The Aburi Girls Secondary School has won the maiden Cocoa Quiz competition organised for some secondary schools in the Eastern Region at Koforidua on Thursday.
Aburi Girls won with 27 points, beating Pope John's Secondary School, Kof…
The Ghana Bar Association has returned all the seven-member national executives unopposed for another year's term during elections to climax the association's three-day annual general conference at Elmina.
They are Mr Solomon Kwami …
Mr Muniru Arafat Nuhu, the Cape Coast Municipal Chief Executive, has expressed concern over the abysmal performance of the assembly in its revenue generation effort.
He expressed regret that the assembly has only been able to realize …
Immigration with be at the top of the agenda when Morocco and Spain hold summit talks Thursday after around a thousand would-be African immigrants stormed a border fence in the Spanish enclave of Melilla over two consecutive nights, 300 ma…
Mr Sandys Kyei Baffour, Secretary to the Board of Directors of the Asante-Akyem Rural Bank was on Wednesday elected Chairman of the Asante-Akim South constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at a delegate's congress at Juaso.
He…
Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) personnel
at the Abutia-Check point on Wednesday intercepted
a tipper truck with 27 bundles of English wax prints embedded in sand.
CEPS personnel used spades and other tools to reach …
Thirteen people died when a bus carrying pilgrims from a Muslim shrine overturned in Pakistan Wednesday, raising the toll from the fifth such accident since the weekend to nearly 70, police said.
The overloaded vehicle toppled onto it…
The US Army has dropped an inquiry into whether US military personnel provided gruesome photographs of war dead in Iraq and Afghanistan to an Internet website in return for access to pornography, army spokesmen said Wednesday.
A preli…
As part of measures to combat the recent upsurge in armed robberies, Operation Calm Life was on Thursday re-launched to minimise the crime rate in Accra.
The operation, which would be carried out by personnel from the Ghana Armed Forces …
A mile-long (1.5-kilomter) procession of protesters marched through downtown San Francisco on Saturday, decrying US president George W. Bush's handling of everything -- from Iraq to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Demonstrators ra…
There was no disguising the joy most German football fans took from Bayern Munich's 2-0 defeat at SV Hamburg on Saturday and that was reflected in the media.
Hamburg ended Bayern's run of 15 consecutive league wins and they were the t…
Tunisian club Etoile Sahel closed on a second consecutive African Champions League final appearance by taking a 1-0 lead over Raja Casablanca of Morocco Saturday in the semi-finals.
Nigerian Emeka Opara snatched the 59th-minute winner…
Two goals scored in each half ensured Ghana's King Faisal victory over visiting Fello Stars of Guinea in their CAF Confederations Cup match at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday.
Eric Gawu scored the opener in the 23rd …
Dr Kofi Asare, the Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, has expressed concern about the increased cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the region.
He said between 2002 to date, a total of 6,978 cases of the disease had been detecte…
A team of Police Officers drawn from the National Headquarters,
CID Headquarters, Accra and Tema Regions have
been formed to deal with armed robberies within the Accra-Tema Metropolis and other parts of the country.
This is in re…
An attempt by a jilted husband to kill his ex-wife together with their three children by lacing their drinking water with a poisonous chemical at Agbozume failed because the woman scented the chemical while taking a sip.
Klutsey Dork…
Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Minister of Education and Sports on Sunday announced that government had decided to institute a programme that will provide research grants and scholarships for teaching staff in the private tertiary institutions in pri…
Professor Kwesi Andam, Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), on Friday asked the Volta River Authority (VRA) to accelerate the procurement procedure to bring the second bulk of electricity for …
The Chairman of the Education sub-committee of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Friday, called on government to monitor the disbursement of the capitation grant to ensure that it was used for the intended purpose.
He said al…
Hit by the tragic loss of three urologists of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, who are being buried on Friday, the Teaching Hospital paid its last respects to its fallen colleagues by shutting their consultation rooms, except for emergenci…
The US Embassy in Accra explained that 24 Ghanaians who were deported from the US were convicted of various offences, including possession of drugs, domestic violence and other crimes.
"Under US law, both non-immigrants and immigran…
Edwin Eastman, the boyfriend of late Suzzy Malike Williams, an actress, on Friday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with careless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.
Eastman, a 25-year-old musician, who w…
Ghana's 2005 Beauty Queen, Miss Lamisi Mbillah, has made a passionate appeal to people from Northern Ghana to send their children to school and ensure that they are free from the guinea worm and other public health diseases to enable them…
Professor Kwesi Andam, Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), on Friday asked the Volta River Authority (VRA) to accelerate the procurement procedure to bring the second bulk of electricity for …
The Chairman of the Education sub-committee of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Friday, called on government to monitor the disbursement of the capitation grant to ensure that it was used for the intended purpose.
He said al…
Hit by the tragic loss of three urologists of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, who are being buried on Friday, the Teaching Hospital paid its last respects to its fallen colleagues by shutting their consultation rooms, except for emergenci…
The US Embassy in Accra explained that 24 Ghanaians who were deported from the US were convicted of various offences, including possession of drugs, domestic violence and other crimes.
"Under US law, both non-immigrants and immigran…
Edwin Eastman, the boyfriend of late Suzzy Malike Williams, an actress, on Friday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with careless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.
Eastman, a 25-year-old musician, who w…
Ghana's 2005 Beauty Queen, Miss Lamisi Mbillah, has made a passionate appeal to people from Northern Ghana to send their children to school and ensure that they are free from the guinea worm and other public health diseases to enable them…
Authorities in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland on Saturday warned outsiders without legitimate business there to leave immediately following the arrests of several alleged Al-Qaeda operatives.
In a crackdown ordered after th…
Egypt may be one of Washington's top Arab allies but US envoy Karen Hughes will have her work cut out Sunday when she arrives on a regional trip aimed at improving her country's image.
The new undersecretary of state for public diplo…
Authorities in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland on Saturday warned outsiders without legitimate business there to leave immediately following the arrests of several alleged Al-Qaeda operatives.
In a crackdown ordered after th…
Egypt may be one of Washington's top Arab allies but US envoy Karen Hughes will have her work cut out Sunday when she arrives on a regional trip aimed at improving her country's image.
The new undersecretary of state for public diplo…
Bulgaria manager Hristo Stoichkov has been hit with a four match ban for a "scandalous" attack on Lennart Johansson, president of European football's governing body UEFA.
FIFA acted after Stoichkov accused Swede Johansson of "being a…
Bulgaria manager Hristo Stoichkov has been hit with a four match ban for a "scandalous" attack on Lennart Johansson, president of European football's governing body UEFA.
FIFA acted after Stoichkov accused Swede Johansson of "being a…
Dr Sam Adjei, the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, called on managers of the Mutual Health Organisations (MHOs) not to politicise their services but consider it a social service delivery to members of their communities…
Mr. Charles Bintim, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development on Friday asked metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies to move away from the traditional practice of engaging full-time revenue collectors as a way of lifting…
The Government is to pay between 200 billion cedis and 300 billion cedis as compensation for landed properties to be affected by execution of the proposed Outer Ring Road project.
Mr. Alex Twumasi Boakye, Director, Urban Roads, who a…
Dr Sam Adjei, the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, called on managers of the Mutual Health Organisations (MHOs) not to politicise their services but consider it a social service delivery to members of their communities…
Mr. Charles Bintim, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development on Friday asked metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies to move away from the traditional practice of engaging full-time revenue collectors as a way of lifting…
The Government is to pay between 200 billion cedis and 300 billion cedis as compensation for landed properties to be affected by execution of the proposed Outer Ring Road project.
Mr. Alex Twumasi Boakye, Director, Urban Roads, who a…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko defied all odds to win away against Heart of Lions at Kpando in their 21-week premiership duel on Sunday.
Aziz Ansah scored the lone goal of the match on the 14th minute when he curled in a free kick from about 20…
Defending league champions, Accra Hearts of Oak has put up a superlative first performance to overcome Tema Real Sportive with a 3-1 win in the 21st week Premier League match at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra.
Sportive who had…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko defied all odds to win away against Heart of Lions at Kpando in their 21-week premiership duel on Sunday.
Aziz Ansah scored the lone goal of the match on the 14th minute when he curled in a free kick from about 20…
Defending league champions, Accra Hearts of Oak has put up a superlative first performance to overcome Tema Real Sportive with a 3-1 win in the 21st week Premier League match at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra.
Sportive who had…
Reigning Spanish champions Barcelona got off to an unimpressive start to the new season when they were held to a 0-0 draw by newly-promoted Alaves on Saturday.
To add the frustration of Barca coach Frank Rijkaard, the man responsible …
Reigning Spanish champions Barcelona got off to an unimpressive start to the new season when they were held to a 0-0 draw by newly-promoted Alaves on Saturday.
To add the frustration of Barca coach Frank Rijkaard, the man responsible …
French experts will evaluate Congo's disputed annual diamond production in the country's bid to rejoin the international group which controls sales of the gems, the government said Saturday.
Experts from the Office of Research Studies…
French experts will evaluate Congo's disputed annual diamond production in the country's bid to rejoin the international group which controls sales of the gems, the government said Saturday.
Experts from the Office of Research Studies…
Tension is gradually brewing between the Mpohor Small Scale Miners Association in the Mpohor Wassa East District and St. Jude Mineral Resources, over alleged attempts to stall the operations of the small scale miners.
The association h…
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