Monthly Archives: October 2021

3-yr period NABCO initiative ends

The Nations Builders Corps (NABCO) initiative which was launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo , on Tuesday, 1st May, 2018 comes to end in this month of October 2021. Mr Akufo-Addo while launching the programme was confident that by the time NABCO trainees exit scheme “the requisite work readiness …

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Military beat police officers at Suame after they arrested soldier who committed traffic offence

Police and military officers clashed at the Suame suburb of Kumasi on Friday over the arrest of a military officer for flouting traffic regulation. Some military officers stormed the Suame Divisional Police Headquarters and assaulted police officers in an attempt to free their colleague from custody. Nhyira News sources say …

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Police Rescue One-Month-Old Baby Abandoned In Bush

The Akatsi District Police has rescued a one-month-old baby boy, dumped in a bush at Agbaflome, a suburb of Akatsi. The infant was rescued in the afternoon of October 27, 2021, from a cassava farm at Agbaflome upon a timely distress call placed to the police by a community member. …

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MMDCES Election: Governance Expert calls for consensus on political party lines

Mr Kwesi Jonah, a Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Democratic Governance has called for a broader national dialogue on the election of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCES) on party bases. He said the referendum to amend Article 55(3) suffered a setback because of lack of consensus from the …

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Woman remanded for stabbing mother over “Spiritual Marriage”

An Adentan Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody a 24-year-old unemployed woman for stabbing her mother whom she claimed was spiritually married to her. The accused name withheld stabbed her 46-year-old single mother in the hand, neck, and back severally on basis that her mother was having sex with …

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ECG injects over 400 new transformers in Volta and Oti to improve power supply

Mr Emmanuel Lumor, the Volta and Oti Regional Manager of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited, said ECG, since the beginning of the year has inject about 400 transformers to improve power supply. He indicated the exercise was in addition to the existing 2, 445 transformers installed within the eleven …

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Bawumia-NAPO partnership most desirable for NPP victory 2024 – Razak Opoku

Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suggested the partnership of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and Matthew Opoku Prempeh to retain power in 2024 polls. He said “Without exaggeration or approximation, delegates of the NPP are ready to give one of the exceptionally good …

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Ursula Awarded Digital Leader Of The Year

Ghana’s Communications and Digitalisation minister, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has been awarded the Digital leader of the year at the 11th Ghana Information Technology & Telecom Awards (GITTA 2021) held in Accra. The Digital Leader of the Year Award is in recognition of her impeccable role in driving digitalisation in Ghana …

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Midwife, three others arrested for selling new born babies

Four persons, including a retired midwife, allegedly involved in the stealing and sale of babies at Atuabo and Half Assin in the Western Region, have been nabbed by the National Investigative Bureau (NIB). An Accra Circuit Court, on Tuesday, remanded the four into the custody of the NIB. The accused …

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Parliament to conduct open ballot on anti-gay bill

Parliament will conduct an open ballot to determine the decision of each of the 275 members of the House on the bill on the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values, 2021”. An open ballot system is a voting method in which voters vote openly, in contrast …

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