The National Security Co-ordinator, Mr Yaw Donkor, has confirmed that two Ghanaians have joined the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). He said per the records of the National Security, Nazir Nortei Alema, a 25-year-old graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and another person, whom he identified […]
Ghana will from August 2016 ban the use of cosmetic products containing skin bleaching ingredient, hydroquinone. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) served notice of the impending ban in accordance with a directive from the Ghana Standard Authority (GSA). Head of Communications at the FDA, James Lartey, who disclosed this at a public forum in
A national security task force is investigating reports about a number of Ghanaians purported to have joined the Islamic State (ISIS). According to Minister for the Interior, Mr. Mark Owen Woyongo the task force would make its recommendations on the way forward in the wake of the new development. Although Mr. Woyongo could not state
There are strong indications that the daughter of former President Jerry John Rawlings, Dr. Ezenator Agyeman-Rawlings will contest the Parliamentary primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Korle Klottey constituency. Ezenator, who made her intention known in an interview on GTV on Wednesday, said she decided to vie for the NDC ticket because
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners has called on government to immediately review the activities of the Inter-ministerial Task Force Against Illegal Mining. The association accused the task force of extorting monies from its members whose operations have been regularized by the Minerals Commission. At a news briefing in Accra, the small scale
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has charged the country’s security agencies to clamp down on religious extremism among other vices that threaten the security of the state.
The New Juaben Municipal Assembly says it will soon start arresting parents who refuse to enrol their children in school. This has become necessary because of the rising number of children seen loitering in the neighbourhoods whilst schools are in session. This was disclosed during a stake holders’ meeting organized by the Municipal Assembly in
A 25-year- old graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Nazir Nortei Alema, has thrown his family into a health-threatening stress, as he is feared to have joined the swelling ranks of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist organisation. With a degree in Geography and Rural Development,
Ghana and Mauritius have agreed to waive visa requirements for holders of either country’s national passports. It follows the signing of an agreement on mutual visa waiver exemption in Port Louis on Monday during the 3-day state visit of President John Mahama to that country. The agreement allows all Ghanaians, including holders of ordinary Ghanaian passports to
The National Peace Council has asked the Electoral Commission to involve civil society organizations in discussions pertaining to the calls for a new voters’ register. A statement issued by the Council expressed concern at what it described as “disturbing,” the partisan nature of ongoing discussions regarding the proposals for a new voters register. The Chairman
