A 60-year-old man who is alleged to have killed 116 people over a period has finally been arrested by the Prampram Police. The suspect, who had for years been threatening the people of Prampram, near Accra, is also said to have confessed to killing 116 people in his life. He is Asshaku Adam, also called 116, a name he has appropriated to himself due to the number of people he claimed to have killed. The suspect is said to be on the wanted list of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the

The General Manager of the Presbyterian Hospital in Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region has fled the town, following an order by the Dormaahene to him to leave or risk his life. The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, is said to have issued the order because the manager, Mr Fred Effah-Yeboah, disobeyed his orders. When contacted on phone, the Dormaahene declined to speak on the matter, explaining that he would comment on it at the appropriate time. The Dormaa Police Commander, DSP

The chief of the Nigeria Igbo community living around Dansoman, Weija and its environs, His Royal Highness Eze Samuel Ekezie (Ugochimereze, Eze Udo), has called on his fellow Nigerians to come and invest in Ghana, especially in the Sempe Traditional Area in Accra. He said Ghana was endowed with natural resources, and was conducive for investors who might want to invest in the country. “I want to appeal to Nigerians who are in the country and those yet to come to consider investing in Ghana because

Five Ghanaian journalists, including two staff writers of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), are among 12 African journalists invited to participate in a week-long Green Growth study tour of Denmark. They are Suleiman Mustapha (Graphic Business) and Edmund Smith-Asante (Daily Graphic), Ama Kudom-Agyeman (Freelance), Albert Oppong-Ansah (Ghana News Agency) and Francis Balikawu Npong (Rural Media Network).The other journalists for the tour scheduled for February 23 to March 1, 2014,

The National Task Force on pirated cloths has given cloth sellers up to April to dispose of their pirated cloths before Task Force resumes seizing and destroying pirated cloths in May. A member of the Task Force, Mr Lawrence Osei Boateng, made this known at a public forum at Elubo in the Western Region to educate the public including cloth sellers of “pirated cloths”. Mr Boateng said the Task Force had since its inception destroyed 6,000 full pieces of pirated wax print and has 1,000 more to

The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has called for funding for the introduction of the nuclear power generation into the country’s energy mix to become a reality. According to the commission, nuclear energy was one of the major energy sources in the world and its introduction would help address the acute power shortages currently confronting the country.  They indicated that with the country’s growing population, more energy was required to aid the industrial sector, as well as the general

The Akyem Oda Divisional Police Command has arrested a 55-year old woman for allegedly subjecting her two grandchildren to inhuman treatment. The suspect, Afise Inusah, a palm oil producer at Akyem Etwereso in the Akyemmansa District in the Eastern Region is said to have fed the two children in her chamber pot and forced them to sleep at night in a hen coop together with the live birds. Besides, the grandmother allegedly caned the children whenever they went out to eat from the houses of sympathisers

Rehabilitation and expansion works at the Mampong Water Treatment Plant in the Ashanti Region have been completed. The project will be handed over to the government later in the year. The project, which began in September 2011, was funded through a 21.6 million dollar loan facility from the US and was undertaken by UEM Incorporated. The project involved the expansion of the headwater and the rehabilitation of the old one which was constructed in 1961. With the expansion now complete, the plant can

Emotions took the better part of a  congregation at Wa last Sunday as the group bid farewell to Daily Graphic’s George Folley Quaye and his family. Congregants at the Paul Adu Cathedral in the Upper Mission Diocese of the Methodist Church, Ghana, could not hold back their tears as Mr Folley Quaye and his wife addressed the church for the last time. Mr Folley Quaye is on transfer to Koforidua in the Eastern Region after 12 years in the Upper West Region as the regional correspondent of the Daily

There is an uneasy calm in the Nsoatre Traditional Area in the Sunyani West District in the Brong Ahafo Region as a result of a protracted chieftaincy dispute which has raged on for more than 12 years. The dispute is between the Paramount Chief of the Nsoatre Traditional Area, Oberempong Professor Boachie Amoah Koromansa, backed by some of the sub-chiefs, on one side, and the Akwamuhene, Nana Asi Kwasi II, and the Ankobeahene, Nana Baffour Awuah, on the other. Youth associations are springing up,

Embattled artisans being evicted from their current location have embarked on a peaceful demonstration to register their displeasure at their relocation. The artisans marched through the principal streets of the metropolis, the market circle and the Sekondi/Takoradi highway to the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to present their petition to the President through the regional minister. According to the demonstrators, they do not have any problem with moving to the new site, but they want proper

The sod has been cut for the commencement of a GH¢50 million small-town piped water project for the Upper West Region at Wechiau in Wa (Upper West Region) over the weekend. It is under the sustainable rural water and sanitation project (SRWSP) which will benefit a total of 120,000 people. It comprises 550 boreholes to be fitted with hand pumps, 20 piped water systems and 110 improved sanitation facilities. The project (funded by the World Bank and the Government of Ghana) will benefit a total of

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Nii Armah Ashitey, has urged the National Tripartite Committee (NTC), to be mindful of resource constraints of the government during its deliberations to determine the national minimum wage. He said government, organised labour and employers should determine the minimum wage, taking into consideration the rate of inflation, current wages, the growth of the economy and the contribution of workers. Speaking at the meeting of the NTC last Friday to determine

The All Nations International Development Agency (ANIDA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has established a Women Development Centre to assist women to develop their potential. According to the Executive Director of the organisation, Rev. Mrs Rose Donkor, the organisation had grouped the women according to their ages at different levels as pre-beginners, beginners and dropouts, who are continuously being supported to achieve their goals. Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Koforidua in the Eastern

A Supreme Court judge, Justice William Atuguba, has stated that it is morally imperative for the rich in the country to continue to remember and show love to the poor and less fortunate who go through difficult moments to make a living. He said gains made in the country’s democratic governance should not only be seen in terms of a peaceful change in government after the conduct of general elections, adding that the social status of people who cast votes during elections should be considered. He

The family of the late Komla Dumor, the renowned international journalist, has expressed its appreciation to the government and the people of Ghana for their support in the family’s time of grief. Speaking on behalf of the family during a thanksgiving service in Accra, Mr Victor Gbeho acknowledged the contributions of the government and the people of Ghana in various ways, especially in words of encouragement to the family. “Ever since the sad news of the passing of our son, brother and nephew

President John Dramani Mahama has expressed the commitment of the government to upgrade the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and strengthen their capacity to complement other sectors of the economy. He explained that as the economy expanded and more opportunities were created, threat to national security could heighten if proper structures and mechanisms were not put in place. In a speech read on his behalf by the Defence Minister, Mr Mark Woyongo, at the 2013 General Headquarters West African Soldiers

Five hundred houses and other structures at U-Compound, an area within Tema Manhean, have been marked for demolition by the Tema Traditional Council (TTC). The structures are situated on about 200 acres said to have been given out temporarily on gratis to some fishmongers from the Volta Region to ply their trade but the TTC says it intends to build resorts on the land to generate income and has served notices to the residents that it will carry out the demolition on February 28, 2014. About 5,000

Ghana's energy production is set to increase, following an agreement between the Sunon Asogli Power Plant and the Shezhen Energy Group to produce 1,560 megawatts of power. The agreement  Under the agreement, a new plant is expected to be established by the Sunon Asogli Power Plant to produce 700 megawatts of power using coal.  The first coal-fired power plant is expected to cost $1.4 billion, including a coal facility for coal supply from South Africa. Again, the existing facilities of the Asogli

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has asked the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Police Service and other agencies concerned to investigate the circumstances surrounding the missing baby at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. In a statement issued in Accra Sunday, the ministry urged the Ministry of Health, the police, the Ashanti REGSEC and others concerned to, as a matter of urgency, get to the bottom of the issue and other similar cases to unravel the truth. “This