2016

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned shop owners against taking advantage of the Christmas to sell unwholesome goods to unsuspecting consumers. Mr. Matthew Gyang Nkum, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of the Authority,…

The Half Assini Government Hospital has so far recorded a total of 119 HIV cases as against 36 cases last year. Mr Kwame Koomson, HIV Data Officer at the Hospital, made this known at Half Assini during a free blood screen exercise…

Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, a banker, has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing GH¢11,000 from a deceased customer accounts. Gyamfi 38, charged with stealing, has pleaded not guilty and he has been admitted to bail in the…

Women and girls make up 71 per cent of all victims of human trafficking around the world, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report released Thursday December 22, 2016 says. Children, the report says, make up almost a…

A technology start-up company in Mozambique called Kamaleon has developed an innovative and engaging way of promoting digital literacy through a shared platform called the “Community Tablet” A press release copied to…

Mr. Andrews Kwasi Boateng has been appointed as the new Registrar of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The decision was taken at a special meeting of the Governing Council held in Kumasi. He succeeds the…

Assistant Commissioner of Police Afia Tenge, the Greater Accra Regional Public Relations Officer, on Friday, confirmed that five persons had died, while 42 sustained various degrees of injuries in the inferno caused by Gas Explosion at…

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), the nation’s second largest referral facility, is to build a $300 million medical centre of excellence – to provide up-to-date clinical services. The…

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of 128, 707 candidates who took the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, in 2016. The results of 668…

Countries in the Horn of Africa are likely to see a rise in hunger and further decline of local livelihoods in the coming months, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. Farming families struggle with the knock-on effects…