The management of Zain, Ghana, has presented educational materials to the Suprudo Methodist School, in the Mfantseman District of the Central Region, to help promote education in the country.
The materials includes, Ghana Education S…
The Nyariga Donne Mothers Club of Nyariga, in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region, has been commended for establishing the first and only Girls Primary and Junior High in the region.
The Upper East Deputy Regional Mi…
The Nigerian Navy has said it would investigate the attack by suspected pirates on a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria.
The Navy spokesman Commodore David Nabaida told reporters late on Friday in Abuja.
Suspected pirates were s…
The Volta Regional Police Command in collaboration with men of the 66 Artillery Regiment has embarked on a joint operation
dubbed "Operation Calm Life" aimed at reducing crime in the Ho Municipality and the Region.
The operation is…
Mr. Angwubutoge Awuni, Northern Regional Police Commander, has appealed to the Northern Regional House of Chiefs to expedite action in resolving all the outstanding chieftaincy disputes pending before it to help bring peace to the region.
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An American who is on a terror watch list has been arrested by Kenyan police, media reported on Thursday.
The report said the arrested was of Somali origin. He and two other people were trying to board a plane to Somalia when they were ar…
More than 500 residents at Mateheko near Afienya, at the weekend benefited from a free medical screening, organized by members of the Great Faith Miracle Chapel (GFMC), as part of activities marking the Church's Tenth Anniversary Celebrati…
Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) personnel from Aflao on Wednesday stormed the Lord Brotherhood Church chapel at Penyi in the Ketu North District and seized 11 bundles of wax prints believed to be contraband.
The bundles …
The Magistrate's Court at Assin Fosu, on Thursday, sentenced Isaac Ofori, a driver, to a fine of GH¢120.00 for failing to stop for the Police to carry out its routine checks on his vehicle.
He also did not carry a spare tyre and fire…
Neenyi Asiedu Bondzie 1, head of the Otuano Royal Stool Family of Winneba, has said this year's Aboakyer festival would start on April 24 and reaches its climax with a durbar on May 01.
The festival will end on Monday, May 3 2010.
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Isaac Aheme, a 35-year old farmer from Assin Senchem, who allegedly defiled a 10-year old girl was, on Thursday, arraigned at the Assin Fosu District Magistrate's Court charged with defilement.
His plea was not taken and was remande…
Naa Dr. Puoure Puobe Chiir VII, Paramount Chief of Nandom in the Upper West Region has observed that the codification of customary laws on land was the surest way of reducing disputes in the country.
He said the lack of laws as regar…
The Northern Regional Police last year recorded 24 cases of murder, representing a 14 percent increase over year 2008's 21 cases.
It also recorded nine (9) cases of drug trafficking, an increase of 22 per cent as against seven (7) ca…
Mr. James R. Fofie-Adjei, the Brong- Ahafo Regional the Production Manager, Aqua Vitens Rand Limited, has appealed to people to change their negative attitude towards the environment as their actions and inactions resulted in expensive tre…
In what could be a major relief to cancer patients, new clinical data have suggested that organs can be preserved in about 50 per cent of the cases if the disease is diagnosed at an early stage.
According to information available wi…
Primate Seth Adofo, the Spiritual Leader of the Brotherhood Church, has admonished Christians to incessantly pray for peace and progress.
He said, as Christians, it behooved them to always sacrifice their lives and reflect on what they c…
Dr. Benjamin Kunbour, Minister of Health, has pledged the Government's resolve to regulate optometry practice in the country through the passage into law of the Optometry Bill.
He said government would ensure the maintenance of high…
The Resident Pastor of the Cape Coast branch of the Victory Bible Church International, Reverend Richard Ampadu-Duku, on Sunday told Christians to see the Cross of Christ as a symbol of mercy.
At a church service to mark the triumph…
Dr. Sebastian Sandaare, Lawra District Director of Health Services, has called on parents and teachers to instil the habit of cleanliness and proper environmental sanitation practices.
He said the poor environmental health practices …
Five basic schools in the Talensi-Nabdam District of the Upper East Region are to benefit from institutional latrine and hand washing facilities.
The beneficiary schools are; Shea Primary, and Junior High Schools (JHS), Dapore Primar…
Mr Johnson Akrofi-Oyirifi, Chief Superintendent of Police in charge of the Keta Division has entreated police personnel to do everything to change the tag on the service as the most corrupt
institution in the country.
He said wheth…
Members of the Ladies Fellowship of the Tema Joint Church (TJC), on Sunday, presented assorted items worth GHC2,500, and GHC100 cash, for the upkeep of the inmates of the Shekinah Orphanage at Community Seven in Tema.
Members made th…
The Ministry of Education (MOE) would spend about one-third of its estimated total budget on Education this year.
Mrs Doris Gyedu-Nuako, Deputy National Co-ordinator of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) of the Ministry, who made …
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has appealed to the Government, traditional authorities and all people of goodwill, to intensify their effort at providing quality education geared towards meeting the challenges of the society.
He s…
The Ghana National Fire Service(GNFS)has embarked on a public education programme to sensitize people in the Upper East Region, on the safe use of fire, prevention and management of adverse fire related occasions.
Addressing a crowd…
With the bio-diversity of Sunderbans facing threat, India and Bangladesh have decided to join hands to protect the world's largest mangrove forest and a joint forum will be formed soon in this direction.
Environment Minister Jairam Ra…
Final year Junior High School (JHS) students within the Odododiodioo Constituency, have started night holiday classes, organized by Mr. Jonathan Nii Tackie-Komme, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area.
The MP said the initiative was…
The Upper East Region has so far registered 228 cases of cerebrospinal meningitis of which 28 have died, Dr. James Akpablie, Upper East Regional Deputy Director of Health Services, has said.
He indicated that the Region had received …
The world recognises him as a megastar, but Amitabh Bachchan's wife Jaya, a renowned actress in her own right, feels Dilip Kumar was the "last superstar" of Bollywood.
"I don't believe in super stars. Anyway I think there are no super…
Mr Felix Mortey, Chairman of Elorm E.P Church District Council Boys and Girls Brigade, on Saturday advised Ghanaian youth to be mindful of their health.
He said they should be abreast with the different types of diseases that confron…
The University of Ghana, Legon, is to establish
a teaching hospital soon, Professor Andrew Lawson Provost of the College of Allied Sciences at the University announced on Saturday.
He said the teaching hospital would include a new …
More than 500 residents of Mateheko near Afienya, at the weekend benefited from a free medical screening organized by members of the Great Faith Miracle Chapel (GFMC), as part of activities
marking the Church's Tenth Anniversary Celebrat…
The Dansoman Circuit of the Methodist Church of Ghana, on Sunday, climaxed activities marking its 20th anniversary celebrations with a call on Christians to be "the salt of the world by living righteous lives".
The societies, which f…
The future of Ghana's internal security risked being compromised unless the resource constraints of the Police Service and the welfare of its personnel were vigorously tackled.
This is a challenge that civil society organizations, th…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Thursday that developing countries should have common stand at the climate change negotiations expected to be held in Cancun, Mexico.
Meeting here with Xie Zhenhua, the Vice Chairman of t…
The Rotary Club of Accra-Airport, has donated a total of GH¢15,000 to the Mathew "25" House, an HIV/AIDS centre in Koforidua.
The amount would enable the centre to defray debts owed to health facilities and institutions that provide …
Dr. Sebastian Sandaare, Lawra District Director of Health Services, has called on parents and teachers to instil in children the habit of cleanliness and proper environmental sanitation practices.
He said the poor environmental healt…
Uganda is to host the 15th African Union (AU) summit in July to discuss how to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on maternal health and reducing child mortality in the continent, an official said here on Tuesday.
The 15…
One hundred students of Gomoa- Panfokrom women's training institute owe the institute a total amount of 5,000 Ghana Cedis in school fees arrears.
Madam Rebecca Ampah-Korsah, Headmistress of the institute told the GNA in an interview…
Participants at a public forum organised by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) in Tamale have expressed their displeasure at the frequent power cuts without any warnings from the utility companies and complained that this wa…
The Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, and the Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Ahmed Baba-Jamal, have cut a sod for the construction of a small town water project system for the people…
Hajia Zenabu Joyce Mahama, the Headmistress of an Islamic school, has expressed concern about the murder of female teachers in Sunyani and appealed to the security agencies to investigate and bring the perpetrators to book.
Hajia Mah…
Some 498 Community Protection Assistants (CPA) of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) country wide are undergoing a six-week para military training at the Regional Police Training
School at Pwalungu in the Upper East Region.
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Mrs. Baaba Brew Fleischer, President of the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), on Friday called on the government to make contraceptives and information available for women to negotiate for safe sex.
"Family planning is …
Right Reverend David Daniels Junior, Presiding Prelate of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, on Sunday urged Christians to continue Christ's work of building an inclusive and indivisible society.
He said this in sermon on …
Mr Samuel Sarpong, Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), has called on the youth to take a cue from people who have genuinely succeeded in life and emulate them.
He said through the sharing of ideas and experien…
Bollywood reigned supreme among the 25 participants in the annual Miss India Worldwide Pageant being hosted here as they performed to a medley of Hindi songs to impress the panel of judges.
The winner of this round of the contest will…
In a goodwill gesture, 17 Pakistani prisoners were repatriated on Friday.
The prisoners, including 14 who had been lodged in Tihar Jail, crossed into Pakistan through Attari-Wagah border.
Praising Indian government for releasin…
Tennis ace Leander Paes is a worried man following the horrific Stephen Court fire as his
mother Jennifer lives at Queens Mansion, just beside the ill-fated building, where a similar tragedy can strike any time.
After hearing about…
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has dismissed as "hogwash" suggestions that the Congress is to
blame for the controversy over his presence at Bandra-Worli Sea Link function this western city two days ago, and said Sonia Gandhi's party has more …