Samuel Narh, a 40-year-old scrap dealer, was sentenced to  12 months’ imprisonment  by the Odumase Krobo Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Asmah Akwasi Asiedu, on three counts of being on a premises for unlawful purposes, stealing and possessing stolen property of one Patey Zimmerman. He pleaded guilty to all the charges and was jailed accordingly. The prosecutor, ASP Richmond Akwasi Yeboah, told the court that the complainant in the case was a prison officer from Odumase Krobo but stationed

As if beating  his wife  for her delay in going to bed with him was not enough, Joseph Quansah , a driver, threatened to kill his wife  and their son and also packed  an ice chest  and other things on the child at Gomoa Tarkwa  in the Central Region. Quansah also known as Joe, 24, did not get away with his actions as the Agona Swedru Court, presided over by Mr Yaw Atta Sampong, sentenced him to six years’ imprisonment with hard labour. The  judge found Quansah guilty on two counts of  assault

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is satisfied with the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between West Africa and the European Union (EU). According to the chairman of the ECOWAS Commission and the chairman of the council of ministers, they are “very pleased” with the agreement. The chairman of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo believes the agreement will be advantageous for the West African sub-region. The two bodies are currently meeting in Yamoussoukro,

Government says Ghana has no position on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) yet. Foreign Affairs Minister, Hannah Tetteh says government will support any decision by the ECOWAS leadership on the EPA. “It’s not a question of what is Ghana’s stance because this is an ECOWAS decision. Either we all agree or we don’t agree,” she said. Heads of State in the sub-region are currently meeting in Ivory Coast to among other things, take a position on the EPA which will open their respective

The Minister of Tourism, Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, on Thursday launched the 2014, Kwahu Paragliding Festival in Accra. This year’s paragliding festival, which is the 9th in the series, is slated to take place from April 18 to 22, 2014 at Atibea, Kwahu. Mrs Ofosu-Adjare said the festival, which coincides with the Easter festivities in Kwahu has given an international dimension to the popular Kwahu Easter and has contributed to the promotion of Ghana’s domestic tourism.   She said this year’s

More than 4,000 communities across the country have been supplied with power under the National Electrification Programme which started 25 years ago. Dr Alfred Ofosu-Ahenkora, Executive Secretary of the Energy Commission, who announced this, said about 70 per cent of the population now has access to electricity. He was speaking at a public lecture organized by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), to mark the first anniversary of the death of Professor Abeeku Brew-Hammond,

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has increased electricity and water tariffs by 12.09 per cent and 6.05 per cent respectively. However, the implementation date for the review would not take immediate effect for the second quarter of the year which commences on April 1, 2014. In January 2014, the PURC announced an increase of 9.7 per cent on electricity and 6.80 per cent on water precipitated by the full implementation of the automatic adjustment formula (AAF).  A statement signed

Drivers crossing the pontoon at Senchi now do it with more ease than when it was first launched two weeks ago as the heavy congestion which characterised the initial operations has eased. The ease is also as a result of repair works carried out on one of the ferries which had been unable to carry its required number of traffic because of a landing problem. Hundreds of travellers to and from the Volta Region through the Senchi and Akrade landing sites were reportedly stranded at both ends  on Sunday

For the 34 years that Mr Charles Torkornoo, a 64-year-old pensioner and former Night Editor of the Daily Graphic, and his sweetheart, Anthonia Eyivi Sossou-Torkornoo, a businesswoman,  lived as man and wife, little did they know that they would one day make ‘nonsense’ of the vows they took when they were joined in holy matrimony — “Till death do us part”. Thus, when news got to Mrs Sossou-Torkornoo, who was then out attending to an important family assignment, that her husband, who was

The family of Madam Suweiba Abdul-Mumin has expressed disappointment at the inability of the Ministry of Health to establish the whereabouts of their missing baby after its investigations. According to the family, they anticipated the ministry to come out with information on the whereabouts of the baby but “as it were, nothing of the sort came up.” Madam Suweiba Abdul-Mumin is the 42-year old mother whose stillborn baby’s body could not be found and it led to some Zongo youth besieging the

A professor of Parasitology and Immunology at the University of Yaounde, Cameroun, Professor Rose Gana Fomban Leke, has advocated the need to train journalists in scientific reporting to enable them to drive the needed change in the society. She said the media had a crucial role in the elimination of infectious diseases from the African Continent because “they have a large audience and, therefore, have the potential to drive behavioural change.” Speaking on the first day of the Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg

The President of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE), Mr Ben Richard Aniagyei, has blamed the recent spate of collapsed buildings in the country on the failure to implement the Engineering Council Law. He said although the law was passed in 2011, its implementation had been in limbo leading to what he described as a vacuum in regulation. “It is because there is no regulation of engineering practice in Ghana. The law is not functioning. People believe that all buildings under construction

Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) have been able to quell the fire that destroyed nearly half of the Makola No.2 market in Accra early Friday morning. GNFS public relations officer, Prince Billy Anaglate says it took personnel about an hour and half to fight the fire that destroyed several stalls and goods.Eight firefighting engines, two water tankers and two turntable ladders were engaged in the exercise, he told Radio Gold in Accra, saying the service received distress calls

An accused person, who is standing trial for robbery, on Monday threw the Accra Circuit Court into laughter when he told the court  that he was not Jesus. “I am not called Jesus. I don’t know why the police decided to give me that name,” Hamza Sumaila told the court, presided over by Mr Francis Obiri, while cross-examining a prosecution witness. Speaking with a frowned face, Sumaila who ironically is a Muslim said the name “Jesus” was a police fabrication and had nothing to do with him. The

A Deputy chief manager representing the director of Banking at the Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Wednesday told the Judgement Debt Commission that there was no  “special judgement debt account” at the BoG. Speaking to the issue of a special account opened at the central bank from which judgement debts are paid by the government, Mr Gabriel Bokor, the Deputy Chief Manager of the Banking Department, BoG, said the account number referred to by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD)

The mutilated body of an unidentified man was found Friday morning lying on the street (Liberation Road) in front of the Flagstaff House. According to Police at the scene, a car might have knocked down the man believed to be in his 40’s. According to Lance Corporal Baba Abu, the body of the man was found lying in front of the seat of government at about 5:30 am but could not give details as to how the accident occurred. When the Daily Graphic got to the scene, the body had been conveyed to the

The Ministry of Health will meet its stakeholders today to step up efforts at preventing the highly contagious Ebola virus from entering Ghana. The stakeholders will also step up management initiatives that will be used to contain the disease in an unlikely event. This follows recent reports about the outbreak and spread of the disease in the West African sub-region and Parliament’s call for a national pre-emptive strategy to contain the growing threat of the deadly Ebola virus which has claimed

The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has initiated a new master plan to restore the old and damaged sewer systems in the metropolis. As part of the  project, the assembly will  undertake construction works to install equipment for the  treatment  plant  and pumping station, and repair  burst pipes  and  pavements for the easy flow of effluent  from  the main sources.  This was disclosed by the  Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive,  Mr Isaac Ashia Odamten, in an interview  at Tema. Benefits He

The President, John Mahama, yesterday filed his tax returns and reiterated the need for Ghanaians to pay their taxes regularly to the state, to enable the government to embark on socio-economic development infrastructure. It was the second time Mr Mahama was paying his tax to the state, since becoming President of Ghana. He submitted a cheque for an undisclosed sum to Mrs Comfort Boohene-Osafo, Commissioner-in-charge of Domestic Tax Revenue of Ghana Revenue Authority at his office at the Flagstaff

A 45-year-old hunter, Kwesi Nimako, of Barman, near Bonwire, Thursday shot his younger brother, Joseph Akwesi, 40, and later killed himself. The two were said to have argued over an issue, during which Nimako got offended, went into his room, pulled a gun and shot his brother. Joseph was rushed to the Juaben Hospital where he was referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. At the time of filing this report, he was still receiving treatment. But Nimako, thinking that Joseph had died and for fear