About 759 million people world-wide can neither read nor write with two-thirds of them being women, an official from United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) disclosed on Friday.
Ms Irina Bokova, Direct…
Stanbic Bank in collaboration with United Against Malaria Ghana (UAM) on Friday presented 1,000 pieces of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN) worth GH¢ 15,000 to residents of Frafraha in the Adenta Municipality of Greater Accra Region.
Th…
Reverend Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, a Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Friday observed that the avalanche of religious messages exploding on the airwaves is making Ghanaians religiously confuse…
The Asante Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, is to introduce reforms to make it possible for Chiefs and Queens in the Church to take Holy Communion.
The Church was sensitive to the cultural identity of members and that …
The Bishop of the Winneba Dioceses of the Methodist church, Right Rev. Dr. Joseph Ghunney has called on the leaders of the church, to assist in the training of the youth to enable them to translate their innate potential into reality.
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The University of Education, Winneba, has been urged to advertise its needs and aspirations in order to attract philanthropists and its alumni to help develop institution.
Dr Richard Ofori, the Director of the Nation Centre for Resea…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on Friday took delivery of quantities of Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting drugs worth 3.3 million dollars at a ceremony at Oduom, near Kumasi.
The drugs were presented by the Breast …
Dr. John Koku Awoonor- Williams, Upper East Regional Director of Health Services has said poor hygiene was to blame for Ghana's many diseases.
He indicated that the huge annual government health bill could be reduced drastically if G…
Mr Kweku Botwe, the acting Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited, has said that the company would have no alternative in future than to pull down buildings on pipe tracks for the good of all Ghanaians.
He said the com…
The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), has described the death of Mrs Habiba Fuseini as unacceptable saying it fully supports the call by the President and the Inspector-General of Police to investigate the matter.
It sa…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister has observed that the Church was fast becoming irrelevant in the moral reformation of society.
He said this was because of the lust for wealth among some church leaders, who exploit their …
Abdulai Issah, a 46-year-old farm labourer, was on Friday arraigned before the Kade District Magistrate Court for breaking into a mosque and stealing an amount of money.
Issah pleaded not guilty to four counts of possessing a pick axe…
Abdul Wahab Issa, a 22-year-old truck pusher, was on Friday sentenced to a fine of GHC 360 by the Kade District Magistrate Court for possessing implements meant for breaking into premises.
He was charged for attempting to break into …
The Ministry of Transport and its allied agencies on Saturday embarked on a health walk to create road safety awareness in the country.
The walk, which started at the Aviation Social Centre near the Kotoka International Airport, took…
Free Africa From Mosquitoes (FAFM), a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Sunday fumigated Abokobi community in the Ga East Municipality to mark this year's World Malaria Day.
The exercise served as a platform to sensitize reside…
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.
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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 …
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