Jonathan Kweku Ahowi, a driver, has been sentenced by the Tarkwa Circuit Court to 10 years imprisonment for defrauding ten workers of the Golden Star Wassa (GSW) Mine in Bogoso.
Ahowi, who pleaded guilty, was accused of defrauding th…
The late Oheneba Kwame Kyeretwie, Apagyahene of Kumasi, is to be buried at the royal mausoleum at Dabaa near Akropong in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District on March 4
He died on January 22 at the age of 62.
A release signed by t…
A 14 unit transit quarters and an office building for the Police service and other security agencies in the Birim North District have inaugurated at New Abirim.
The buildings were constructed by the Newmont Akyem Project as part of …
An autopsy on a Palestinian prisoner who died in Israeli custody showed he expired from torture, Palestinians said Sunday, even as Israel said the claim was premature and that it was still too early to determine the exact cause of death.
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Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Lithur, at the weekend said her Ministry is in the process of drawing up an institutional mandate, which would serve as a guide to its activities.
"The Ministry was…
Dr Omane Boamah, Minister of Communications on Friday urged students to take the study of Information and Communication Technology seriously to improve the quality of their educational pursuit.
He said the Ministry is committed to i…
The National Disaster Management Organisation(NADMO) has called on the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure that Environmental and Disaster Risk Reduction ( DRR) Management is part of the basic school curric…
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) would soon introduce a concept called "Star Entrepreneur" to offer adequate financial support to physically challenged persons within the Metropolis.
Mr Robert Kempes Papa Nii Ofosuware, Tema Metr…
Insight Foundation, a youth development oriented NGO in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service and Action Aid Ghana, has launched its maiden regional Model Girls Essay Writing Competition with the theme: "Promoting Girls Empowermen…
The fulfillment of the dreams of the late Volta Regional Minister, Mr Henry Ford Kamel for the region's development would be a befitting memorial to his name, Right Reverend Francis Amenu, President, General Assembly of the E.P. Church has…
Some traders and drivers at the Neoplan Station on Friday said though the State of the Nation Address, delivered by President John Dramani Mahama, was detailed it did not reflect the realities on the ground.
The traders and drivers, w…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Plan Ghana on Friday handed over a renovated Junior High School (JHS) to the Gomoa East District Directorate of Education at Gomoa Mpota in the Central Region.
The re…
Two accused persons, who snatched a Toyota Corolla taxi valued at GH₵18,000 from its driver at knife point at Adenta Rowe were on Friday arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court.
The two accused persons, Gideon Fianko, a driver and …
Two soldiers have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for robbing two Nigerians of their monies valued at GHc3,300 cedis.
Peter Omari Ansong and Alowor Yaw Mark have been charged with conspiracy to rob and robbery.
They h…
Amicus Onlus Ghana, an International Organization of Volunteers, on Friday donated a new ambulance worth 40,000 dollars to the Baobab Medical Centre at Biriwa, a fishing community in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region.
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Silvio Berlusconi was forced Friday to cancel his final campaign rally because of eye trouble, his office said.
The three-time premier will no longer speak at a party event in Naples, but would instead rally his supporters via video me…
French police on Friday arrested a woman on suspicion of stabbing her three children to death at their home near Paris.
The children's bodies were found by their father on his return from work Friday morning after a night shift.
RTL r…
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian Minister of Finance, on Friday paid a courtesy call on Mr Seth Tekper, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning to discuss issues of mutual interest to both countries.
Dr Okonjo-Iweala is in the coun…
President John Dramani Mahama on Friday described late Mr Henry Ford Kamel, who died on December 22 last year as a gentle, affable, man of peace, cheerfulness and a team player.
"He performed his duties creditably well to the extent th…
The Ministry of Health on Friday presented a Nissan mini-bus to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to aid in transporting Hospital staff.
Madam Sherry Ayitey, sector minister who handed over the bus, said it was an interim response to th…
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of premeditated murder of his girlfriend, was on Friday granted bail, set at 1 million rand (112,000 dollars).
The case was adjourned to June 4.
After a lengthy ruling that took nearly…
A ultra-modern maternity block built for the Benito Menni Health Centre at Dompoase in the Adansi North District, has been inaugurated amidst fanfare.
The project was executed with money internally generated by the health centre an…
The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) celebrating its 10 years of existence has reiterated its continuous support to scale-up activities that will ensure an AIDS-free generation in Ghana.
"This will only work if…
Russia has sent a plane loaded with humanitarian aid to Mali on Friday, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. "An Il-76 aircraft flew to the Malian capital of Bamako to deliver humanitarian aid with a stop-over at the airport of Tunis," …
MTN Ghana Foundation acting together with the Ashcell Limited, the main distributor of MTN products in the Ashanti Region, has presented gifts totaling GH¢2,800.00 to the Kumasi Girls' Senior High School (SHS).
These were made u…
The Child Health Directorate of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has since the start of the year recorded more than 23 cases of home accidents with four deaths.
The victims were aged between one to six-and-a ha…
At least three people were killed Friday when Islamist activists across Bangladesh clashed with police during protests against the war crimes trial of members of the Jamaat-e-Islami party.
Most top leaders of the Jamaat party, which oppos…
A jealous husband who physically attacked another man he suspected is romantically involved with his wife is now in trouble with the law.
Nana Osei, 29, was on Friday, put before the Nyinahin Magistrate Court charged with assault an…
Kenyan medical researchers have launched a study on the use of devices that could revolutionize the amount of time, labor and money involved in male circumcision procedure. The study on the use of the Prepex device was launched on Friday i…
The Police in the Volta Region have within the past two weeks impounded five mini buses carrying compressed slabs of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Alex Bedie, theVolta Regional Police Com…
Two Italian marines charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two fishermen off the coast of Kerala were given permission Friday to go home to vote, a lawyer representing them said.
The Supreme Court allowed Massimiliano Latorre an…
A District Magistrate's Court at Winneba, has remanded a 55-year-old farmer into prison custody for defrauding five people of Ghc 12,350.00.
Kojo Addae pleaded guilty, and the court presided over by Charles Owusu Nsiah deferred sente…
A Maldivian journalist was seriously injured by unidentified attackers Saturday shortly after covering an opposition rally in the capital Male, an opposition spokesman said.
Ibrahim Waheed of Raaje TV is being treated in the intensive car…
An Iranian diplomat based in Norway has applied for asylum in the Scandinavian country, news reports said Friday.
Oslo daily Dagbladet reported that the diplomat and his family have gone into hiding and wish to remain anonymous.
"He does…
Chinese scientists have announced that they have identified an enigmatic prehistoric insect.
A research paper, "Evolution of the Insects,'' written by Huang Diying, a researcher with the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology unde…
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told NATO counterparts his country would keep between 8,000 and 12,000 troops in Afghanistan under the auspices of a NATO training and support mission after 2014, Germany's defence minister said Friday.
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A UN nuclear report says Iran has begun installing advanced centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment plant. In a confidential report, the International Atomic Energy Agency said 180 so-called IR-2m centrifuges and empty centrifuge casing…
A son-in-law to Spanish King Juan Carlos on Saturday denied allegations of a link between the royal palace and an ongoing corruption case.
Inaki Urdangarin told an investigating judge that the palace did not authorize or counsel the ac…
Police recovered 21 babies and children from a suspected human trafficking syndicate operating in northern Malaysia, a state police chief said Friday.
Penang police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi said police have also arrested 43 suspects in th…
South African police have arrested 12 men accused of gang raping a woman outside Johannesburg, local media reported on Friday.
Police spokeswoman Lungelo Dlamini said eight men raped the 23-year-old woman, who was caught by the gang as sh…
Iran said Friday that the latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) proved that its nuclear programme does not have a military purpose.
"After 10 years of inspections, the latest IAEA report once again proved that t…
Creative Storm Network, a non-governmental organisation with focus on reproductive health, on Thursday premiered its maiden series of documentary and talk show on its Maternal Health Channel on GTV at its Accra-based studio.
The searc…
The chiefs and people of Bimoba in the Upper East Region, are taking advantage of the annual Danjuar festival to forge unity of purpose in the fight against abject poverty, ignorance, diseases and underdevelopment.
Mr Sundana Sundia…
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Trade and Industry, on Thursday directed that vehicle clearance processes at Ghana's borders must not last more than two hours.
The directive, which was effective on Friday, February 22, was given to Cu…
World Vision Ghana (WVG), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has established Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centre for students, at Tongo in the Talensi-Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.
The facility which was…
The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday handed over a Senior High School building to the Gomoa Fetteh community in the Central Region.
The school which was built at a cost of GH¢1.3million has 18 class…
The 1963 Year Group of the Old Achimotans Association (OAA) on Thursday organised a lecture to remember Mr Kwegyir Aggrey, Alexander Fraser and Gordon Guggisberg, Founding Fathers of the School in Accra.
This lecture was part of acti…
Dr Omane Boamah, Minister of Communications on Thursday paid a working visit to three Agencies in Accra, under his Ministry to equip himself with their operations.
The agencies included the National Information Technology Agency (NITA…
Thieves, on Wednesday night, broke into the offices of the Kwabre West Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and made away with a number of items.
The stolen items included 106 pieces of cell phones, photocopies of polling cen…
Ayisatu Owen international School in Techiman which started in 1997 with four pupils has been adjudged the best private school in the town having placed first in the last Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
The school pre…
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