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 …
Voltic Ghana Limited, producers of bottled water, has presented some of their products and T-Shirts to the organizers of this year's Deer Hunting Festival (Aboakyer).
They presented 60 packs of 500 millilitre mineral water, 100 packs…
Ashesi University has won the Best Delegate Award at the Asia International Model United Nations (UN) Conference, hosted at Peking University, Beijing, in China.
The university also won other two outstanding awards for its performanc…
Kwabena Akrofi, a farmer, has appeared before the Asamankese Circuit Court, charged with stealing building materials worth GHC 879.
He pleaded guilty with explanation and was remanded in prison custody till May 12.
A bench warr…
Aiming precision in monsoon forecasting, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is planning to develop "dynamic" prediction models, supplementing the existing statistics-based systems.
The programme to be given effect from next y…
The remains of Mr Ben Entwi, a veteran Journalist, has been laid to rest at the Methodist Church Cemetery, Kpone near Tema on
Saturday.
Employed in 1966 by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) as a Sub-Editor, the late Entwi rose to the posi…
Mrs Grace Ayaitia, Deputy Director of Nursing Service of the Ghana Health Service, has called on Ghanaians to take active interest in physical education and sports to enable them to remain healthy at all times.
She said taking regula…
Nearly five lakh foreign patients seeking "dirt-cheap" treatment have visited India in the last one year, boosting efforts to make the country a major health tourism destination.
Though the trend of foreigners coming to India for tr…
Forty-six out of 59 drivers arrested in Kumasi for various traffic offences have been sentenced to fines totalling GH¢8,380.00 by a circuit court.
Thirteen of the offenders were cautioned and discharged.
A statement signed…
Charles Donkor, a 47-year-old farmer and video operator, on Friday appeared before the Mpraeso Circuit Court for defiling a 14-year-old primary six pupil.
Donkor, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, was remanded in police custody f…
The Rev Wilson Emmanuel Ashigbie, the Presbytery Chairman of the Ho Presbytery of the Global Evangelical Church, has called on churches to make resuscitation of the depleted environment a priority.
He said by this they would be obeyi…
Five members of a family at Sasthampara, Nedumangad in the southern Indian state of Kerala was admitted to the Medical College hospital with
symptoms of food poisoning after they consumed mushrooms collected from their backyard on Sunday…
The Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has declared that, the Chieftaincy institution was still relevant now, as in the past.
It has therefore advised those calling for its abolition, not to be swayed by the chieftaincy disputes but lo…
Uninvited guests and security mismanagement marred Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik's reception
in Sialkot, forcing the hassled newly-weds to leave the function before it was over.
The reception was hosted by Malik and turned out to be…
Thousands of people celebrated the Sikh New Year here, amid tension that a fresh outbreak of violence within the community could spoil the function.
An estimated 80,000 Sikhs took part in the city's 25th Khalsa Day parade Sunday which…
When she was ordained the first woman priest of a mainstream Christian Church in Kerala state in south India 21 years back, it was not without a bit of anxiety that Reverend Marathakavalli David took up clerical duties.
Now, when she…
The family members of Malayalam film and television actor Sreenath, who allegedly committed suicide on Friday, have demanded a comprehensive probe into his death.
Sreenath's brother Sathyanath, along with family members,told reporte…
The passengers and crew of an Emirates Flight from Dubai to Kochi had a close escape when it suddenly fell over 200 feet after hitting an air pocket over Goa air space on Sunday.
Though the aircraft, with 350 passengers, 11 cabin cr…
Mrs Joyce Bamford-Addo, the Speaker of Parliament, is leading a 10-member Parliamentary delegation on a four-day visit to Prague, Czech Republic.
This is the Speaker's first official trip since she was elected in January, 2009.
…
Yakubu Sidi, a Fulani herdsman, was last Thursday remanded into prison custody for conspiring to commit robbery and robbery.
Sidi pleaded not guilty and would reappear on May 06.
Mr Seth T. Mensah, Police Chief Inspector, told …
The Agona Nsaba police have arrested Kobina Baah, a 35-year-old drinking bar operator at Duakwa, for allegedly defiling 13-year-old house girl.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Joseph Abgogya, the Agona Nyakrom District Police Commander,…
Mankessim, a buzzing market centre in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, is to benefit from a one million Euro Sanitation project.
Government and the African Development Bank, African Water Facility and The Netherland…
The Agona East District Assembly has mapped out a strategy to speed up the development of the District.
Under the strategy, fund raising activities would be held to raise funds to build a market at Mankrong Junction, Mr John Oremus A…
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…
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