The African Union summit in Ethiopia has demanded a deferral of The Hague trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, due to start in November.

After the recent  Accra premiere and short run in Takoradi, Kwaw Ansah’s Praising The Lord Plus One movie started showing last night at the Silverbird cinema in Accra.

This year’s Ehalakasa festival, which is made up of workshops and, concerts, will be held from October 23 to October 27 at various venues in Accra, Tema and Dodowa.

The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Akwasi Opong-Fosu, has asked the chiefs and people of Manya Krobo to exercise restraint and allow due process and state institutions to address their concerns.

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Henry Kofi Wampah, has praised UBA Ghana for instituting a robust risk management system which has led to zero infractions on regulatory provisions on the part of UBA Ghana.

A Professor at the Institute of Statistics, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, Legon, has described the Single Spine Pay Policy (SPSS) as a headache of the government, since it puts pressure on financial resources.

A Non-governmental organisation, AppoMense Hope for Africa Foundation, has donated 4,500 exercise books, pens and pencils to five schools in five districts in the Central Region.

Cooperative Learning is an instructional strategy that enhances group successes through positive interdependence. Students complete tasks collectively towards academic or co curricular goals.

The Upper West Regional Second Vice-Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Hafiz Bin Salih, has advised the John Mahama -led NDC government not to politicise  issues about the nation's economy.

By Michael Donkor The regular Ghana Military Academy Intake 7, comprising young and adventurous Ghanaians who had successfully gone through a selection, were admitted for a two-year military and academic training course to be commissioned as officers of the Ghana Armed Forces.

Two young men have been ordered by a court to cough up GH¢1,200 to settle separate fines of GH¢600 slapped on each of them for stealing three fowls from a poultry farm.

A seventy-metre footbridge designed to enhance free and safe movement of pedestrians across the railway lines at Adum in Kumasi has been inaugurated.

Nana Kwame Eduful popularly known as Nana Obotuo, a fetish at Gomoa Obuasi in the central region, is in the grip of the Agona Swedru Police for killing one of his clients and injuring two others who went to him to perform rituals for them to get rich.

A member of the Council of State, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, has underscored the importance of festivals towards national and cultural development.

Voltic (GH) Limited, producers of Voltic natural mineral water, has received a Gold Award for its leading position in the category of Bottled Water Manufacturing at the Ashanti Business Excellence Awards held in Kumasi.

Only three out of every 100 Ghanaians who require mental health services in the country are getting it, a recent survey has revealed.

Members of the Lawra District Assembly have unanimously approved the nomination of the District Chief Executive ( DCE) nominee, Mr Pascal Dere.

Last week, the 1993 year group of the Old Achimotan Association organised a Teacher’s Appreciation Day to mark 20 years of leaving school. Strategically timed by our executive to coincide with ‘World Teacher’s Day’, the event stimulated great memories as legendary teachers resurfaced.­­­­­­Suddenly, we were students again, celebrating not just Senior House Master Mr Yirenkyi-Addo’s nicknames, “RAYA” and “Addo-Ray,” but also his old slow white fiat.

Book: Taboo Author: Mawuli Adzei Pages: 248 Publishers: Kwadwoan Publishers Reviewed by Caroline Boateng

If good timing is a gift, then Sudan's President, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir is not a particularly talented politician. Nor is he a credible statesman, having exacerbated popular cynicism about public life in Sudan.