A 59-year-old man who was referred to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital with severe abdominal pains on Tuesday night was found to have swallowed 77 pellets of a substance suspected to be cocaine. The man, whose identity has been given as …

The Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light weapons (NACSA), has intensified campaign on public awareness and education against the proliferation and misuse of small arms and armed violence in all ten regions in Ghana. This sensitization exercise had …

Justin Katinan – A key Gbagbo ally An ally of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, Justin Katinan who is currently held  in Ghana for murder, was discharged on Wednesday by an Accra Magistrate Court . This was after Prosecuting Deputy …

Ms Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana, has urged Ghanaians to manage political competition in order to avoid potential escalation from peaceful competition to violent conflict. “This scenario must be avoided with the strongest determination as it would …

Dr. Afari-Gyan – EC Boss Six hundred and forty-three (643) deceased voters were deleted from the Biometric Voters Register in the Brong-Ahafo Region during the 10-day biometric voters exhibition exercise which ended barely two months ago. They are made up …

The year-on-year inflation in ex-factory prices of goods slipped to 16.8 percent in September 2012 compared with 17.8 percent in August, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday. Dr Philomena Nyarko, Acting Government Statistician, said ex-factory prices of goods for …

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11, Asantehene, has initiated a lease documentation project in Kumasi, as part of efforts to formalize land grants in the traditional area, to ensure land tenure security. The project also seeks to make land documentation more …

Parliament on Wednesday approved a loan facility of £43,784,093 for the continuation of the stalled redevelopment project of the Ghana Police Hospital in Accra. The loan facility would enable the institution to expand access and contribute effectively to healthcare delivery …

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, have announced a  partnership towards the formation of the African Mineral Skills Initiative (AMSI). AMSI is aimed at enhancing knowledge and skills in Africa’s mining sector.  The …

A Nigerian IT company, Inlaks Computers Limited has completed a computerization project of all the rural banks in Ghana. According to the Guardian, the project to automate all the 700 rural and community banks on a single instance of Temenos …