http://news.peacefmonline.com/rss/social.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2010-03-18T18:52:41+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40392.php Reporters without borders, a team of global media monitors, have ranked Ghana first in press freedom on the African content and 27th in the world. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40392.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40389.php Reports reaching peacefmonline.com say the Brong Ahafo Regional Police Commander, DCOP Seth Oteng, has been re-called to the Police Headquarters in Accra. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40389.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40388.php The Goaso District Police Command has mounted a search for the founder of Holy Fire Pentecostal Church, Prophet Nana Sefa aka Ogya Nyame, who has been accused of sexually harassing female congregants. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40388.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40382.php A legal practitioner, Kwame Gyan, who has studied Ghana’s chieftaincy institution extensively, says the status of the Asantehene is above all other chiefs in the country. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40382.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40378.php The allegation by the Akyempimhene of Kumasi, Oheneba Adusei Poku, on an Accra-based radio station, and that of the Asanteman Council that Oseadeeyo Ameyaw Ekumfi IV, Paramount Chief of the Techiman traditional area, has been going round allegedly claiming that he was untouchable because of his affiliation with the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pushed the latter to come out with a disclaimer. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40378.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40358.php Two days after The New Crusading Guide had published a story to the effect that a request by the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to Parliament for the release of Mr Richard Anane and Dr Akoto Osei for their caution statements on the Ghana International Airlines (GIA) probe saga had seriously backfired because the laid down procedure was not followed, and that development had created a ‘temporal roadblock’ in the way of the Attorney-General’s quest to prosecute Dr Anane and Dr Akoto Osei on a variety of charges at the courts, the CID outfit has once again missed the mark. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40358.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40348.php A seven-member jury was yesterday, 17th March, 2010 empanelled by the Accra Fast Track High Court to try the case of the three soldiers charged with the murder of the Northern Regional Chairman of the Convention People’s Party, Alhaji Issah Mobilla. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40348.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40347.php Prosecutors yesterday preferred additional charge against Nana Kwasi Yirenkyi, Head Pastor of Jesus Blood Prophetic Ministry at Oblogo in Accra, who is being tried for having sex with her 10-year-old daughter. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40347.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40341.php The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Special Taskforce has embarked on an operation to confiscate musical instruments from some recalcitrant churches and drinking bars whose activities create a high level of noise above the permissible decibel. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40341.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40324.php Shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Sunyani is having an adverse effect on the activities of commercial drivers, notably taxi operators, in the municipality. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40324.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40313.php The trial of the Infamous Issa Mobilla murder case begun in earnest at an Accra Fast Track high court with the swearing in of a six member all male jury to adjudicate the case. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40313.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40311.php The Manhyia Palace is calling for restraint as efforts are made to resolve a dispute between Asanteman and the chief of Techiman. The call for restraint follows attacks on bus drivers in both Kumasi and Techiman after the Asantehene threatened to have the chief of Techiman kidnapped in retaliation for the kidnapping of the chief of Tuobodom. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40311.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40310.php A Circuit Court at Mpraeso, presided over by Mr Alex Owusu Ofori, has ordered a 32-year-old unemployed man to sign a bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months or in default go to prison for 24 months for indecently assaulting a three-year-old girl. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40310.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40308.php Three policemen who were on duty at Bole on Tuesday were attacked and an AK 47 rifle snatched away by three robbers who were ridding unregistered motorbikes. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40308.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40307.php Commercial drivers and domestic users of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) will heave a huge sigh of relief following delivery of the product to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40307.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40306.php Indian Automobile Manufacturer Mahindra Motors will in May this year, supply 1000 tractors to farmers across the country. The company is also expected to set up a servicing and training plant to complement the existing one in Kumasi to serve farmers in the Northern and Southern sectors of the country. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40306.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40305.php Monkeys pay more attention to females than to males, according to research. Scientists studying wild vervet monkeys in South Africa found that the animals were better able to learn a task when it was demonstrated by a female. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40305.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40301.php A circuit court in Accra has been told that a pastor popularly known as Jesus One Touch, repeatedly raped his 10-year-old daughter every day before going to church. State prosecutor Sarah Quarcoo has told the court that after raping the little girl, the pastor would use a white handkerchief to wipe the sexual fluids, which he took with him to the church. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40301.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40274.php A high-powered delegation of Ashanti chiefs and lawyers stormed the Sunyani Magistrate Court ‘B’ yesterday, in solidarity with the Tuobodomhene, Nana Bafour Asare III, who was allegedly kidnapped by the Techimanhene, Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV, at Wenchi recently. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40274.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40272.php The National Security Advisor, Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd), yesterday appealed to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and his chiefs to exercise restraint while government investigates the Tuobodom impasse. http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201003/40272.php