Новости за 18.10.2019

The Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, has indicated that Ghana is vulnerable to threats of terror attacks, despite assurances that the country is safe. He attributed his claims to Ghana rsquo;s closeness to neighbouring countries which had recorded terrorist attacks, as well as its porous borders, the proliferation of arms, easy access to drugs, among other factors. Dr Aning, who i ...

The Attorney General has dropped charges against four persons accused of kidnapping two Canadian girls. Senior State Attorney, Hilda Craig on Friday told an Accra High court that the move follows a review of the docket prepared by investigators. Trial judge Justice George Buadi discharged the Seidu Abubakr alias Mba, Abdul Nasir, Safiano Abubakar and Abdul Rahman Suleman. Mrs Craig, however, informed the court the state is proceeding with the case against four others who w ...

President Akufo-Addo is convinced the study of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) holds the key to Ghana 39;s development agenda. He has, therefore, emphasised the need for students in the country to take their studies in STEM seriously since it holds the key to unlock their potentials. The President made the remarks when winners of the 2019 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) from St. Augustine 39;s College in Cape Coast paid a courtesy call ...

Schools in the Sunyani Municipality of the Bono Region will today be closed to allow for a one-week funeral observance of the late queen mother of the Sunyani Traditional Council, Nana Yaa Nyamaa Puduo II. In a release distributed to schools in the municipality titled ldquo;School Holiday rdquo; and sighted by DAILY GUIDE, the funeral committee stated, ldquo;Notification from the Ghana National Association of Private Schools is to the effect that on Friday, 18 ...

Africa Education Watch has commended the Akufo-Addo government for demonstrating the political will to fully decentralise the country rsquo;s education system through the laying of the Pre-Tertiary Education Bill in Parliament. In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Kofi Asare, the organization says, while appreciating the relevance of education decentralisation to achieving quality management, accountability and learning outcomes, it is their wish that the Bill recentra ...

As part of measures of creating awareness on breast cancer, the Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O) of Beautiful Beneath, Juliet Gyamfi has disclosed that a seminar will be held on October 19 to draw the attention of men on early detection and prevention of the disease. According to her, Breast Cancer is not a disease that affects women alone adding that men stand the risk of having the disease. In an exclusive interview with Modern Ghana, the C.E.O said ldquo;Men s ...

Business Mogul, Ibrahim Mahama has won a defamation case against Ernest Owusu Bempah of Ghana Gas Company and the Despite Group. An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa has granted all the reliefs except the cost of GH?2million which the judge awarded GH?300,000 against both parties. The judge cited Ibrahim Mahama 39;s absence as a reason for not awarding the full amount of GH?2million against the defendants but she concluded by saying she understands ...

Four out of the eight accused persons in the Canadian kidnappers have been granted bail. The four are Seidu Abubarkar aka NBA, Abdul Rahman Sulemana aka wofa,Safiano Abubarkar and Abdul Nasir. They have been accused of playing various roles in the kidnapping of Miss Lauren Patricia Catherine Tiley and Miss Bailey Jordan Chilly, who were in Kumasi to participate in a youth programme on June 4, 2019. All the accused persons have been charged with two counts of conspiracy to kidnap, ...