2011

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and some partners will soon be assessing Ghana’s preparedness to be declared a Guinea worm-free country. Ghana, in July 2011, celebrated success in breaking the transmission of Guinea worm – a…

A 40-year-Toll Collector of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA); Francis Nii Okai, on Thursday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old pupil. The victim who is the daughter of Nii Okai’s girlfriend is 24…

Kumasi Polytechnic has acquired a 200-acre land at Kwanwoma in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District for the establishment of an Entrepreneurship Village. The Village would have model crop and aquatic farms as well as small scale industries for…

Brigadier-General Richard Kwame Opoku-Adusei, General Officer Commanding (GOC), Northern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has underlined the need for understanding and solidarity between the military and the Ghana Police Service.…

Mr Dan Botwe, the Member of Parliament for Okere, on Thursday pledged to promote tourism in the area in order to generate revenue to support development. He said Okere area abounds in  tourist attractions that were almost unknown including…

As you walk from the Kpong lorry park to the Volta lakeside, you are greeted by the bad nature of the road network that leads to the arena where fisher folks dock to sell fish, mainly Tilapia. But nothing compares to walking along the lake…

Cameroon has built the first gas plant to feed industrial energy requirements in sub-Sahara Africa. The country has invested $90 million into the project. There is huge potential market for gas usage by some industries in Duoala - Cameroon…

The Road Transport Operators on Thursday announced increases in transport fares with immediate effect following the upward adjustment  in prices of petroleum products by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). A statement issued in Accra…

More people in Africa’s poorest countries have mobile phones than bank accounts. That reality is spurring mobile service companies to explore how they can capture a share of the potential banking market by enabling migrants from these…

The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, closes Wednesday session flat at 967.01 points same as on Friday December 23. The year-to-date loss still stands at 3.30 per cent. The…