Ghana is on the verge of being declared a guinea worm free country by World Health Organisation (WHO) if it continues to record no incidence of the disease by the end of 2014. Ghana has not recorded a single case in three years which qualifies the country for certification by the WHO. In that regard, a […]
By Isaac Bediako Justice ACCRA, Ghana- Two soldiers, a police officer and two others have been remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit court for allegedly robbing tenants of a household at gunpoint. The soldiers, Emmanuel Obeng Domson and Obed Kwaku Agamati, together with Ibrahim Iddrisu, the police officer, and Noah Mensah, unemployed, in
By Kpakpo Addo – Tema, Ghana Tema township is a place built by Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah to house the workers of the burgeoning industries that he had set up. Among some of the places built as residential complexes for workers of these industries were site 20, site 2, site1 etc. This news letter
By Isaac Bediako Justice Ghanaians must embrace the rich opportunities in tourism and take advantage of that to create business activities to promote the industry for the growth of the economy, Goyimwole Enukomekuo Kpodo, president of the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, has said. He said: “The African cultural heritage and tradition surpass
By Isaac Bediako Justice KUMASI, Ghana – Ghana’s second largest Hospital, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is keeping a baby girl abandoned by the mother at the facility two weeks ago. The four-month-old baby is being kept at the maternity block and is reported to be doing well. The mother had left her in
By Isaac Bediako Justice KUMASI, Ghana – A family of five was burned to death when the room in which they were sleeping was gutted by fire at dawn at Trede, near Santasi, Kumasi, yesterday. Daniel Baafi, 39, his wife, Akua Ahema, 35, and their three children, including a one and half- year-old baby were
By Isaac Bediako Justice. KUMASI, Ghana – The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed strong apprehension over the lack of commitment and will of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) to enforce the country’s investment laws which bars foreigners from directly engaging in the retail trade.
As part of efforts towards restoring and sustaining patriotic interest, nationalism and integrity among the youth, the National Youth Authority (NYA) of Ghana has announced a series of lectures to take place in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale. Dubbed the National Youth Patriotism Lecture series (2014), this would be the maiden edition and is slated
Officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) including the President Kwesi Nyantakyi have reportedly been exposed for agreeing to partake in a deal which would have seen the Ghana Black Stars playing a series of fixed matches. Other officials fingered in the abortive deal include one Christopher Forsythe and Obed Nketiah who is also
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama is set to swear in seven newly-appointed Judges for the ECOWAS Court in his capital Accra. According to Ms Elohor Ovadje, Information Officer at the ECOWAS Court the 7 will be replacing 6 retiring Members of the bloc’s Community Court of Justice at the Seat of the Court in Abuja, Nigeria.
