The controversy over the collection of road tolls at the University of Ghana may soon come to an end, with the Ministry of Roads and Highways having requested for a dialogue with the university to work out modalities for the payment of debts incurred by the university to maintain the roads on the campus. The ministry has, consequently, asked the authorities of the university to discontinue the collection of tolls, as the ministry has decided to absolve the university from its financial commitment

The three-day funeral rites of Komla Dumor, BBC senior broadcast journalist and former presenter of Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, begin today. The ceremony begins this morning with a solemn requiem mass.  That will be followed by public viewing of the body which will enable many people, particularly the youth, to pay their last respects to him. A liturgical service will be held at the Forecourt of the State House on Saturday, February 22, 2014, followed by a private family burial. The curtains

The Managing Director of Kuapa Kokoo, Mr Emmanuel Arthur, has assured farmers under the umbrella body that it will not relent its efforts to search for avenues, both home and abroad to increase the voice of farmers in addressing inequities of the global trading system. He explained that farmers deserved better than just a portion of the proceeds of the sale of their cocoa on the world market and that was the reason why Kuapa Kokoo sold a percentage of its output to fair-trade market, of which it

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has issued an order directing the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to immediately suspend its intended shut down of the Kpong Water Works until further notice. The Commission has further ordered the GWCL to provide it with the schedule of works and planned completion date for the repair to the transmission pipelines supplying water from the Weija Plant and expansion of interconnection works at the Kpong Water Plant. A statement signed by the Director

A man and a woman who were having sex in a guest house in Sunyani were reported to have got stuck on Wednesday. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) reported that the man could not remove his penis from the woman’s vagina and that it took the timely intervention of the police to whisk the inseparable lovers from the scene. The incident was said to have happened at a guest house near the Nana Bosoma Market in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region.  An attendant at the guest house told the GNA that the two

A $100,000 community water treatment plant has been constructed at Zeenu, a suburb of Ashaiman, to provide clean and affordable water for residents of the area. The project, which was provided by WaterHealth Ghana, a subsidiary of WaterHealth International, is also to solve the problem of water scarcity in the community. The plant has a water-purifying centre dubbed: ‘Dr Water’, which purifies water at a cost of GH¢21 with its kits and at GH¢1 on subsequent refill.  The launch  At a ceremony

The Tema Development Corporation (TDC) is to build terrace houses for rental purposes on the land at Adjei Kojo on which it recently carried out a demolition exercise. It also intends to build schools and playing fields, among many other facilities The Managing Director of the TDC, Mr Joe Abbey, stated this when he appeared before a special committee established by the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, to investigate the Adjei Kojo demolition. It was the second time TDC officials had

The Government has agreed to proposals to name a street after former late BBC presenter Komla Afeke Dumor, who died on January 18, 2013 at the age of 41, myjoyonline.com reported Thursday. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, announced that government has directed the Ketu South District Assembly, where Komla Dumor hailed from, to name a street after him, the report noted. According to the report, Mr Idrissu, who is also the Minister of Trade and Industry, made the

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, on Wednesday began its nationwide exercise to mark all weapons of the various security agencies, which aims at controlling the proliferation of illegal arms. The marking of the weapons involves a systematic embossment of unique identification numbers on firearms in an easily identifiable and coherent manner, upon which a database will be kept, to help trace any illegally diverted weapon from the state armoury. Mr. Jones Borteye Applerh, Executive

The Academic Board of the University of Ghana has directed management of the University to take legal action against the National Security Coordinator and his team. The University Board took the decision after a meeting on Wednesday. Personnel from National Security demolished toll booths at the University with approval of the National Security Coordinator, Larry Gbevlo-Lartey. Director of Public Affairs of the University, Stella Amoah in an interview with campus based Radio Universe said “the

More than 5,000 used fridges of different sizes and shapes imported into the country through the Takoradi Port have been impounded by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The banned cargo, which was labelled as household goods and personal effects, is yet to be cleared by the  importing company, Richoss Enterprises Limited of Post Office Number 26, Old Tafo, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The importation of used fridges into Ghana is banned. Legislative Instrument (LI) 1932

The National Tripartite Committee is expected to reconvene by the end of this week to begin negotiations on the National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) for 2014. The reconvening of the committee, which is obligated by the Labour Act, is also in response to workers’ demands, particularly following increases in utility tariffs and inflation. Officials of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) who did not want to be named said members of the NTC, which is chaired by the Minister of Employment

The Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has  condemned governments across the world for prioritising defence and military spending above and beyond social welfare and humanitarian projects. “In order to protect ourselves and to save mankind, we need to turn towards God Almighty and we need to attach ourselves to that Living God who did not forsake the Prophet Moses and his people, nor did He forsake Jesus and his disciples,” he said.  Hazrat Ahmad was delivering

Residents of  PS Global Estates (Leosville), a gated community at Tema Community 25, near Prampram, went through a nightmarish experience at 1.42 a.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2014, when hooded armed robbers attacked them. Numbering about 10, the robbers, who were armed with pump action guns, pistols, sledge hammers and cutting implements to enable them to gain access to homes, succeeded in breaking into nine homes with audacity, before help arrived from the police. The robbers just marched from

It has emerged that the cow which was caught at sea by fishermen from Chorkor last week belonged to the people of Sukula, a suburb of Accra. Subsequently, the animal has been handed over to them.  “I can confirm that we have finally handed over the cow to the people of Sukula. However, they were made to pay for the fishing net that was destroyed by the animal that day,” Nii Kukurudu, the Chorkor Wulomo (Chief Fisherman), said.  The Chief Fisherman told the Daily Graphic the group from Sukula

The Ghana National Scholarship Beneficiaries Association (GNASBA) has launched its 2014 schools environmental sanitation education campaign at Nalerigu in the West Mamprusi District of the Northern Region. The programme, which was under the chairmanship of Naa Bohugu Mahami Aboulia Sheriga, Paramount Chief of the Mamprusi Traditional Area, was on the theme: “Restoring the environment to its original state: Our responsibility". The highlight of the programme was the presentation of 100 litterbins

Ghana has been accredited with an international forest management certificate for the management of its forest resources. The Ghana Forest Management Certification Standard (GFMCS) awarded by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an international organisation that promotes responsible management of the world’ forests, provides the country with an internationally recognised and credible yardstick for assessing sustainable forest management. To this end, Ghana’s wood products which have the GFMCS

A project dubbed, ‘‘Increasing the Earning Power of Street Youth in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area,’’ has been launched. Under the project, a total of 45 persons, made up 15 youth workers and 30 young unemployed people are undergoing a two-week training of trainers course in Takoradi. After their successful completion of the training, the targeted persons, mainly the marginalised in society, will be provided with start-up tools that would empower them in their respective business

A task force from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) will, from Monday, February 24, 2014 carry out the inspection of some business centres which quote their prices in dollars to ensure that they comply with the directives of the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The BoG has banned the pricing of goods and services in foreign currencies in the country in an effort to shore up the value of the cedi. Consequently, the task force will carry out the inspection of hotels, forex bureaux, shops and all

The Ashanti Regional Pig Farmers and Processors Association has called on metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to enforce bye-laws on stray animals, particularly pigs, to support the development of the pig farming industry. Making the call at a news conference in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional chairman of the association, Mr Kwame Dei Ampofo, said the pig farming industry had made significant strides in revenue mobilisation and that enforcement of the bye-laws would safeguard the