Fight against rising child marriages in the Eastern Region
The Eastern Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service, Supt. Florence Anaman says her outfit is embarking on education on child marriage in rural Communities to sensitize the people to the effects of girl marriages. She said at least a case of child marriage is reported everyday […]
Assin Praso: Three inmates escape
Three inmates have reportedly escaped from custody at the Assin Praso District Police Station in the Assin North District of the Central Region. The escapees cut the reinforced iron bars at the main gate of the cell with hacksaw blades and escaped through the opening. The Police have since mounted a search for the three […]
GES Directors not satisfied with quality of food served pupils
Municipal and District Directors of the Ghana Education Service in the Upper East Region have expressed dissatisfaction with the quality and quantity of meals served pupils in basic schools under the School Feeding Programme across the Region. They said the meals are of poor quality and lack the relevant nutrients required to address the nutritional […]
Vaccine against Typhoid Fever set to go on trial in Ashanti Region
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST and its partners are set to begin a trial of a Vaccine for Typhoid Fever in the Ashanti region with the ultimate aim of including the Vaccine in the National Expanded Immunization Programme for a nationwide application, if successful. The Typhoid Fever Vaccine Trial programme is […]
Namibian teenagers out of Olympic 400m over testosterone levels
Namibian teenager Christine Mboma – who broke the 30-year-old world 400m Under-20s record on Wednesday – is out of the event at the Olympics after being found to have naturally-occurring testosterone levels beyond those specified by World Athletics. The time set by 18-year-old Mboma on Wednesday in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz was the seventh-fastest […]
Memorial held for Zambia’s first president Kenneth Kaunda
A state memorial service for Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, has been held with a 21-gun salute and a flypast by the air force. Mr. Kaunda died last month, aged 97, after suffering from pneumonia. He was one of the last of a generation of African leaders who fought colonial rule, and became president after […]
Famine hits millions of people in Ethiopia due to conflict in Tigray
Recent fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has resulted in a famine that is now affecting more than 400,000 people. UN officials in their first public meeting on the crisis warned that as many as thirty-three thousand children are severely malnourished. They said a further one point eight million people are on the brink […]
Zuma wants court to review 15-month sentence
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has asked the country’s highest court to review its decision to sentence him to 15 months in jail. This request comes two days before the deadline for to hand himself over to police. The Constitutional Court found him guilty of contempt after he ignored the court’s ruling that he […]
WAEC releases BECE results for private candidates
The West African Examinations Council, has released the results of the 2021 Basic Certificate Examination (BECE) for private candidates who sat for the exams earlier this year. A statement signed by, Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, Mrs. Agnes Teye-Cudjoe said a total of 1,067 candidates made up of 584 males and 483 females sat […]
Police assures NDC of adequate security for its demonstration on Tuesday
The Ghana Police Service says it is poised to provide all the necessary security for the safety of the planned demonstration by the youth of the National Democratic Congress on Friday July 6. A statement by the Police said the Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh held a meeting with the organizers at the Police Headquarters […]
