two-thirds of them being women, an official from United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) disclosed on Friday.
Ms Irina Bokova, Direct…
Stanbic Bank in collaboration with United Against Malaria Ghana (UAM) on Friday presented 1,000 pieces of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN) worth GH¢ 15,000 to residents of Frafraha in the Adenta Municipality of Greater Accra Region.
Th…
Reverend Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, a Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Friday observed that the avalanche of religious messages exploding on the airwaves is making Ghanaians religiously confuse…
The Asante Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, is to introduce reforms to make it possible for Chiefs and Queens in the Church to take Holy Communion.
The Church was sensitive to the cultural identity of members and that …
The Bishop of the Winneba Dioceses of the Methodist church, Right Rev. Dr. Joseph Ghunney has called on the leaders of the church, to assist in the training of the youth to enable them to translate their innate potential into reality.
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The University of Education, Winneba, has been urged to advertise its needs and aspirations in order to attract philanthropists and its alumni to help develop institution.
Dr Richard Ofori, the Director of the Nation Centre for Resea…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on Friday took delivery of quantities of Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting drugs worth 3.3 million dollars at a ceremony at Oduom, near Kumasi.
The drugs were presented by the Breast …
Dr. John Koku Awoonor- Williams, Upper East Regional Director of Health Services has said poor hygiene was to blame for Ghana's many diseases.
He indicated that the huge annual government health bill could be reduced drastically if G…
Mr Kweku Botwe, the acting Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited, has said that the company would have no alternative in future than to pull down buildings on pipe tracks for the good of all Ghanaians.
He said the com…
The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), has described the death of Mrs Habiba Fuseini as unacceptable saying it fully supports the call by the President and the Inspector-General of Police to investigate the matter.
It sa…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister has observed that the Church was fast becoming irrelevant in the moral reformation of society.
He said this was because of the lust for wealth among some church leaders, who exploit their …
Abdulai Issah, a 46-year-old farm labourer, was on Friday arraigned before the Kade District Magistrate Court for breaking into a mosque and stealing an amount of money.
Issah pleaded not guilty to four counts of possessing a pick axe…
Abdul Wahab Issa, a 22-year-old truck pusher, was on Friday sentenced to a fine of GHC 360 by the Kade District Magistrate Court for possessing implements meant for breaking into premises.
He was charged for attempting to break into …
The Ministry of Transport and its allied agencies on Saturday embarked on a health walk to create road safety awareness in the country.
The walk, which started at the Aviation Social Centre near the Kotoka International Airport, took…
Free Africa From Mosquitoes (FAFM), a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Sunday fumigated Abokobi community in the Ga East Municipality to mark this year's World Malaria Day.
The exercise served as a platform to sensitize reside…
The Metro Mass Transport (MMT) would begin operations in the Bawku Municipality from April 26.
"The Operation will begin at 6 am till 3:30 pm daily and each bus service is expected to make 14 trips per day to reduce passenger waiting…
Madam Betty Bosomtwi-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister, on Friday called on the Regional Prisons Committee to urgently seek ways and means on how to decongest prisons in the Region.
"You are no doubt aware of the problem of overc…
David Okraku, a driver salesman with Chocho Industries, on Friday appeared before the Asamankese Circuit Court charged with stealing an amount of GH¢6,191 belonging to his employers.
Okraku, 41, pleaded guilty with explanation and was…
Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, Central Regional Minister, on Friday said tourism could be a potent tool in the fight against rural poverty if well planned and developed.
She said the region had for the past two decades been at the forefront of…
Accra Fast Track High Court (FTHC) (Human Rights Division) would on Thursday, May 20, rule on Dr. George Sipa Yankey's, writ against the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).
Dr. Yankey, former Minister of H…
The reconstituted Central Region Prisons Committee was on Thursday inaugurated by the Chairman of the Prisons Service Council, Air Marshal John Asamoah Bruce (rtd) in Cape Coast.
The nine-member Committee has Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, the…
Kwadwo Darko, a truck pusher, was on Friday arraigned before the Asamankese Circuit Court for raping a married woman.
Police Chief Inspector Kate Ogyiri, prosecuting, told the court presided over by Mr Emmanuel Siameh that Darko li…
The US House of Representatives has commended Indian-American Aseem Shukla and Richard Grady for their medical work in India.
"Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend the critical medical work that was recently performed in Gujarat, In…
The Ghana Music Awards rolled out the red carpet to honour some of the deserving local musicians. This prestigious award evening was dedicated to the recognition of those whose lives are committed to providing the public with entertainment…
Born in Cameroon and raised in the environs of Paris by a family rooted in its traditions, the charismatic Ange Fandoh is the fruit of a tree
whose seeds have been sown in African traditions and French culture, and in the influences of Am…
Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes are two immediately recognizable modern day action stars. They've gotten together for the movie, "Brooklyn's Finest", and took some time out to show us why they are two of Hollywood's finest!
Don Cheadle
IK met up with Adegboyega Pedro, fondly known as "Mr Technology". He is the founder, chief executive officer and chief technical officer of VEDA. He started the company with an unprecedented vision, to inspire the growth and development o…
Fareed was in London recently and got an opportunity to meet with Cameroonian businessman Ranx and his partners. These successful businessmen have created a relaxed and contemporary studio venue in London city centre, a creative environme…
Enugu in Nigeria has just celebrated its centenary - a grand old age! Within those 100 years, the place better known as the Coal city has served as a political capital to several governments. To mark the celebrations, people from all the s…
Born in Ouagadougou in 1976, Burkina Faso-based filmmaker Apolline Traore travelled the world with her father, eventually opting to study and work in the US. She learned her craft as a director and screenwriter working on small independent…
Over the last few years, rum cocktails, such as the Mojito, have become the drinks to be seen sipping, no matter where in the world you are! It really doesn't get cooler than catching a caipirinha in the place most readily associated with …