Sunday 08 April 2012
A group of former World Bank officials has written a letter backing Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to be its next president. Traditionally the post is given to the candidate put forward by the US, which this time is Dr Jim Yong Kim. But in an open letter, 35 former economists and managers said...
The police administration has dissociated itself from a 2,000 cedis ransom promised by the District Police Commander for Tafo Pankrono for the arrest of a suspect said to be behind the chaos in the biometric registration exercise in the district. Superintendent Kwesi Ofori promised to financially reward any person who provides information which leads...
The Police Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) has begun a new campaign aimed at reducing the incidence of road accidents in the country during the Easter holidays. The MTTU is liaising with an occupational health and safety firm, Fame Safety Consult to carry out the accident-free Easter campaign. Speaking at a ceremony to...
A Chinese businessman has paid $38,000 (£24,000) for a rare golden snapper fish caught in the port city of Chittagong, fish traders say. The unidentified businessman from Hong Kong bought the 37kg (82lb) fish “for its tasty bladder and succulent flesh”, seller Jahangir Saudagar. He bought the fish at an auction before selling it...
Ten people are feared dead in a road accident involving a commercial vehicle at Bouho-Afrancho, a town in the Ashanti Region. Reports say the a tipper truck burst a tyre and ran into a stationary Urvan bus while a Yutong bus also ran into the tipper truck. A fourth vehicle, a Metro Mass Rapid...
Jon Jon Tanael looks at the nail going into his hand as a man holds a rag covered in blood during the event. 17 people took part Christians were nailed to crosses in the Philippines today in a grim Good Friday reenactment of Jesus’s suffering. Thousands of people watched as 17 devoted Catholics were...
Some leading advocates for gender equity in the country are suggesting the deliberate re-organisation of school curricula to include the study of gender and its related issues especially at the tertiary levels of education. The National Women’s Organiser of the ruling NDC, Anita de Susooo, the NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate for Adenta, Frances Assiam and...
Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) in collaboration with Guinness Ghana, National Road safety Commission (NRSC) and other stakeholders is embarking on educational campaign aimed at passenger empowerment and avoiding alcohol abuse. An Easter Message issued by Mr Ben Peprah-Amoabeng, National Chairman of GRTCC in Accra on Thursday said the efforts were to stop...
Pharmacists across the country have suspended their strike action on humanitarian grounds. The pharmacists who have been on strike for six days say they are resuming work because of crisis that usually characterise the Easter festivities and increasing cases of Cholera outbreak. The Health Ministry has been meeting with pharmacists over their concerns on...
The West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP-Ghana) has called on the National and Regional House of Chiefs to help curb the increasing chieftaincy related violent cases in some parts of the country. It said within the first quarter of the year, its early warning system recorded a total of 66 cases out of...
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