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An eight-year old boy in Ohio safely drove his little sister to McDonald’s after learning to drive from YouTube, local news report. Ohio’s Morning Journal said police received calls from residents about a child driving through town. Staff at the restaurant thought they were the victims of a prank when the underage pair stopped at the drive-through window, the paper added. The boy obeyed all traffic lights and laws, witnesses said. “He didn’t hit a single thing on the way there. It was unreal,” police officer Jacob Koehler, from the village of East Palestine, said. The child told police he…

An eight-year old boy in Ohio safely drove his little sister to McDonald’s after learning to drive from YouTube, local news report. Ohio’s Morning Journal said police received calls from residents about a child driving through town. Staff at the restaurant thought they were the victims of a prank when the underage pair stopped at the drive-through window, the paper added. The boy obeyed all traffic lights and laws, witnesses said. “He didn’t hit a single thing on the way there. It was unreal,” police officer Jacob Koehler, from the village of East Palestine, said. The child told police he…

The vice chancellor for the University of Mines and Technology (UMAT) Tarkwa, Professor Jerry Samuel Yao Kuma has noted that outcome of many researches in the country have not helped solve the everyday problems of the Ghanaian due to some missing links between industry and research outcomes. The vice chancellor made this observation during the 3rd innovation and career fair organized by the university at Tarkwa in the Western region. Prof. Yao Kuma also noted that patenting is a problem in the country and called for a one-stop center to be created by the copyright office for innovators to patent…

The governing New Patriotic Party has urged Ghanaians to commit themselves to sacrifices that will take the country out of its socio-economic challenges. The party in its Easter message to Ghanaians was hopeful through prayers of believers, the country will develop. “We believe, perhaps, the important lesson is that, we need to be prepared to make sacrifices as we collectively seek to tackle the challenges confronting our socio-economic development, so that we can build a real society of equal opportunities and prosperity for this and the next generation,” John Boadu acting General Secretary of NPP said in the statement. Easter is…

Fourteen thousand, four hundred (14,400) UTZ certified cocoa farmers in two regions – Ashanti and Western, are to benefit from a bonus of GH¢1,147,696.00. The money is coming from Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Company Limited, a subsidiary of Barry Callebaut – the world’s leading supplier of high quality chocolate and cocoa products. Mr. Joshy Varkey, Managing Director of the Company, who announced this said a total of 15,039 farmers were registered for the UTZ certification but 639 could not make the mark. The UTZ certification is a cocoa sustainability programme to promote socially and environmentally responsible cocoa production that meets the…

From January 2017 to date, a total of 137 chainsaw machines and 29 truck-load of illegal lumber have been seized by the Goaso forest district in the Brong Ahafo Region. This followed a special operation carried out jointly by the military and officials at the Goaso District of the Forest Service Division. Persons involved in the illegal activity are currently standing trial at the Goaso Circuit Court but the seized trucks and machines have been confiscated to the state on the orders of the court. TV3’s investigations indicate that chainsaw operation, which has been outlawed longtime ago by government to…

A US military strike with a weapon known as the “mother of all bombs” (MOAB) killed 36 IS militants and destroyed their base, the Afghan defence ministry says. The 21,600lb (9,800kg) bomb was dropped on a tunnel complex used by so-called Islamic State in Nangarhar province. No civilians were affected by the explosion, the ministry said. Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack as “an inhuman and most brutal misuse of our country”. Chief Executive of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah confirmed that the attack had been carried out in co-ordination with the government and that “great care had been taken…

Mrs Coralie van den Berg, General Manager Rugby Africa, has announced details of the Africa Rugby Challenge Tournament involving Benin, Ghana and Togo that will be hosted by Ghana Rugby in Accra from 30 April to 7 May 2017. In a foreword to the tournament manual Mr Abdelaziz Bougja, Président de Rugby Afrique, said, “I would like to thank the Ghana Rugby Football Union who is working hard to make this tournament a success and to offer the participating teams good conditions of stay and competition.” The tournament manual further states that the 2017 Rugby Africa Regional Challenge will be…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has condemned the acts of lawlessness by the vigilante group, Delta Force, warning his government will not countenance impunity and disregard for the laws of the land. In his Easter message to the people of Ghana, the President said though the security agencies and the judiciary have taken up the matter which has widely been criticised, it wouldn’t be under his reign that the laws of the land will be broken. “Inasmuch as the law enforcement agencies and the judiciary have moved in to apply the laws of our land, let me reiterate that it…

The youth of Jomoro in the Western Region have vowed to ensure police officers who allegedly brutalized some residents of Ekpu and Half Assini communities are brought to book. The youth say they will not look on unconcerned for law enforcement officers to infringe on their fundamental human rights. They are thus calling on the Inspector General of Police to as a matter of urgency, sanction officers who embarked on what they termed a barbaric attack on their people earlier in the week. Secretary to the Jomoro Youth Association, Mark Asmah Arthur, at a news conference at Half Assini Thursday,…