The police officers resorted to the use of force to fight off the offenders The Tamale Central Police Station has launched a manhunt for members of a group that stormed the post to forcibly release their arrested colleague who was being held in custody over a land issue. The Public Relations Officers of the Northern … Read more

The South African Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Lulu Xingwana has expressed satisfaction with Ghana’s rolled-out digital property address system. Ambassador Lulu believes Ghana’s digital address system is innovative and shows Ghana’s readiness to leapfrog its technological drive for rapid economic development. The ambassador made this observation when she led a team of MBA students from … Read more

A Man Diesel haulage truck with registration number GN 3365-16 loaded with manganese last Thursday killed a six year-old pupil of Grace Memorial School at Bonsaso on the Tarkwa-Takoradi Highway leading to mayhem on that section of the road. The Divisional Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) Commander of Tarkwa, Superintendent of Police Madam Victoria … Read more

With the goal of increasing brain development in children from conception to age three, the Ghana Health Service has launched an Early Childhood Development Material. The USAID through the Maternal Child Survival program (MCSP) in Ghana has innovated in the area of Early Childhood Development and health integration by integrating psycho-social stimulation into existing Nutrition … Read more

The Special Surveillance and Monitoring Unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has embarked on an operation to inspect tax stamps at some retail shops. The team led by Mr. Kwabena Apau Anto, Head of Excise Unit, first made a stop at De-Latoya, a retail shop at Osu, where some items; bottle water, soft drinks, … Read more

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the case against the construction of the National Cathedral which has largely divided opinions in the country. The Supreme Court’s decision is to allow lawyers of the plaintiff, the Convention Peoples Party’s (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh, to amend the original writ. Although it is not clear … Read more

A middle-aged woman is feared dead after a KIA truck knocked her down at Fire Stone on the Madina – Adenta – Aburi Highway. This comes barely 72 hours since the death of a 33-year-old woman on the same highway at Adenta SDA Junction. According to an eyewitness, after the deceased was knocked, she was … Read more

The German Government has invested about $40 million in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector in Ghana for the next five years. German Ambassador to Ghana, H. E Christoph Retzlaff made this known at the launch of the National Skills Competition in Accra aimed at generating greater awareness on the importance of … Read more

The Wa Polytechnic in the Upper West Region over the weekend held its 16th matriculation ceremony for 462 fresh men and women admitted to pursue various Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes in the 2018/2019 academic year. The students took the matriculation oath administered by Mr Vitus Songotuah, the Registrar, and pledged to be of good … Read more

The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says they have declared an indefinite strike action over government’s position on reconstituting the governing council of the school. According to them, government’s position is deliberate and an attempt to replace the Vice Chancellor of the university. Speaking … Read more

A group in the small scale mining business has expressed their dissatisfaction on government of Ghana on what they describe as poor handling of the ban on illegal mining. Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asoma Cheremeh earlier hinted that the ban on small scale mining will be lifted by end of 2018. The … Read more

A financial and banking consultant has disclosed that government may sell properties of Pastor Mensa Otabil to offset his debt. He says that is the only sure way government can help retrieve the tax payers money that has been expended by some individuals. In August 2018, the licences of the Capital Bank and the UT … Read more

The revenue generation of the Sunyani Municipal Assembly has witnessed tremendous growth in 2018, Mrs Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson, the Municipal Chief Executive has observed. She said the Assembly raked in GH¢1,311,830.27 fund internally from January to July this year, and commended revenue collectors for the achievement and assured taxpayers that the Assembly would continue to … Read more

Principals, Vice Principals and Tutors of Colleges of Education (CoE) across the country, have been coached on the National School Partnership Policy (NSPP), which seeks to create a collaboration between Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) and Basic Schools. The policy focuses on providing opportunities to support teaching and mentorship as part of teacher preparation to equip … Read more

The Tarkwa circuit court on Tuesday sentenced a 28-year-old self-styled evangelist of Bonsaso, a suburb of Tarkwa, to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour for having anal sex (sodomy) with two boys. The convict, Bismark Opoku, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Presiding Judge, Mr Emmanuel Bart-Plange Brew, after listening to the prosecution’s witnesses … Read more

The former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey has said instead of Ghanaians clamouring for the prosecution of former public officials and politicians who plunder state resources while in office, as, he cited is done in South Korea, they “hail the thieves and want them to come back” into power. … Read more

Stakeholders annual meeting of the Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism (SRCM) on the United Nations and Inter-governmental Organisations on Sahel and West Africa kicks off in Dakar, Senegal. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its West African Sub-regional Office, is organising the meeting alongside the United Nations System agencies and programmes, as well as … Read more

Founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil is barely perturbed about recent reports of a suit against him and 15 other directors of the defunct Capital Bank as he believes the facts of the issue will be revealed during proceedings in court. Reports have emerged this week, indicating that 16 persons, … Read more

‘Interesting’, that’s how Founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil describes coming weeks in court following a suit against him and 15 other directors of the defunct Capital Bank. The 16 persons were accused of mismanagement and breach of banking regulations which led to the collapse of the bank. The directors … Read more

Graduates engaged under the Nations Builders Corp (NaBCo) have been urged to help fight corruption in public institutions. Mr Seth Cudjo, the Sunyani Municipal Coordinator of the Nations Builders Corp (NaBCo) said the future of the country was in the hands of the youth, hence the need for them to remain anti-corruption advocates, and help … Read more