A three-day International Workshop on Criminal Justice Statistics on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence on Wednesday, 29th March, 2017 has opened in Ghana’s capital, Accra at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel. The workshop which is being organised by the Council of Europe in collaboration with the National Communications Authority (NCA) is expected to interrogate the current systems […]
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Soccer or Football fraternity in Ghana is going through trying moments that is unprecedented in the nation. Apart from the life ban placed on our own Joseph Lamptey by the Federation of International Football Association [FIFA] some other football administrators from Ghana have fallen foul of the laws […]
Following the dialogue between the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the National Executives of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), the Director-General of the GES has instructed all Head of schools not to prevent any student from writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for non-payment of school fees. […]
An awareness campaign aimed at challenging women especially female students to endeavour taking up responsibilities that would change the status quo on female representation and involvement in the study of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and other lucrative opportunities has been launched in Accra. The maiden exercise which was dubbed “THE STEM BELLE […]
Swift, well-coordinated actions by different components of UNMISS saw two separate outbreaks of fire in the Bentiu protection of civilians site being taken care of without any resulting deaths or injuries. The fires, occurring over the weekend, destroyed a total of 117 shelters. “The coordination between different components of UNMISS was really commendable and that […]
file image The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested a suspected notorious criminal who has been behind several incidents of robbery in Asante New town and its environs. The suspect Alexander Peprah was shot in the left thigh after resisting police arrest. The police trailed him after he robbed two people including a pregnant woman […]
Fear and panic gripped workers of the Nkoranza Municipal Electoral Commission (EC) office on Friday [March 7] morning when they reported for work to the scary sight of an empty coffin placed right at the entrance of the office. The coffin had a piece of red cloth, eggs and a dead fowl placed on top […]
Citi FM on Friday presented its #StopGalamseyNow petition to Parliament in a bid to secure the legislative body’s support for the fight against illegal mining in the country. The Petition which was submitted by Director of News Programming and host of the Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Koku Avle was received by the leadership of Parliament […]
The Judicial Service has in a strongly worded statement condemned the attack on a court in Kumasi by members of the Delta Force, a vigilante group affiliated to the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Members of the Delta Force stormed a Kumasi Circuit court on Thursday, and vandalized some court property, and freed 13 of their […]
The countdown for the much-awaited opening of Kumasi’s first modern shopping mall – the Kumasi City Mall – began on Thursday, with a facility tour for Kumasi-based media practitioners, and a call on the people of Kumasi to take full advantage of opportunities brought by an A-grade retail shopping facility. Over a hundred journalists and […]
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday disagreed with U.S. President Donald Trump’s reason for ordering the airstrikes on Syria, local media reported. Speaking at a luncheon in Houston on Friday, Hillary Clinton, former Democratic presidential candidate, said Trump’s reasoning for the airstrikes on Syria conflicts with his attempt to ban the Middle […]
The death toll caused by yellow fever in Brazil has surpassed 200, mainly in the southeastern states, said the Brazilian government on Friday. Since an outbreak in December 2016, yellow fever has killed 202 people, 148 of whom were in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, said the Health Ministry. The states of Espirito Santo, […]
The U.S. Congress is divided over Thursday’s missile strike at Syria ordered by President Donald Trump, with some lawmakers voicing strong support while others questioning its constitutionality. The U.S. military fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian military base after a chemical attack in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, which killed at least 70 […]
The Japanese government has approved recently a written statement saying that it would not rule out the textbook use of the Imperial Rescript on Education, an 1890 edict that promoted emperor-oriented and militaristic education. This decision, together with another one by the education ministry that could bring bayonet fighting back to school curriculum, has sparked […]
The White House declined to say whether the United States would take further military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after Thursday’s U.S. strike. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told a briefing in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday that the missile attack, the first U.S. direct assault against the Syrian government since the Syria […]
“The brochure, Listen to God: It barely has any printed information. It contains pictures and Bible verses and a few brief expressions. What could be extremist in the brochure? The FSB pointed to one phrase in the publication: ‘Avoid bad behavior.'” – Attorney for Jehovah’s Witnesses, Victor Zhenkov “What about the book, Benefit from Theocratic […]
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