Tarkwa (W/R), Jan. 17 GNA - Iddrisu Babao, a 27-year-old farmer, is in the hands of the Tarkwa police for claiming ownership of seventy five slaps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.

The bus was presented on her behalf by Miss Sherry Ayittey, Acting Minister of Environment, Science and Technology.

Sefwi Awaso(W/R), Jan. 17, GNA—Twenty-eight-year-old Kingsley Nkrumah, a student of the University of Development Studies, is on admission in hospital following injuries he received when a farmer shot him in both thighs.

This was a donation from Ashanti Development, a United Kingdom (UK)-based charity.

Antokrom(W/R), Jan. 17, GNA - A taxi driver Azumah Yaga is in the grips of the Dadieso Police in the Aowin District for allegedly condoning and conniving with two others to steal 10 bags of cocoa beans and a chain saw.

Sefwi-Asantekrom(W/R), Jan. 17, GNA--A 13-year old class five pupil, Kwame Kesse of Sefwi-Asantekrom D/C Primary School

The Urvan bus was from Twifo Praso to Kotokuraba when the accident happened but no casualties were recorded.

Accra, Jan.17 GNA - Peter Ahiati, a 44-year-old carpenter who defiled an eight-year-old pupil was on Thursday arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court.

 Accra, Jan 17, GNA -The World Health Organization’s (WHO) projects that the treatment for schistocomiasis (bilharzia) will reach 235 million people over the next five years.

Port Elizabeth, Jan. 17, GNA – Ghana’s Black Stars arrived to a rapturous welcome in Port Elizabeth on Thursday morning for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Port Elizabeth, Jan. 17, GNA – The Black Stars are set for their first training session  on Thursday afternoon at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Stadium.

Sunyani, Jan. 17, GNA – Duku Duodu, Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of National Sports Authority (NSA) has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to establish endowment fund to promote sports participation in the country.

The region recorded 920 fire incidents compared with the 2011’s figure of 769, that claimed one live and ruined property worth GH¢ 4,402,209.00.

The 26-year old has been cleared to take part in the team’s first training session later on Thursday, at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Stadium.

The company had estimated to dig out 287,178 ounces of gold during the period.

He told the GNA in an interview that the activities of these commercial motorbike operators, popularly known as “okada”, had been posing danger to lives and property on the roads.

He said in 2012 the facility was not made available to them, and combining that with the high cost of vehicles in the country, members found it very difficult to replace the rickety ones on the roads which sometimes led to avoidable accidents resulting in needless deaths.

“For instance, look at how much the country spends on filth, yet filth engulfs the nation; robbery cases on the increase and examination malpractice still ongoing,” she said in an interview with the GNA.

Formal means of knowledge acquisition with time dominated informal socialization or education and such development was experienced in every stage of any nation and Ghana as a state had its part of historical antecedent.

A source from Public Relations Department of the University gave the name of the student as Samuel Baidoo of the Guidance and Counseling Department.