The government has completed the construction of 200 small dams under the One village, One dam (1V1D) initiative, the Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Ms Mavis Hawa Koomson, has announced. She said 570 dams would be constructed across the five regions of the north, as work on more than 100 …

A 22-year-old Level 300 student of the University of Cape Coast is in the grips of the Sekondi police for kidnapping an 18-year-old Senior High School student. The suspect, Simeon Cephas Andoh Dadzie, was said to have lured the girl from Sekondi to his hostel in Cape Coast and camped …

Bright Ashiagbor, 33, a native of Tegbi in the Volta Region is wanted by the Police for allegedly stealing building materials valued at GHc8,000. 00 belonging to Berock Ventures Limited, a building construction firm based at the Spintex Road in Accra. The suspect who was a storekeeper of Berock Ventures …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set Monday, 20 January 2020 for the opening of nominations (sale of nomination forms) for parliamentary primaries in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament. The nominations will close on Thursday, 20 February 2020. An Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate (APC) according to …

The Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Mahama Abukari II says his peace drive in Dagbon has resulted in the enskinment of 25 chiefs from the vacant 36 skins. According to him, the development has led to the performance of final funeral rites of some late chiefs whose skins were in dispute. Presenting …

The 2019 teacher licensure exam recorded a 78.2 percent pass rate representing 27,171 out of 34,724 teachers who sat for the examination. This means 21.8 percent of the teachers, representing 7,553 teachers failed the exam, according to the National Teaching Council (NTC). The licensure exam is a prerequisite for all …

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says as part of fighting corruption, his second coming will see the abolishing of the entitlement system for political officeholders. He has rather suggested a financing module with the collaboration of some financial institutions to aid such office holders …

“Yes, we can use the [National Identification Authority’s] data but is the NIA data ready?” These were the sentiments of Dr Yaw Ofori-Agyei, a consultant at the Electoral Commission on suggestions that the Commission should rely on the NIA’s data for its proposed new voters’ register. In an engagement with journalists …

There are reports from central Mali that at least 15 people have been killed in an overnight attack on a Fulani village. A security official told the French news agency that some of the victims had their throats slit during the attack on Sinda village near the town of Douentza …

Kevin Ekow Badioo Taylor, Host of ‘With All Due Respect’ on Loud Silence Radio, has said the Commercial Court Judge, Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, who issued a bench warrant for his arrest is not a god. “Being a judge does not mean you’re a god. It’s a fact and if …