The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has scheduled May 4, 2019, to elect executives for the newly created regions in the country. “The NPP shall, pursuant to Article 18 of the party’s constitution and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, hold an extraordinary regional annual delegates conference on May 4, 2019, to elect officers to occupy … The post NPP elects executives for
PTwenty young girls from the Ashiedu Keteke Sub-Metro, Accra, on Thursday attended skills training workshop as part of activities to mark International Women’s Day. It was organised by the Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), a non-governmental organisation, on the theme: “Balance for Better-Equipping girls with skills to succeed”. It was aimed at building confidence, … The post ARHR
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has assured that government would continue to strengthen the linkages between smallholder farmers and downstream actors in agricultural value chain to ensure sustained income for their activities. According to him, the surest way of ensuring higher productivity and sustained income for farmers was to develop … The post 19 WFP
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has underscored the need for increased investment in healthcare in Africa. He has, therefore called on colleague African leaders to make deliberate efforts towards the provision of universal health coverage for the people. Speaking at the fifth Scientific Conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) on Monday, Dr … The post Increase
pCardinal George Pell has been jailed for six years after being convicted of sexually abusing two boys in Australia. The former Vatican treasurer is the most senior Catholic figure ever to be found guilty of sexual offences against children. Pell abused the 13-year-old choir boys in a Melbourne cathedral in 1996, a jury ruled last … The post ?Cardinal jailed for child sexual
pTwo teenagers have opened fire at a school in south-eastern Brazil, killing at least five students and one employee, police say. The shooting happened at about 09:30 local time (12:30 GMT) when the students were in a break at the state school in Suzano, near São Paulo. Several other people have been wounded. The two … The post ?Deadly shooting at Brazilian school appeared
The number of people killed in floods in southern Malawi has risen to 56, an official said yesterday, with the country now also on alert for an approaching tropical cyclone. Almost 83,000 people have been displaced by since storms that began more than a week ago caused rivers to break their banks, leaving villages underwater, … The post Malawi flooding death toll
pThe boss of Ethiopian Airlines has called for the grounding of all Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft until it is established they are safe to fly. Many countries have already suspended the plane after one the airline’s jets crashed on Sunday minutes after take-off, killing all 157 people on board. Tewolde Gebremariam told the BBC … The post ?Airline crash boss wants
PA building containing a primary school has collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos, with pupils reported trapped in the rubble. The school was on the top floor of the three-storey building in Ita Faji on Lagos island, in Nigeria’s commercial capital. Images from the scene showed rescuers searching through piles of broken concrete and … The post ?Pupils trapped in Lagos
The Minister of Education (MoE), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has advocated for a legislation that would make non-governmental and civil society organisations become more accountable during implementation of their programmes and projects in the public sector. He said such a regulatory framework was imperative due to the questionable operations of some of the non-governmental and … The post We
President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed fulfilling the set targets and tasks of national defense and military development as scheduled. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when attending a plenary meeting of the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army … The post Xi
The Ministry of the Interior on Tuesday inaugurated a 10-member committee tasked with developing a comprehensive framework for national response to earthquakes. The committee is also to identify and outline the key measures that must be undertaken by relevant agencies to empower the communities to be well prepared and resilient for reduction of seismic risk. … The post Inauguration
A Judge at the Weija Circuit Court yesterday gave the counsel for Justice Victor Ofoe, a Court of Appeal judge, eight days to respond to a motion seeking to dismiss proceedings in a land litigation case. The motion is seeking the court to strike out Justice Ofoe’s writ of summons for violating high court civil … The post Justice Ofoe’s writ of summons: Counsel
An Accra circuit court has fixed March 28 to deliver judgement in the case in which a policeman and three others were being tried for their involvement in robbing a trader of GH45,000.00 and $1,000 in a supermarket at Nungua in Accra. The date was fixed after the prosecution had closed its case, and accused … The post Court decides fate of policeman, others
The Accra High Court has adjourned today, the case in which Major Maxwell Adams Mahama was allegedly murdered at Denkyira Obuasi, in the Central Region, on May 29, 2017. No reason(s) was assigned for the adjournment. On February 7, a witness identified Kwesi Asante, accused, as the one who came for her father’s gun that … The post High Court continues with Major
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