Youth getting high on dried human feces and sanitary pads – NACOB
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has expressed worry about the youth’s gradual transition from traditional hard drugs like cocaine, heroine and marijuana to more disturbing yet equally intoxicating substances. These substances include the sniffing of super glue, carpenter glue, turpentine, marijuana laced with dried human feces as well as used and unused sanitary pads. The […]
Storm Gloria: Death toll and fears of floods rise in Spain
The death toll from Storm Gloria in Spain rose to nine on Thursday as freak weather continues to batter the east of the country. The Balearic Islands and eastern regions including Catalonia and Valencia have borne the brunt of the storm now entering its fifth day. Winds of more than 140 km per hour, waves […]
Assembly and Unit Committee members elect to be sworn in today
Assembly and Unit Committee members elects will be sworn into office Today, Thursday, 23 January 2020. The installation ceremony will pave way for the Assembly Members to officially commence work. Three district assemblies will be excluded because they could not hold their elections during the national exercise that took place on December 17, 2019. “People […]
UW: Interior Minister interacts with staff of GPS, GNFS, GIS, NADMO and NACOB
The Upper West Region is witnessing a year on year reduction in robberies. Robberies reduced from 120 reported cases in 2017 to 99 in 2018 while the number of reported robbery incidents further reduced to 73 last year. According to the Upper West Regional Police Command, stealing has also reduced on yearly basis. The Upper […]
MTN Ghana compensates customers with free 2GB of data
MTN Ghana gives a goodwill package to its data customers as compensation for the last week’s disruption in the internet and international outbound call services. MTN in a twitter post announced; “We’re good together. That’s why #WeDey4U #GyeWo2 Thanks for having our back. FREE 2GB of DATA for 2 days on Us” We’re good together. […]
Household Register: Over 180,000 households captured in Upper East Region
The National Coordinator of the Ghana National Household Registry, Dr. Prosper Laari, says about 184,125 households were captured in a data collected in 2018 in the Upper East Region. According to the data from the Ghana Household registry, the then Garu-Tempane district which is now Garu district and Tempane district topped the chart as the […]
Man jailed for impersonating Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on Facebook
A man who created a Facebook account to impersonate the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has been given a 12-month prison sentence with hard labour. Nuetey Latif Ahinguah, also known as Oliver or Emmanuel Asare pleaded guilty to the offence of defrauding by false pretences when he appeared before the Kaneshie Magistrate court presided […]
Somalia ranked world’s most corrupt nation
Somalia is still ranked the world’s most corrupt country, according to the just released 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The index is published annually by Transparency International (TI) and assesses the perceived levels of public sector corruption in 180 countries. According to TI, the country’s poor rule of law has created room for everything from […]
Ghanaians urged to use ADR to resolve conflicts
President of the Ghana Association of ADR Practitioners (GNAAP) Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, has called for the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve conflicts as well as promote access to justice for all Ghanaians. He said Ghana has been recognized as a key actor in peacebuilding initiative, conflict resolution and management efforts in Africa and […]
Tamale to host 24th Ghana International Trade Fair
The Ghana International Trade Fair (GITF) will this year be held in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital, from February 27 to March 8, 2020. It will be the second time the region will host the trade fair, after the initial one in 2016. Over 600 indigenous and foreign companies are expected to participate in the […]
