A 35-year-old self-styled football coach is in the grips of the police for allegedly sodomising three children at Ankaful near Cape Coast. John Aidoo, said to be a coach and a decorator at Ankaful was said to have on different occasions given Olive Oil to three different boys between the ages of 10 and 13 to drink and thereafter asked them to suck his penis until he discharged.According to the Central Regional Officer in Charge of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit, Mr Appiah Sakyi, Aidoo

A 20 -year-man, Emmanuel Saida, has been sentenced to  4 months’ in prison with hard labour for stealing the  property of Apertey Bless Nelson. He pleaded guilty to the charge. Mr Asmah Akwasi Asiedu, the Judge, told Saida to get reformed after serving his sentence in order to earn a decent living. According to Chief Inspector John Akuettey, the prosecutor, the complainant, Nelson, 23, is a resident of Somanya, while the convict resides  at Agavenya, a suburb of Somanya. He said in July, 2013,

A spiritualist, Mallam Safainu Abubakari, 62, has appeared before the Agona Swedru Circuit Court for allegedly  defrauding  an Akim Oda-based young trader to the tune of GH¢36,913.00. Abubakari reportedly took that amount  under the guise of spiritually helping to boost Iddrisu Mumuni’s business, only to vanish from his Awutu Adawukwaa base. When he was eventually  arraigned before the court, presided over by Ms Abigail Anima Asare, Abubakari denied the charge of  taking GH¢6,900 from Mumuni

President John Dramani Mahama, on Friday sworn-in two envoys with a call on them to leverage bilateral relations that would attract investors into the country. He said the days of ambassadors popping champagne and having social pleasures are giving way to negotiations and agreements that could be mutually beneficial. The envoys are Mr Tony Aidoo, who has been posted to The Netherlands, and Mr Victor Smith to the United Kingdom, took the oaths of office, allegiance and secrecy. They are the first

A Tarkwa circuit court, has sentenced Jacob Degbortse, a 31- year-old driver, to two years imprisonment for stealing credit cards worth GH₵ 6,600. He pleaded guilty. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Florence Tawiah told the court presided over by Mr Samuel Obeng Diawuo that on November 30, 2013, Degbortse who worked with Faanash Company Limited as a supplier of credit cards absconded with the daily sales. According to the Prosecutor, the wife of the convict, Gloria Addison a cleaner in the

The Ashaiman Central Office of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) handled 1,065 cases in 2013 out of which 1,019 were amicably settled while the remaining 46 are pending. Out of the number of cases received, 806 were on rent, which increased from 759 in 2012   because of the inability of tenants to settle their bills after their term of occupancy had expired. Other cases handled by the Ashaiman office of the ADR included issues bordering on debt  recovery, child maintenance,  marital problems,

  The Madina Magistrate Court presided over by Mr Ernest A. Adjanor, has remanded Emmanuel Kwaku Danso in prison custody for stealing from his employer. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Anim Darko, an agency  at New Legon near Adentan sent the accused to the complainant, Mr Godwin Ansah, a lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, to work in his house as a houseboy. On March 22, 2014 at about 6 p.m the same day Danso was brought to the house, Dr Ansah went out and left the house

The 47th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has opened at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, with a call for the inclusion of population issues in post-2015 global development to improve people’s lives. This year's session will focus on the progress made and challenges faced since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was held in Cairo in 1994.  During the week-long session, the UN Commission on Population and Development

Victims of Thursday night's shooting incident at Aboabo in Tamale are reported to be doing well, with the most severly injured said to be responding well to treatment. Graphic Online Journalist Samuel Obour reports that doctors attending to the injured say they are out of danger.Unindentified gunmen said to be in an unregistered taxi and others on a motorbike allegedly shot at merry-making New Patriotic Party supporters attending the party's national delegates conference in Tamale.Police say they

The Police Ladies Association of Ghana (POLAS) has donated items worth GH¢76,245 to the Children’s Ward of the Police Hospital in Accra. The items, which include two industrial nebulisers, two weighing scales, 10 mattresses, four sofa beds, 15 large size baby cots and curtains, are to support the ward to render effective services to its clients.  The presentation  Presenting the items to the hospital on behalf of the association, the President of POLAS, Commissioner of Police (COP) Mrs Joana

The La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly has presented a set of furniture to three primary schools in the municipality. The three schools that benefited from the presentation were the Baba Yara Basic School, Immanuel Presby Basic Schools and the Aisha Bintu Khalifah Islamic Primary School. Some of the schools which are also to benefit from the presentation are the La Nkwantanang Cluster of Schools, Madina M/A 1-4 primary schools, Fire Armour Schools, Pantang Village and Hospital Schools, and

The Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), Mr Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, says reports that the company has outsourced its operations to a foreign firm are incorrect. According to him, what has happened is that a company registered in Ghana, TSL Logistics Ghana Ltd, has been contracted to manage the risk of BOST on a 12-month pilot basis. Speaking to the Daily Graphic, Mr Awuah-Darko explained that the move was to ensure that BOST concentrated on its core business

The Minister of Defence, Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, has expressed concern over what he termed as the “abandonment of government properties without proper maintenance.” He has therefore, directed heads of various military garrisons in the country to make provisions in their budget to ensure the continued maintenance of government properties. Mr Woyongo made the call yesterday when he toured various government properties under construction within the entire military base in the Greater Accra Region. Purpose

A misunderstanding between two brothers over cat meat has resulted in one of them being in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). For causing unlawful harm to his brother, Eric Fobih, 28, a mason, has been sentenced to one year in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court. Eric, who pleaded guilty to the one count of causing unlawful harm preferred against him by the prosecution, was convicted on his own plea by the court, presided over by Ms Afua Adu-Amankwah and sentenced

  Several men and women who want to enhance or reduce the size of various parts of their bodies are getting cosmetic surgeries done for them at the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre (RPS&BC) at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. Nowadays, cosmetic surgery has become more popular for average people. Ordinarily, cosmetic surgery is regarded as a science that enhances the looks of a person.  Cosmetic (also called aesthetic) surgeries are, therefore, procedures done to alter a

The Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA) and Teshie-Nungua Department of Urban Roads (DUR) are in disagreement over the right of way for the continuation of the Fertiliser Road at Teshie, which, when developed, ease traffic congestion on the main Teshie Road. About 2.6 kilometres of the Fertiliser Road from the First Estate Junction have been constructed up to the Adzorman Roundabout. Its continuation has however, become a source of headache to the DUR Manager, Mr Domingo Lekketey. In all,

Some members of the Accra West Regional Council of the Knights and Ladies of Marshallan have undertaken a pilgrimage to the Our Lady of Peace Basilica at Yamoussoukro in Cote d’Ivoire. The pilrimage was organised by the Regional Grand Knight, W/Bro Yaw Osei-Poku and the Regional Noble Lady, R/L Sis Veronica Ayikwei Kofie, as part of a spiritual exercise for the members. The pilgrims included Sir Kt. Clement Ato Gordon, the Deputy Supreme Knight, W/Bro Ernest Amoako-Arhen, the Grand Advocate, R/L.

The first draw of the “30 to Brazil” promotion, an initiative of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) has seen the selection of 10 customers to join the World Cup celebrations in Brazil this year. Last month, the GCB launched a promotion to sponsor 30 of its customers to participate in this year’s World Cup in Brazil. An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) application system, operated by the National Lotteries Authority was used to generate and identify the winners.  Dubbed “the GCB

The Chief of Kwahu Pepease, Nana Ampadu Okyere II, is gone home to join his ancestors, but his memory is widespread in his rather large nuclear family. Leaving behind seven wives, 36 children, 114 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren, Nana Ampadu Okyere II had indeed manifested one of his sterling qualities in life –love for people. He was blessed with long life and long reign, passing away at age 99 having ruled for 63 years. He gained the reputation as the longest-reigning chief in the Kwahu

The Minister for Upper West Region, Mr Bede Ziedeng, has urged farmers in the region to adapt to new trends in farming in order to increase their yields. He said farmers, particularly those in the region who remained conservative with farming methods and practices, risked working in vain when new trends could boost their yields and make their toil more profitable. According to him, authorities of a recently installed rice mill project in the region had threatened to stop buying rice products from