A five-dayinduction and transition training for young female school leavers in the Central Region under the sponsorship of the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) opened last Monday at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW).
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The Federation of Muslim Councils of Ghana (FMC) has pledged its support for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in its fight against corruption in the country.
District of the Church of Pentecost has presented items valued at GH¢6,000.00 to the female section of the Kumasi Central Prison. The items included food items, a first aid kit containing assorted drugs, 150 pairs of sandals, soaps, 20 packs of sachet water and 12 packs of non-alcoholic beverages.
A group which calls itself Voice of Krobo Force has staged a demonstration at Somanya against the Krobo branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and destroyed part of the Krobo District head office of the company.
A blood safety and information (BSIS) system has been launched for the National Blood Service, Ghana (NBSG), in Accra. The electronic information management system will help track blood donor information from the point of donation, through laboratory testing, processing, storage and distribution to health facilities.
Former president John Dramani Mahama has challenged African leaders to present agriculture to the youth as a lucrative venture. He said that if agriculture was properly packaged to the youth they would fully embrace it as a business venture.
The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, officially closed the 10th edition of her annual mentoring programme in Accra last Wednesday. Being her last as Chief Justice, following her retirement on June 7, 2017, Mrs Justice Wood was honoured by the Kayayei Assocation for her immense contribution towards their uplift on the educational ladder.
A 35-year old welder has been jailed 15 years by the Accra Circuit Court for defiling a 13-year-old girl at Pantang, near Accra. The victim became paralysed after the defilement.
The GCB Bank has declared a dividend per share of 38 Ghana pesewas for the 2016 fiscal year, representing a 15 per cent growth over the 2015 rate of 33 Ghana pesewas.
A Supreme Court judge, Justice Sophia Akuffo, has deplored the constant bastardisation and politicisation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by individuals and institutions, which has created an atmosphere of doubt and suspicion about the court, thereby clouding its genuine purpose.
The Canadian High Commissioner in Accra, Ms Heater Cameron, has cut the sod for the construction of an agro-processing factory at Kwaso in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region.
An all-embracing committee has been inaugurated by the Ministry of Education to advise it on the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy which comes on stream in the 2017/2018 academic year.
The Provost of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Livingstone Sam-Amoah, has pledged the institution’s commitment to engage communities in research and technologies aimed at adding value to agricultural products and creating employment and wealth.
African political, religious and business leaders have been urged to work together to develop a road map to guide and promote economic development on the continent.
The Dansoman branch of the Knights and Ladies of Marshall, a Catholic-friendly society, has provided a lifeline to the Centre of Hope at Abossey Okai in Accra with the donation of items worth GH¢15,000.
Two aspirants for the upcoming national executive election of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) have raised further issues with the manner the Election Committee was handling affairs.
Sao Tome and Principe, a Central African country, is wooing Ghanaian investors and tourists to help turn its economic fortunes around. The country’s Head of Department of Tourism, Mr Jose Anthonio, said there were several incentives for investors in different sectors.
The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has ordered the Ghana Prisons Service to produce a 22-year-old man accused of killing a seven-year-old girl and sleeping with the corpse.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to play the frontal role in the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.
Three Russians and a Ukrainian accused of dealing in illegal mining (galamsey) at Tontokrom in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region have been dragged before the Accra Circuit Court.