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Director General of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has said she will not resign from her position over the three Takoradi kidnapped girls case. Her response comes on the back of calls by some Ghanaians for her to resign over the ‘unprofessional’ manner in which she has handled the case involving the three girls. The three girls, who went missing in July 2018, are yet to be found despite assurances from the police that they were on top of issues regarding investigations. In April this year, Maame Tiwaa Addo-Daquah assured the public…

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the Free Senior High School Policy will not be scrapped by his administration if he returns to power in 2020. “Free SHS is here to stay,” he stressed. “Indeed, it is underpinned and guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and it cannot be reversed by any government.” Mr Mahama made this known on Wednesday, August 14 while addressing delegates at the 27th Annual Residential Delegates’ Congress of the Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS) held in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. This comes in the wake of assertions by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo…

Director of Public Education at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Nana Yamfoa Amua-Sekyi has urged parents to up their game in parental responsibility and desist from allowing their children partake in harmful cultural practices like child marriage. She further tasked parents to not neglect their children to wander on the streets, thereby putting their lives in danger. The CHRAJ Public Education Director encouraged parents to give their wards the necessary education and take advantage of government’s Free SHS policy to get their wards enrolled. “Standing on the streets is very dangerous. Any careless driver can hit…

The Maker’s House Chapel International has launched the 2019 edition of the annual Experience Conference. This year’s event will be headlined by Israeli-born American Evangelist, Pastor Benny Hinn best known for his miracle crusades, revival meetings and faith healing summits. Pastor Jonathan Miller, Founder of New Beginnings Church in Orlando- Florida USA will also be speaking. They will be joined by one of Ghana’s celebrated Ministers of the Gospel and Founder of Fountain Gate International, Rev. Eastwood Anaba as well as the host and General Overseer of The Maker’s House Chapel International, Dr. Michael Boadi Nyamekye. Speaking at the launch,…

The Catholic Diocese of Yendi has commissioned a 64-bed capacity girls’ hostel for the St. Vincent College of Education. The project, funded by the Catholic Mission of Australia at a cost of 350,960 cedis, is to help the College decongest its female dormitory. Started as a private College in 2016, the teacher trainee institution was absorbed by government the same year. It was named after its founder, Most Reverend Vincent Sowah, the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese in Yendi. Current student population stands at 384, with 137 women and 247 men. The school runs Bachelor programmes in Primary Education,…

Embattled Ghanaian businessman Nana Appiah Mensah says he will on Monday announce “practical solutions” that will see all his defunct companies bounce back into business after almost a year of troubles. Properties of the man popularly known as NAM1 were seized and his accounts frozen in January when he was declared wanted for allegedly defrauding hundreds of Ghanaians through the use of two of his companies, MenzGold Ghana Limited and Brew Marketing Consult. Surrender all Menzgold properties in your possession – Court orders employees MenzGold Ghana Limited, Brew Marketing Consult, Star Madrid Football Club, Zylofon Music and Media Company Limited,…

Embattled Ghanaian businessman Nana Appiah Mensah says he will on Monday announce “practical solutions” that will see all his defunct companies bounce back into business after almost a year of troubles. Properties of the man popularly known as NAM1 were seized and his accounts frozen in January when he was declared wanted for allegedly defrauding hundreds of Ghanaians through the use of two of his companies, MenzGold Ghana Limited and Brew Marketing Consult. Surrender all Menzgold properties in your possession – Court orders employees MenzGold Ghana Limited, Brew Marketing Consult, Star Madrid Football Club, Zylofon Music and Media Company Limited,…

A 1.491 million-cedi compensation package has been presented to the families of four persons who were killed and 32 others injured in a police shooting incident at Atwima Kwanwoma District of Ashanti region. The four, Douglas Addae, Prince Boateng, Kojo Ofori and Kwaku Seth were on Wednesday, February 7, 2017 killed by the Police at Atwima-Foase when a protest over the sitting of a new district capital for the District turned violent. Others were injured in the incident. Each family of the four deceased on Tuesday received a cheque for 250,000 cedis while the remaining 491,000 cedis is to be…

Officials in western Kenya have exhumed the body of a local man to strip him of the uniform he was buried in, according to reports. Martin Shikuku Alukoye was buried in his full Kakamega County Youth Service uniform after drowning this month. Local officials then exhumed the body to retrieve the uniform, despite opposition from his family. Mr Alukoye’s uncle said they had violated “the laws of the land and the laws of our forefathers”. “We had fully involved the county government in the burial arrangements and they never resisted our proposal to bury [him] in his work regalia,” Francis…