A 28-year nursing mother has been ordered by a Kumasi Circuit Court to pay a fine of GH¢500.00 for inflicting deep razor blade cuts on the face of a co-tenant during a fight.
Afia Achiaa was additionally instructed to compensate the v…
Mrs Gifty Ohene-Konadu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante-Akim South, has visited Obogu to sympathize with and show support for victims of a recent rainstorm disaster that struck the community.
A heavy rainfall accompanied by stro…
Professor Mahama Duwiejua, Executive Secretary of the National Council for Tertiary Education, has called on Africa universities to assess how they could best contribute to the development of the continent through research and other forms …
Nii Oblimpong Kojo Ababio, Jamestown Mantse, on Tuesday commended the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for embarking on programmes to make the capital city attractive.
He urged the city authorities not to relent in their efforts but…
The Korean Parliament on Tuesday presented 18 computers to the Parliament of Ghana to enhance its operations.
Mr Lee Sang-Hak, Korean Ambassador to Ghana, who presented the computers, said Ghana was the hope of democracy for Africa c…
The Northern Network for Education Development (NNED) has kicked against the withdrawal of the Community Teaching Assistants (CTA) saying their withdrawal had adversely affected the quality of education in the affected areas.
Mr Gask…
Constant education for players in the film industry has been identified as effective corrective measure to clamp down on pornography and sub-standard content that had besieged Ghanaian movie production.
Professor Linus Abraham, Recto…
Dr Hanna Louisa Bisiw, the Deputy Minister of Works, Housing and Water Resources, has advised the youth against investing their exuberance in partisan politicking and rather to focus on the execution of development programmes in their comm…
Deputy Eastern Regional MTTU Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police Franklin Kwesi Kramoah, on Tuesday advised communities not to erect speed ramps on roads.
He appealed to communities to consult the Ghana Highways Authority or …
The Police in the early hours of Tuesday arrested Ekrah Kwame, a 26-year-old Agona Nkwanta based taxi driver, in connection with the suspected theft of a quantity of high tension overhead electricity cables found in his Opel Astra taxi at …
Students of the Wa Methodist School for the Blind once again proved to the whole world that disability is not an inability and that given resources and support the physically challenged can prove equal to the task.
The visually impai…
Mr. Alban Bagbin, the Minister of Water Resources Works and Housing, has donated 20 computers, 20 monitors and 20 UPS to Wa Senior High School to mark its 40th anniversary celebration held on Saturday.
He has also drilled four borehol…
Stakeholders in the transport industry are considering the introduction of speed limiters on vehicles to control speeding and carnage on the roads.
Mr Gus Kesseie, Chief Project Manager of Technol, an engineering company, addressing …
Two thousand four hundred and eighty six candidates have been registered to take part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in April in the Bawku Municipality.
The candidates, 1,423 boys and 1,063 girls are to…
Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament, on Wednesday launched a budget advocacy handbook with a call on those responsible for preparing the country’s budget to always make it transparent enough t…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday said government would initiate measures that would ensure that only qualified and competent people were licensed to drive in the country.
He said a national debate would also be opened on…
Some traders of second-hand goods at the Nana Bosoma Market on Wednesday suggested that instead of the total ban of some items, there should rather be a strict inspection before the items are released.
“The ban on second-hand goods i…
The people of Keta and its surrounding villages in the Volta Region are appealing to the government to speed up work on the Keta Sea Defence Project.
The Ghana News Agency, which toured the area, noted that the main road, which links…
Kori Youth Association (KOYA), an Accra and Tema based association of people from Kori in the Builsa District, on Wenesday cut a sod for a Nutrition Centre and a Day Care Centre for Akag Primary School in Kori as part of development projec…
A civil servant on Wednesday appealed to the police to stop taxi drivers who are using the
Coronation Park as an unauthorized car park.
The worst offenders are taxi drivers plying Sunyani to Duayaw-Nkwanta, Nsoatre, Terchire, Yamfo …
The Ministry of Trade and Industry will soon establish a commodity exchange and develop a regulated warehouse receipt system to ensure price stability and provide sustainable and affordable finance, especially to farmers who could further …
The Police Administration on Wednesday lifted the ban that stopped heavy duty trucks from moving on the highways after 1800 hours, the Western Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Alhaji Hamidu Mahama, told the GNA in a…
The Takoradi Central Police Station on Tuesday arrested 27 Nigerians who are in the country illegally to undergo vocational training.
Chief Inspector Olivia Adiku, Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, told the GNA that th…
Mohammed Abass, the 31-year-old articulator driver who ran over some school children at Kwesimintim
re-appeared in court on Wednesday and was remanded.
His lawyer, Mr Kofi Diaba, pleaded that the accused should be granted bail since…
The management of Millicom Ghana, operators of Tigo telecommunication service, in collaboration with the management of United Way Ghana, an NGO on Tuesday handed over a rehabilitated six storey classroom block estimated at GH¢20,000 to aut…
The Indian Consulate in San Francisco and the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) will hold
a free legal camp for Indian students who have been affected by the alleged immigration scam of Tri Valley University which was closed by the feder…
India must play an "aggressive economic" role in South Asia to win over smaller states in the
region in the face of the growing challenge to its influence from China, an expert said on Wednesday.
India has not played a leading role…
LG Electronics Inc., the world's third-largest mobile phone maker, said Wednesday that it will release its first tablet PC in March in the U.S. market, as it tries to take its share in the booming market.
The upcoming product, dubbed "…
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has re-emphasized that government leaders must continue their fight against inflationary pressure in China, state media said Wednesday.
"We must resolutely prevent price hikes, and we must firmly control the …
Four persons were killed and 19 others injured in two separate accidents involving a cargo truck and a Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region.
In the latest accident which occurred on January…
A 29-year-old marketing officer, Mark Affum, has been remanded into prison custody by a Kumasi Circuit Court for allegedly duplicating postage stamps of the Ghana Post Company (GPC).
He denied the offence and would re-appear on Februa…
Nana Takyi Abeam II, Chairman of Sunyani Municipal Hospital Advisory Board, on Wednesday called for appreciable working conditions and end of service benefits for management and staff to sustain their interest working at the hospital.
…
The management of Accra Psychiatric Hospital on Wednesday repatriated the second batch of 30 cured mental patients out of the estimated 600 due for repatriation by the end of June.
They would be sent to their families at Odorkor, Mam…
Paul Asempa, alias Alan Kwesi, 37, on Tuesday appeared before a Ho High Court for allegedly murdering one Mawuli Tovor.
His plea was not taken and was remanded until Tuesday, February 08, this year.
Presenting the facts to Cour…
A 29-year old wood seller, who duped a trader of his GH¢4,550.00 under the pretext of securing him an Italian travel visa, has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢500.00 by a Kumasi Circuit Court.
Olivia Opoku Agyeman was also ordered …
Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Minister for Communication, on Tuesday said in the first twenty days of the 2011, 3,469 fraud numbers, 95 per cent of total fraud numbers, were terminated on AIRTEL’s network.
Mr Iddrisu who was answering question…
A Human Rights Court in Accra on Tuesday adjourned to February 25, the case in which the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has filed a writ against the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for the invasion of their premises on Tuesday…
Three persons who robbed six separate households at Aduman, near Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region, and made away with foreign and local currencies were on Tuesday sentenced to 50 years’ imprisonment each by a Circuit Court in Accra.
…
Mrs Emma Sawyer-Laryea, Volta Regional Commander of Prisons, on Tuesday called for the passage of the necessary legislative instrument to empower the judiciary to administer a wide array of non-custodial measures.
She stressed that n…
The Ghana Private Motor-bike Operators Association (Okada) on Tuesday prayed Parliament to amend the law that makes their operations illegal.
Mr Albert Acolatse, president of the association, said: “we petition the Transport Committe…
A 34-year-old trader, Akua Nyarko, has been sentenced to 60 months imprisonment in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for stealing a lap top computer, cell phone and an I-pod belonging to two medical students of the Komfo Anokye Teachin…
Joseph Tetteh, a 36-year-old farmer, is in the grip of the Koforidua Police for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl at Nkurakan in the Eastern Region.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Eunice Annor said on January 01, the victim w…
The Akropong police have arrested five people in connection with a shooting incident at Abiriw in the Eastern Region.
The five suspects whose names were not disclosed to the media for security reasons are assisting the police in their…
The Volta Region Division of the Medical Superintendents Group has called on the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to review health insurance tariffs in place since 2008.
A statement the Group issued and signed by its Chairm…
Traffic congestion on major highways in South Korea reached its peak Wednesday, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, with the arrival of an increasing number of homebound drivers, highway officials said.
The Korea Expressway Co…
The Indian Consulate in San Francisco and the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) will hold
a free legal camp for Indian students who have been affected by the alleged immigration scam of Tri Valley University which was closed by the feder…
South Korea's senior military officers visited frontline troops and combat units ahead of the Lunar New Year on Wednesday to check up on the troops' readiness to respond to emergency situations.
Gen. Han Min-koo, the chairman of the Jo…
South Korean crew members of a ship hijacked by Somali pirates last month returned home Wednesday, 13 days after being rescued by the Navy.
The seven crew members, including the ship's first officer, Lee Ki-yong, arrived at Gimhae Inte…
Supporters of Binayak Sen, the jailed human rights activist, over the weekend held peaceful
demonstrations in about a dozen cities in US, Canada and Britain, demanding the Indian government to release him immediately.
The Free Binaya…
South Korea's quarantine authorities said Wednesday that they ordered the culling of more than 3 million animals to control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
The farm ministry said 142 cases of the highly contagious disease h…