E/R: Driver, 19, jailed 8 years for kidnapping and defiling girl, 13
The Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ has sentenced a 19-year-old Driver to eight years imprisonment for kidnapping and defiling a 13-year-old girl for one month.
The convict, George Gbeve, pleaded guilty to the offence of defilement...
Major Mahama trust bill discriminatory – Freeman Tettey
The former Deputy Director of the Public Affairs Department of the Ghana Police Service DSP Freeman Tettey, has slammed the Major Mahama Trust Bill describing it as discriminatory.
The Major Mahama Trust Fund bill which...
Ghana to host 2018 World Press Freedom Day
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has officially handed the mantle to Ghana to host the 2018 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD).
The Day which is celebrated on May 3 each year,...
Tema Mayor fined for contempt
The Mayor of Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) Mr Felix Mensah-La has been found guilty for contempt by an Accra High Court for issuing a public notice for the demolition of structures at the Sakumono...
Don’t pull down another man’s child – Dep. AG
Deputy Attorney General and Member of Parliament for Tempane, Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, has told individuals and groups who are in the habit of pulling down determined and successful people in Ghana’s northernmost regions similar...
Sanitation agenda not “a Nine Day Wonder” – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the people of Ghana that his Sanitation Agenda will not be a "nine day wonder" adding that he and his government have developed a comprehensive programme to...
V/R: Banda residents clash with contractor over farm lands
Residents of Banda in the Krachi Nchumuru District of the Volta region are up in arms against a construction company there for degrading their farm lands.
According to them, the company Sky Red Construction company...
Open defecation: Gov’t to supply 1m toilet facilities – Adda
As part of efforts to fight open defecation, government says it will be providing one million toilet facilities across the country.
An estimated 1.1 billion people in developing countries, including Ghana, resort to open defecation...
Tamale: 8k farmers in danger over activities of illegal sand miners
Illegal sand miners have invaded Nawuni, a village in the Kumbungu district, 40km southwest of Tamale, the Northern regional capital, harvesting tonnes of sand, destroying farmlands and putting the lives of about 8000 small...
V/R: Two jailed for trading boy for GHC300
The Dambai Magistrate Court has sentenced Lydia Dotse, 39, a farmer from Agavey and Mawuli Nyajor, 30, a fisherman from Agage in the Krachi West District of Volta region to 12 months each into...