Ghana: Road accidents kill 520
Five hundred and twenty people died in road crashes in 3,512 accidents nationwide in the first quarter of 2014. In addition, 3,301 people sustained various degrees of injures in the process. According...
View Article“I have a child with Ofori Amponsah” – Aisha Modi
Aisha Modi, US based Ghanaian music and events promoter has disclosed that she has a child with ‘repented’ artiste Ofori Amponsah, now Prophet Ofori Amponsah.Aisha is now taking care of a 10-year-old...
View Article9 schools score zero percent in BECE in Agona West
A total of nine schools in the Agona West Municipality of the Central Region scored zero percent in the 2013 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).Mr. Samuel Oppong, Agona West Municipal...
View Article‘Surplus politics, deficit of ideas; bane of Ghana’s dev.’
President of the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), Dr. K.Y. Amoako says Ghanaians have been dogged by extreme party politics that has negated important national policies for...
View ArticleGender Strategy Job Opening
CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP A GENDER STRATEGY Food Security through Co-operatives in Northern Ghana (FOSTERING) Project Terms of Reference Consultancy to Develop a Gender Strategy 1.0 Background...
View ArticleThe Senchi Consensus
The three-day National Economic Forum ended at Senchi yesterday, with a call on the state to, as a matter of urgency, continue to execute projects and programmes commenced by previous governments.The...
View ArticleGhana Participates in CFAB Event in London
The staff at the Ghana High Commission in London, flew high the Ghana flag and made Ghana shine at the 55th International Spring Fair and Food Festival held in London.The event also marks the...
View ArticleKan-Dapaah heads Centre for Public Accountability at UPSA
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana’s fastest growing public university has appointed Hon. Dr. Albert Kan-Dapaah as Director for its new Centre for Public Accountability. The...
View ArticleKan-Dapaah Heads Centre for Public Accountability at the UPSA
[Accra, 20/05/2014] The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana’s fastest growing public university has appointed Hon. Dr. Albert Kan-Dapaah as Director for its new Centre for Public...
View ArticleWitches camp nationwide tragedy — First Lady
The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo articulated and affirmed the relationship between advancement and fulfilment of rights and gender equality and...
View Article‘Women, children need empowerment to achieve dreams’
The Deputy Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr. Richard Quayson, has advised female leaders of various religious bodies to take a giant step to...
View ArticleFinally, Praye group is dead!
After a long period of speculation, hopes and doubts, Praye, the very hot trio that rocked the hip life scene for about five years with hit songs such as Angelina, Shordy, Wo Din, New Dance and...
View Article“Senchi Declaration can’t meet all expectations”– Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday said the Senchi Declaration might not have met the aspirations of Ghanaians, but it certainly presented the nation a way forward to consolidate its economic...
View ArticleMuhammad-The Misunderstood Messenger of Mercy
Muhammad-The Misunderstood Messenger of Mercy & Magnanimity to Mankind “I looked into history for a human paradigm(role model) and found it in Muhammad.” —- Wolfgang Goethe, a German Poet, a...
View ArticleLet’s groom independent thinkers – Prof. Kwapong
A lecturer at the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Olivia Kwapong, has suggested the need for the nation to groom independent thinkers for the...
View ArticleMental health cases increase in Tolon District
The Mental Health Unit of the Tolon District Health Service has expressed concern over the increasing rate of mental health cases being recorded in the district.Mr. Issah Musah, Tolon District Mental...
View ArticleGhana would not sign EPA unless…
Trade Minister Haruna Iddrisu has said that Ghana will not rush to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement unless issues which are in the overall interest of Ghana are met.“Ghana would like to have a...
View ArticleThree institutions sign agreement to assist pregnant women
The Ghana Health Service (GHS), the Nkoranza Municipal Assembly and transport unions in the Municipality are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable drivers offer emergency services to...
View ArticleFormation of groups around individuals wrong – Kwabea Agyepong
General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyepong, has said he does not recognise emerging splinter groups in the party. He said the party only recognises those by the NPP...
View ArticleNDC USA launch Operation 2016 in Dallas
The NDC USA, on Saturday May 24 and 25th 2014 held a special biennial conference in Dallas Texas. Enthusiastic members, patrons, friends, supporters, and National party executives from Ghana converged...
View ArticlePresident visits Takoradi port to assess ongoing works
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday paid a brief working visit to the Takoradi Port to acquaint himself with the progress of expansion works after cutting the sod late last year.The...
View ArticleMedical screening for the aged in Adukrom
More than 100 elderly persons from Adukrom in the Akuapem North District in the Eastern Region have benefitted from a free medical screening.The exercise was organised by the Onua Pa Foundation, a...
View ArticleWorld Bank pump funds into social protection
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved continuing support to government’s empowerment of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to expand social opportunities for...
View Article“Journalists must be supported”– Thomas S. Saras
“Journalists must be supported by those who are controlling Democratic Governments”-Thomas S. SarasFrom Joe Kingsley Eyiah, City Hall, Toronto-CanadaThe President of the National Ethnic Press and...
View ArticleTony Baffoe: Africa stronger than people think
In an interview with German newspaper “Sueddeutsche Zeitung,” Ghanaian football legend and official Anthony Baffoe told readers about Africa’s new strength, Ghana’s World Cup chances and the long way...
View ArticleSeparate economic development from partisan politics – Ayariga
Ghana will not make the giant economic progress it envisages unless it separates the pursuit of economic development from partisan politics, the 2012 presidential candidate of the People’s National...
View ArticlePublic Accounts Committee to get USAID, GIZ support
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH are jointly supporting the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of...
View ArticleOtumfuo cuts sod for the construction of Kumasi mall
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, over the week end, cut the sod for commencement of construction works on Kumasi’s first modern shopping complex at Asokwa, a suburb of Kumasi.The USD 110 million...
View ArticleGhana set to issue Voluntary Partnership Agreement licenses
Ghana is set to become the first country in the world to issue the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licenses, under the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with the European Union...
View ArticleNDC turns 22 years tomorrow
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be 22 years tomorrow.The NDC, which was formed on June 10,1992 emerged on the country’s political scene with a strong conviction of becoming the alternative...
View ArticleDaddy Lumba shuts down London @ ‘Legends Night’ concert
Legendary Ghanaian musician Charles Kwadwo Fosu known widely in showbiz as Daddy Lumbabroke his 12 years absence from London as he together with Castro and smooth singing Kofi Nti turned the Dominion...
View ArticleNaadu Mills, Kufuor to be honoured in Italy
The Ga-Dangme Association in Italy is to honour former First Lady Naadu Mills and former President John Agyekum Kufuor for the roles they have played in promoting education in Ghana.The Association...
View ArticleCanadian singer Akin release new single “Harmony” in time for the World Cup
Canadian singer Akin has released his new single “Harmony” in time for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™. The new single embodies the spirit of the games to promote peace and fight all forms of...
View ArticleNetherlands gives Ghana 150m Euros to improve water & sanitation
Ghana and The Netherlands are implementing a Water Sanitation and Hygiene Programme to address the deplorable water and sanitation conditions in the country.The Dutch government funded programme is a...
View ArticleOSCAR out with new rules
The organisers of the Academy Awards are putting rules in place for next year to prevent any missteps in the film campaign process targeting the music categories.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...
View ArticleStudents call for interpreters for deaf patients in hospitals
Students of the School for the Deaf in Wa in the Upper West Region have called for the provision of interpreters at various health facilities to enable deaf patients relate their problems to medical...
View ArticleWe succeeded in ‘selling’ Ghana in Brazil – John Dumelo
Actor John Dumelo, one of the celebrities sent to Brazil to champion Ghana’s off-the-field campaign at the 2014 World Cup has said their main purpose of promoting Ghana at the tournament was achieved...
View ArticleI can’t change my life- Stonebwoy
At age 26, dancehall genius Stonebwoy has a pleasant and warm personality uncommon among his peers and quite unusual for a contemporary dancehall musician.Chief Executive of Burniton Music Group,...
View ArticleCriticism of sanitary pad scholarship unfounded – Nana Oye
The Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection has described as unfounded, reactions by some members of the public to the inclusion of sanitary pads in the scholarship package for students.In a...
View ArticleGhana gets $6m support to end child marriages
The Dutch Government, in collaboration with UNICEF, has approved a grant for $6m to Ghana for child protection programmes.This was announced at the launch of a joint programme on child marriage...
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