Zain Ghana, at the weekend distributed 630 hampers to newly born babies and deprived nursing mothers in 12 government hospitals nation-wide.
This is under the company's initiative called "Zain Beautiful Hearts" on Valentine's Day tha…
Five soldiers who were being held for the murder of the former Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Commercial Bank, Mr. Rokko Frimpong were discharged on Monday by the Osu District Magistrate Court.
This was after Assistant Superintend…
Mr. Ekoe Paniy, Member of Parliament for Gomoa East Constituency (MP), has called on Ghanaians to exercise patience with the Government and support its programme to enable it to build a better Ghana.
He advised the people to unite an…
The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) in collaboration with the Cocoa Processing Company and the Produce Buying Companies (PBC) had held a programme for some school children to mark Chocolate Day as part of the Cocoa Trail Project.
Chocolate D…
The Regent Queenmother of Gomoa Ankamu, Nana Gyamfuah Ampratwum, has appealed to teachers in her community to be selfless, dedicated and hardworking.
Nana Ampratwum said this when she launched an educational project dubbed "Righ…
A classroom at the Fiapre Methodist Primary and Junior High School in the Sunyani Municipality which has the capacity to take 44 students currently accommodates 90 during classes hours.
The congestion is hindering effective teaching a…
A 46-year-old farmer on Monday has appeared before the Tema Circuit Court 'B,' for defiling a 13-year-old class two pupil.
The accused, Tetteh Adjumang, pleaded not guilty to the charge and has been remanded into police custody to re-…
The Tema Circuit Court 'B,' has sentenced a 24-year-old mate to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl.
Kofi Dadzie pleaded not guilty.
Police Chief Inspector Evelyn Susuawa had told the court presided over by …
The Ash-Town District Court One has jailed a 66-year-old man for polluting a stream near his house at Bremang-Nkontwima in Kumasi.
Dauda Akorobila would serve seven days in prison for his punishment.
He pleaded guilty to the charge…
Kodua William, a driver, who indecently assaulted a woman passenger was on Tuesday jailed six months in hard labour by the Asamankese Circuit Court.
Kodua pleaded not guilty.
Police Inspector Wisdom Nuworkpor told the court that …
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has been supporting efforts to remove weeds from the Volta River at Sogakope to rid the area of water borne diseases afflicting almost the entire population of the Wume-Tefle area.
A statement sa…
A 48-year-old business man from Gomoa Kweikrom was at the weekend installed as the Ninfahen of the town under the stool name of Nana Aietey I.
Nana Aeitey, known in private life as Mr Frank Quaye, is the first person to be installed a…
Nepal's controversial media tycoon Jamim Shah, who allegedly had links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and underworld kingpin Dawood Ibrahim, was murdered in the heart of the
capital on the orders of the jailed Indian mafia d…
The Government of Japan on Tuesday signed a grant contract of 90,931 dollars (approximately GH¢130,031) with the Lawra District Assembly for the construction of 15 boreholes for 15 communities in the Upper West Region.
The grant woul…
Two British nationals were detained by security agencies at a five star hotel near Indira Gandhi International airport here after they were believed to be indulging in "suspicious" activities, police said Tuesday.
The foreigners were …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday directed the Ministry of External Affairs and other respondents to consider a London-based NGO's plea for providing travel documents to a 12-year-old
boy of Indian origin, whose mother had alleged…
The Principal of the Holy Family Nurses Training School at Nkawkaw, Ms Annie Appoh, has described as unacceptable the wearing of "talking shoes" by nurses on duty.
"Today, nurses have thrown away the best practices of Florence Nighti…
Youth for Leadership in Ghana (YFL), a pressure group, has extended its sympathy to former President Jerry John Rawlings and his family in the wake of the fire that consumed their Ridge residence on Sunday.
A statement issued by the …
The President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Rev Kinsley Appiagyei, appealed to his colleagues in the Gospel Ministry to provide leadership to unite society and calm social tension.
They should help the people to be a…
Mr Mike Hammah, the Minister of Transport, has commended Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Region Minister, for his involvement and intervention that has led to a reduction in accident rate in the Eastern Region.
A letter of commendatio…
Mr Oliver Biga, the Ho Municipal Director of the Department Urban Roads, on Tuesday said cutting some decorative trees along the "Starlets 91" Street in Ho was within the confines of the contract to expand the road.
He said though it…
Nii Asafoatse Lartei Mingle, Asafoatse of Fise near Amasaman in the Ga West Municipality, has called on
residents of the area to bury their differences and work together as a team to ensure the development of the community.
He s…
The Western Naval Command (WNC) has arrested four Chinese and 25 Ghanaians for fishing within illegal waters.
Their names were not given and would appear before court soon.
The vessels involved are "Awo Yaa Two and Awo Yaa Eigh…
Right Rev Francis Amenu, the Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, has said the Church must protect its position as the conscience and spiritual barometer of the nation.
He told the GNA in an interview that this must find e…
The Police at Akim Oda have arrested the Unit Committee Chairman of Nyamekye Djewene Nkwanta, near Akim Oda, Emmanuel Ayim, for allegedly misappropriating over 8,400 Ghana cedis belonging to the people of the community meant for an electri…
Mr Charles Bedzra, Welfare Secretary and Spokesperson of drivers at Arena Lorry Park in Accra, has condemned the alleged closure of the only toilet facility at the park by the Ashiedu
Keteke Sub-Metro.
He described the action as a …
Mr. Mike Hammah, Minister of Transport, has commended the workers and management of the Ghana Railway company Limited for working hard to restore the Western rail lines.
He said that the ongoing rehabilitation of the rail lines was a…
Akropong School for the Blind (ASB), which houses, feeds and educates some 350 visually impaired persons, is faced with a myriad of infrastructural, logistic, financial, and personnel challenges, an official of the school told journalists …
Dr Lawrence Tetteh, a Ghanaian international evangelist has called on the government to enhance the living conditions of Ghanaians to prevent workers from depending on tips and other incentives to meet their daily needs.
He said the…
Prempeh College on Friday won the Northern Sector inter-schools debate, with 62.7 points, which qualifies the school to meet the champion of the Southern sector in the grand finale in March.
The contest was organised by the Ghana Edu…
Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, has appealed to Judges, the Regional State Attorney and security personnel in the Region not to hesitate in dealing with cases in relation to people suspected of being involved in the Bawku Co…
Mr Matthew Ahwireng of the Health Promotion Unit of the Regional Health Directorate, at the weekend, encouraged young couples planning to get married to check their HIV status to avoid passing it on to their children should either of them …
Bolga-Naba Martin Abilba III, Paramount Chief of the Bolgatanga Traditional Area, at the weekend enjoined residents of the area to live together in harmony, saying the development they craved for could only thrive in an atmosphere of pea…
Global Media Alliance (GMA), a communications firm, at the weekend organized a mass wedding for 10 couples in an effort to give another meaning to the celebration of Valentine's Day.
The programme, which began three years ago, has so …
The Ketu-South District Branch of the Ghana Canoe Fishermen Council (GCFC) has implored Government to effect an outright ban on the use of light in the country's waters in order to save the fishing industry from collapse.
The Council …
Young Men Christian Association (YMCA), a Christian youth development organization, is to hold its 15th African Alliance General Conference in Accra to discuss issues of youth development and empowerment to give them a voice in society. …
Mr Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere,the Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, on Monday said the government had extended the Livelihood and Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme from 35,000 people to 55,000 this year.
He sai…
Mrs. Florence Ali, President of the Ghana Association for Women Welfare (GAWW), has called for the formation of anti Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) clubs in all schools in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District, to campaign against its total eradi…
Students of the Archbishop Porter Girls Senior High School who went home when some of them complained of stomach pains and diarrhoea after eating groundnut soup and rice are to return to campus on February 19.
Madam Louisa Constance A…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, the Volta Regional Minister, has appealed to District Chief Executives and Directors of Education not to keep government free exercise books meant for pupils in the stores.
Mr Amenowode said this at a durbar of th…
A dismissed worker of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mr Kofi Ata who gave GH¢ 20,000.00 to a spiritualist/herbalist to assist him to re- gain employment at his former workplace, has caused the arrest of the spiritualist for issuing a d…
Blessed Ampem Baidoo, a 19-year-old farmer from Assin Bosomadwe, who camped a 14 year-old girl in his room for eleven months and impregnated her, was on Friday arraigned before a Cape Coast Metropolitan circuit court charged with defilemen…
A Hohoe Magistrate Court presided over by Mr. Edward Apenkwa has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Wilson Atiemo Yao Agbodza, a building contractor.
Agbodza is wanted to assist in a case in which he allegedly threatened to …
A Hohoe Magistrate Court presided over by Mr. Edward Apenkwa has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Wilson Atiemo Yao Agbodza, a building contractor.
Agbodza is wanted to assist in a case in which he allegedly threatened to…
Seeking to find an effective remedy for head and neck (H&N) cancers, Kerala-based Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) and the National Cancer Centre (NCC) of Singapore are joining hands to launch a collaborative clinical venture.
As part o…
The government of Andhra Pradesh has ordered an inquiry into alleged excesses by police in handling the campus agitation in Osmania University here as part of the campaign for a separate Telangana state.
The inquiry would focus on c…
A group of Non-Resident Indians here has initiated a project using a low-cost technology to clean Yamuna river, one of the most polluted rivers in the country.
"In a bid to clean the Yamuna, we would use river stream powered aerator…
The forensic report into the blast in the western Indian city of Pune has said around one to one and a half kg of RDX was used in the explosion, according to sources.
"The forensic report has confirmed that RDX was used and the quanti…
Investigators are looking for possible clues in the CCTV footage obtained from a five star hotel in the vicinity of German Bakery, blasted in the terror attack leaving nine dead and 60 injured.
According to police, the footage showe…
The weather will be partly cloudy with widespread
mist and fog over southern Ghana in the morning, but becoming warm and sunny in the afternoon with possibility of a few showers over high grounds.
The weather forecast issued by the …