A number of returnees from ill-fated trips to Libya, Niger and Nigeria have taken to farming in the Bawku Municipality as a source of livelihoods. Appropriate farming technologies implemented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has attracted migrants from the Bawku Municipality into the venture. The CSIR-SARI in collaboration with the [...] The post Returnees

A total of 97,805 emergency calls were recorded by the Ghana Police Service, during the Christmas season, resulting in the foiling of six robberies. The calls, received from three emergency command centres in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, were about fighting, drunkenness, road traffic crashes, traffic hold-ups and robberies. The Director-General of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, Assistant Commissioner of Police [...] The post 97,805

Two of Ghana’s WBO Africa boxing champions, Patrick Allotey and Richard Harrison, have set audacious tasks for themselves, vowing to become world champions by the end of 2019. Allotey and Harrison retained their respective WBO Africa super welterweight and heavyweight crowns on the eve of Christmas (December 24) against foreign opposition at the Bukom Boxing Arena. Allotey defeated Sheriff Kasongo [...] The post WBO

By Christopher Tetteh, GNA       Accra, Jan. 04, GNA – Apostle Gabriel Asirifi, the founder and care taker of the Lord of Sabbath Prayer Ministry International, has advised Ghanaians to patronize locally manufactured p

Relatives of some kidnapped teenage girls on Friday hit the streets in Sekondi-Takoradi, the Western Region capital, to force authorities to fast-track efforts to bring back the girls.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo has blocked the signal of a TV station perceived as close to the opposition. Government spokesman, Lambert Mende, accused Canal Congo of announcing results of Sunday’s much-delayed presidential election before the official announcement, AFP reports. The blockage came days after the internet was shut down nationwide. Along with blocking Canal Congo, the authorities have also [...] The post DR

The Ga West Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) last Sunday erected a new district with a call on parents to invest in the education of their children. The Sakaman District, carved out of the Dansoman District becomes the 14th district to be erected since the creation of the new Ga West Presbytery. The district which has the [...] The post Ga

Six persons with disabilities have been given scholarships by the GAB Foundation, a charity organisation, to study at the Laweh Open University in Accra. Currently, three persons including James Bortey Samuelsome,James Ayaba and Joshua Ayiku, have already enrolled in the school and studying various courses while the other three would receive their scholarships in the coming days. This was disclosed [...] The post 6

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By Kodjo Adams, GNA      Accra, Jan 4, GNA - The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says 5,531 fire outbreaks were recorded across the country, in 2018, compared with the 2017 total of 4,544 cases.

The trial of 11 individuals over the murder of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, has begun in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, state media report. Prosecutors have asked for the death penalty for five of the defendants. Khashoggi, a prominent US-based critic of the Saudi government, was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2 October, last year. Prosecutors [...] The post Trial

Chief Executive Officer of AshantiGold Fredrick Acheampong is desperate to see his side win the inaugural edition of the J.

Chief Executive Officer of AshantiGold Fredrick Acheampong is desperate to see his side win the inaugural edition of the J.

By Laudia Sawer/Samuel Osei-Frempong, GNA    Tema, Jan 4, GNA - A 42-year-old mason, Francis Appiah, is in the custody of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Tema Regional Police for allegedly stabbing a man at Tema Community Nine to death.

By Alexander Nyarko Yeboah, GNA   Tema Jan 4, GNA — Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a flag-bearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) , says he has what it takes to change the minds of Ghanaians to vote for the NDC if elected to lead the party to the 2020 general e

WAFA prodigy Richard Danso is close to joining Tunisian giants Etoile du Sahel despite spending weeks at Club Africain, GHANAsoccernet.

WAFA prodigy Richard Danso is close to joining Tunisian giants Etoile du Sahel despite spending weeks at Club Africain, GHANAsoccernet.

The Ministry of the Interior has placed a total ban on the carrying of arms and ammunitions or other offensive weapons in Nakpachie and surrounding villages in the Yendi municipality of the Northern Region. A statement signed by the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Henry Quartey and copied to the Ghanaian Times yesterday warned that, “any person found with any [...] The post Govt bans carrying