The Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituencyby-election turned tragic yesterday as eighteen people wereshot at La Bawaleshie, a suburb of Accra. The incident which occurred around 8:30a.m. left the victims, all men,with gunshot woundsin the shoulder, head, elbow and leg. They were rushed to the University of Ghana, Legon Hospital where seventeen of them were treated and discharge while one, who was [...] The post Ayawaso
The Inspector General of Police, Mr David Asante-Apeatu has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to speed up investigations into the shooting incident at Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency during the by-election to elect a Member of Parliament for the area yesterday. The Director of Police Public Affairs, Superintendent of Police (Supt) Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman stated these in a press release [...] The post …
The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho has increased its affiliations to tertiary and research institutions to help position it as the ‘launch pad’ of the nation’s quest for medical autonomy. The institutions include the University of Basel, Switzerland, Chung Ang University (Red Cross College of Nursing), South Korea, and the University of Illinois in Springfield, Virginia. [...] The post UHAS
Mr Freeman Gyebi, Planning Officer, National Vocation and Technical Institute (NVTI), has said Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) remain the master key to accelerating the socioeconomic development of the country. He said TVET helped the individual to establish his or her own business and reducing unemployment rate in the country. Mr Gyebi said this in an interview with [...] The post TVET
The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has urged stakeholders in education to strengthen efforts to develop a comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) to empower the youth. This, he said would enable the youth to become responsible adults. Dr Opoku Prempeh made the call in Accra on Wednesday when he launched a programme dubbed “Our Rights, Our Lives, Our future [...] The post Strengthen
The Kwahu West Municipal Assembly has provided a fully furnished 3- unit classroom block with ancillary facilities to the Onokwa D/A School as a way to promote quality education in the area. The GH¢300,000.00 project comes with a head teacher’s office, toilet facility, computer laboratory, staff common room and assorted furniture. In a short ceremony to commission and hand over [...] The post Onokwa
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) yesterday withdrew from the parliamentary race of Ayawaso West Wuogon in the middle of the vote casting, citing intimidation and harassment from unknown security operatives. Mr Ofosu Ampofo, the National Chairman of the party announced the party’s position at a media briefing in Accra yesterday saying the NDC did not have power to either call [...] The post NDC
Mr Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, the Director of Communications, New Patriotic Party, has said the National Democratic Congress’s decision to withdraw from the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election is to damage the integrity of the electoral process. He said the New Patriotic Party was a major stakeholder in the ongoing by-election in Ayawaso West Wuogon and condemned unreservedly any violence being generated [...] The post …But
The former President, John Dramani Mahama yesterday suspended his campaign tour in the Volta Region and returned to Accra following disturbances in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-elections. He said reports he received was that a group of vigilante groups had taken the law into their own hands that erupted into firing of guns. He said it was unfortunate for [...] The post Mahama
THE President and Supreme leader of the Tijaniya Muslim Council of Ghana, Sheikh Khalifa Ahmad Abdul Faidi Abdulai Maikano Jallo, has congratulated the Yaa-Naa, Abukari Mahama II, on his enskinment as the new overlord of Dagbon. “The people of Dagbon must learn the virtue of unity and brotherhood for the sake of Allah and should always remain united even in [...] The post Tijaniya
Maize production in the Upper East Region saw an increase from a crop area production of 52,688 hectares in 2017 to 131,632 hectares in 2018. Sorghum production, which is also on the increase, had a leap from 50,628 hectares in 2017 to 72,010 hectares in 2018, while rice production went from 43,350 hectares in 2017 to 98,143 hectares last year. [...] The post UER records increase in crop production
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) will soon intensify its education on road safety with a focus on private vehicles. This is due to the increase in road accidents involving saloon cars, special utility vehicles (SUVs), cross-country vehicles and government vehicles. Speaking with the Ghanaian Times in Accra on Wednesday, the Head of Communications of the Commission, Kwame Koduah Atuahene, [...] The post NRSC
A group of researchers from the University of Ghana (UG) School Of Public Health has called on government to enforce legislation against the promotion and sponsorship of unhealthy foods and beverages on the market. They made the call at a stakeholder workshop in Accra, yesterday, on the research findings of food choices that led to non-communicable diseases. Participants at the [...] The post Enforce
PARLIAMENT has deferred the passage of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law to Tuesday February 5, 2019 as it awaits the final input from the Attorney General. The House on Wednesday finished the consideration of the bill but could not pass it into law because a new clause had been proposed. Mr Frederick Opare-Ansah, NPP member for Suhum, [...] The post Parliament defers passage of RTI
The shooting incident and its associated disturbances that took place yesterday at La Bawaleshie is shocking but not surprising. The incident although did not result in the death of any of the victims, is a stark reminder of the degeneration of political contest in the country. Although it does not surprise many anymore, if violence breaks out during partisan political [...] The post Ayawaso
A District court in Tema yesterday adjourned the case in which Francis Nabegmado, allegedly murdered the Reverend David Mankrom Nabegmado, Head Pastor of the Community 4 Central Assemblies of God Church in Tema, to February 14. This is to enable prosecution get access to results of psychiatric and medical examinations conducted on the accused for trial to proceed. Prosecuting, Assistant [...] The post Murder
A 35-year-old man has been nabbed by officials of Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) for allegedly distributing fake fertiliser at Tema in the Greater Accra Region. Francis Owusu Afriyie was apprehended in possession of fake foliar fertiliser with inscription indicating that the product was manufactured in China and imported into the country from Togo (with French labeling). The Director [...] The post Man
Accra Circuit Court “5” yesterday sentenced Daniel Cobbina, 20, a washing bay attendant, to seven years’ imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 12-year-old girl. The convict was sentenced on his own plea of guilty by Mrs Rita Abrokwah Doko, the Presiding Judge of the court. In passing sentence, the court took into account the severity of the offence and [...] The post Washing
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