Accra, June 21, GNA - The Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) has donated furniture seized from a drug offenders to three rehabilitation centres to enhance their operations.The rehabilitation centres include; House of St Francis, Korle-Bu Addictive Diseases Unit, and Dafarec Rehabilitation Centre.

Kumasi, June 21, GNA – Four men suspected to belong to a robbery gang have been arrested and detained by the police in Kumasi.Their names were given as Ibrahim Mamudu, alias “Ali Jumah”, the gang leader, Kofi Azumah, alias “Taller”, Issaka Hamidu, alias “Musah” and Issaka Abubakar.

Kumasi, June 21, GNA – Two suspected members of a robbery gang were killed after they engaged the police at Manso-Nkwanta in a gun battle.The deceased are yet to be identified and their bodies had been deposited at the Saint Martin’s Hospital mortuary at Agroyesum.

Kumasi, June 21, GNA – The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Osei Assibey Antwi, has urged the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) to enforce safety regulations and ensure that tourist facilities keep to acceptable standards.He asked that it effectively monitored and strengthened its supervision of th

Garu (U/E), June 21, GNA - Stakeholders at a two-day forum at Garu in the Upper East Region have pledged to help address challenges confronting women in agriculture.Constraints which include women’s inability to access and control land, lack of farm inputs such as fertilizer, certified seeds, credit faciliti

Chiraa, (B/A), June 21, GNA – The Queen of Chiraa in the Sunyani West District, Nana Yeboaa Pene II, has appealed to the District Assembly and Non-governmental organisations to construct toilets for the boarding girls at the Chiraa Senior High School.She was unhappy that the just completed girls’ dormitory

Berekum (B/A), June 21, GNA – Mr Kofi Adjei, Berekum Municipal Chief Executive has commended the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for helping to improve on the economic livelihood of the Ivorian refugees in the Municipality.He said about 1,049 refugees who arrived at the Fetentaa refugee c

Kumasi, June 21, GNA – There organizations have jointly called for the criminal justice system to provide more protection for women and children, who suffer sexual abuse by handing down stiffer punishment to offenders.Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), the Ghana Refugee Board and Palladium, said clear and s

Accra, June 21, GNA - Ghana stands the risk of losing the $500 million dollars grant from the Millennium Development Co-operation Challenge Account for failing to fight human trafficking, United States Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Robert Porter Jackson, has disclosed.Ambassador Jackson said the Department of State

Takoradi, June 21, GNA - The Management of Takoradi based Paragon FM in collaboration with GAP-HUZ, an event planning and management company, would on Friday showcase talents of young fashion designers within the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis. The event dubbed "paragon fashion cafe show ", seeks to revive and su

Mpohor Dominase (WR), June 21, GNA - Nana Kwampong Aboah II, Krontihen of the Mpohor Traditional area, has expressed concern about the high pollution of water sources in the Mpohor District.He said the activities of illegal miners in the area has resulted in the pollution of all the water bodies making it very

Sunyani, June 21, GNA - Reverend Charles Owusu Ampofo, the Vice President of the Ministers Conference of the Ghana Baptist Convention, has called on Christians to avoid seeking earthly comforts and worldly passions.“We must rather endeavour to support the building of the Kingdom of God,” he said.

Accra, June 21, GNA – Mr Flint Kwame Honour, a Banker has fed over 300 less privilege people on the street of Accra as part of his charity activities.The charity activity dubbed “Reach With Me” saw friends and family of Mr Honour supporting in the distribution of nicely packed food with drinks and bottle

Accra, June 21, GNA - Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei, the Head of the Judicial Training Institute, on Wednesday, said human trafficking has become a canker in the country and that needed to be addressed urgently. He said the public must erase the erroneous impression that human trafficking affected only women an

Hohoe, June 21, GNA - Cochin International Airport (CIAL), in the Indian city of Kochi, has become the world’s first airport to produce all the power it needs from solar energy.The airport, in the state of Kerala, introduced a 12-megawatt solar station in partnership with Bosch Limited and the unit will prod

Ho, June 21, GNA - Ms Gifty Kekeli Klenam, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to make their business domain investor friendly.She said "investor-winning" is a competitive venture and asked the MMDCES to

Maria de los Angeles Arriola Aguirre, the Ambassador of Mexico to Ghana, who announced this at a meeting with Ghanaian businesses, said Mexico expected Ghana to be a strategic gateway for Mexican companies and trade with Africa.The meeting under the auspices of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority and the Ghan

Assin Asamakese (C/R), June 21, GNA - Government is committed to providing schools in deprived communities with functional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) driven educational systems to respond to the challenges of modern science and technology. According to Mr. Vincent Odotei Sower, Deputy Minister of Communication, Government had stepped up efforts at restocking schools’ ICT laboratories to

Cape Coast, June 21, GNA – Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been called to prioritise the needs of marginalised groups and offer them the necessary assistance to enable them achieve their full potentials. Mr Jonathan Azasoo, Deputy Director of the National Development Planning Com

Fumbisi (U/E), June 21, GNA – Mr Daniel Kwame Gariba, the Builsa South District Chief Executive, has called on community members of Kanjarga to maintain high standards of hygiene so as to avoid diarrheal diseases and malaria during this rainy season.Mr Gariba was speaking at a meeting with the chief, sub-chi