The Ghana Police Service has promoted two of its personnel for effecting the arrest of a fellow policeman carrying substances suspected to be Indian hemp, otherwise known as “wee”. The two promoted officers are Inspector Justice Komla Azumah and Lance Coropral Felix Diameh. “The Police Administration has promoted two officers, Inspector Azumah Komla Justice and […]
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Education Ministry investigates Kumasi Islamic SHS chaos
The Ministry of Education has launched investigations into Monday’s chaos on the campus of Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. At least 30 students of the school were hospitalised following a clash between irate students and crowd-control police there. The students were protesting against pedestrian knockdowns involving some students and teachers of the school. Rev […]
Poor hygiene and storage practices led to Marwako food poisoning – Food and Drugs Authority
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has disclosed the outcome of its investigation into the recent incidence of food poisoning at the East Legon branch of Marwako Foods. According to the FDA, it discovered poor sanitation, poor storage and microbial infestation as the causes of the incident. In a statement issued on Monday, June 13, […]
Kumasi Islamic SHS: Top regional officer removed, 2 others interdicted as Police admits poor tactic
The Ghana Police Service has admitted that a better approach to tackling the riot at Kumasi Islamic Senior High School in could have been employed. According to the service, a more calculated tactic could have led to a much salient resolution to the chaos and not the development that has been seen in the Ashanti […]
IGP Dampare calms tempers after Islamic SHS students police clash
The Inspector-General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare and his team arrived in Kumasi on Monday afternoon for a first-hand assessment of the incident at the Islamic Senior High School at Abrepo, where some students took to the streets and blocked the road to allegedly protest against frequent accidents in front of their school. Some […]
Root cause of food contamination at Marwako unknown – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said the process to establish the root cause of the recent food contamination at Marwako Restaurant at the East Legon branch has been “unfortunately hampered by the unapproved and unilateral decision of the management of Marwako to destroy some of the food items whilst the investigation was in progress.” […]
Green Ghana: 20 million seedling target exceeded in 2022 edition – Lands Ministry
The 2022 Green Ghana Planning Committee has disclosed that a total of 22,671,696 million seedlings have so far been distributed for the 2022 edition of the Green Ghana agenda, which well exceeds that initial 20 million seedling target. The National Chairman of the Green Ghana Planning Committee, Benito Owusu-Bio, who is also the Deputy Minister of Lands […]
Parliamentary Committee in London to discuss anti-gay bill
A four-member delegation of the Committee of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of Parliament will today begin discussions with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) on the anti-gay bill currently before Parliament. The delegation, led by the Chairman on the committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, left Accra yesterday for London for the talks. The Promotion of Proper Human […]
Consolidate democracy devoid of impunity
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has challenged African states to deepen democracy devoid of impunity on the continent. He said that also required strong judicial and investigative systems that would prevent ceding sovereignty in the punishment of crime. The Attorney-General threw the challenge when he addressed a conference on the International […]
Be measured in expectations : Asantehene to labour unions – but govt must ensure equity
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on all labour unions and civil society at large to be measured in their demands on the government. In the same vein, he has asked the government to ensure equity in its dealings with the labour unions to give assurance to the citizenry. Speaking at a special […]
Processes to ensure newborns are issued Ghana Card almost complete – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that government is almost done with a process that would ensure new born babies are issued the Ghana card. According to him, work has already commenced to make the new arrangement effective this year with the Ghana Statistical Service providing the Ghana Health Service, 13 thousand tablets to support […]
Alleviating looming global hunger crisis
A global food crisis is looming, so policymakers everywhere need to think hard about how to make food cheaper and more plentiful. That requires making a commitment to producing more fertiliser and better seeds, maximising the potential offered by genetic modification and abandoning the rich world’s obsession with organics. Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine is […]