Dr Benjamin Kumbuor, Health Minister Ghana recorded a total of 666 drug related mental disorders in the first quarter of 2010. Experts say if the trend continues till the end of this year, the nation would record over 2,600 cases representing over 30 per cent of the previous year’s case. Last year, there were 1,945 cases of drug related mental disorders that reported to the three public psychiatric... 

Mr Ladi Nylander, CPP Chairman The decision of the leader and Chairman of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Mr Ladi Nylander and his executives to hold an early congress to elect national officers two years ahead of the 2012 general electron is a strong indication of the symbolic and transformational change taking place on the Nkrumahist front. The change has recently been given expression in... 

In our Monday, 28th June, 2010 edition of the paper we carried a story on our front page with the headline “HORROR!  Girl, 7, electrocuted”. The said publication reported the death of a seven-year-old-girl, Priscilla Oduro Baafi, resident at Nyamekye, who last Saturday night was electrocuted, following the negligence of Electricity of Ghana (ECG) officials in Awoshie, Accra, to rectify a faulty... 

Front view of one of the structures just behind the public toilet at Kejetia Concerns have been raised about the haphazard manner in which structures are springing up in the Central Business District (CBD) of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. Some of these structures, especially at Kejetia, are cited at places which were not intended for such purposes in the original plan of the metropolis,... 

The late Precious Priscilla Oduro, aka Sweetie The family of the 7-year-old girl, Precious Priscilla Oduro, who last Saturday was electrocuted by a faulty Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) pole and died as a result, has threatened to sue management of the company, for the death of their daughter. According to the Oduro family, it was the laxity on the part of ECG officials that caused the death... 

Nana Akufo-Addo Dr Kwame Pianim, an investment consultant and member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has described as outmoded and unfashionable the style of politics Nana Akufo-Addo, the NPP presidential candidate in the 2008 election. To the usually outspoken politician, Ghanaians are no longer interested in “tough speaking leaders”, insisting that until Nana Akufo-Addo changes... 

Namibian President, Hifikepunye Pohamba “As a country highly dependent on agriculture and especially livestock farming, it has become a matter of urgency to recover the productive capacity of our land. In Namibia, including the Erongo Region, desertification has already had a devastating impact.” These remarks were made by the Governor of the Erongo Region, Samuel Nuuyoma, at Omatjete in Namibia... 

Asamoah Gyan It is time to break the jinx. And indeed exploits of the Black Stars at the ongoing World Cup tournament in South Africa seems to be firming up the belief that Africa’s all time best of a quarter-final berth is likely to be broken by the West African giant. The best of Africa’s record at the World Cup were recorded by Cameroun in Italia ’90 and Senegal in South Korea- Japan ’02. And... 

The negligence on the part of Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) officials of Awoshie in Accra, to rectify one of their electricity poles, which was zapping and electrocuting unsuspecting residents in Nyamekye, has led the untimely death of a seven-year-old girl in the area. The death of little Precious Priscilla Oduro Baafi – who would have turned seven years next month – happened on the... 

Adamu Dramani, Bawku MP “Nana is Bawku and Bawku is Nana” were the words of Adamu Dramani, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, when he addressed delegates of his constituency at the Bawku Community Centre and declared his support for Nana Akufo-Addo and his desire that Nana will win the general elections of 2012, and hopefully become president of Ghana. In a short but precise speech, Hon...