Browsing all posts in April, 2010.
Alan's men raise red flags over Jake's support for Nana Addo
The Camp of Alan Kyeremanten, one of the main contenders in the New Patriotic Party Presidential race have raised an alarm over what seems to be a clear support for Nana Akufo-Addo, by Party Chairman Jake Obetsebi Lamptey. According to a Former Presidential Aspirant of the NPP in the 2008 primaries, Kwabena Agyapong, now a [...]
NDC Ministers are becoming too comfortable in their chairs – Pratt
The Managing Editor of the Insight News Paper, Kwesi Pratt, has stated categorically that one of the biggest problems facing the NDC Administration is the fact that most of its Ministers and Functionaries have become ‘‘too comfortable in their seats. ‘‘For me, one of the biggest problems that this administration has is simply the fact [...]
Police arrest some chiefs at Agyambra IN WESTERN REGION for violence
Police in the western region have arrested twelve members of feuding factions in a chieftaincy crisis which erupted at Agyambra a town in the Ahanta west District of the region. The arrest of the 12 men follows a stern warning issued by the regional Police Commander DCOP Alhaji Hamidu Mahamah to chiefs in the region [...]
Kufuor is Angry
Former President Agyekum Kufuor, is boiling with anger over the findings of the Ghana @50 Commission of Enquiry and the trial of two of his closest allies, Dr. Wereko Brobby and Kwadwo Mpiani. According to the President, all the government is trying to achieve is to try and get at him by persecuting innocent people [...]
US Embassy marks World Earth Day
The United States Embassy in Ghana, on Thursday joined the global celebration of Earth Day in Accra with the focus on the preservation of biodiversity. The celebration of the Day brought together Junior High School students from PRESEC (Presbyterian Secondary School), to learn about the conservation of sea turtles, chimpanzees and the sustainable management of [...]
Ghana launches World Cup fundraising campaign and website
GNA -Minister of Youth and Sports, Ms Akua Sena Dansua on Thursday launched a fundraising campaign and website for Ghana’s participation at the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup. The two projects are aimed at soliciting corporate and public support to ensure a successful campaign towards the first ever World Cup to be staged on [...]
Traders threaten to march through Accra naked
Traders operating near Novotel and Tema Lorry Station in Accra, on Thursday threatened to march through the principal streets of the Accra Metropolis naked. This would be in protest of alleged resettlement at the Pedestrian Shopping Mall at Adabraka without the appropriate rehabilitation at the Mall. “In fact where they want to resettle us is [...]
Nigerian 419 operatives invade Takoradi because of oil
The Western Region has recorded about 33 percent increase in fraud cases with majority of the culprits being Nigerian nationals. But the regional police commander DCOP Alhaji Hamidu says his office is not surprised by the sharp surge in the incidents of fraud and the influx of Nigerians in to the region because it had [...]
Sub-Saharan Africa one of the world's most religious places
A continent that was more known for tribal shamans than for steeples and minarets has, in just 110 years, become one of the world’s most religiously devout regions, according to the Pew Forum. A new massive survey, “Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa,” released Thursday, charts how a region that gave birth [...]
Tema refinery shuts due to oil shortage
Ghana’s 45,000 barrel-per-day Tema refinery has shut down due to a lack of crude oil supplies, the managing director of the plant said on Tuesday. “We ran out of crude and had to shut down,” said Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Managing Director Kwame Ampofo. “This happened because a supplier we relied on very much disappointed [...]
