Regional

Elimination of Double Track system: 804 SHS project near completion

Veronica Onuman June 19, 2019 21 0

Works on 804 infrastructural projects targeted at eliminating the Double Track system in senior high schools (SHS) across the country, are near completion. The facilities, fall under the SHS Intervention Project being financed with government funds and part of the US$1.5 billion Ghana Read More

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NGO ‘As I Grow’ supports youth to address Ghana’s challenges

Kobina Nyame June 19, 2019 60 0

A local non-governmental organization, ‘As I Grow’, based in Larteh in the Akuapem North Municipality in the Eastern Region is urging young people to participate fully in the development of the country by helping to address the challenges that exist in society. The organization whose work includes empowerment of women, and improving education in deprived communities […]Read More

Regional

DPS International holds 2019 Yoga Day

Kobina Nyame June 19, 2019 36 0

“HEALTH is WEALTH” goes the old adage and doing anything to maintain good health is always appreciated in DPS INTERNATIONAL GHANA. Practising yoga is certainly one way of attaining good health. The various forms of yoga namely: Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Jivamukti Yoga, Power Yoga, Sivananda Yoga, Yin Yoga, have immense benefits as […]Read More

Regional

Car dealer granted bail for theft

Veronica Onuman June 19, 2019 30 0

An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday granted a GHc60,000.00 bail to a car dealer for allegedly stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle valued at GH?130,000.00 belonging to a businessman. He is to provide two sureties who should be gainfully employed. Nurideen Musah, alias Murphy denied dishonestly appropriating the unregistered Toyota Land Cruiser. He will make […]Read More

Regional

Gunmen abduct Catholic Priest, lecturer, four others

Veronica Onuman June 18, 2019 33 0

Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday abducted a catholic priest, and a lecturer from Auburn Polytechnic, Edo State. Reverend Father Isaac Agabi, is the priest in charge of Holy Name Catholic Church, Ikpeshi, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that Rev. Agabi was snatched along Auchi-Igarra road at […]Read More

Regional

Fomena boils over ‘abandoned’ hospital project

Admin Editor June 18, 2019 33 0

Tension brewing at Fomena in the Ashanti Region following what looks like an abandoned hospital project in the area. The Adansi North District Hospital project at Fomena was started during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government era, but it has been abandoned now, sparking anger among the people. Residents of Fomena and its environs, including […]Read More

Regional

MCE declares war on criminals

Admin Editor June 18, 2019 35 0

Alhaji Alidu Seidu, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asokore Mampong, has declared his municipality as a “no-go-area” for criminals. He is taking fresh steps to make violent crimes and all other illegalities, a thing of the past in the area. Asokore Mampong boasts of several Zongo communities such as Sawaba, Nima and Aboabo, among […]Read More

Regional

Akyem-Swedru thieves grabbed

Admin Editor June 18, 2019 30 0

Police in Akyem – Swedru in the Eastern Region is holding three men for allegedly robbing some senior high school students on June 12. The suspects namely: Richard Obuobi, a.k.a Ayingo, 18; Kwabena Micheal, a.k.a KB, 21; and Frank Ofori, a.k.a Yaw Frank, 19, allegedly robbed two form two day students of Akim Swedru Senior […]Read More

Regional

One dead in Dawhenya gas station blast

Admin Editor June 18, 2019 35 0

A 47-year-old man has been reported dead after an explosion at a gas filling station. The incident occurred at the Runel Filling Station at New Dawhenya near Tema in the Greater Accra Region. The explosion was said to have happened in one of the rooms housing the staff of the filling station where the deceased, […]Read More

Regional

Parliament ‘suicide man’ has bullets in his body – Sister reveals

Admin Editor June 18, 2019 22 0

Family members of the 35-year-old man, who attempted suicide in Parliament, are appealing for support for their relative. According to the elder sister of Kojo Mensah, his brother has bullets in his hand and neck after surviving armed robbery attack in Nigeria. Sister Afia explained that, her brother was driving his expatriate boss to his […]Read More

General Regional

Death of bridegroom throws Assin Juaso into state of shock

Admin Editor June 18, 2019 39 0

The Assin Juaso community in the Central Region was thrown into a state of shock last Saturday when a bridegroom suddenly collapsed and died. The Daily Graphic gathered that the deceased, whose name was given only as Kwabena, a.k.a Cowbell, lived at Abura Dunkwa with his fiancee with whom he had two children. They had […]Read More

Regional

House of Chiefs call for sustainable peace in Dagbon

Veronica Onuman June 18, 2019 25 0

The National House of Chiefs has called on the people of Dagbon to rally behind the Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Abukari Mahama II to seek lasting peace and unity to pave way for infrastructure and overall development. It said development in Dagbon could not be sustained until its citizens embraced peace and unity as well […]Read More

Regional

CDD-Ghana, UNICEF to launch 2018 district league table report

Veronica Onuman June 18, 2019 33 0

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Centre for Democratic Development (CDD)-Ghana and the Ministry of Local Governance and Rural Development (MLGRD will on Tuesday, June 18 launch 2018 District League Table Report (DLT). The DLT ranks the districts in terms of their delivery across six key public service indicators such as health, […]Read More

Regional

‘Let’s appreciate Fathers’ efforts’ – Gender Minister

Veronica Onuman June 18, 2019 28 0

The minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison has called on Ghanaians to appreciate the efforts of fathers. A statement signed and copied to GNA stated that there are experiences and moments in life that have resounding impacts on them and one of such was a father’s love. “How, can we forget […]Read More

Regional

Two arrested in Bolgatanga for kidnapping 9-year-old boy

Admin Editor June 17, 2019 40 0

The police have nabbed two persons who allegedly abducted a nine-year-old boy in Zuarungu in the Upper East region of Ghana. The suspects, Aboziah Dominic, 23, and David Apass, 21, according to a police report, kidnapped the boy in a bush in Duligu, a suburb of Zuarungu. Police sources say the alleged kidnappers accosted a […]Read More

Regional

Man arrested for allegedly stealing PDS fuses

Admin Editor June 17, 2019 44 0

An 18-year-old scrap dealer is in the custody of the Tema Community 2 District Police Command for allegedly stealing electric fuses at a substation of Power Distribution Services (PDS) in Tema. Mohammed Awal, a resident of Ashaiman, was arrested by some residents who saw him removing the fuses from a distribution pillar at the sub-station. […]Read More

Regional

I am stabilising your power – Amewu to Hohoe chiefs

Admin Editor June 17, 2019 40 0

Ghana’s Energy Minister John Peter Amewu has told the chiefs and people of Hohoe that he is stabilising their power supply. Mr Amewu said although there are a few challenges facing the energy sector, the government is working hard to ensure that those problems are resolved. He made the comments when he accompanied the Minister […]Read More

Regional

Ghana card registration: Dworwulu, Alajo residents disappointed

Admin Editor June 17, 2019 27 0

People living in and around Dzorwulu and Alajo have expressed disappointment in the slow pace of the registration process at various National Identification Card centers in their communities. This according to them, this has become a big challenge for them; hence many of them are forced to rush to the centres at 2am to queue. […]Read More

Regional

5 Nigerians arrested over armed robbery, rape

Admin Editor June 17, 2019 28 0

Five Nigerians who raped a woman in the course of their robbery operation at Community 25 in Tema have been arrested by the Prampram Divisional Police Command. The suspects were apprehended Friday after being on the police wanted list for some time. Their modus operandi is attacking mobile money vendors, mostly women in their house […]Read More

Regional

2000 petition Parliament over Takoradi girls

Admin Editor June 17, 2019 37 0

More than 2,000 Ghanaians have petitioned Parliament to invite the appropriate security agencies and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to come and answer questions on how they have managed the case involving the abduction of three Sekondi-Takoradi girls. The petition, which featured the signatures of all 2,000 petitioners, forms part of an […]Read More

Regional

Central Region health professionals trained on how to control mosquito breeding

Admin Editor June 17, 2019 39 0

The management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, waste management giants in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Services and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research have jointly trained over 130 health and environmental health professionals to embark of a mass mosquito larvae spraying exercise to substantially reduce mosquito breeding in the region. Read More

Regional

Ho GPRTU members petition minister; calls for resignation of Regional Chairman

Veronica Onuman June 17, 2019 36 0

Some aggrieved drivers, porters and transport owners of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union of the TUC at the Ho main lorry station, took to the streets of Ho on Thursday, to demonstrate against the conduct of their regional Chairman, Mr. Moses Atsu Davor, accusing him of being autocratic and corrupt. The aggrieved members numbering […]Read More

Regional

Casely-Hayford advocates creation of regional parliaments

Veronica Onuman June 16, 2019 30 0

Social Commentator, Sydney Casely-Hayford is proposing the creation of regional parliaments as a way of curtailing what many have termed as the neglect constituents face from their parliamentarians after election periods. He argues that the country can no longer depend on the existing single parliament considering the increase in population, resources and the need to […]Read More

Regional

Parliament approves loan for Kumasi inner ring roads

Veronica Onuman June 16, 2019 28 0

Parliament has approved a €55,000,000 million Credit Facility between the Government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank AG, London, for the rehabilitation of the Kumasi inner ring roads. The credit facility would cover the rehabilitation of the Kumasi inner ring roads and Adjacent Streets Project the first phase covers 100kms of road. Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, […]Read More

Regional

It’s time to enforce sanitation laws – HMA

Veronica Onuman June 16, 2019 36 0

The Ho Municipal Assembly has indicated its readiness to enforce sanitation laws and prosecute entities found culpable of flaunting them. Mr Felix Attah, an Assistant Director at the Assembly, at a sanitation durbar at Sokode Gbogame in the Municipality said the Assembly’s moratorium had long expired, and that no one would be spared when finding […]Read More

Regional

MPs’ research assistants to demonstrate over salary arrears

Veronica Onuman June 15, 2019 39 0

Research Assistants to Ghana’s 275 Members of Parliament have scheduled a demonstration within the enclave of the legislature over their 11-month salary arrears. In a notice of demonstration letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, the research assistants said: “We humbly refer to the above subject matter and we humbly wish to inform […]Read More

Regional

Police on manhunt for baby thief

Veronica Onuman June 15, 2019 39 0

A seven-month-old baby girl has been abducted by a 19-year-old suspect at Asuboi-Bonka in the Eastern Region. The police say the case was officially reported to them on Thursday, June 13 despite it happening the night before. Earlier on that night at about 5:30pm, Abena Priscilla took the baby away and had since not returned. […]Read More

Regional

Arms dealer nabbed

Veronica Onuman June 15, 2019 35 0

One Uche Ogbuka, an alleged arms dealer and supplier was on Thursday paraded by the Rivers State Police Command. Following a tip off, the suspect was arrested by personnel of the Anti-Cultism Unit and Rumuji Police Station on June 8, 2019. In his address at the Rivers State Police Headquarters, the Commissioner of Police, Usman […]Read More

Regional

Minister of Interior renews curfew hours of three townships

Veronica Onuman June 15, 2019 35 0

The Minister for Interior, acting on the advice of Northern Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, has renewed curfew hours imposed on three communities in the Northern and Oti Regions. A statement signed by Mr Ambrose Dery, the Sector Minister and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Friday, said the curfew hours imposed […]Read More

Regional

School feeding caterers and cooks undergo capacity-building training

Veronica Onuman June 15, 2019 36 0

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has ended a capacity-building training for caterers and cooks in Upper West Region aimed at equipping them measure up to the required quality standards in nutritious meal preparation. More than 5,711 caterers and head cooks in the five Regions in northern Ghana are expected to receive intensive training to […]Read More