The Ashanti regional organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stephen Amoah popularly called ‘Sticka’ says his appointment as the new Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) will be to serve in the interest of all Ghanaians and not only the NPP party as speculated by some Ghanaians. President Nana […]
Ghana’s Human Rights record has taken a dip as a new report by Amnesty International identifies prayer camps and police misconduct among leading causes of human rights abuses in the country. The rapid surge in the number of unregistered prayer camps purporting to treat mental ailments contributed to the dip in Ghana’s Human Rights record.
Former President John Dramani Mahama is in South Africa and will on Thursday deliver the keynote address at the African Leadership Magazine (ALM) Person of the Year 2016 Awards Programme in Johannesburg. The former President will be speaking on the theme of the Awards Programme, “How can Africa win the progress race?” The ALM Person
The police in Tamale are hunting for a group of attackers suspected to have strangled to death a 12-year-old class five schoolchild of a Nigerian couple after gang raping her on Tuesday at Ggblo-Kpalsi – a waterlogged suburb of the Northern regional capital. According to the police, the victim was going to her parents’ store
Dozens of traders at the Kumasi Central Business District have been arrested by the Police in a bid to identify those who took part in the stripping of a woman they suspected to be a thief. A screening exercise is expected to be conducted today in that regard. In a video circulating on social media,
Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Otiko Djaba has condemned the mob action and sexual assault of an alleged female thief in the Ashanti Region, charging the police to bring the perpetrators to book. “I know the police will crack this case if they need to, this is pure CID action,” Ms Djaba said on
Three persons are in the grips of the Assin North district police in the central region for allegedly stealing telecommunication appliances. The 3 (names withheld) aged between 25 and 35 are alleged to be vandalizing cell sites of Telecommunication companies, stealing backup batteries and other valuable items including fire extinguishers and earthing cables in the
Five police officers have been injured in Kumawu Bodomase in the Ashanti region following renewed chieftaincy clashes. The Ashanti regional police command has deployed a joint police and military force to the troubled area to restore law and order. The melee is between factions of Berimah Sarfo Tweneboah Kodua II – a self-acclaimed paramount chief
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has stated that the Akufo-Addo led government will not use the Heritage Fund to bankroll the free Senior High School policy. “We are financing the Free SHS education without looking at the Heritage Fund. We are not touching the Heritage Fund,” Mr. Ofori Atta told journalists Thursday after the Achimota Speak
