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The trial judge in the 61 slabs of narcotic drug, weighing 71.7 kilogrammes found among sachets of chewing gums in a ship that docked at the Tema Port in the middle of this year, yesterday vent his spleen on the state prosecutors, when they failed to appear in court to proceed with the case.
The Ahanta West Constituency branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has, for the third time, elected Messrs. Kwesi Tawiah, Athanatius Ada Yankey alias 'Pozo,' and Madam Sarah Armoo, as Organiser, Secretary and Women's Organiser respectively, at an election conducted at Agona Nkwanta.
Following Daily Observer's revelation of the Senegalese president's collaborative plot with the Gambian dissident, Koukoie Sanyang to destabilise.
The high anxiety among the leadership and thousands of supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to witness a tension packed and violence related elections in Tamale did not materialize, as the party surprisingly set an "unprecedented record" by holding one of the most peaceful Delegates' Congress to elect new executives for the Northern Region.
Key players in Ghana's private sector yesterday took the bull by the horn to express their misgivings over the inability of present and successive governments to manage the country's economy. According to them, for the past ten years all governments that ruled the country have adopted "a try and error method" to manage Ghana's fiscal and monetary policies.
A police officer at the Tema Newtown Police Station in the Greater Accra Region, has sued two private radio stations and a television network, for damaging his reputation.
The Chief Executive of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), Mr. Robert Kempes Ofosuware has appealed to journalists in Tema to help educate residents of Tema on programmes of the Assembly.
The Gushegu District Director of Health Services, Mr. Mark Bugri Ayaba has called on the Ministry of Health to post at least 103 additional health personnel to facilitate quality healthcare delivery at the Ultra-modern Gushegu Government Hospital and to ensure maximum utilization of the facility.
Reha Medical Group Limited, a leading importer of health equipment into Ghana and other countries in Africa has presented a sponsorship package to the Medical Students' Exchange Programme.
Some members of the country's Parliament yesterday expressed worry at the rate at which violence is being perpetrated against women. In their various submissions in the House yesterday, the MPs for Savelugu, Ahafo Ano South and Mion constituencies, Mary Boforo Salifu, Balado Manu and Dr. Yakubu Alhassan respectively condemned violence against women in no uncertain terms.
Some residents at James Town and Korle Gonno- both suburbs of Accra, who were affected by the demolition exercise embarked upon by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) yesterday protested vehemently against the decision of the city authorities.
The Regional Minister and Chairman of the Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC), Mark Woyongo, has endorsed or justified what has been described as "ill and unprofessional" conduct of some soldiers, who allegedly brutalised and stripped naked two suspects in the Bawku conflict.
The laws governing mining activities in the country mandate mining companies operating in the country to pay between 3 to 6% percent of their earnings to the government as royalties, but as if by design, all the mining companies have settled for the minimum 3% royalty payment, despite gains gold has been making on the international market.
The government of Ghana, an evolving democracy beloved of western donors, has pledged tough new checks on spending as it wrestles with a record budget deficit inherited from the former administration.
Forty-five employees of AngloGold Ashanti's were conferred with various degrees at a colourful congregation at Ghana the Institute of Management and Public Administration at Greenhill in Accra last Saturday, after successful course at the institute. They undertook courses in bachelor and postgraduate diploma course in management.
The Gushegu District Director of Health Services, Mr. Mark Bugri Ayaba, has called on the Ministry of Health to post at least 103 additional health personnel to facilitate quality healthcare delivery at the ultra-modern Gushegu Government Hospital, and also to ensure maximum utilisation of the facility.
A block of 12 bedroom flats worth about 80 million naira and a road of about 3 kilometers have been commissioned by the Minister of Defence , Major General Godwin Abbe (rtd) were commissioned at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday in Abuja.
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi has been named the best governor of the year in the South-East geo-political zone by the House of Representatives Committee on States and Local Governments.
The Co-ordinator of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) has charged the Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN) to adhere strictly to the Abuja Master Plan while carrying out their activities in order to ensure a world class city status.
Slovenian coach Ivo Sajh has dragged Kano Pillars to FIFA over a breach of contract, demanding full compensation as stipulated in his one-year deal with the Nigerian club.
Millennium development goals' (MDG) implementation committee for the renovation of Police Children's School carried out in Katsina has described the work so far carried out in the school as shoddy and below the stipulated contractual agreement.
Some specialized clinics at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUHT) will from December 1st 2009 be moved from the temporary site of the hospital along Murtala Muhammed Way to its permanent site at Lamingo area in Jos, a statement by the Chief Public Relations Officer of the hospital Mrs. Ngozi Okpara said.
PDP governorship aspirant in Kwara State, Muhammad Abdulqadir El-Ilory, in this interview explains his mission in the race and the support he expects from the godfathers of Kwara politics.
I read with bewilderment and disgust the rejoinder under the above title written by one Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim (probably a nom de guerre), who tried in vain to respond to a brilliant, in-depth and down-to-earth commentary on Buhari, written by Shehu Mohammed Funtua and published by Daily Trust of Friday, November 13, 2009.
The Executive Board of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has nullified the disqualification of the Engineer Sani Ndanusa by the Executive Committee of the NOC as a candidate in the forthcoming election of the Committee.
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