A 31-year-old man, who defiled a baby, at Madina Social Welfare, Accra, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Adentan Circuit Court. Kafui Goli, convict, was found guilty on the charge of defilement at the end of trial by the court presided over by Mrs Sedinam Awo Balokah. The one … The post Man jailed 20 years for defiling baby appeared first on

 A flag raising cere­mony to climax the 78 years anniver­sary of the United Nations (UN) has been held in Accra, with a call on Ghanaians to foster peace and unity in the lead up to the 2024 General Election. Dubbed UN Day, it was organised under the localised theme: “Acceler­ating action towards the Sustainable Development … The post UN 78th anniv. marked in Accra appeared first

The government yes­terday received com­mendation from the World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Pierre Laporte, for its efforts to promote simpli­fied sewerage systems within low-income urban communi­ties in the country. He made the commenda­tion during a familiarisation tour of the Ashaiman Sim­plified Sewerage Facility and Treatment Plant, which is one of … The post GAMA,

 A Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Dr Mary Ani-Amponsah, has urged govern­ment to invest in preventive health care as a cost-effective measure to address budget constraints on health expenditure. According to her, there was a growing evidence from health economics-related studies and cost effective analysis … The post Invest

 The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, is lead­ing a delegation of government officials and individuals from the private sector, to the 25th China Mining Conference and Exhibi­tion to be held in Tianjin, China, from October 26-28, 2023. Since its inception in 1999, the Conference, which brings together governments, investors and other … The post Lands

A non-governmen­tal organisation (NGO), Visionary Norman Foundation, yesterday called on the government to take urgent and decisive actions to address the looming health danger posed to victims affected in the Akosombo and Kpong dams spillage. Consequently, it recommends the immediate provision of clean and safe drinking water to the affected communities, deployment of medical teams … The post NGO

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, yes­terday opened the International Con­ference on Inclu­sive Insurance (ICII) with a call on insurance companies in Ghana to develop micro insurance products to protect the poor and vulnerable from the effects of climate change. Micro or inclusive insurance is an insurance product aimed at the excluded or underserved market. … The post Develop

 Ghana Water Company Limit­ed (GWCL) has celebrated three customers in Takoradi in the Western Region for their prompt payment of bills, loyalty and com­mitment to the company. The commercial customers were Takoradi Flour Mills and Atlantic Hotel, while Mr Paul Krah, also known as Nana Katekyire, chief of Manso in the Wassa Fiase Tra­ditional at … The post GWCL

 The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Pierre Laporte, yesterday commend­ed the government’s efforts to promote simplified sewerage systems within low-in­come urban communities in the country. He said in addition to providing house­holds and institutional toilet facilities as well as extension of piped water connections to low-income households, the govern­ment had … The post WB

The government yesterday activated a National Emer­gency Contact Centre to respond to calls from indi­viduals and communities affected by the Akosombo dam spillage as part of the government relief efforts. • Ms Fatimatu Abubakar briefing the press Affected persons who need urgent support including medical care are to dial 311 on all net­works to enable … The post Relief

The First Lady, Re­becca Akufo-Addo, has made a pas­sionate appeal to Merck Foundation, to help train more radiologists in Ghana to effectively and efficiently take care of the health needs of Ghanaians. According to her, Ghana has only three radiologists who were medical doctors specialised in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases using medical imaging … The post First

Nigeria has begun a mass vaccination cam­paign against human papillomavirus (HPV) in a bid to drastically reduce cervical cancer rates. HPV, a common virus usually spread through intimate sexual contact, can in a minority of cases lead to cervical cancer. In 2021, a major study found the HPV vaccine was cutting cases of cervical cancer … The post Nigeria begins

 Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group has accused the country’s army of “air-bombing the French embassy” in the capital city. In a long post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the RSF said the alleged bombing caused “sub­stantial damage to the facility”. “The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) vehemently denounces the indiscriminate aerial attack on … The post RSF

 One person has died and four others are missing after two cargo ships collided off Germany’s North Sea coast. Two of the seven crew members on board the Brit­ish-flagged Verity, which sank after the accident, were rescued. Rescue efforts are con­tinuing and the German coastguard said divers were searching the shipwreck on the sea floor … The post One dead after ships

More than 700 Pales­tinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Israel’s military said it struck 400 “terror targets” and killed several Hamas commanders over the same period. It also declared that it would not reduce its attacks despite Hamas’s release … The post Gaza

Schools in Mepe in the North Tongu Dis­trict, the worst affected community by the spill­age of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams, have resorted to studying under trees. The pupils were grouped in two classes – lower and upper primary – and were been taught by volunteers with students at the junior high school level were … The post Akosombo

A delegation from Kinbu Senior High Tech­nical School (KSHTS) yes­terday paid a courtesy call on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the Jubilee House in Accra. The visit led by the headmis­tress of the school, Ms Sylvia Letcher-Teye, was to formally extend invitation to the President to the school’s 150th anniversary celebration. It was … The post KSHTS