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Director of Administration at the Prison Service, Stephen Coffie, has revealed that Ghana currently has no hangman to execute death sentences. According to him, the last professionally trained hangman Ghana had has long left the system and is yet to be replaced. The last time the death sentence was used on convicts was in 1993, during former president Jerry John ...

Fear has gripped residents of Seketia in the Jaman North District in the Brong Ahafo Region following the gruesome murder of a 73-year-old farmer. The deceased, identified as Ama Kyeremaa, is said to be returning from her farm last Thursday when she was killed. The Jaman North District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Vitus Napen, who confirmed ...

The Paramount Chief of Sagnarigu, Naa Yakubu Abdulai, has kicked against the proposal for an all-inclusive government. In his view, it would be a recipe for sabotaging the smooth implementation of the policies and programmes of the government in power. The chief, who kicked against the proposal of all inclusiveness, noted that no political party in opposition would assist the ...

Some Alumnus of the University of Education – Winneba, have condemned the strike action declared by the University of Education-Winneba branch of the University Teachers Association (UTAG). According to the group , ” Concerned Alumni Association of the University of Education” the action of the UTAG will stampede progress of the university . The court case, they explain, when concluded ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s war on illegal small-scale mining, popularly termed galamsey, will not lead to his defeat in the 2020 presidential poll, New Crusading Guide editor-in-chief Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said. Mr Akufo-Addo, while speaking at the opening ceremony of a two-day sensitisation workshop on illegal mining for traditional leaders, said he was prepared to put his ...

The Northern regional chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Daniel Bugri Naabu, says he has asked President Akufo-Addo to sack the Northern regional minister Salifu Saeed and his deputy, Solomon Boar from office. According to him, the two officials are undermining his authority, denigrating presidential appointments and are also corrupt. Mr. Naabu in an angry diatribe said he was ...

Ghanaians had a shocker when news came through that the sitting president, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, had died mid-morning. His party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), was preparing the tax law expert for a second term in office in December 2012, but that never was. The circumstances surrounding President Mills’ death has continuously been shrouded in secrecy ever since. ...

Some personnel of the Bus Rapid Transit system, operators of the Ayaalolo service, have allegedly been assaulted by persons suspected to be officials of  the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). A brawl ensued between the officials of the two state agencies Thursday after Marshals of the Ayaalolo service attempted to fine a driver of a Toyota Camry who had ...

The public must desist from making derogatory remarks against parliament, Dr Rashid Draman, the Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), has cautioned. He advised the populace to “mind your language” and “avoid insults” even when an individual disagrees with any action of parliament. “We have to respect the office, it is just not about those sitting ...

The Ministry of Health is indebted to the tune of GH¢100million, Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has revealed. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, the Miniter said the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has received a total amount of GHS539,853,124.29 since January from the Ministry of Finance, funds that have since been disbursed to NHIA’s numerous creditors — including ...