The management of the University of Ghana has urged the public to desist from spreading rumours about the circumstances leading to the death of a Level 400 student of the school, after she fell from the 4th floor corridor of the Akuafo Hall residence. The deceased, crashed her head when she fell on the dawn ...
37 maternal deaths were recorded in the Upper East Region in 2016, according to the regional health directorate. The region recorded 37 maternal deaths in 2011, 38 deaths in 2012, and 34 in 2013. In 2014 and 2015, the region recorded 47 and 30 maternal deaths respectively. Even though the maternal mortality ratio stands at ...
A group of suspected armed robbers operating on the Tamale-Salaga road, have shot and killed a worker of Engineers and Planners (EP) Company, Williams Boamah. The deceased, together with two colleagues, were returning from Tamale when the incident occurred. According to the Public Relations Officer for the Northern Regional Police Command, ASP Tanko Mohammed, the ...
A 34-year-old man, Isaac Sackey, has surrendered himself to the Police after stabbing a Nigerian lady to death and locking her up at his Spintex residence in Accra. The suspect inflicted knife wounds on the thighs and stomach of the lady whose name is only given as Tina. The police report says an argument ensued ...
In my work as a lawyer, I have come across several heartbreaking stories of injustice: battered wives, abused children, innocent people incarcerated. But one story that has stuck with me is the story of a lesbian who was beaten to death in Accra. The media hardly covered her story and no one spoke up for ...
President Akufo-Addo has said that any politician who does not generate controversy is dull. In his view, without controversies, politics doesn’t become interesting. He said he had noted that a lot of his utterances in recent times, resulted in controversy, stating that he was not bothered by that because “that is how it should be.” Speaking ...
Some currency analysts have warned that the government’s tax cuts would lead to a further depreciation of the cedi should it fail to stem the side effects of the policy. They contend that the ease in tax burden is an incentive for businesses to expand leading to an increased demand for dollars as a result. ...
Some currency analysts have warned that the government’s tax cuts would lead to a further depreciation of the cedi should it fail to stem the side effects of the policy. They contend that the ease in tax burden is an incentive for businesses to expand leading to an increased demand for dollars as a result. ...
Traditional leaders and members of the inland fishing and aquaculture fraternity from the Lower Volta basin have proposed the establishment of an authority to address the challenges of the communities. The groups indicated at a meeting with former President Jerry John Rawlings in Accra last Tuesday, that the establishment of the authority was necessary as ...
British artist Sir Howard Hodgkin has died at the age of 84. The Turner Prize-winner was well known for saying in interviews how much he hated painting. “People have often said to me, ‘aren’t you lucky to be able to do this for a living’ and I say no, thank you, I’m not lucky,” he ...
President Akufo-Addo has dismissed allegations that he distorted Ghana’s political history in his speech at Ghana’s 60th independence anniversary parade. The president has been accused of giving a biased account of Ghana’s independence story, giving prominence to J.B Danquah and other members of the United Gold Coast Convention rather than highlighting the role of Ghana’s ...
British Cycling has admitted it did not pay “sufficient care and attention” to the wellbeing of staff and athletes at the expense of winning medals. The organisation was responding to a leaked draft report of an investigation into alleged failings in its culture. Published in the Daily Mail, it claims British Cycling “sanitised” its own ...
A group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) known as the Northern Youth for Nana Akufo Addo (NAYONA) has called for immediate forensic audit of the accounts of the Savannah Accelerated Development (SADA). The group in a petitioned signed by its Secretary, Shamuna Ghazi alleged that SADA is bedeviled with massive corruption. According ...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has left Ghana for Mauritius to attend that country’s National Day Celebrations as a special guest. His three day stay in Mauritius will see him hold bilateral talks with Her Excellency Mrs Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister and other senior officials of the Mauritius ...
President Muhamadu Buhari has finally returned to Nigeria, after 51 days on vacation in London, United Kingdom. He arrived at about 7.40am via a presidential jet, 5N-FGN at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna. Dressed in a black caftan with a black cap, the retired army officer was received by Kaduna officials, amidst tight ...
Appointments of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) will be made by the end of March 2017. The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama made the revelation on the Point Blank segment on Eyewitness News on Thursday. “The process is ongoing. We have finished the vetting at the regional level so we are ...
President Nana Akufo Addo has appointed Professor Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi as the Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructural Investment Fund (GIIF). His appointment is in accordance with Section 8 of the GIIF Act, 2014 (Act 887). A statement signed by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare confirmed the appointment of the former Education Minister. ...
Technology firms will get “exclusive access” to details of the CIA’s cyber-warfare programme, Wikileaks has said. The anti-secrecy website has published thousands of the US spy agency’s secret documents, including what it says are the CIA’s hacking tools. Founder Julian Assange said that, after some thought, he had decided to give the tech community further ...
Three US states have joined Hawaii in a legal challenge against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban. Mr Trump signed an executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim countries on Monday. New York maintains the new directive is a ban on Muslims while Washington says it is harmful to the ...
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