Coach Avram Grant has dropped captain Asamoah Gyan and has given defender Jonathan Mensah a starting role for Ghana’s World Cup qualifying first leg match against Comoros at the Stade Said Mohammed Cheikh in Moroni today.After a month absence from the team Mensah partners John Boye at the heart of defence as US-based Harrison Afful […]
The Minister of Education and Chairperson of the Ghana National Commission for UNESCO Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has been elected to serve a four-year term of office on the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).This was announced at the just-ended special plenary session of the 38th General Conference of
A 28-year old nurse, Emelia Buadi, who was promised a job as a nurse in Kuwait with a lucrative salary ended up being sold out as a housemaid upon her arrival in the gulf country. The nurse arrived in Kuwait in September this year, and went to the office of the Agent of Ibadams Ghana
Palm wine tappers in the Yilo Krobo district of the Eastern region have resorted to poisonous chemicals such as Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to collect sap in the palm tree, Eastern Regional local Journalist Kojo Ansah’ investigations have uncovered.According to the tappers, the DDT help increase production unlike the traditional means of burning palm branches to aid with the
O and A Transport Services Limited has been adjudged the Best Safer Commercial Passenger Transport Union at this year’s Ashanti Region Road Safety Awards held in Kumasi . For its award, the organization was presented with a plaque, citation, certificate, while 10 of its drivers will have the privilege of attending free two days refresher
Seven more suspects have been declared wanted by police in Kumasi for their alleged roles in the skirmishes at Asawase in the Ashanti region that led to the death of Mohammed Saddique 37 in front of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency office last Friday. The wanted persons include the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency
PROBE WITHHOLDING OF MINERAL ROYATIES-ADANSIHENE PETITIONS PREZ The Adansihene, Opagyakotwere Bonsra Afriyie, has petitioned President John Mahama to cause an investigation into the reason underlining the non-payment of mineral royalties to the Adansi Traditional Council since October 2012. According to him, the non-payment of the royalties has made it very difficult for the Council to
COP, John Kudalor, has been appointed as the Acting Inspector-General of Police by President John Dramani Mahama. He replaces the Mohmmed Alhassan who has begun his accumulated leave leading to his retirement from the service. Mr. Alhassan was appointed IGP in February 2013. Mr. Kudalor, until his appointment, was the Director General, Operations, of the
Police in Asawase in the Ashanti Region, say they are unable to immediately establish if the stabbing of a New Patriotic Party (NPP) member in the area on Friday was politically motivated. The Police will not conclude that the criminal act was carried out by persons from rival political grouping in the NPP, insisting that
One person believed to be a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been stabbed to death in the Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region. Abubakar Saddiq, 37 years, was a spare parts dealer at Suame Magazine but stayed at Zaabo Zongo a suburb of Asawase. Photo File Though it is unclear why he
