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Some cocoa farmers of the Mpasaaso No1 and No2 a community in the Ahafo Ano District in the Ashanti Region, have appealed to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to check the activities of agro-chemical producers if it is to realise its set target for the cocoa season and it's production. COCOBOD is hoping to achieve 900,000 metric tonnes of cocoa at end of this year's cocoa season. For this reason, it has introduced a number of cocoa productivity enhancement programmes, including the supply of agro-chemicals, subsidised fertilizers, hand-pollination exercises, and pruning among others. However, According to some cocoa farmers in the Ahafo Ano District, given the ‘inadequate’ supply of chemicals, some agro-chemical producers have taken advantage of the situation by selling fake agro- chemicals to the unsuspecting cocoa farmer. This development, the cocoa farmers noted, could derail government’s effort to ensure that farmers record an increase in their yields. In an exclusiv...

A 7 year old boy found buried with some parts of his body reportedly missing at Wasa Henman in Wasa Amenfi East Municipality in the Western Region. An eyewitness account suggested that, the deceased left home on Thursday,28th February,2019 and never show appeared and this  triggered the community to announce and search for the whereabouts of the boy throughout the night but all attempt proved futile. The eyewitness, Edward Okai Darko, told Kaakyire Kwasi Afari,on phone that, the Wasa Henman community beefed up their search and discovered the 'missing' child been beheaded and buried with some parts of his body missing by unknown assailants. According to the eyewitness, the corpse has been conveyed and reported to Wasa Juabo police station for thorough investigation. Credit : Edward Okai Darko

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has confirmed to Alpha Radio,that they don't want to record any kidnapping case in the region. Speaking with the Ashanti Regional Police P.R.O, ASP Gordon Ahianyo, he said, they are putting measures in place and issue security alert to all parents, students, especially the youth to be careful about been on board on private or any strange vehicle. ASP Ahianyo revealed this to Alhaji Abdul Mumen Abubakar, the host of Alpha Radio Morning Show. Kidnapping cases are  really arising in some parts of the country, especially in the Western Region, Greater Accra Region and more.

Kwame A-Plus is a Social influencer and anti-corruption activist, Kwame A-Plus born Kwame Asare Obeng has posed three questions to investigative journalist,Anas Aremeyaw Anas, to answer regarding the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a protegé of Anas. Ahmed was murdered on 16th January 2019 in his vehicle by two unidentified men on a motorbike. He was shot twice in the chest and once in the neck, as Anas reported. A-Plus who is still conducting a test-transmission of his TV station, A-PLUS TV also asked Anas to come clear on the nature of his work, whether he is public interest activist or a mercenary for private use. “The way you think you are smart in investigating corruption, kindly accept that Ghanaians these days are also very smart and probe deeply into issues. Nobody can fool Ghanaians these days. The questions people are asking are; 1. What time did you hear of Ahmed’s death? 2. What time did you find the video, edit it; add text and some “conscious music bi” and released ...

Osei Kwadwo,50, a Campaigner of 'John Mahama Come Back 2020'  who is duping people under the pretext of getting them Government Contracts, Visa and cars, has been arrested by National Security and the Police SWAT team . Osei Kwadwo, NDC Delegate of 'Oforikrom' in the Ashanti Region is imposing himself as a worker at the Jubilee House and has been able to convinced his victims that, he could use his powerful Connections to get them connected  for Visa's, Cars and jobs.  Interestingly, he has been able to lured more than One- Hundred (100) women to bed through this trick; he confessed. Whiles many who fell for the trick paid him between GHc 4000 to Ghc 6,100 . Osei Kwadwo's  Mobile Phone number Truecaller indicates " Office of the President- National Security ".  However, luck eluded him and was arrested by  Police SWAT team and National Security in his hideout in Accra on Friday, January 25,2019. He's currently before the Criminal and ...

Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta has said that the entire roads of the country including urban, feeder and highways comprising 72,381km of roads has only 23 percent paved and 77 percent unpaved. The roads Minister explained the paved roads as roads which have been tarred with bitumen; thus, this means that from independence of the country till date, Ghana can only boast of 23 percent of roads being tarred with bitumen, while 77 percent of the roads are yet to see bitumen. Speaking to Peacefmonline.com at the 'Meet-The-Press' series under the patronage of the Ministry of Information on Tuesday, Hon. Amoako-Atta said “it is very dangerous; we have a lot of work to do in Ghana. All of us as Ghanaians must bow down our heads in shame that a country like Ghana which is 62 years has 77 percent of roads unpaved”. According to him, complains of Ghanaians regarding bad roads are in the right direction and understandable; thus complains show the seriousness of G...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, revealed last week Tuesday, 15th January, 2018 that there will be a centralised computer placement system for applications to tertiary institutions next year. He said this when a delegation of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOFF) paid him a visit. This comes after a 9-member committee chaired by Professor Cliff Tagoe proposed for a Centralized University admissions and Placement Service (CAPS) to replace the current stressful and expensive system of applying to different Universities. The Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary, Prof. Yankah said a national committee on centralized admissions for Universities to be chaired by Prof. Adow Obeng will be formally inaugurated on Thursday, January 17, 2019, to facilitate the process. He added that exploratory visits have been made to UK and Nigeria by the Ministry of Education and Vice Chancellors and Registrars to understudy how the system works in the ...

The former Tiger Eye PI staff seeking police protection has revealed how he was abducted by his former colleagues to an uncompleted building at Tse-Ado a suburb of Accra and gun shots were fired in his face just to scare him. He was speaking exclusively to Adakabre Frimpong Manso. He revealed that one agent of Tiger Eye PI named Muda whom he knows and has worked with before, abducted him from his home in Accra and took him to a construction site at Tse-Ado owned by Anas Aremeyaw Anas. He said this was at a time the Tiger Eye team believed he has been divulging information about their work to Kennedy Agyapong. According to him, when they got there, the Muda guy took out a pistol and fired 3 loud warning shots over his head. He said when he started screaming and asking the Muda guy whom he had considered a brother why they wanted to kill him, the Muda guy did not utter a word but walked away.

An Educationist has said the government’s desire for a National Cathedral while Religious and Moral Education (RME) has been cancelled from the education curricula is contradictory. According to Daniel Fenyi, morality has totally broken down in Ghana to the extent that youths these days indulge in sexual immoralities with impunity. He cited the rise of leaked sex tapes on social media as evidence of a morally troubled society. He said the time has come for moral education to be emphasised and intensified at the basic education level, instead of being scrapped from the educational curriculum. Daniel Fenyi said building a National Cathedral for Christians to pray and perform other religious activities without giving children adequate moral education is a zero-sum move. Meanwhile, the Catholic Bishops Conference has said in a statement that RME  is a means that the Church has used over the years for character formation and transformation in schools and urged Governme...

Today is a happy day for the good people of Ghana. At long last, the people of Dagbon have, by the grace of God, a new Ya-Naa, bringing to an end decades of division, strife and tension in Dagbon. I send warmest congratulations to Yo-Naa, the Savelugu Naa, Abubakari Mahama, on his election, by the time-hallowed customary process, on Friday, 18th January, 2019, as the new Ya-Naa of Dagbon, following the completion of the final funeral rites of the late Ya-Naa Yakubu Andani II, on Friday, 18th January, 2019. The people of Dagbon, especially the Andani and Abudu Royal families, are to be congratulated for this achievement, and for ensuring that the funerals of Ya-Naa Mahamadu Abdulai IV and Ya-Naa Yakubu Andani II were held and concluded peacefully, bringing us to this very happy day. I thank the Committee of Eminent Chiefs chaired by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, together with the Overlord of Mamprugu, the Nayiri, Naa Bohugu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, and the Overlord of the G...

The MoFA Director with his team today paid a working visit to Green Gold Ghana a Social Enterprise base Zongo Macheri in the Krachi Nchumuru district in the Volta Region. Green Gold Social Enterprise a company that deals in Moringa Leafs, Oil and Poultry Production and also has an institution called Dreamivill where 20 entrepreneurs are trained. Green gold has an incubator which has a capacity of 1525 that can be used to hatch different types of eggs, solar dry for the drying of the leaf and oil press, for the processing of the oil. Green gold has also 20 acres of moringa farm. The Director for MoFA Abduial Ncheal said the purpose for their visit is to learn post-harvest losses.  He said post-harvest losses is one of the major factor which is affecting most farmers in the district and Ghana as a whole.  MoFA Director said Agric continues to be the backbone of Ghana economy, it is therefore necessary to support farmers to improve in the agricultural secto...