Day: June 18, 2025

Kete-Krachi: World Vision’s Kete-Krachi Cluster has donated various items to support the maiden Teachers’ Awards in Krachi West of the Oti Region. The initiative aims to honor local educators for their dedication and contributions to community development. According to Ghana News Agency, the donation includes 32-inch Nasco televisions, refrigerators, gas cylinders, standing fans, and a solar system with FM/MP3 functionality. These contributions are intended to motivate educators by acknowledging their hard work and commitment. The Cluster Manager, Mr. August Nyaaba, highlighted the significance of recognizing teachers’ efforts, stating that they are the backbone of any society. He emphasized that such

Accra: The Paramount Chief and President of the Som© Traditional Council, Togbui Adama III, has expressed dissatisfaction over government officials’ engagements with Assembly Members in the area without the involvement of traditional authorities. Speaking during a courtesy call by the Volta Regional Minister, Mr. James Gunu, as part of his working tour of the Ketu South Municipality, Togbui Adama highlighted that chiefs had been sidelined, especially during community crises such as the recent tidal wave disasters at Gavedzi, Salakofe, and Amutinu. According to Ghana News Agency, Togbui Adama noted that relief and support interventions by government officials were often coordinated

Accra: Two men have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly engaging in the unauthorised purchase and sale of gold. Benjamin Forkuo, 37, a gold buying clerk, and Felix Aboagye, a cleaner, have both been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and unauthorised trading in gold. According to Ghana News Agency, the court, presided over by Mrs. Susan Eduful, did not take their pleas but granted bail of GHS 250,000 each with four sureties, including two earning at least GHS 5,000 monthly and two family members. The case was adjourned to July 30, 2025, with the prosecution instructed to

Accra: A Gender-Based Violence Court in Accra has sentenced 31-year-old trader, Oluwa Damilare, to 12 years imprisonment for defiling a seven-year-old girl at her school in Kaneshie. Damilare was convicted on the charge of defilement of a child under 16 years. According to Ghana News Agency, Chief Inspector Opoku Aniagyei, who led the prosecution, said the complainant, a Statistician and father of the victim, reported the incident after a fellow parent informed him on May 12, 2024, that Damilare had had sex with his daughter on school premises. The incident occurred on May 8, 2024, while the victim was packing

Krachi East: The Krachi East National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has supported two schools affected by severe storms in the area with eight packets of iron sheets. The organization presented five packets of iron sheets to Yariga No 2, a farming community Basic Primary school, and three packets of iron sheets to Adumadum Basic Primary school. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Prosper Kumah, a School Management Committee (SMC) member, stated that the donation was a relief to the schools, which were struggling to cope with the aftermath of the storms. He mentioned that the iron sheets would help fix

Cape Coast: A high-level delegation from the Quantity Surveyors (QS) Division of the Ghana Institute of Surveyors (GhIS) has paid a visit to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) as part of preparations towards the 2025 Professional Conference. The delegation, led by Mr Osei Agyemang Badu, Chairman of the QS Division of GhIS, toured and inspected all the facilities in the school to establish its readiness and conduciveness to host the two-day event. According to Ghana News Agency, the national QS Division Conference is held annually to assess the state of the industry and confer on the advancement of the

Accra: Ga Queen mothers and Women Warriors have urged the Gas and the public to disregard suggestions that King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II is an illegitimate King of the Ga State. The Queen mothers from various Stool families and clans stated that the King was duly enstooled according to sacred traditions, gazetted, and recognized under Ghanaian laws. According to Ghana News Agency, at a press conference held at the Ga Traditional Council, Naa Adoley Ablade I, Sempe New Town Manye, emphasized that King Tackie Teiko Tsuru was nominated from the legitimate royal bloodline of King Tackie Tawiah I and was