Category: News

Accra: The Ghana Prisons Service is pursuing a partnership with the State Housing Company (SHC) to improve accommodation for officers and inmates. Mrs. Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, Director-General of Prisons, revealed during a courtesy visit to the State Housing Company Head Office in Accra that only 25 per cent of officers currently occupy Service-provided housing, much of which is in poor condition. She added that the remaining 75 per cent reside in privately arranged accommodation, often situated far from their duty posts. According to Ghana News Agency, the visit, led by Apostle Nana Yaw Kumi-Larbi, Chairman of the Prisons Service Council, was

Kpongunor: A 13-year-old Junior High School student, Tamara Odueki Tekper, has taken a bold step to champion menstrual hygiene among girls at Halter Academy High School in Kpongunor in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality. Ms. Tamara, who serves as the Girls’ Prefect, led a menstrual hygiene drive in her school to support fellow students, especially those who struggle to manage their periods due to financial or social challenges. According to Ghana News Agency, the initiative was born out of concern for her colleagues who often miss classes during their menstrual periods. Tamara explained, ‘As the Girls’ Prefect, I must lead

Madeira: The French Navy stopped a speedboat carrying 2.4 metric tons of cocaine off the Portuguese Atlantic island of Madeira, using force to bring it to a halt, prosecutors in Brest reported on Tuesday. According to Ghana News Agency, the value of the drugs is estimated at more than £128 million ($149 million). The operation was conducted in coordination with the United States and the United Kingdom, highlighting international cooperation in combatting drug trafficking. Le Parisien newspaper reported that a navy frigate was involved in the operation, opening fire to disable the speedboat’s engines after the occupants ignored orders to

Kigali: Team Ghana, represented by Shenmo Ghana, swept the top awards at the prestigious second African Shenmo Cup, International Abacus Mental Olympiad. The Olympiad was held at the Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village in Rwanda, over the weekend, on the theme ‘Empowering young minds, realizing Africa’s dream’. According to Ghana News Agency, representing Ghana, Ridwan Mahmoud Jajah and Ummu Sulaim Abass of Al-Hikmah Islamic Montessori School secured first and third place respectively in the Level 1 category, earning two gold medals and two trophies for the nation. The competition brought together over 300 participants from 30 African countries, including Kenya,

Accra: Israel has carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, despite the ceasefire in place for nearly a year. The Israeli military stated it had targeted Hezbollah’s ‘terrorist infrastructure’ in the Nabatiyeh area, accusing the Iran-backed militia of reorganizing in the south of the country. ‘The presence of the terror infrastructure sites and the activity of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, constitute a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,’ it added. According to Ghana News Agency, under the terms of the ceasefire reached last November, Hezbollah was to withdraw its forces north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers from

Tamale: A zonal stakeholders meeting has been held in Tamale to deepen participants’ understanding of the draft Front-of-Pack Warning Labelling (FOPWL) policy and gather feedback to shape its final design and implementation. The meeting, organised by SEND Ghana in collaboration with the Ghana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (GAND), aimed to foster inclusive dialogue, build consensus, and ensure that the final policy would align with public expectations. According to Ghana News Agency, the meeting targeted stakeholders in the northern sector of the country and was attended by students, teachers, traditional authorities, and representatives from NGOs. Mr. Joseph Danquah, General Secretary

New york: Disgraced US music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs plans to appeal his conviction and prison sentence for sex crimes, his lawyers said in a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian on Tuesday. The 55-year-old rapper was sentenced in early October to four years and two months in prison, after a jury earlier found him guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. According to Ghana News Agency, the jury, however, had acquitted him of more serious sex trafficking and racketeering charges, that could have led to a life sentence. Prosecutors accused Combs of abusing, coercing and threatening multiple