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August 20, 2024
There’s no militia training at Kwawu-Police
Accra: The Police Service has shrugged off suggestions that it is training militiamen at Kwahu in the Eastern Region, for the 2024 General Election.
A press release issued by the Police Public Affairs Unit and copied to the Ghana News Agency said, ‘W…
Saboba District Fire Post upgraded to operational fire station
Saboba: The Saboba District Fire Post in the Northern Region has been upgraded into an operational fire station.
The Fire Post, which was established on May 05, last year, focused on fire safety education for residents.
Until the upgrade, it did not…
Drama in court over stolen goats
Accra: There was drama at an Accra Circuit Court when two out of three accused persons admitted stealing goats at Teshie Camp Two area in Accra.
Emmanuel Agyei, aka Obama, a fisherman and David Agyei, a bore-hole driller, pleaded guilty to the charge…
Moroccan King grants pardon to 685 individuals, 4831 Cannabis cultivators
Accra: His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco has granted pardon to 685 individuals on the occasion of the anniversary of the King and People’s Revolution.
Some of the individuals were in detention and others at liberty, who were convicted by variou…
Journalists urged to amplify youth voices in governance, leadership issues
Accra: Mr. Stephen Caleb Opuni, Africa Regional Director, IDF Foundation, an international organisation that promotes education, has urged journalists to emphasise youth voices in leadership and governance issues on the Continent.
He said that youth …
Minister unhappy with progress of projects in Effia-Kwesimintsim, Ahanta West
Agona Nkwanta: Mr Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, the Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, has expressed displeasure with the delay of some ongoing infrastructural projects in the Ahanta West and Effia-Kwesimintsim Munici…
Swedruman Council honours R &B Farms CEO for meritorious service
Agona Swedru: The Swedruman Council of Chiefs has honoured the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of R and B Farms, Mr Richard Ekow Quansah for his selfless, meritorious and dedication services to Agonaman general development.
According to the Council, …
Food security: Rector urges tertiary institutions to invest in farming
The Rector of the Kwara Polytechnic, Dr Abdul Jimoh-Muhammed, has called on tertiary institutions in the country to invest in commercial farming on their campuses.
Jimoh-Muhammed, who made the call in Ilorin on Saturday in an interview with the News…
Dangote vs oil regulators: National interest as ultimate arbiter
When the construction of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery Limited began in 2016, Nigerians were upbeat that it will crash the high price of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as fuel and also stop its importation.
The refinery, in size of n…
Arewa Forum calls for establishment of Military Endowment Fund
The Arewa Concerned Citizens Forum (ACCF), has called for the establishment of the Nigerian Military Endowment Fund.
The forum, in a statement signed by its co-founders, Alhaji Bello Usman and Dr Victor Bobai, in Kaduna on Tuesday, said that the mov…