Mountcrest University College has commenced its Students Representative Council (SRC) week celebration with a call on lawyers to uphold the dignity of the law. Activities lined up for the week-long event include a blood donation exercise, health screening, health talk on Hepatitis B and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), a cocktail session with prominent legal practitioners including the Vice President of [...] The post Mountcrest

A Deputy Minister of Finance, Kwaku Kwarteng has stated that the government is not worried about the minority’s plan to head to court over the implementation of a 3 per cent flat Value Added Tax (VAT) rate scheme. According to him, it is surprising that the minority who had agreed to the amendment in parliament would backtrack and claim it is unlawful. [...] The post ‘Govt unfazed

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Rojo Mettle Nunoo has stated that President John Mahama’s campaign team ignored critical findings by a research group in the party prior to the 2016 elections. Mr Nunoo said the former President Mahama and his campaign team dismissed crucial campaign intelligence provided by a team of experienced members of the party [...] The post Mahama

The National Democratic Congress will elect its presidential candidate for the 2020 elections by the close of 2018. Party General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the NDC Constitution stipulates that a flagbearer should be elected two years ahead of elections when the party is in opposition. “By the close of next year, which is 2018, our presidential candidate for the [...] The post NDC

Kenya’s president has warned the country’s judiciary not to help the opposition throw the next election into disarray. The presidential poll will take place next month and Uhuru Kenyatta is seeking re-election. On Friday, after a case brought by the opposition, the High Court ordered the electoral commission not to print ballot papers. Mr Kenyatta insisted the election would go [...] The post Kenya’s

Government has approved the recruitment of personnel for the various security agencies, the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery has announced. He said the process would start soon and that all the agencies were expected to reserve not less than 40 per cent of slots for women. He announced this when he inaugurated an 11-member board for the Ghana National Fire Service [...] The post Recruitment

Judges of the Justice For All Programme (JFAP) have called for the introduction of non-custodial sentencing policy for minor offences to help decongest prisons across the country. A Court of Appeal Judge, who is the lead judge for the JFAP, Justice Clemence Honyenugah and High Court Judge, Justice Constant Hometowu in separate interviews with The Ghanaian Times said there was the need for a [...] The post ‘Introduce

According to Wikipedia, a satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as Earth; moon. Historically, the Soviet Union is credited to be the first country to have launched the world’s first artificial satellite Sputnik into orbit in 1957. Since then, about [...] The post AYEEKO

A of 417 criminal cases were recorded by Ho West Police District, at Anyirawase, last year. Out of the figure, 100 were sent to court, 50 dismissed as frivolous and 60 of the offenders convicted. In 2015, a total of 667 of such cases were reported. The District Commander, Superintendent Felicia Ayesu, disclosed these at a ‘wassa’ held for police [...] The post Ho West Police records 417 crimes

A 32-year-old man has been put before the Kumasi Metropolitan Circuit Court for defrauding a journalist, of GH¢7, 500, under the pretext of securing him visa to travel to Croatia. The accused, Najib Jibril, a self-proclaimed travel and tour agent, pleaded guilty to the charge of defrauding by false pretence. The court presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsenkyere, deferred sentence, [...] The post Man defrauds journalist

Six Nigerians and two Ghanaians have been arrested by the Police in Ashanti Region for possessing and selling unauthorised sexual enhancement drugs. The suspected Nigerians are Mohammed Mansour, 18; Abukari Osman, 20; Adamu Seidu, 22, Mahamadu Ibrahim Nurudeen, 22, Abubakari Ibrahim, 24, and Abdul-Salam Abubakari, 30. Their Ghanaian counterparts are Margaret Mensah also known as Akua, 25, and Samira Abdul [...] The post Nigerians,