A Coalition of media organisations in the country has called on President Akufo-Addo to repeal sections of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775) and the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) which have over the years been used to criminalise free speech. The Coalition want the Akufo-Addo government to particularly repeal Section […] The post Repealed
Horror and grieve struck residents of the Central Business District of Adum, Kumasi, after a twenty-six (26) year old lady was gunned down on Thursday night. Relatives and loved ones are wailing and are yet to come to terms with the demise of the lady, who has been identified as Victoria Dapaah, and affectionately known […] The post 26-years old lady gunned down in Kumasi;
Hon. Yaw Baah, a former Member of Parliament for Kumawu in the Ashanti Region, has pulled out of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primary to elect a candidate to represent the party in the impending bye-election in the constituency. In a letter written to the party, he said he had considered his political status and […] The post Kumawu NPP primary: Yaw Baah steps down –
President Akufo-Addo wants to see a Ghana where 40% of its tertiary students are pursuing courses in Science, Technology and Engineering. He argues that this would reflect the journey of the 21st Century, which is about science, technology and innovation. He cited statistics from the People’s Republic of China which has 40% of its tertiary […] The post 40% of
The Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr. Stephen Pambiin Jalulah, has, on behalf of the Minister of Roads, cut the sod for the reconstruction of the Ayanfuri-Kwamprakrom road project. The project, which is expected to address the deplorable state of the road network in the area, would also see the upgrading of the Asaman-Nyinawusu […] The post Reconstruction of Ayanfuri-Kwamprakrom
Mr. Kwasi Amoako Atta, Minister of Roads and Highways, says vehicles which exceed the legal height limit of 4.5 metres will, in the coming months, be sanctioned and denied access to the Accra-Tema Motorway. This was to allow for the seamless construction of about 22 metres bridge over the Tema Motorway which is expected to […] The post Load limit to be rigidly enforced on
The management of the National Ambulance Service (NAS), in collaboration with the University of Florida and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has introduced MotoMeds to enhance healthcare at night. MotoMeds, according to a story we published yesterday, is a free paediatric telemedicine and medication delivery service designed to prevent pre-emergent illnesses from […] The post Editorial:
The Construction of Ewiase and Its Implication on Day-Borns (1) Dear Senior Opupulepu, How are you do? I hope you are do fine, just as I and all my mines are all do fine. Senior, I am still in the Eastern Light mood, celebrating the victory of Yahweh’s Only Pickin, Yesu Christus Emmanuel over Wofa […] The post Letter to Senior Opupulepu (227) appeared first on The
Kwame Amanya, a mechanical engineer, has been accused of fraud and stealing a Valtra tractor valued GH¢80,000.00. He was arraigned together with Joe Clark Arthur, a fabricator, who is facing the change of dishonestly receiving. They have both pleaded not guilty to the charges and were admitted to bail in various sums of money. Amanya, […] The post Mechanical Engineer charged with
Five men and a woman, between the ages of 22 and 30 years, are standing trial for unauthorised transfer and interception of ECOBANK customers’ accounts. They are Frank Effah, 25 and unemployed, Kwabena Agyapong, 30 and barber, Perlos Nyani aka Seth Baah, 30 and unemployed, Ebenezer Yaw Annin, 25 and unemployed, Aisha Ankoma Asumang, 22 […] The post 4
An Accra Criminal Court, presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, has sentenced the remaining two Chinese nationals standing trial with Galamsey Queen Aisha Huang’s son. Huang Haihua and Shi Yang, alias Philip, were charged together with Huang Lei, Aisha’s son, who was convicted on his own plea from not guilty to guilty. The sentence […] The post Two more Chinese fined
A United Kingdom tribunal has held that a Nigerian be fined the sum of £26,835 (over N15 million) after being charged in relation to 61,800 cigarettes found in his bag without appropriate disclosure to relevant revenue authorities. The cigarettes were seized at Heathrow Airport, London, in February 2020. Details of the judgement are contained in […] The post Nigerian fined
A Family Court in Iyaganku, Oyo State on Thursday ordered that a 14-year-old boy, who allegedly defiled a 22-month-old baby, be remanded in the Agodi Corrections facility. The police charged the boy, a minor, with defilement. Chief Magistrate P. O. Adetuyibi did not take the plea of the minor for want in the jurisdiction. Adetuyibi […] The post Boy, 14, sent to prison for defiling
Police in North Carolina are searching for a man accused of shooting a 6-year-old girl and her father after their basketball rolled into the suspect’s yard. Two other victims, a woman and a man, were also injured. Police said the suspect, 24-year-old Robert Louis Singletary, remains at large. Mr Singletary faces four counts of first-degree […] The post Six-year-old
The Earth’s ice sheets lost enough ice over the last 30 years to create an ice cube 12 miles high, according to new research. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold almost all of the world’s freshwater ice, are shrinking at a frighteningly rapid pace, according to a report on Thursday from a team […] The post Greenland
Warring generals in Sudan have rejected negotiations with each other, as fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues, despite repeated attempts at a ceasefire. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Thursday, the head of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, said that he would not sit […] The post Sudan’s
The Chief of Staff for Mali’s interim president, Oumar Traore, and three others have been killed in an ambush, the government said on Thursday. The ambush took place in the rural area of Nara in Mali’s southwestern Koulikoro region, the statement said, without providing further detail on when the attack occurred or who was responsible […] The post Malian president’s
At least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa, during a charity event for Ramadan, officials say. The incident began after hundreds crowded into a narrow street in the Bab al-Yemen area late on Wednesday to get handouts of $9 (£7) from a merchant. Video showed […] The post Yemen: Almost 80 die in Ramadan crush at Sanaa
We’ve all had to use it once before, in mosquito swarmed places such as camps. While we all know that mosquito coils basically repel the mosquitoes around it, not many of us know exactly what the dangers of using this device can bring. Coils — the dangers Yes, these green spiral coils do help solve […] The post How safe are mosquito coils? appeared first on The
The Chief of Appiadu in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Odeefo Yaw Barima II, has appealed to the government, through the Ministry of Education, to help establish a Senior High School (SHS) in his community. Odeefo, who was installed Chief of Appiadu by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, about five months ago, […] The post Appiadu Chief appeals for SHS appeared first on
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