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The National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) yesterday held a stakeholders engagement on fighting violent extremism and terrorism in Accra. The conversation was held around how to prevent violent extremism in the country. The engagement is part of a series being funded by the European Union under the Preventing and Containing Extremism (PCUE) project. The programme is an 18-month long intervention being undertaken jointly by the EU and NCCE. The programme also promotes social cohesion, peace and tolerance in the five northern regions; Upper West, Upper East, Savannah, North East, Northern Region; and Oti and Bono. The chairperson of NCCE,…
The Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces and Staff College, Prof. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, has advocated for the entire 1992 Constitution to be rewritten in order to prevent the country from continually amending certain provisions in future if past amendments failed to achieve the desired outcomes. Speaking at the Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Oquaye Centre for Constitutional Studies at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on Tuesday in Accra, he said rewriting the constitution would help cater for all the nuances in the constitution that are widely spoken of by many Ghanaians. He said “what we are doing is very good, but I…
A government plan to slash waiting times for migrants’ asylum claims has sparked anger at what some have called an “amnesty in all but name”. Some 12,000 migrants from Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea, Libya and Yemen, who have applied for asylum in the UK and are waiting for a decision, will be sent a questionnaire that could be used to decide their claims in a bid to cut the soaring backlog of cases. Adult asylum seekrs and their child dependants will not be automatically interviewed under the scheme, but will instead be sent a 10-page, 40-question questionnaire to fill out, and…
Tesco and Aldi have become the latest supermarket chains to limit purchases of veg including tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Customers will be allowed to buy a maximum of three packs at Aldi, the chain announced today. This afternoon, Tesco became the fourth major supermarket to impose rationing, with limits of three per customer on sales of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Asda and Morrisons have already introduced caps on a range of fruits and vegetables. Asda has limited shoppers to three items each on eight fresh produce lines – including broccoli, cauliflower, raspberries and lettuces. Morrisons is putting limits of two…
A TV journalist has been shot dead while reporting from the scene of a separate but linked fatal shooting in Florida. The journalist was covering the death of a 20-year-old woman after a shooting in Pine Hills, Florida. At around the same time, police rushed to another home, where they found another 20-year-old woman and nine-year-old girl had been shot. The girl later died in hospital. Another journalist, who was also covering the shooting with Spectrum News, was shot and injured. A 19-year-old man was arrested at the scene and police have said they believe all three shootings are connected.…
Police are believed to be hunting a group of masked men after an off-duty police officer was shot multiple times while he was coaching young children to play football. The officer was shot near a sports complex on the Killyclogher Road in Omagh, County Tyrone at about 8pm. He has been taken to hospital, where he is in a critical but stable condition. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have now launched an attempted murder investigation. Police said: “One man, a serving police officer, has been taken to hospital for treatment after being injured in a shooting incident at…
The leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has commiserated with the family of the late international footballer, Christian Atsu. The party has made a cash donation of GH₵10,000 to support the grieving family of the late Ghanaian footballer, Christian Atsu. General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua, together with the National Organiser of the party, Henry Nana Boakye, Nasara coordinator, Aziz Haruna Futah and other officials visited the family in Accra today. The remains of the former Ghana international footballer Christian Atsu who died in a devastating earthquake in Turkey arrived on Sunday. Atsu, 31, was caught up…
The Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association has denied media reports that they have petitioned and urged former President John Dramani Mahama to run for President. According to the Association, the said reports trending is false, adding that the supposed executives of the Association that visited the former president are neither leaders of the group nor its members. In a statement, the Association noted that “our attention has been drawn to a publication in some of the print media and on the radio that Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association and some Union leaders have petitioned the former President, John…
The Ghana Report is reliably informed that people living in Accra are at risk of air-borne infections as the city records the highest air pollution worldwide. Ghana’s Air Quality Index (AQI) has shot up as high as 401 and is rated “hazardous” by IQAir, a Swiss air quality centre that collates weather reports from various stations. As of Sunday, February 19, 2023, data obtained suggests that Accra may be leading all cities in the world with an AQI of 339, surpassing Delhi, Mumbai, Lahore, Dhaka, and Wuhan. Accra residents may have noticed a hazy smog hanging over the city from…
A team from the Forestry Commission and the military has confiscated about 25,000 pieces of illegal wood from the Krokosue Hill Forest Reserve in the Juaboso-Bia forest district in the Western North Region. Speaking to Adom News, the District Manager, Mark Aidoo Gyamfi, said the forestry staff are doing their best to end forest illegalities but the staff’s strength has been most challenging. He explained that a separate team of military men and forest guides in a night operation had the pieces of wood confiscated. According to him, it took about 12 hours to confiscate the logs due to limited…
