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The police have launched a frantic manhunt for a 21-year-old suspect who escaped from three police escorts after coming out of a courtroom in Kumasi yesterday.

Mr Odamtten was appointed by President John Dramani Mahama, in accordance with article 243 (1) of the 1992 constitution and section 20 (1) of the Local Government Act 1993, subject to confirmation by the assembly.

Prior to his nomination and appointment as DCE, Mr Agbango was the Chairman of the Finance and Administration sub-committee of the assembly.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]AVAILABLE STATISTICS from the International Labour Organization (ILO) show that worldwide, 168 million girls and boys are engaged in activities which disregard their human rights and detrimental to their health, safety or morals.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. George Blankson, appears to have roped the National Communication Authority (NCA) into the scandal that has rocked the revenue collecting agency.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Gabby Otchere-Darko responds to Al-Hajj newspaper assertion that the 2012 Presidential Candidate has abandoned his third term bid for the Presidency. My attention was drawn to a story on ghanaweb.com on Tuesday, 22nd October, 2013, attributed to the Al-Hajj newspaper, which carried the headline, 'Akufo-Addo Abandons Third Term Bid.'

The GEP-AFTP, French Oil and Gas Suppliers Council, led by the Business Development Manager, Claude Bouty, as part of the visit, on Monday, called on the Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, at the Ministry in Accra.

She gave the advice at the closing ceremony of a Regional Conference on opportunities and challenges of financial integration in West Africa, hosted by Ghana, in collaboration with the IMF.

Major Abrahim Rida (Rtd), a former officer in-charge of the Recce Club, speaking at the function, lauded the officers of the 3rd mounted squadron for their support and making the “Recce” club a success.

Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Samad, the Upper West Regional Manager of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), gave the advice when he led a team of officers of the Commission to the campus to educate the students on how to conduct themselves when using the road.

Mr. Samuel Apo Kumah, Principal Officer, Kojo Abban and Co, who appeared before the Commission on Tuesday, said the Company had been liquidated and in its place is the Kojo Abban Enterprise.

The suspect, who sells grilled meat “Khebab”, killed the father, Thomas Nyana, 35, a security man with the Ahantaman Rural Bank, with the knife he uses for his business.

Hunor Tsani Baniba, 42, a fetish priest of Laklevikope, a village near Denu, is alleged to have conspired with his three aides to kill Agbodugbe Aloryi, 51, a trader, and mother of four, who is his third wife.

This, he said, was the path to peace and progress.

A G-3 rifle used by the military, with 29 rounds of ammunition, a pump action gun and five live cartridges, as well as a mask, were seized from them.