The study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was managed by the Canadian International Development Research Centre and implemented by the Technology and Social Change Group of the Information School, University of Washington, Seattle USA.

The criminals Henry Aggor, 24, and Benjamin Aggor, 20, both pleaded guilty.

Nii Yartey Annan, is being held for abetment of the crime while, Mortey Tetteyfio and Michael Kwesi Frimpong, both traders, are being held for forgery and possession of forged documents respectively.

Soon, a Legislative Instrument (LI) to ban the export of ferrous scrap metals would be laid before Parliament as the process has reached an advanced stage, and the Ministry believes that would make the issues of the ban on the export of the metals and the sanctions for non-compliance much clearer.

Accra , Jan 30, GNA - The Royal Philips Electronics, manufacturers of Philips electronic products has appointed Mr Abdallah Khamis,  a Kenyan  as the General Manager and  head of Business for its West African branch to increase its presence in the Sub-Region.

Accra, Jan. 30, GNA – An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old trader, Kumah Apremeh, to three years imprisonment for supplying 888.14 grammes of cannabis without lawful authority.

Accra, Jan. 30, GNA - The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) has reminded Ghanaians that there exist  an administrative ban on the export of ferrous scrap metals in the country since the 1980s. 

Kweikuma(W/R), Jan. 30, GNA—The residents of Kweikuma in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis are in a state of shock  when a 13-year-old boy, Isaac Ocran, committed suicide with a nylon rope on Tuesday.

Accra, Jan 30, GNA - President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday appealed to the newly sworn-in ministers to treat people they would be serving with respect and dignity to justify their nomination and approval as Ministers.

Accra, Jan. 30, GNA – Mr Akwasi Oppong-Fosu, Minister designate for Local Government and Rural Development has argued that the abolition of that Ministry was not necessary but that getting the work done effectively was the issue to be addressed.

Koforidua, Jan. 30, GNA - Mr Prem Shukla, Country Director of Plan Ghana, has said that youth empowerment was critical to the development of Ghana and that urgent measures needed to be put in place to tackle youth.

Dodowa (GAR), Jan 30, GNA - Heacon College, a private nursing institution, has finalised all agreements to be affiliated to Valley View University (VVU) as part of requirements for accreditation from the National Accreditation Board (NAB).

New Aplaku (G/A), Jan. 30, GNA – Mrs Esther Hamilton, Proprietress of the Light of the World School at New Aplaku in the Greater Accra Region has appealed to Ghanaians to allow President John Mahama to do his appointments without any interference.

Accra, Jan. 30 –. The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, (GNPC) headline sponsor of the national team, the Black Stars, has hailed the team for its swift and decisive 3-0 win over Niger to register a place in the  next  stage of the   ongoing AFCON 2013.

Agona Swedru, Jan. 30, GNA - The government spent over 50 million Ghana cedis on development projects in 2011/12 under its development agenda in the Agona West Municipality.

Takoradi, Jan.30, GNA –Members of the Tipper Truck Association in the Western Region are calling for a new parking space with amenities for drivers, mates and customers who patronise their services.

Takoradi, Jan. 30, GNA – Mr. Nicholas Asare, Metropolitan Disease Control Officer of the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis, says malaria continued to be the number one disease recorded at the Out Patient Department (OPD) daily.

Ho, Jan. 30, GNA - Mr Daniel Kwesi Ashiamah, National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for the Buem Constituency by-election, on Wednesday promised to continue from where the late Henry Ford Kamel, former Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, left off, if elected as MP.

Gomoa Ankamu (C/R), Jan. 30, GNA – The Apam Circuit of Christ Little Band, a benevolent society in the Methodist Church has donated food items and cash to the Mephibosheth Training Centre at Gomoa Ankamu in the Gomoa West District.

Kpinchila (N/R), Jan 30, GNA - The Presby Farmers Training - Child Development Programme (PFT-CDP), an NGO, has inaugurated a block of three classrooms at Kpinchila in the East Gonja District to enhance education of the children in that community.