The Supreme Court will resume sitting on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 to resolve, consider and adopt issues to be raised by lawyers in a petition challenging the legitimacy of President John Dramani Mahama. Lawyers for the parties met on Monday, March 19, 2013, following a directive from the court which advised them to meet, deliberate and arrive at issues to be set out for trial and determination, but they could not reach an agreement. Following the communication of the deadlock to the ... Read More

Before Chinua Achebe came on the world literary scene in the late 1950s, African literature was treated by the rest of the world, and more sadly, by many educated Africans themselves, as a quixotic exercise in which forests and spirits held sway. At best, its fruits were relegated to footnotes in anthropological tomes by foreigners seeking validation from authentic African ?non-oral? evidence. Or at worst, as examples of the confused babbling that the ?half-baked education? provided by ... Read More

Parliament has observed with concern that most of the agencies and units under the Office of Government Machinery do not have any direct ministerial supervision. The situation, it noted, had made it difficult for the legislature to demand accountability and exercise its oversight responsibilities over those institutions. The issue came to the attention of the House when a report by the Finance Committee recommending the House to approve an amount of GH¢312,345,521 for the running of ... Read More

An Accra circuit court yesterday issued an injunction restraining the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) from embarking on an intended demonstration today. The court presided over by Mrs. Patience Mills-Tetteh described the demonstration as a breach of the Public Order Act 495 hence the order to stop members of AFAG from embarking on the demonstration until further notice. A statement issued and signed by DSP Freeman Tettey, the Public Affairs Officer of the Greater Accra Region ... Read More

Teacher unions across the country have called off their indefinite industrial action until further notice. The decision followed a meeting with President John Mahama and the leaderships of the teachers unions at the Flagstaff House on Monday. The president appealed to the teachers to suspend their action while their concerns were being addressed by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission as well as the Ghana Education Service. The teachers called the strike on March 15, 2013, to demand ... Read More

Parliament on Tuesday approved the appointment of nine personalities nominated by President John Dramani Mahama for deputy regional ministerial positions. The nine were vetted last week by the Parliament?s Appointments Committee. They are Justice Samuel Adjei, Brong Ahafo Region, Samuel Yaw Adusie, Ashanti Region, Isaac Djanmah Vanderpuiye, Greater Accra and Queenstar Pokua Sawyer, Central Region. The others are Mavis Ama Frimpong, Eastern Region, Francis Ganyaglo, Volta Region, Abu ... Read More

Dr Johannes Awudza of the Ghana Royal Society of Chemistry has called on the members of the Ghana Science Association (GSA) to demystify the study of the sciences, and attract more students to learn them. He also encouraged them to avail their students of science journals and magazines to get them more interested in the field. Dr Awudza made the call last Wednesday at a workshop at the University of Cape Coast on writing of science books. The workshop was attended by over 60 ... Read More

The Bolgatanga Regional Manager of the Ghana Red Cross Society in the Upper East Region, Mr. Joseph Abariga, has stated that, lack of logistical and basic amenities are the main obstacle hampering the effective and efficient progress of the organisation in the region. ?This has reduced the prompt response by our team of personnel in attending to disasters and other social interventions,? he stressed. Mr. Abarika stated this in an interview with ?The Ghanaian Times? here last Friday. He ... Read More

Hundreds of youth anxious to be admitted into the Ghana Armed Forces have massed up last Wednesday at various post offices in the Tema Metropolis to buy forms. When the Ghanaian Times visited the Tema Community One and Community 11 Post Offices there were long winding queues with some officials of the place having a hard time controlling the crowd who had only one thing on their mind to get the forms. Some of the people expressed frustration at the situation as they claimed they had been ... Read More

An Accra Fast Track Court on Monday ordered the State to pay to Mr. Edward Dua Agyeman, former Auditor General, entitlements due him. These include gratuity and pension, in accordance with recommendations of the report on a review of facilities and privileges under Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution. According to the court, the state was to pay a monthly pension equivalent to his salary as adjusted from time-to-time in accordance with the salary of the Auditor General at post or that of ... Read More

The Electoral Commission (EC) has hinted that persons not trained by the Commission itself, will not be allowed to perform the task of party polling agents during future elections. A Deputy Commissioner of the EC, Amadu Sulley who is incharge of the Upper East Region said the move was to eliminate the gross ignorance displayed by some polling agents at the polls. It said such unnecessary display create unnecessary tension and disputes after the declaration of results at the various polling ... Read More

The Vice Chairman of the Ghana Dental Association, Dr Asante Appiah, has urged Ghanaians to regularly check their teeth. That, he said, would help prevent bad breadth and dental infections. Dr Appiah stated this at the launch of the ?Oral B Mobile Dental Clinic? at Okaishie in Accra last Friday. The Oral B Mobile Dental Clinic was originally launched November last year with the aim to educate Ghanaians about proper oral health and hygiene. Dr Appiah noted that oral health was still ... Read More

Dr Ephraim Nsoh Avea, outgoing Upper East Regional Minister, has counselled his successor, Alhaji Limuna Mohammed-Muniru, to make people the central focus of his administration. According to him, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a social democratic party is a peoples? centred party and that in every decision making process, the interest of the citizenry must be first before any other thing. ?My piece of advice to you is that make people the focus of development and it must start ... Read More

Government through the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing has received a dividend of GH¢ 100,000 from the Tema Development Corporation (TDC). A statement signed by Abraham Otabil, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry on Sunday to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said, the amount was part payment of the outstanding dividend due to Government. Receiving the amount in cheque, Alhaji Collins Dauda, the sector Minister, said efforts were being made to amend the LI (Legislative ... Read More

Workers of the New Times Corporation (NTC) have been urged to forge ahead in unity to enhance the progress of the company. The acting Managing Director of the NTC, Mr Jacob F. K. Acolatse, who made the call at a staff durbar in Accra, urged them to unite and work as a team to enhance performance of the corporation. ?An individual or organisation alone can never win a march or achieve a goal without team work, there is the need to take the destiny of the corporation in your own hands and ... Read More

Meguin Ghana Limited, a subsidiary company of Meguin Oil of Germany, has introduced new mineral oil products and lubricants onto the markets. The products range includes lubricants and addictives for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and heavy industries in the mining, manufacturing and transportation sectors. Speaking at a ceremony to officially launch the products, the Chief Executive Officer of Meguin Ghana Limited, Kingsley Albert Owusu, said other products such as polyurethane ... Read More

TWO Peruvians who stole the treasured ornaments belonging to the Golden Stool at the lobby of the Radisson Blue Plaza Hotel in Norway, are standing trial in the Oslo City Court. A third person has been arrested in Peru, awaiting extradition to Norway to face trial. The accused persons face jail terms ranging from two to three years, for stealing the ornaments of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who was then attending the Norwegian-Africa Business Summit in Norway in October ... Read More

THE Minister of Interior, Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi, has directed the security agencies to arrest and prosecute all illegal immigrants in the country. He noted that most of the immigrants who entered the country with fake documentation engaged in activities that are in breach of the laws. He further tasked the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) to be vigilant at all the entry points to curb the practice saying Ghana should not be a country where people can just enter without valid documents. The ... Read More

A 54-year-old man was on Sunday murdered by unknown assailants, alle-gedly following a land dispute. The incident happened at Papase near Budumburam in the Central Region. The deceased, Mr. Atta Ntim, was allegedly dragged from his room by the assailants on Sunday morning into a nearby bush where he was ?strangled to death, according to the Kasoa District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Ebenezer Asare. Speaking to the Ghanaian Times on the incident, DSP Asare said his outfit ... Read More

THE Catholic Archbishop of Kumasi, Most Rev. Gabriel Justice Anokye, has appealed to teachers in general and Catholic teachers, in particular, to call off their strike and return to the classroom. He said even though they might be right in their demands, for the sake of Jesus Christ, ?go back to the classroom and teach.? The prelate, who said special prayers for teachers at the Palm Sunday celebration at the All Saints Catholic Church at Santasi in Kumasi, acknowledged the immense ... Read More