Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor, has been appointed a Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). A congratulatory message on UGLE’s Facebook page announced the appointment by the UGLE’s Grand Master, Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, who is the longest serving Grand Master.

Newly-promoted Newcastle United will make a final decision whether to sign Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu in May. The Magpies can activate a clause and make the Ghana winger’s stay at St James’ Park permanent, but Rafa Benitez will first weigh up whether Atsu is good enough to be part of Newcastle’s Premier League campaign.

Lets face it, the English Premier League is the Golden Fleece that all along the television and content value chain seek. When you find it, you know you are on to something very previous and you protect it with all the strength and guile at your disposal.

The Traditional Authorities and people of the Nandom Traditional Area in the Upper West Region have out-doored a 43-year- old educationist, Mrs Alfredina Yabepone Kokoih as the first queen-mother of Domomangye at a colourful ceremony over the week-end.   Mrs Kokoih whose stool name is Naa Nang-Der Daawie Kokoih I is the first queen-mother of Domangye, a suburb of Nandom because hitherto, the position was not recognised in the tradition

A Principal Medical Officer at the Trust Hospital, Accra, Dr Maurice Dolla, has expressed concern about rising levels of weight and high blood pressure (BP)-related conditions in the country, especially among the youth. He said the conditions, commonly termed ‘metabolic syndrome’,  were gradually becoming an epidemic in the country and called for urgent changes in lifestyles to contain the situation.

Former Ghana and Bayern Munich defender, Samuel Osei Kuffour, will bury his mother, Gloria Abena Ateah on Saturday, April 29 in Kumasi. Madam Ateah passed away last February after a short illness in Kumasi.

Some Ghanaian economists have urged the government to strictly adhere to prudent financial management in rolling out its industrialisation and agricultural policies. The Institute of Chartered Economists of Ghana (ICEG) said the weak economic fundamentals demanded that the government spent only within its budget.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched this year’s edition of Ghana’s Fastest Human athletics programme with a promise to support the GNPC-sponsored competition with eight autographed trophies to be presented to winners at the finals.

A designer was last Tuesday sentenced to a nine-month jail term by the Accra Circuit Court for defrauding a pastor of GH¢8,000 under the pretext of facilitating his enlistment into the security services. Apart from the custodial sentence, the convict, Henry Kwashie, was also ordered by the court, presided over by Mrs Ruby Naa Ayikai Aryetey, to pay a fine of GH¢3, 600 or in default serve an additional nine months in jail.

Former men's champion Jeff Bagerbaseh moved into the quarter-finals of the 2017 McDan West African Open Championship after defeating compatriot Pascal Ziyab 6-1, 6-3 at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday, to set up a clash with Bernard Dugbah.

An auctioneer who auctioned vehicles of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) was the centre of  attraction at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament when he was grilled over the role he played to earn a commission of GH¢33,000. Mr Alex Agyei of Alex Mart Auctioneering, who was engaged by the ministry, auctioned vehicles to the tune of GH¢491, 553 for which he was paid seven per cent as his commission from 2011 to 2013.

A 38-year-old second-hand clothes dealer is currently fighting for her life at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra after she was allegedly set on fire by a co-tenant, Godwin Tetteh, at Alajo in Accra. The suspect, a 43-year-old bar attendant, who allegedly set Cindy Aidoo on fire in the wee hours of last Monday in his room, has since been arrested by the Kotobabi Police.

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Ms Gloria Afua Akuffo, has expressed concern over the failure of tertiary institutions to patent their intellectual property.

Logging activities generated a total of GH¢60 million in the form of royalties over the last six years (2010-2015), a study on some selected District Assemblies’ (DAs) use of timber royalties, has revealed.

Parents have been advised to stop misusing treated mosquito nets and put them to proper use to avoid getting malaria. Addressing this year’s World Malaria Day, held at Takpo in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region (UWR) last Tuesday, the Nadowli–Kaleo District Public Health Nurse, Madam Theresa Tampie, said she  was unhappy that malaria was still the highest case recorded at the Out-Patient Department (OPD) in the region.

The Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Constituency, Mr Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has said he will file a complaint with the police against an unlawful action carried out by alleged security operatives for invading his home over missing government vehicles.

The Brong Ahafo Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victims’ Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Setina Aboagye, has called for a strict implementation of laws that ban all obnoxious cultural practices.  She said traditions, such as the one that bars widows from engaging in economic activity until 40 days after the burial of their husbands, and other social norms and practices

Development, Research and Innovation Centre (YOUDRIC), a Ghanaian non-governmental organisation (NGO), is implementing a project designed to improve the performance of students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District in the Central Region. Currently, the NGO is working in the Ashanti, Eastern and Central regions towards the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4)  to ‘Ensure inclusive

Supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been urged to calm down as the government yesterday released a list of 212 municipal and district chief executives to lead its vision at the district level.

Security has been beefed up at Zebilla in the Bawku West  District in the Upper East Region following the vandalisation of property at the Bawku West District Assembly by a group of irate NPP youth last Tuesday. The protests were against the appointment of Madam Victoria Ayamba as the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area.