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An irate mob on Saturday morning butchered a 25 year-old farmer to death at Morso near Juaso in the Asante Akim South District after he had murdered a colleague farmer. The deceased, whose name was only given as Paul, was said to have…

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday ended his three-day invitational visit to London in the United Kingdom where he participated in this year’s G8 Summit. The Summit, held at the Lancaster House, was on the theme: “Trade, Tax and…

Candidates from 10 schools in the Takoradi Metropolis are writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at the Takoradi Senior High School (TADISCO) examination centre. The BECE, which was supposed to start at 0900 hours on…

A Regional Training Course on Risk Assessment for Seafood and Health aimed at supporting an integrated approach for marine pollution opened in Accra on Monday. Participants, who are from 12 African countries including Ghana, Nigeria,…

The Atibie Midwifery Training College has not admitted any student to pursue the Health Assistants Clinical (HAC) programme since 2010, Mrs Paulina Osabutey, Principal of the school has said. She said the institution suspended intake of…

Mr Kofi Adade Debrah, Eastern Regional Programme Unit Manager of Plan Ghana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has called on Government to review the age of consent for sex from 16 years to 18 years. He said this would help prevent…

The Government of Ghana would not pay for the services of the United States of American (USA) team, which is in Ghana to assist in the investigation into recent fire outbreaks in parts of the country. The team of forensic experts from…

Mining companies in the country are violating the rights of residents in mining areas, and are not paying the accurate compensation to those affected by their (companies) activities. Mrs Hannah Owusu Koranteng, an environmental scientist…

The nation’s educational system needs a new breed of teachers with the requisite knowledge and skills to bring about transformation in schools. Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW),…

Agricultural experts from University of Applied Science Lahti in Finland, have recommended the use of urine for farming and vegetable gardening. They said urine is as good as NPK fertiliser, with an added advantage of being a free source…