The Odumase Krobo Circuit Court has fined a driver GH¢ 960.00  or in default, serve 12 months’ imprisonment for dangerous driving, causing unlawful damage and negligently causing harm. Tetteh Noah, 25, however, paid the fine and immediately apologised to the court for his action.                        ASP Richmond Akwasi Yeboah, the prosecutor, who is also the head of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department  at Akosombo, told the court presided over by Mr Asmah Akwasi Asiedu,

Two name sakes-Ebenezer Abeka and Ebenezer Mensah, both 18 - who allegedly conspired with another young man and gang raped a 13-year-old girl at Millenium City, Kasoa  have been remanded in custody  by the Agona Swedru Circuit Court. Their alleged accomplice, identified only as Kofi, is said to be on the run.  Abeka and Mensah, both labourers working on a building project at Millenium City, Kasoa, pleaded not guilty  to the charges  of conspiracy and defilement. Their  plea prompted the Presiding

The Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) has called for action by government, Parliament and civil society to stop early and forced marriages in Ghana. It said the practice of early and forced marriages was not foreign but something that was pervasive in the country. WiLDAF made the call at a press conference in Accra as part of activities marking this year’s International Women’s Day.  The press conference, which was on the theme “Positive Action against Early and Forced Marriages

Fire gutted Shed Four of the Takoradi Port early Friday morning destroying some metal containers that contained oil waste from the oil rigs operating in the Jubilee Oilfield. The Director of Takoradi Port, Captain James Owusu Koranteng, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that the fire did not cause any extensive damage to the facility. He said the fire was detected at 0420 hours and the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) Unit stationed at the port got to the scene at 0427 and put it out

The practice of motorcycle riders leading burial convoys is creating a nuisance in the Accra Metropolis. In recent times, it has become the practice for scores of motorcycle riders to escort burial convoys, while enthusiastically demonstrating their riding prowess on the road with hair-raising manoeuvres that often border on recklessness.  They flash their lights and blow their horns in their bid to honour the deceased on their last journey. Such activities, which invariably are dangerous hazards

The Accra High Court has sentenced four armed robbers to a total jail term of 300 years for robbing the Mepe Rural Bank. They are Yaw Afoakwa, who will serve 100 years in prison, Kofi Afoakwa sentenced to 100 years and Isaac Oppong 50 years, and Marvin Amponsah who was also sentenced to 50 years in prison. A policeman, Constable David Delali Osae, who was the fifth accused person was acquitted and discharged by the court. Facts of the case Prosecuting, an Assistant State Attorney, Mr D. Atulisey,

The Financial Division of the Fast Track High Court has decided to take both oral and documentary evidence to determine the actual owner of  the $391,250 which has been paid into the coffers of the Judicial Service by UT Bank. According to the presiding judge, Mr Justice John Ajet-Nasam, it would be “against justice and fair play” if the court decided on the ownership of the amount based on affidavit evidence. Three parties are laying claim to the same amount. They are Kayode Alade, the first

The Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr Kabral Blay-Amihere, has bemoaned the attack on journalists in the performance of their duties. He said with the "sacred" duty performed by the media, nobody dared put the law into their own hands by visiting mayhem on media practitioners and destroying their professional gadgets. Mr Blay-Amihere was speaking with the Daily Graphic after the opening of a three-day media and security agencies collaboration programme in Kumasi. His condemnation

A 30-YEAR-OLD staff member of the Accra campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) lost his life in an accident during last Monday’s heavy downpour in Accra. Gilbert Ofosu Aproti, who was an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialist, was driving a KIA Shuma salon car when he ran into the concrete wall of the Mallam overpass, after losing control of the steering wheel. He was heading towards Lapaz from Weija when the accident happened. The car, with

The Chairman of BG International, a US-based development firm, Mr Daniel Rose, has been installed as the development chief of Gbawe. The conferment of the title, which came with the stool name Nii Kwatei Oko I, followed an announcement of the decision by the US-based firm to construct a 23,000 square metre Mallam Junction Mall. The complex, which will include an entertainment facility, will be located close to the George W. Bush Motorway and the Accra-Takoradi Expressway, and would be anchored by

The Federation of Youth Clubs (FYC) has given the Accra Metropolitan  Assemby (AMA)  a 30-day ultimatum to resume work on the open drain that divides Nima and Mamobi. A statement signed by the President, FYC, Mr Abdul Rashid Hafis, said "in a matter of 30 days, if we do not have any positive response to this call or see the resumption of work on the drain, we the members of the federation will advise ourselves."  The statement said the gaping trench, which was also known as the “Alhamdu gutter,”

The Princess Marie Louise Children's Hospital in Accra has received an ambulance from the Lordina Foundation to facilitate the process of conveying critically ill children from the hospital for emergency medical attention at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The ambulance costing $50,000,  was donated in response to a request made to the First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, by the Chairman of the Board of the Children's Hospital, Father Andrew Campbell, during a Christmas party at the hospital in December,

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has signed an agreement under which six organisations will be given grants to execute projects aimed at improving food security and sustainability in the three northern regions. They are Bonstech Sustainability and Management Experts, Simli Aid, Presbyterian Agric Services, the Farmer Training Centre, the NOFTIN Foundation and the Foundation for Integrated Strategic Development. The organisations will received a total of GH¢3,385,344.90

The First Baptist Church in Tema has held a two-day training programme for 70 marriage counsellors to sharpen their skills in counselling. The participants, made up of 40 women and 30 men, upgraded their knowledge in basic marriage counselling to enable them to counsel both would-be and married couples to live peacefully and successfully. Addressing the participants, an educationist and theologian, Professor Stephen Adei, urged the counsellors to make effective use of the knowledge they had acquired

The Minister of Health, Ms Sherry Ayittey, has said that there are more than 8,000 renal failure patients in Ghana now. Out of the number, less than 600 are receiving serious treatment because of the high cost and the lack of requisite equipment. Ms Ayittey made this known at the World Kidney Day celebration in Accra yesterday. The event was organised by the Health Education On Wheels (HEOW), a non-governmental organisation, on the theme “Chronic kidney disease and ageing.” The HEOW is collaborating

The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Kojo Bonsu, has inspected some projects being undertaken by the assembly in various parts of the metropolis. The MCE and his entourage inspected a completed 12-unit classroom block at the new site of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School (SHS) at Kantinkrono. The building was completed with funds from the Urban Development Grant (UDG). The headmistress of the school, Joyce Owusu Ansah, said the MCE's inspection

Emmanuel Fennec Okyere, the manager of popular hip life musician, Kwaw Kese, was found dead in a pool of blood in his bedroom Thursday. The body of the 31-year-old, popularly known as Fennec, was found naked lying prostrate in his room, which appeared to have been ransacked. The caretaker of Fennec’s Manet Gardens residence on the Spintex Road reportedly found the door to the deceased’s room broken into in the early hours of yesterday. Robbery or murder The Kpeshie Divisional Police Commander,

The Human Rights Division of the High Court has ordered the State to pay GH¢200,000 as compensation to one Francis Agyare after finding the state culpable of unlawfully detaining him at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison for 14 years. In giving the order, the court, presided over by Mr Justice K. Essel Mensah, said as much as the state had the constitutional duty of ensuring the safety and security of all, the court had the duty of ensuring that the liberties of individuals were not abused. The

Residents of Nii Boi Town, near Abeka Lapaz in Accra, went through nightmarish experiences when a seven-storey building under construction collapsed, leaving one person dead and another seriously injured. Realising the danger posed by the huge edifice, some of the residents reported the owner of the building, one S.K. Omari, to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), but the AMA’s efforts to stop work did not yield any results. The fears and anixiety of the residents became a reality when at dawn

Two institutions have partnered with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts to develop plans and programmes to promote domestic tourism. The institutions, which are the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), are to showcase tourist attractions   and activities, cultural heritage, creative arts products and services of the country. Domestic tourism According to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare,