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Indigenes of Nkroful, birthplace of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to withdraw some history books distorting historical facts about Dr. Nkrumah and the Convention People’s Party (CPP). They urged the GES to call the author of the book entitled “Golden …

Ghana is one of the countries in Africa facing high risk of debt distress, because the country has been on a borrowing spree. Some available data shows that Ghana has since 1998 borrowed more than $13.5 billion from the Chinese. The highest the country has ever borrowed was $1.77 billion …

Muslim couples are being encouraged to register their marriages in accordance with Islamic tenets. Sheikh Dr Ismail Saeed Adam, the Ashanti Regional Imam of the Ahlussuna Wal-Jama’ah who made the call, said registering marriages was not forbidden in Islam. Speaking at a meeting of Regional Imams in Kumasi, he cited …

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development says it is coordinating an inter-agency investigation into the reported incidents of dead fishes of various species, washed ashore in Accra and Axim over the Easter weekend. The agencies include Fisheries Commission, Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana Maritime Authority, …

A 22-year-old suspect, Isaac Larbi has been arrested and detained by the Kwabenya Police together with his accomplice Nii Benjamin aged 23, for stealing a motor bike at Onakwase in the Coaltar District of Eastern Region. Speaking to Ghana News Agency (GNA), Police Sergeant Francis Gomado, Public Relations Officer for …

ture of dolphins and different species of fish, with some dead, have been washed ashore the coast of Brawire and Ankobra, both in the Lower Axim Traditional Area of Western Region, but the cause of death is unknown. Residents, however, suspect they might have eaten contaminated or poisonous substances. Meanwhile, …

Environmentalists have expressed serious concerns about the rate of shoreline erosion in the Central Region due to increasing human activities along the beachfront. According to them, the region loses about four metres of its shoreline annually due to unregulated sand winning and warned of dire socio-economic and environmental consequences if …

The TDC Development Company Limited has upscaled measures to stem the tide of the acute shortage in housing units, through the construction of affordable houses in Tema and its environs with a broadened market for citizens. TDC through its enhanced mandate has outlined some key projects to be implemented within …

The Kasoa Divisional Police Command on Saturday arrested two teenagers for allegedly killing an 11-year-old boy, one Ishmael Mensah. The suspects, Felix Nyarko, 16, and Nicholas Kini, 17, invited the unsuspecting victim to an uncompleted building and hit him with a club and cement blocks killing him instantly. Narrating the …

Government has been called upon to expedite action in establishing the domestic violence fund to cater for the needs of victims of domestic violence as provided for in Section 29 of the Domestic Violence Act 2007 (Act 732). Mr Abdul-Rauf Alhassan, the Jirapa Municipal Director of the Commission on Human …