Accra, June 12, GNA – The Federation of Plastic Manufacturers, Recyclers and Users, Ghana, on Wednesday launched the “Talkplast 2019” to enable policy makers and stakeholders from West African to discuss challenges and find solutions to plastic waste and marine littering. The Talkplast 2019 on the theme:
Sunyani, June 12, GNA - Nine candidates, three males and six females failed to report for the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at the Twene Amanfo Senior High/Technical School (TASTECH) cluster of examination centres in Sunyani. T
Sunyani, June 12, GNA – The aggrieved customers of the First Liberty Micro Finance Limited, a non-banking financial institution, on Tuesday besieged the premises of the Company in Sunyani to demand their cash deposits.When the Ghana News Agency (GNA) got to the office premises, which was located behind
Kweikuma (W/R), June 12, GNA - The Sekondi High Court Two on Wednesday remanded a 29 year old Nigerian, John Oji, into custody, in connection with the three kidnapped girls in Takoradi in the Western region.Oji, who appeared at the Sekondi-Takoradi High Court II was charged with the offence of conspiracy to ki
Accra, June 12, GNA - Eight suspects including five Ghanaians and three Nigerians are in police custody assisting in investigations in relation to the recent abduction of two Canadian women.The suspects were arrested at Kenyase, a suburb of Kumasi, at exactly 0515 hours on Wednesday, June 12, by a joint securi
Wa (UWR), June 12, GNA – The Wa Circuit Court has remanded into police custody 23-year old Ahmed Abubakari Tijani was arrested by the Military Detachment in Tumu last week for posing as a soldier.DCOP Otchere Boapeah, the Upper West Regional Commander of Police, who briefed the media in Wa, said Tijani was a
Accra, June 12, GNA - Ghana has made its first appearance at North America's leading energy event, the Global Petroleum Show (GPS) underway in Calgary, Canada. The three-day event, which is attracting over 50,000 upstream petroleum professionals, provides a platform for the Petroleum Commission (PC), Ghana's U
Hohoe (V/R), June 12, GNA - The Hohoe Circuit Court presided over by Mr Yaw Poku Achampong has remanded a 19-year-old farmer, Badu Majifam into prison custody for defiling an eleven year-old girl, leaving her with injuries to her vagina. Badu pleaded not guilty and will reappear in court on June 25.
Gomoa obuasi, June 12, GNA - The people of Gomoa Obuasi, a community in the Gomoa Central district in the Central Region were on Monday grappled with grief and shock when a 27 year-old graduate of University of Cape Coast (UCC), James Annan allegedly murdered his own brother around mid day.Annan has been arres
Tamale, June 12, GNA - The African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) has organized a sensitisation workshop in Tamale, on the rights of accused persons, under the law with some criminal justice officials from the three Northern Regions.The workshop was to help engage and educate the officials on the need to ens
ABUJA, June 12, (Xinhua/GNA) - Congressman Femi Gbajabiamila of Nigeria's governing All Progressives Congress (APC) party has emerged as the country's new Speaker of the House of Representatives when the 9th National Assembly was inaugurated in the capital Abuja.Gbajabiamila, 56, representing the southwestern state of La
Accra, June 12, GNA - Oliver Gorges, a Luxemburg national emerged as the winner in the Elite Men category of the 2019 Accra ATU Triathlon Sprint Africa Cup, with a finish time of 1:03'57:24.
ABUJA, June 12, (Xinhua/GNA) - Following the inauguration of Nigeria's 9th federal parliament on Tuesday and the election of the new leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives, citizens of the West African country have called for a more cordial relationship between the executive and the legislative arms of government to engender prosperity.
ADDIS ABABA, June 12, (Xinhua/GNA) - The African Union (AU) on Tuesday urged all political actors in Malawi to maintain the prevailing positive climate to consolidate the peace gains following the recent election.In a statement issued on Tuesday, AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat emphasized the need to consolidate the positive gains of recent political efforts i
UNITED NATIONS, June 12, (Xinhua/GNA) - The United Nations Security Council has passed its first-ever resolution on missing persons in conflict, Resolution 2474, unanimously by the 15-member Council.According to the resolution, the Council called upon parties to armed conflict to take appropriate measures to prevent persons from going missing as a result of armed conflict,
Accra, June 12, GNA - The Ashanti regional capital of Kumasi is scheduled to host the next stage of the Eagle Extra Stout Armwrestling Challenge on Saturday, June 22.
ABUJA, June 12, (Xinhua/GNA) - Senator Ahmed Lawan of Nigeria's governing All Progressives Congress (APC) party on Tuesday emerged as the country's new Senate president when the 9th National Assembly was inaugurated in the capital, Abuja.Lawan, 60, representing the northeastern state of Yobe, was the favored candidate of
By Desmond Davies, GNA London Bureau ChiefLondon, June 12, GNA – The experiences of the media as an institution under the government of former President Yahya Jammeh in The Gambia is the focus of the fifth session of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), which began on Monday in Banjul.
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