Togbe Tsedze Atakora VII, Paramount Chief of the Alavanyo Traditional Area on Thursday appealed to government to prevail on Nkonya to table its proposals to help bring about a peaceful closure to the centuries old land dispute.
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Chirano Gold Mines Limited (CGML) 2012 spent a total of $3,355,034 to provide infrastructure for six of its catchment communities in 2012.
The projects include four school blocks and a clinic with nurses’ quarters.
Mr. Ken Norris, Gen…
German police made 11 arrests and raided homes and offices in a crackdown on Italian organized crime Thursday, as coordinated raids took place in Sicily.
A 39-year-old Sicilian who operated from a pizza restaurant in Cologne is accused…
Qatar Airways Thursday grounded its fleet of five Boeing 787 Dreamliners, the official Qatar News Agency reported, after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was investigating battery problems that raised safety concerns.
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The Bimoba Youth Association (BIYA) on Thursday commended President John Dramani Mahama on his investiture as the fourth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
The Association also commended President Mahama for his commitment to…
The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama on Thursday presented a 12-seater Hyundai mini-bus valued at about $30,000 to the Sunyani Traditional Council in Sunyani.
The bus was presented on her behalf by Miss Sherry Ayittey, Acting Minister …
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has taken delivery of a £35,000.00 Retina Imaging Equipment to enhance the quality of eye-care services.
This was a donation from Ashanti Development, a United Kingdom (UK)-based charity.
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A driver of a Benz bus travelling from Mankessim to Cape Coast lost control of the steering wheel when the bus's brake failed and collided with an Urvan bus on Thursday at the same spot at Aseda junction where three people lost their lives…
Twenty-eight-year-old Kingsley Nkrumah, a student of the University of Development Studies, is on admission in hospital following injuries he received when a farmer shot him in both thighs.
Police said the suspect Thomas Henapong, 56, mis…
A taxi driver Azumah Yaga is in the grips of the Dadieso Police in the Aowin District for allegedly condoning and conniving with two others to steal 10 bags of cocoa beans and a chain saw.
Sources at the Western Regional Crime Office told…
A 13-year old class five pupil, Kwame Kesse of Sefwi-Asantekrom D/C Primary School
in the Sefwi-Wiawso Municipality got drowned in a stream when attempting to fetch water.
An autopsy report issued by Dr. Edward Appiah, a senior medical o…
Peter Ahiati, a 44-year-old carpenter who defiled an eight-year-old pupil was on Thursday arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court.
Ahiati, aka Efo, has been charged with defilement contrary to section 10(2) of Act 29/60 as amended b…
The World Health Organization's (WHO) projects that the treatment for schistocomiasis (bilharzia) will reach 235 million people over the next five years.
This according to the WHO would be achieved by increasing availability of med…
Seven foreign hostages held by Islamist gunmen at a gas facility in Algeria are still alive after an Algerian army attack, a spokesman for the captors told Mauritania's ANI news agency Thursday.
He claimed the army had started an opera…
Ghanaians have been advised not to be overwhelmed by the current political atmosphere in the country, but rather bury all political difference, unite and forge ahead in development.
The advice came from the Chief Executive Officer of…
An ultra-modern church building has been commissioned for the Life Assembly Worship Centre at Buokrom, a suburb of Kumasi.
According to Reverend B.B. Yirenkyi, Associate Pastor of the church, the 2,000 capacity edifice was the result…
Samsung, an official sponsor of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations slated for South Africa this year has launched 'Samsung Fan Zone' interactive program in seven African countries to bring the spirit of the games to fans across the continent…
Nana Oduro Kwarteng, Chief Director, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, has attributed the problem of poor sanitation in the country to mainly wrong attitudes in people.
"Solving the problem of poor sanitary conditio…
Management of Universal Concept Mental Arithmetic System (UCMAS), has unveiled Master Kwabena Asamoah, the world champion, who represented Ghana in the 18th UCMAS Abacus and Mental International Competition, held at Malaysia in December 20…
HFC Bank is to support the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) to establish a center of excellence for maternal and child care.
The center will help reduce maternal and under-five deaths as well as promote teaching and learning.
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The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has donated a set of desktop computer, one laptop and several hundred copies of GCAA branded exercise books to the La Wireless Cluster of Schools.
According to a statement released by the Aut…
A total of ten farmer-based organisations in the Tolon and Kumbungu district on Tuesday received ten new parboiling vessels used to process rice and ten moisture content testers.
The groups were also given 30 energy saving stoves…
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday admitted to bail Lewis Afful, a student, who is accused of having anal sex with a 15-year old boy.
Afful, 18, pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement and was admitted to a GHÈ»10,000.00 bail …
The Novotel Market Traders Association, (Odawna) of the General Agricultural Workers Union of the Trades Union Congress, has congratulated President John Dramani Mahama for the nomination of Nana Oye Lithur as Minister of Gender, Children …
Mr Alfred Okoe Vanderpiuye, Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Tuesday said efficient and successful waste management depends on availability of a well engineered land fill site. However, the AMA did not have one.
He said the cu…
Hajia Fati Suleiman, Deputy National Chairperson for The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Ghana (FOMWAG), has commended the President for nominating Nana Oye Lithur to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
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The Yilo Krobo Traditional Council has expressed appreciation to President John Dramani Mahama for nominating Mr Seth Terkper as Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.
In a letter from the traditional council, signed by the Acting…
Dr Sam Jonah, Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), said on Tuesday that there was the growing need for the country’s universities to be more focused and results-oriented.
Universities should also be more responsive to …
The chiefs and people of Ajena in the Asuogyaman District have called for the rehabilitation of the road leading to the area and the improvement of supply of water to the area.
Mr Michael Yao Tsuiatorfe, an Opinion Leader of Ajena wh…
Michael Mbir, a farmer, was on Tuesday fined GH¢ 360.00 by a Magistrate’s Court in Cape Coast for assaulting his sister, Ms Aba Essuon, a trader, and causing damage to her kiosk.
He pleaded guilty and told the court that his act w…
Dr Beatrix Allah-Mensah, Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank, Tuesday said institutional arrangements, approaches and methodologies for developing, use and management of water and sanitation services needed to be looked at ag…
Anglo American Platinum, the world's number one platinum producer, said Tuesday it was closing four shafts in northern South Africa and cutting 14,000 jobs in the volatile mining sector that witnessed violent strikes last year.
Some 13…
Alfred Okoe Vanderpuye, Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Tuesday outlined efforts to curb sanitation indiscipline in the city.
As part of the programme, the assembly had established three sanitation courts …
Kobina Jah, and Kojo Sam both fishermen and residents of Cape Coast were on Monday granted a bail of GH¢ 300 by a Cape Coast Magistrate's Court for assault and causing damage.
The two pleaded not guilty and the case had been adjourn…
Three people died and over 15 were injured Tuesday when about 100 vehicles crashed into each other in thick fog and slippery conditions in southern Sweden, police said.
The pile-up involved about 50 cars and as many trucks on a bridge on …
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday presented a Toyota pickup valued at 35,000 dollars to the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) in Accra.
Mr Lee Ocran, care taker Minister of Education who made the presentation, said that it w…
Three suspected members of a robbery gang, including their leader, identified only as Abacha, had been gunned down by the police in separate incidents.
The group, described as "terrible and dangerous" had for some time now been …
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF- Ghana) on Tuesday commended President John Dramani Mahama for naming three prominent women leaders in the first batch of his ministerial appointments.
The nominees are Nana Oye Lithur,…
The Auditor-General on Tuesday submitted two main documents to the Commission on Judgement Debt at its first sitting for the year in Accra.
The documents included Ghana at 50 and the National Vocational Institute Auditor General forensic …
The Nyinahin Magistrate Court presided over by Mr Sam Nigi, has remanded into prison custody a mother and her daughter for the death of a 17-year old girl at Ntobroso in the Atwima-Mponua District.
The pleas of Akosua Addai, 40, and …
South Africa's mining minister slammed Amplats Tuesday, accusing the world's largest platinum firm of backtracking on social commitments and charged that it was executing "a complex form of hoarding of minerals (to) deprive the country of …
French ground forces in Mali were moving north Wednesday towards the front line, where they were set to enter direct combat against Islamist rebels "in the coming hours."
"Until now we have had some ground forces in Bamako to, first of al…
Somalia's Islamist militia, al-Shabaab, said Wednesday it had sentenced to death a French spy held hostage since 2009 to avenge a botched French rescue operation.
Al-Shabaab "has reached a unanimous decision to execute the French intellig…
Two people died and nine were injured, one critically, in a helicopter crash in central London, police said Wednesday.
Most of the casualties had minor injuries, said Bernard Hogan-Howe, the chief of London's Metropolitan police.
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French ground forces in Mali were moving north Wednesday towards the front line, where they were set to enter direct combat against Islamist rebels "in the coming hours."
"Until now we have had some ground forces in Bamako to, first of al…
Two people died when a helicopter clipped a crane at the top of a building in central London Wednesday, scattering debris to the ground as it burst into fire.
The BBC, quoting police, said one of the victims died in the helicopter, wit…
The Volta Region has recorded minimal decrease in road traffic fatalities in the last quarter of 2012.
There were 42 deaths between September and December, 2012, as against 49 for the same period in 2011, a decrease of 14 per cent.
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A group of French and Japanese nationals have been kidnapped in southern Algeria, French and Algerian media reports said Wednesday.
France Info radio reported that six men - one French and five Japanese - had been abducted at an oil fa…
A group of French and Japanese nationals have been kidnapped in southern Algeria, French and Algerian media reports said Wednesday.
France Info radio reported that six men - one French and five Japanese - had been abducted at an oil fa…
French ground forces in Mali were moving north Wednesday towards the front line, where they were set to enter direct combat against Islamist rebels "in the coming hours."
"Until now we have had some ground forces in Bamako to, first of al…
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