Five local printers have disclosed that they have commenced the printing of government textbooks for basic schools under the new curriculum. The printers are G-PAK Ltd, a subsidiary of the Graphic Communications Group Limited; the Buck Press, Appointed Time Printing Ltd, Jay Kay Industries Ltd and Sec-print Ltd. The printers which have secured the printing […]
A fire tender which was responding to a distress call in Obuasi on Sunday was involved in an accident, injuring eight fire men who were on board. They were responding to a fire outbreak at the Obuasi suburb of Kyekyewere. The driver of the fire tender, apparently unaware of the construction of a bridge head of him, […]
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has designated centres for people to collect seedlings for planting on the Green Ghana Day next Friday. The centres are located on the premises of the ministry, the Forestry Commission (FC) Head Office at Achimota, opposite the main entrance to GIMPA, the National Theatre and the Trade Fair […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said ECOWAS is determined to restore constitutional rule in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali. He said the regional body would also work assiduously towards impressing on the countries to do better with the security and humanitarian challenges they were facing. President Akufo-Addo said this when he opened the sixth […]
The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has said workers in the public sector are generally overpaid for work done. The Government Statistician said averagely, public sector workers were paid double for their output. He has, therefore, called for the creation of a Public Productivity Committee of Parliament to work like the Public Accounts Committee […]
A returnee, Evans Oppong has been arrested for allegedly attempting to sacrifice his daughter for money. The suspect, who claims to have returned from a sojourn abroad, is said to have visited the home of a herbalist, Nana Adu-Boafo and requested to be made rich. Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr, appalled by the situation, recorded their interaction […]
A presiding judge at the Bolgatanga High Court has sentenced Mbawona Tindana, a self-styled spiritualist, to death for killing his wife and daughter to pacify his idols. Justice Charles Adjei Wilson, in delivering his ruling, prayed for mercy from above for the culprit. “May the Almighty God and Allah have mercy on your soul as […]
The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr is noted for being part of many street protests in Ghana and touted as an experienced street protester even to the extent of solely staging a one man street protest during the era of former President J.A. Kufuor. He has a strong conviction for street protests and it’s powerful signal […]
The Ghana Police Service has secured an injunction against the planned three-day armed demonstration by the #FixTheCountry Movement. The Accra High Court on Friday granted an order to restrain the organisers of the planned demonstration from embarking on the demonstation after the Police filed a motion on Wednesday, June 1. A statement from the Police […]
The police have arrested and arraigned a 37-year-old driver, Jacob Kwesi Acquah, for allegedly killing a Chinese national, Xiong Yin, in cold blood at Dansoman, Accra. Acquah, a former employee of the deceased, is said to have gone to her house to demand the phone number of her house help. When Xiong proceeded to her […]
“May the Almighty God and Allah have mercy on your soul as I sentence you to death” were the last words of the supervising Judge at the Bolgatanga High Court, Justice Charles Adjei Wilson, when he sentenced Mbawona Tindana, a self-styled spiritualist to death for killing his wife and daughter. Tindana, 35, who had been […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged central banks in Africa to actively build up their gold reserves by purchasing traceable and sustainably produced local gold at world market prices. “We have not had that philosophy and thinking over the years to build our gold reserves, as we just produce and share,” he said. Therefore, […]
