The Minority in Parliament has accused President John Mahama of constitutional lawlessness as far as the transfer of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees into Ghana for a two-year stay is concerned. Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih al-Dhuby, both Yemeni, were transferred to Ghana on January 7, 2016 after a deal was […]
Two students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are on admission at the university’s hospital in Kumasi after they were stabbed in a clash between students of the Katanga and Unity halls of the university. Students from the two rival male halls were reported to have engaged in a brawl on
The Eastern regional Police Commander DCOP Awuntubuge Awuni has charged security officers in the region to shoot and kill the cattle of recalcitrant Fulani herdsmen who have migrated to the area. He gave the directive during the launch of ‘operation cow leg’ meant to flush out Fulanis in the region Monday. “I will not take
Palm Oil Producers Association of Ghana (POPAG) has issued a week ultimatum to researchers at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to apologize to the association for publishing what it described as falsehood about their business. A research by postgraduate students of the university concluded that traders of palm oil have been soaking
Teachers across the country have threatened to lay down their tools if government does not pay them their outstanding arrears by February 29, 2015. They have accused government of breaching an agreement to pay their outstanding salary arrears, car maintenance allowances and transfer grants by June 13, 2015. The President of NAGRAT, Christian Adai-Poku told
Butchers in Kumasi have resorted to slaughtering animals in the open, in unsanitary conditions, following a stand-off with managers of the abattoir over new fees. Management of the Kumasi Abattoir locked up the main slaughter house to compel the butchers to pay the new slaughter fees, but they (butchers) have remained adamant and have begun
The Corporate Communications Director of telecommunication giant MTN Ghana has charged youth in the country to desist from being lackadaisical in setting up businesses. Madam Cynthia Lumor was addressing hundreds of youth in Kumasi over the weekend at the Springboard 2016 road show which seeks to mentor and coach the youth on how to setup
The Leader and Founder of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Center in Kumasi Reverend Dr. Ebenezer Opambour Adarkwa Yiadom alias ‘Prophet One’ has condemned the continuous killing of Agogo residents by Fulani herdsmen in the Asante Akyem Agogo North district and its environs in the Ashanti Region. He has announced plans to host a “mega crusade” at Agogo
2016 New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has admonished journalists in the country to define and “focus on the right subjects” as the nation heads for a major election in November this year. He said media practitioners must pay attention to the right facts and use them to analyse
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has agreed to closely collaborate with Ghana in the fight against terrorism. The agreement was reached in a closed door meeting with Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama who is on a two-day state visit to the Islamic nation. Addressing the press after the meeting, President Mahama said “violent extremism and terrorism
