From Ernest Best Anane, Konongo-Ashanti Residents of Asante Akyem Central Municipality in the Ashanti Region have appealed to His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama to appoint Mr. Jude Atuahene as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area. They contend that the municipality had suffered deprivation over the years, and that Mr. Atuahene’s appointment would [...]
By Phyllis D. Osabutey There were women of different colours, dressing and a myriad hair styles. An intense informal interaction was taking place, as many exchanged greetings by hands and by kisses, others were busy taking photographs with those they had not seen in a while, and could not hide their joy at the opportunity [...]
Maame Agyeiwaa Agyei A truck pusher, Adolf Okoe, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for defiling a child under sixteen years at Nungua, a suburb of Accra. The convict, Adolf Okoe, who pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement of a child under sixteen, contrary to section 101(2) of act 29/60 as amended by [...]
By Fatima Adam The Supreme Court (SC) hearing the election petition challenging the outcome of the 2012 presidential polls, yesterday rejected a request by the lead counsel of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, to bring three more witnesses into the witness box for cross-examination. “We have examined the evidence at hand to [...]
The Accra Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into an incident that led to the death of a policeman with the Tesano Divisional Police Command, to establish the cause of death. Lance Corporal George Korankye was hit by a bullet when his patrol team engaged a team of suspected armed robbers in an exchange [...]
Maame Agyeiwaa Agyei A 42-year-old driver has been remanded into custody by an Accra circuit for defiling his 12 year-old daughter at Pokuase. The accused person, Burt Mensah Ocansey, is currently facing charges of defilement of a child under sixteen years of age, contrary to section 101(2) of act 29/60 as amended by section [...]
By Helena Selby An Accra-based pastor is standing trial at an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a businessman of an amount of GH¢122,500, under the pretext of supplying him with auctioned cars from the Office of National Security. Abraham Copeland Ambing lured the complainant into believing that he had a friend at the National [...]
We, the African Development Fund’s Governors, Planning and Finance Ministers from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone attended the ADF-13 Presentation Workshop on the Fund’s Priorities and Operational Strategies, in Abidjan, May 14, 2013. During this important meeting, many issues were raised concerning the impact the ADF is having in our countries [...]
From Isaac Akwetey Okunor, Nkawkaw The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Kwahu West Assembly in the Eastern Region, Samuel Obeng Somuah, and his former Constituency Chairman, Mr. Douglas Yamoah Ponkoh, are at loggerheads over what is suspected to be a fight over who becomes the next MCE for the area. Whilst the MCE is [...]
From Issah Alhassan, Kumasi The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ejura-Sekyedumase in the Ashanti Region, Mohammed Salisu Bamba, has lashed out at the General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) over his unsavory comments about KPMG, the company contracted by the Supreme Court to audit the pink sheets. Bamba says the NDC General [...]