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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...

The University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) has organised a free eye-screening exercise for members of the university community, including some residents around the campus as part of activities to commemorate this year’s World Sight Day. About 120 people, many of them students, teaching and non-teaching staff, were screened by specialists from Permeff Eye Care,...

The Upper East Regional Population Officer, Mr Alosibah Akare Azam has appealed to the Regional Minister, Ms Tangoba Abayage to facilitate the inclusion of the National Population Council (NPC) on the Regional Planning Coordinating Unit’s (RPCU)Monitoring of District Development Plans. Mr Azam explained that one of NPC’s focus was to ensure the integration of population...

A 32-year-old woman is facing the law for allegedly dipping the hands of her husband’s 10-year-old niece in hot water, severely injuring her in the process. Vera Koranteng pleaded not guilty to causing harm when she appeared before the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region. She was remanded...

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has given an assurance that this year’s polio vaccination will be intensified in urban-poor communities to ensure that no child was left out in the exercise. He indicated that according to data collected by the service, the number of children who got access to...