The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) says Ghana is competently managing her radioactive sources and related issues to keep citizens safe. Professor Benjamin Jabez Nyarko, the Director-General of GAEC, said the Commission had ensured the security of those sources, over the years, as it continued to closely guard and monitor radioactive source user facilities against … The post Ghana
The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced two friends to 25 years imprisonment each for conspiring to rob a couple at gunpoint at Abena Ntiriwaa near Adiembra in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. Kwame Agyei, alias Pizaro, 36, and Adamu Abu, alias Rasta, 23, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and robbery. The Court, presided … The post Two jailed
The National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah has justified the forceful removal of former Ashanti Regional Security Co-ordinator, DCOP Ayensu Opare-Addo (rtd) from office. According to him, several attempts to get the former official out of office despite the termination of his appointment proved futile; a situation which compelled the Ministry to send officials to […] The post Kan
Ghana’s refugee and asylum seeker population stands at about 14,000 with roughly 50 per cent of the population in refugee camps, Mr Tetteh Padi, Acting Executive Secretary of the Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) has said. He said the remaining percentage lived amongst citizens in various communities across the country. Mr Padi said this on Monday … The post There are 14,000 refugees
Sara Adwoa Safo, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection has underscored the importance of queen mothers in fighting some socio-cultural practices which are inimical to the growth of the society.
Ninety four per cent of children are in fear over unemployment in the next two decades in the country, a research by Child Rights International (CRI), a non-governmental organization, said. The research, conducted from June 2020 to April 16, 2021 targeted children between the ages of 12 to 17 and aimed at providing evidence on … The post 94% of children fear unemployment
Spain earned their first win at Euro 2020 in style as they thrashed Slovakia to progress as Group E runners-up and set up a last-16 tie with Croatia. Luis Enrique’s side head into the knockout stages on the back of their best attacking display of the tournament, proving far too good for a seriously below-par […]
The discrepancy between the age for giving sexual consent and the age for marriage in the country has come up for debate amongst students, who give interesting reasons for review or maintaining the status quo. The students were drawn from the Kanvili Roman Catholic Junior High School (JHS) in Tamale, and the topic for the … The post Students debate age for sexual
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday gave the assurance that government will construct a guinea fowl processing factory in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region. He said the factory would be constructed under the ‘One District, One Factory’ initiative, saying “In the same way under the ‘One District, One Factory’ policy, we … The post Government
An immunologist at the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), Dr.
• Kennedy Agyapong has advised the youth of the country to work hard and not rely on 'fake pastors'.
The members on the Minority side of Parliament have staged a walkout to protest the approval of some four deputy ministerial nominees who were vetted on the Green Ghana Day. According to the Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi, the Chairman of the Appointments Committee was unfair to the Minority and blind-sided them in regard to […] The post Minority
A suspected notorious armed robber arrested in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, June 22 has been shot dead after attempting to escape from police custody. Iddrisu Adams, also known as Koomi, was grabbed by the Ashanti Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service in connection with a series of robberies. On Wednesday, June 23, […]
Huge tones of fertilizers and petroleum products are smuggled from the northern parts of Ghana into Burkina Faso and Northern Togo despite the closure of the country’s borders and the heavy presence of the various security personnel. Fertilizers purchased by the government of Ghana with the taxpayer’s money which are allocated for distribution to poor […] The post Smuggling
Bernard Allotey Jacobs, a former NDC Central Regional Chairman, has urged the government to increase its purchase of Kantanka vehicles to enable the company to expand and create more employment opportunities.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has said it is collaborating with the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) to undertake interruptions in power supply. This is to facilitate the work of contractors as part of projects to improve power supply reliability and system voltages, a statement said on Wedne4sday June 23. In this regard, the […]
The Ashanti Regional Security Council says it has put adequate measures in place to avert any possible violent incidents during the 2021 Population and Housing Census. The Council says though it does not envisage any untoward incidents in the exercise, it is working towards a smooth census. Some residents in the Ahafo Ano North District, […] The post 2021
Gosiame Sithole was not recently pregnant and is receiving psychological support, officials say.
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