Chiefs in Diaffiama-Bussie-Issa District (DBI) of the Upper West Region have been urged to readily release land to enable government roll out its development initiatives for the area. The district assembly require more than 50,000acres of land from across the district to facilitate the rolling out of other initiatives for the people. The District Chief Executive (DCE) (DBI) Nadi Moro [...] The post Diaffiama

The Seven Great Princes Academy has for the second year running been adjudged the best in 2017 at the basic school level in the country after topping the BECE results.   The school based at Ablekuma Central and North constituencies scored a grand aggregate total of 351 points on the Accra Metropolitan Education Directorate’s 2017 BECE Results and Analysis to place [...] The post Seven

The Ashaiman cluster of schools also known as “Government School” is to be relocated to Community 22 in the same jurisdiction. This is to enable the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) use the area for “commercial activities” under a public-private-partnership to start this year and be completed by 2021. The ASHMA Planning Officer, Mr Michael Agyemang who disclosed this to the [...] The post Ashaiman

A former Pro Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Reverend Professor Saa Dittoh has called for a complete ban on the use of agro-chemicals in agriculture in the country due to its effects on the promotion of nutrition. According to him there was enough evidence to prove that the continuous use of agro-chemicals such as pesticides, weedicides [...] The post Ban

The Minister of Aviation, Madam Cecilia Dapaah, has chastised management of British Airways for what she describes as “unacceptable maltreatment” meted out to Ghanaian passengers on the airline. In an emergency meeting with the management of the airline yesterday in Accra, the Minister said government was very much concerned about the numerous complaints and grievances filed against the British carrier [...] The post Aviation

The  President yesterday opened up his administration to Ghanaians with another encounter with the media who quizzed him on a wide range of issues bordering on corruption, security,  the economy, illegal mining popularly known as galamsey–all these issues border on the lives of Ghanaians. The Ghanaian Times is very much reassured that the President has dissociated his administration from political [...] The post THE

Samuel Ofori Atta, unemployed, has been arrested by the Sekondi Police for stealing properties belonging to Godfrey Kwame Frimpong, a resident of European Town, on Tuesday. Atta, took advantage of the absence of Frimpong, broke into his room and looted electrical gadgets and other personal effects including a 50 ‘ Nasco Smart TV, a Sony Viao laptop, four Samsung speakers, [...] The post Man

Mr. Thaddeus Sory, the lawyer for the former board chairman of the National Communications Authority (NCA) who is accused of willfully causing financial loss of $4 million to the state has told the Accra High Court that the contract for the procurement of cyber surveillance system was a request from the National Security. He said the National Security asked the [...] The post NCA

The Dornyumu community in the Shai Osu Doku District of the Greater Accra Region have fixed the damage caused to the police station by angry youths on Saturday. The glass doors and broken furniture have all been replaced by the residents. Speaking in a telephone interview with the Ghanaian Times, the Assembly Member for the Kutuwe electoral area in Dornyumu, [...] The post Dornyumu residents