The University of Ghana has reverted to its old Hall quota of three people to a room, following the decongestion exercise, carried out last semester. The exercise saw the student population at the Halls reducing. For instance Commonwealth Hall which over the past years used to host between 3,000 and 4,000 students, had its number reduced to 928last semester. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, disclosed this at the biennial jamboree on Republic Day at the Commonwealth Hall gardens ... Read More

By A suspected armed robber on the wanted list of the police has been arrested in Accra. Stephen Quarshie, alias Bossing, an ex-convict, is said to be part of a group involved in a number of robberies at filling stations and shops in Tema and Accra. He was released during the Justice for All programme in 2010, after serving three-and-a half years jail term at the Nsawam medium prison. Quarshie, together with others on the run are said to have robbed a filling stations ... Read More

A group of armed robbers on Saturday attacked some Chinese nationals allegedly engaged in illegal gold mining, popularly called galamsey, killing one of them. The incident, which occurred at about 8:30pm at Manso-Mpatasie in the Amansie West District of Ashanti, saw the robbers making away with several items, including cash, mobile phones as well as some gold. Police Superintendent, S.K. Kwakye, Manso Nkwanta District Police Commander, confirmed the incident to The Ghanaian Times and said ... Read More

There seems to be uncertainties surrounding the registration of the National Democratic Party (NDP) at the National Electoral Commission because of issues concerning its selected colours. This is due to conflicting statements announce by officials of the Electoral Commission (EC). While the Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations of EC, Mr. Kwadwo Safor-Kantanga is quoted by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) as saying that the black, red, white and green colours of NDP has been rejected, the ... Read More