President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to provide evidence of any policy implemented during their tenure to improve agricultural productivity. Speaking at a durbar held in Daboase, the capital of the Wassa East District, as part of his two-day four in the Western region, …
Read More »UEW saga: Fmr VC, dismissed staff chased out by Police
A combined team of National Security operatives and Police personnel Tuesday afternoon chased out some dismissed staff of the University of Education, Winneba. The dismissed staff who stormed the Council Chamber Tuesday, July 23, included the former Vice Chancellor Professor Mawutor Avoke, the former Finance Officer Arkorlie, and Dr. Ofori …
Read More »2 shot dead as Police engage armed robbers in shootout
The Edo State Police Command, on Monday, announced the death of two armed robbery suspects in a gun duel with its men during an operation in Benin. Two teenage car snatchers were killed in a similar circumstance last week. Monday’s incident took place at the Ekehuan community near the Asoro …
Read More »Woman allegedly beheads her mother, drops head outside neighbour’s house
An Australian woman charged with murder has been sent for a medical assessment amid reports she decapitated her mother and left the head outside a neighbour’s house. Police said the body of a 57-year-old woman was found inside her Sydney home on Saturday night, in what they described as one …
Read More »UEW staff sues Afful-Broni; wants Avoke to takeover as Vice-Chancellor
The seeming tension at the University of Education Winneba (UEW) is far from over as a Senior Staff of UEW has sued the university and its Vice-Chancellor, Anthony Afful-Broni. Kingsley Amoakwah, an accountant by profession and Chairman of the Senior Staff Association Union is seeking an order restraining Afful-Broni from …
Read More »Akufo-Addo cuts sod for Phase 2 of KEDA ceramics company
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today, Tuesday, 23 July 2019, cut sod for the second phase of expansion work of KEDA Ceramics Company Limited, a tile manufacturing company in Aboadze, in the Shama District of the Western Region.The expansion is to support the company’s capacity to meet local and export …
Read More »W/R: House of chiefs condemn kidnap of Dixcove chief
The Western Regional House of Chiefs has condemned what they describe as “the abysmal violence” in the abduction of the Paramount Chief of Lower Dixcove, Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX on Sunday, 21 July 2019.The Chiefs in a statement said they are “intensely outraged by the utter violation of traditional values, …
Read More »RTI Law: Oppong Nkrumah’s plans good but ambitious – Akoto Ampaw
A member of the Coalition on the Right to Information Law, Mr Akoto Ampaw, has noted that the Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has commenced preparations towards the implementation of the Right to Information Act (ACT 989).However, he said, Mr Nkrumah’s plans are ambitious and face possible threats because …
Read More »I’ll not allow mass production of Lawyers – CJ
The Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Sophia Akuffo, has signaled that as long as she supervises legal education in Ghana and the Judicial System, she will not allow the mass production of lawyers in the country. According to her, the mass production of lawyers poses a great danger to the …
Read More »Missing Savannah Vehicle: GhC10k reward for informants
The Savannah region has announced a GhC10, 000 reward for any person or group who can provide information about the whereabouts of its missing vehicle. The vehicle was allegedly snatched by armed men in Tamale early July. “The Savannah Regional Coordinating Council has announced a Ten Thousand Ghana cedis (10,000) …
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