Author: Baina Media (Baina Media)

The Zonta Clubs of Ghana have urged all Ghanaians to support the Ghanaian girl child have her voice and to make her an equal future. In a statement issued Sunday to mark the International Day of the Girl Child 2020, the Zonta Clubs of Ghana called for an end to practices such as female genital...

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) the Southern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abraham Yeboah Nsiah, says the collaboration among the various security agencies in the country will help to ensure the country’s peace and security. He said contemporary security provisions require multi-agency approach in resolving security issues, hence commending the country’s security...

Ghana’s active COVID-19 cases continues to drop significantly with 301 cases as of Wednesday, October 7, 2020. The Greater Accra still leads the COVID-19 hotspots with 195 active cases, according to data from the Ghana Health Service. Five regions as of October 7 had no active cases. They are the Upper West, North East, Northern,...

The Marine Police Unit in Tema have picked up six people in connection with an alleged attempt to illegally import arms and ammunitions into the country from Turkey. The 436 pistols and 26 packs of ammunitions consisting of 50 pieces each in a pack were found to have been concealed in personal effects made up...

A 54-year-old tailor, who allegedly had sex with his 15-year-old step-daughter and impregnated her at Adabraka in Accra, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Seth Kwesi Asare, who is an ex-convict, is being held for defilement. Police said investigations revealed that Asare had previously been jailed on a similar offence. In the presence of...

Ninety-eight upstream oil and gas contracts, valued at $389 million, have been cancelled due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Contracts awarded by Aker Energy, AGM, Eni, GOSCO and Springfield between the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year were affected. As a result, a minimum of 500...

The government, with support from the World Food Programme (WFP), is to disburse funds to vulnerable persons and households in the Greater Accra, Western and Ashanti regions. Under the cash transfer to COVID-19 affected daily wage earners, an amount of GH¢11 million will be disbursed to beneficiaries to cushion them against the devastating effect of...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service unit at the Tema port for impounding a consignment of 436 pistols and ammunition allegedly imported illegally into the country from Turkey last night [Friday, October 9, 2020]. The party also wants Customs to give an update on the development to the...

Accra Academy has inaugurated a newly built multipurpose administrative block to facilitate and enhance the day-to-day management of the senior high school. The two-storey edifice, worth about GH¢109 million, has been designed to house, among other facilities, a physical and an electronic library, an ICT centre and some special managerial offices to meet modern technological...

The Head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako has cautioned the general public to verify information from official sources. “Most of the organisations you deal with on social media have other official sources of information, don’t just pick information from a single source and run with it. Always call or visit...