April 2013

Ethiopian Airlines became the first carrier in the world to resume services with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft since the fleet was grounded globally three months ago following incidents of overheating in the batteries…

Ghana will play Kenya in a friendly football game in Nairobi in June, the football association said April 26, 2013. The match will be played in the Kenyan capital June 1, 2013, according to the GFA. "We have reached an agreement to play…

Ghana's National Communications Authority (NCA) says it has issued authorization licences to 12 new radio stations to operate in the country. Three of the 12 new radio stations are community based while the remaining nine are commercial,…

The Right Reverend Professor Osei Safo-Kantanka, Methodist Bishop of Kumasi, has urged African leaders to end the ad-hoc and half-hearted approach towards solving problems facing their peoples. He said the situation where policies were…

A Nigerian, Abubakar Zibo, who was caught carrying a locally made pistol, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour by a Kumasi circuit court. He pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing firearm and ammunition without…

The Department of Social Welfare has vowed to shut down all sub-standard and unauthorized pre-schools. Mr Jacob Achulo, Ashanti Regional Director of the Department, said day-care centres, whose facilities did not meet the required…

The Diocesan Bishop of the Effiduase Methodist Church, the Right Reverend Moses Quayson, has urged his colleagues in the gospel ministry to raise the moral threshold of society by living up to their calling. He said Minister of God should…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) with other partners, has initiated a one-million dollar pilot project aimed at reducing rural poverty and strengthening livelihoods using cassava value-chain in selected areas in the northern…

The Supreme Court on Friday set June 14 this year to give judgment on a suit Mr Martin Amidu, former Attorney General and Minister of Justice filed against Alfred Woyome in connection with the GH¢51.2 million judgment debt payments. Mr…

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) will from Monday, April 29, start massive exercise to remove all unauthorized billboards and posters. A press statement signed by the Metropolitan Coordinating Director, Mr Solomon Asiedu on Friday…