The family of a 22-year-old man who allegedly died from Police brutality at Krofrom have invoked curses on Police personnel in the Ashanti region after an autopsy report exonerated the Police. Youth of the community also took to the streets burning tires and blocking roads after the report revealed that the circumstances that led to […]
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) is far advanced with the establishment of a data entry centre that will help to keep record and track of persons who enter the country as part of efforts to position the country as a safe, secure and clean tourism destination. Acting Executive Director of the authority, Charles Osei-Bonsu, addressing
Former Executive Secretary to President John Mahama, Raymond Atuguba has stated categorically that Abu Ramadan and his colleague who sued the electoral commission over the validity of the voters’ register lost the case at the Supreme Court. According to him, the substantive reliefs that were being sought by the plaintiffs were not granted by the
Police in Kumasi in the Ashanti region have arrested over 150 suspected criminals in a Friday dawn swoop.The suspects were arrested from the various drug selling points in Kumasi. They are currently being screened for possible prosecution by the Police. The move is part of efforts to rid the Ashanti regional capital of criminals.Over the
The Ashanti regional Police Commander DCOP Kofi Boakye has promised to arrest the police officers who allegedly beat to death a 22-year-old man in Krofrom in the Ashanti region, if it is established that they indeed committed the act. Chaos has erupted in the Kumasi suburb following a case of mistaken identity that led to
Up to 30 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast while some 77 were rescued by EU naval units from the sea. Ships from an EU task force and Italy’s coast guard raced to the scene 35 nautical miles (65km) off the coast as survivors clung to
“Africa must think big, act big and deliver big. We must never show low ambitions for Africa,” African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina said on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the formal opening of the Annual Meetings of the Bank Group in Zambia on the theme “Energy and climate Change”. Addressing a huge gathering
Old Mutual Investment Group has announced a deal to increase its overall effective equity stake in African agriculture investment group, UFF African Agri Investments, to 49%. The partnership will see the strengthening of a longtime relationship between the two companies, with investment opportunities of up to $500 million into African farmland envisaged over the next
MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications company in the country has once again distinguished itself by winning six prestigious awards at the sixth Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards (GITTA) organized by InstinctWave. MTN Ghana topped all other operators in the following categories; Telecom Operator of the Year Best Telecom Business of the Year (MTN Business)
Farmers of the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana are to benefit from a scale-up of Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) interventions in selected watersheds and forest fringe communities. This is under a second additional financing Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant of US$12.76 million. The Additional Financing grant will help the project scale-up ongoing SLWM
