A 28-year-old daring thief, who broke into the cars and rooms of some soldiers at the Four Battalion of Infantry (4BN) has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court.
Baba Iddrisu pleaded guilty to charges of …
Sheikh Osumanu Nuhu Sharabutu, National chief Imam, celebrated his 87th birthday on Thursday with a call on the National Muslim Council to set up Counselling Sections in all the regions to guide the youth to be submissive to their elders i…
Mr. Commodore Steve Obimpe, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force Committee on Floods, on Friday announced that there would still be the need for building, structures and other containers which have sprang up on water course and flooded …
Dr Jacob Abebrese, Medical Director at the Regional Hospital in Sunyani, has said that negligence and irresponsible behaviour of some health workers contribute greatly to rising maternal mortality in Ghana.
Speaking to the Ghana News…
Hohoe Municipal campaign of "Reach out Ghana" dubbed ROGHA, a nationwide programme to reach out to Ghanaians with one million copies of Rhapsody of Realities devotional guide by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, was launched on Wednesday at Hohoe.
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Senior Citizens in the Upper West Region have been asked to promote peace in their communities and ensure that the people supported security agencies in fighting crime.
Mr. Cezar Kale, Deputy Upper West Regional Minster, made the app…
Lutheran Media Ministry, a subsidiary of the Lutheran Church, on Thursday celebrated the second edition of its annual National Media Day of Prayer.
The event, celebrated on every Republic Day, is aimed at bringing people of all faith…
The Children's Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has taken delivery of a suction machine, (used to extract fluids from patients) and blood pressure measuring equipment.
These were a donation from Eximguarant…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has presented items worth GH 1,000 to Help Age Ghana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) towards the celebration of Republic Day and senior citizens day, which falls on Thursday July 1.
The it…
Solicitors of the University of Ghana, Legon, are to appeal against the June 25th court ruling in the Commonwealth Hall matter and ask for a stay of execution until the appeal is determined.
A statement signed on Wednesday by the R…
Government has secured funds to start work on the major road that would link Volta, Northern and Upper East Regions on the eastern part of the country, Mr Moses Bukari Mabengba, Northern Regional Minister, has announced.
This, he said…
The Volta Regional Sports Council in collaboration with Home Raffle Lotto in Ho, on Republic Day organized cycling competition for cyclists in the Volta Region.
The competition dubbed, "Afe Lotto Republic Day cycling competition 201…
Senior Citizens in the Upper West Region have been urged to educate their community members on issues of peace and also bring them on board to support the security agencies in fighting crime.
Mr Cezar Kale, Deputy Upper West Regional…
The Nadowli Assembly Women Advocacy Group (NAWAG) have launched girls' retention enrolment and transition project to help promote girl-child education in the district.
The group has formed committees in all the 10 area councils in th…
The Russian government will this year, offer more than 30 scholarships to Ghanaian students tostudy in Russia.
Mr Evgeny Tereshenchenko, Trade and Economic Attache at the Russian Embassy in Accra announced this at this year's Student…
The Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) would establish apiaries (beekeeping) in its 18 municipal and district assemblies, to bolster the enterprise for socio-economic growth.
Colonel (rtd) Cyril Necku, Deputy Volta Regional M…
The managements of two NGOs would launch a science vacation school and youth leadership development programme at Mampong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region on Friday, July 10.
Leadership Africa USA, a Washington, DC-based NGO focused on d…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly(AMA) has warned traders allocated sheds at the Pedestrian Shopping Mall at Odawna to utilise them, else they would be re-allocated to others.
Mr Desmond Nii Addo Biney, Presiding Member of AMA who gave…
Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, on Thursday called on people in the region to make suggestions on the management of revenue that would be generated from the oil discovery.
He noted that the people were not united on …
Mr. Imam Abdul Moomin, group leader of an 11-member team of medical students from Tuoro College, New York, in the United States of America (USA), has observed that improved health facilities would enhance health care delivery in the Ellemb…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Friday called on the 16 member-states engaged in the prevention of pollution at the Gulf of Guinea to adopt pragmatic Regional Strategic Plan of Action that would combat all threats to marine life.
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With a phenomenal 5th season of Big Brother Africa set to launch on DStv on Sunday July 18, M-Net today offered fans of the series a special
sneak peek at the brand new Big Brother logo.
Modern and streamlined, the new logo is a departur…
A two-day meeting for the Committee of Traditional Medicine experts on Friday opened, to review the third draft of the West African Herbal Pharmacopoeia (WAHP).
The committee, made up members of the West African Health Organisation …
Water and sanitation experts on Friday met to review innovative management models designed under the Tripartite Partnership Project (TPP), for water, satiation and hygiene services to the
urban poor in Ghana.
The three-year collabo…
A medical doctor has described malaria as an ailment of great public health concern and a challenge to human and socio-economic development in the country.
Dr Albert Antobre-Boateng, Birim Central Municipal Director of Health Service…
President John Evans Atta Mills has underscored
the need to strengthen efforts at addressing ecological problems that encourage sustainable development and efficient management of marine and coastal ecosystems in the sub-region.
Pre…
A Nigerian, who posed as the Inspector General of
Police (IGP), Mr. Paul T Quaye by presenting a forged Identity Card (ID)and a biometric page of a passport of the IGP, in order to defraud a Swedish, on Friday appeared before a Circuit Co…
Two members of the Boadi Community Neighbourhood
Watch Committee, in Kumasi, have been ordered to be held on remand by a Kumasi Circuit Court for the alleged murder of a teenager.
The pleas of Adu Gyamfi, 44, and Kwabena James,…
Commodore Steve Obimpe, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force Committee on Floods, said that more buildings, structures and containers, which have sprang up on water course and flooded
areas would be pulled down.
He said that "Th…
Mr Justice S. K. Sarpong Appiah, a Circuit Court Judge at Juaso, in the Asante-Akim South District, has raised concern about the unbridled quest by many Ghanaians to travel outside without
following proper procedures.
This, he said…
Rescuers battling to recover the bodies of scores of small-scale miners trapped in a mine pit at Akyempim, near Dunkwa-on-Offin, are considering deploying an excavator to speed up the process.
Ms Helen Ntoso, Director of Operations o…
The District Chief Executive (DCE), for Asante-Akim South, Mr De-graft Fokuo, has cut the sod for construction work to start on a GH�260,000.00 six-classroom block, for the Juaso Senior High School (SHS).
The project, scheduled for…
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), on Friday donated assorted food items, blankets, mattresses and tents, to households in Sempoa Miensa, a farming community near Koforidua,
where houses were razed down by unknown peo…
India's advanced helicopter simulator, an HAL and CAE joint venture, Friday received the highest certification from both the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
The Bangalore-based H…
US has said it is "very supportive" of the Indian effort to train Afghan security forces, amid reports that President Hamid Karzai has agreed to
send a group of military officers to Pakistan for training.
"We are very supportive of…
Russia shipped humanitarian aid to Ukraine Friday to help the former Communist country address severe flooding in its western regions, Russian
officials said.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry said it sent two planeloads of aid and will …
One of the country's most crowded temple towns, Guruvayur in Kerala state in south India, has resolved to become a plastic-free zone as a joint
initiative by the civic body and the famous Sree Krishna temple management.
A pledge to…
US police have arrested two more teenagers on charges of murdering an Indian computer scientist taking to five total number of suspects held in the case, even as they did not rule out racial bias behind the incident.
49-year-old Divye…
China announced that security was tightened in Urumqi for Saturday's first anniversary of deadly ethnic riots in the northwestern capital.
Official reports said about 200 people died in the riots last July in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang-U…
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, introduced the 2011 model of its hybrid compact sedan, the Avante LPi, on Wednesday as the first of its new lineup to help bring up its domestic and overseas sales.
The 2011 Avante LPi Hy…
Workers of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the Upper East Region have appealed to the government and service providers to be consistent in service delivery and utility billing.
The workers said at a meeting in Bolgatanga that the i…
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) on Wednesday held a remembrance service in Accra to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the three High Court judges who were murdered for upholding the rule of law.
The three High Court judges murdered…
Korean women with college degrees are far less likely to get jobs than their counterparts in other developed countries, with nearly four out
of 10 staying unemployed, data suggested Wednesday.
According to data from the Organization …
Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture, said the introduction of the Block-Farming (BF) concept had resulted in 10
percent increase in maize production in the country.
"This direct intervention led to a quantum leap in t…
Heads of prayer camps have been asked to encourage members who report sick of strange diseases to go to hospital for HIV/AIDS Voluntary Testing and Counselling.
The results will enable the camp leaders to know the type of interventio…
Some residents of the Tema Metropolis have lamented
the closure of some major roads due to ongoing construction works in the area.
Roads closed include the stretch linking Tema Community Three through Community Two to the defunct Merid…
An activist of the New Patriotic Party, Bashiru
Mohammed, alias "Red", is to appear before a Tamale court on Friday for possessing firearm without lawful authority and offensive conduct.
He is currently being held by the Northern Re…
Ghana is ready to host the Secretariat of the
Permanent Guinea Current Commission when the decision to transform it from its current interim status, Dr Edward Omane-Boamah, Deputy Minister of Environment, Science and Technology said on We…
An influential Republican lawmaker on Wednesday urged US President Barack Obama to reverse a recent decision of the EXIM Bank against financing
Reliance Power's ultra-mega power project in central Indian state Madhya Pradesh.
The E…
Militants opened fire on unsuspecting national and local police officers in Algeria near the border with Mali Wednesday, killing 11 of them, authorities said.
The ambush by an unidentified terrorist group occurred as the police convoy tra…