There is nothing more delicious on a hot afternoon or cool evening than a ball of soft banku and spicy-grilled tilapia with fresh pepper and shito to kill your hunger. Like other Ghanaian dishes such as fufu, rice balls, red-red, waakye and banku tilapia has become a delicacy for most Ghanaians, adding to the delicious and irresistible Ghanaian cuisine. Apart from the mouth-watering nature of a grilled tilapia, its sumptuous taste, coupled with its appetising and attractive sight because of garnishing,

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is currently spearheading the passage of the Public Officers Conduct Bill, which would regulate the conduct of public officers in relation to their official functions. It would also give legal backing to the “Code of Conduct for Public Officers of Ghana and Guidelines on Conflict of Interest” which it launched  in December 2006. A Public Officers Conduct law has become necessary because of challenges with the adoption of the

Three suspects believed to be members of a gang of car snatchers in the Kumasi Metropolis have been apprehended by the Pankrono Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service. Prince Akwasi Opuni, 33; Isaac Gyamfi, 28, and Mohammed Abubakari, 27, are currently in custody, while a fourth accomplice, whose name was given as Akwesi Baah, is at large.  They are alleged to have snatched an Opel Astra taxi, with registration number AS 8245-T, from its driver, Mr Anarfo Kwame, at Tafo Pankrono. Briefing

The Tema Police have killed a suspected armed robber in a shoot-out at in Ashiaman suburb called “New York”. The body of the deceased, only known as Asorko, aged 21, has been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue for autopsy. Twenty-eight AA live cartridges, two wedding rings, two laptop computers, eight pen drives, a mobile phone SIM card and one AK47 bayonet were retrieved from Asorko by the police.   Briefing Briefing newsmen about the incident, the Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy

The Planning Committee of the 2014 Aboakyir Festival of the chiefs and people of Winneba has said this year’s celebration of the festival has not been suspended. According to the committee, any information to the contrary should, therefore, be disregarded.  Addressing a press conference in Winneba, the Chairman of the committee, Mr Alex Peter Acquah, said information in sections of the media, attributed to the two Asafo companies, was untrue and stressed that the Chief Asafohen of the companies,

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Alhassan, has commended the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Nathan Kofi Boakye, for bringing tremendous changes to the command and also helping to reduce crime in the region. “This is the spirit that all should emulate — the spirit of problem solving and I’m already aware that crime has gone down considerably in the region,” he said. So impressed was the IGP about the development at the Ashanti

A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Stephen Alan Brobbey, has cautioned that the law on ‘Contempt of Court’ should be applied in conformity with Ghana’s statute books and not as it ought to be. He said failure to do so would result in uncertainty in the application of the law. “We do not apply the law as it ought to be because that will mean espousing uncertainty in our jurisprudence,” the former justice stated. He said although the law had been open to many interpretations,

The Bishop of the Sekondi Diocese of the Methodist Church of Ghana, the Rt Rev Edward Ofori Donkor, has attributed the gradual decline in the Ghanaian economy to massive corruption at all levels. The poor, he observed, had become poorer due to corruption among the elite class, which included religious leaders, heads of organisations and companies, managers, Members of Parliament, ministers of state, judges, school heads, as well as business people.   Sodom and Gomorrah The Rt Rev. Donkor, who made

A 20-year-old unemployed, Baffour Awuah, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison with hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for robbing a man of his mobile phone worth GH¢40 and GH¢70 cash. Awuah, alias School Boy, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy and robbery and was convicted on his own plea by the court, presided over by Mr William Boampng. His accomplice, only known as Bontele, is, however, on the run. Awuah and his accomplice demanded GH¢1 from their victim to buy Indian hemp and

  A court in Egypt has sentenced 11 supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting. The defendants were arrested during a wave of protests that followed the ousting of Mr Morsi last year. In March more than 500 Morsi supporters were sentenced to death in the same court in Minya, south of Cairo. The case comes amid a continuing crackdown against Islamists by Egypt's military-backed government. Five of the 11 people sentenced on Saturday were