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WHICH CHILD IS A CITIZEN OF THE GAMBIA?
Speaking at a press conference recently, former treasurer of the Voice of the Young, Yassin Nyan said there is still a lot to be done in terms of respect for the rights of the child in the Gambia; adding that children are sexually abused (rape, incest, exploitation, sexual harassment etc),
The wrongful dismissal case involving one Alieu Faal and Modou Jarjue against the Medical Research Council (MRC) on Tuesday, 17 February 2009, failed before the High Court in Bundung.
The search for a new person to take up the position as Managing Director of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) is gathering a lot of storm after almost a month without the board settling on a successor. Names short listed for the job include Managing Director of Stanbic Bank, Mr. Alhassan Andani and Deputy Managing Director of UniBank, John Kofi Mensah, The Chronicle has learnt.
The president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi has expressed worry over yesterday's front page story carried by the Daily Graphic, citing the FA as corrupt. Consequently, Mr. Nyantakyi has dared Mr. Kojo Bonsu to come clear within 24 hours, regarding the allegation leveled against the FA.
Consternation hit fans of Hayford Nuako-Manu and his fellow Ghanaian team mate Raphael Ocloo, when Master of Ceremonies, Eddy "Executioner" Blay announced the end of the road for the duo.
The Catholic Bishop of Sunyani, Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi says the church has grown physically with many Parishes and members, but that is not enough as there is the need for Catholic faithful to deepen spirituality, commitment and embark on a renewed and vigorous evangelization for the total growth of the church.
A LECTURER and Counsel for the Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs, Mr. P.K.O Mensah has urged chiefs to resist every ploy by any government aimed at influencing them directly or indirectly.
The Attorney General has withdrawn an appeal filed at the Court of Appeal against the order of the Human Right Court asking the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) to release the passport of Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Akwasi Osei-Adjei.
Local Governance Network (LOGNet), a network of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working on local governance issues has undertaken comprehensive zonal knowledge sharing and capacity building programmes in decentralization process for its members and the media throughout the country.
The Omanhene of the Esikado Traditional Area in the Western Region, Nana Kobina Nketsia V has expressed concern about the plight of the communities in the area where the oil has been found. According to him, the region has an abundance of natural resources, yet the people continue to wallow in abject poverty.
NANA YAW Peprah III, Abusuapanin of the royal family of the Fomena Traditional Council has entreated political leaders especially leaders of the various assemblies to reposition themselves and help reduce the increasing political tensions in the country in order to move for development through unity.
An Accra Fast Track High Court (FTC) has quashed the directives of the President, His Excellency Prof John Evans Atta Mills, ordering the interdiction of the Principal Accountant of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, following a National Security investigation report on alleged financial impropriety by Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, then Minister of Youth and Sports.
The Chief Pilot of the Ghana International Airlines (GIA), Mr. Eric Mills-Lamptey, has resigned from the ailing company, following a misundertstanding between him and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Ms. Anna-Myers.
An Accra Commercial court looking into disagreements of some members of the Convention People's Party (CPP) on the issue of the seventy percent sale of the nation's Telecommunication Company to Vodafone International Holdings BV of the United Kingdom (UK), has referred certain portions of the sales and purchase agreements of the deal to the Supreme Court for determination.
The Member of Parliament for Sunyani-East, Hon. Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh says the failure of NDC government will not automatically favour the New Patriotic Party to win back power in 2012. To him, it is only unity and hard work that will enable the party to recapture power.
THE TERTIARY Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has entreated the government to remain focused and not to be distracted by 'antagonists', whose main objective is to bring down President Mills' administration.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Petirin justified yesterday, the in-country repairs and rehabilitation of Airforce aircraft within the country since he took over the helm of affairs of the NAF, saying that in the last nine months, the Nigeria Airforce has saved the country over N1billion that would have gone abroad.
The National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTDs) have lashed out at the Federal Government over the deplorable state of federal roads in the country, which, they noted, has greatly harmed their operation over the years.
Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki, has cautioned corps members serving in the state against unnecessary travels to guarantee their safety as planned by the state government.
Fifteen students from Ebonyi State are to be trained at the Nigeria Maritime Academy, through an N81 million government scholarship fund as part of efforts to have its indigenes in all sectors of the nation's economy.
The former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Bank Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru has taken the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido to court, challenging her removal.
On September 23, I wrote on these pages suggesting a way out of the stalemate that had gripped Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, over the appointment of its vice-chancellor since the departure of the last substantive V-C, Professor Shehu Usman Abdullahi, in May. Nine candidates had applied, but one had dropped out before screening by a selection committee of five appointed by the university and ...
It is time for Nigeria to adopt the Jerry Rawlings formula and the Chinese therapy of capital punishment in fighting corruption if it is to experience genuine growth and development, Niger State Governor Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu said in Abuja yesterday.
An Abuja High Court yesterday refused to grant the application by the embattled Managing Director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Ganiyu Ogunlewe and his Director of Operations Prof. Peter Umoh to quash the charges leveled against them by the Nigeria Police.
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