2015

President John Mahama has argued against fast development under dictatorships as against human freedom under democracies. Citing the Libya case, he said humans highly value freedom and the happiness it brings and if it were not so,…

Former President of Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba has been honoured by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation as the winner of the 2014 Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. He was presented with the prize in the presence of former…

Voting in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential and parliamentary primary elections in the Ashanti Region got off to a late start due to the late arrival of voting materials – indelible ink, ballot papers, voting…

The Controller and Accountant General's Department (CAGD) has deleted 5,861 ghost names from the pay rolls of public institutions between January and November, 2015. The CAGD said some of the cases identified as fraud had been referred…

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has met with key Agencies of the Ghana Nuclear Power Programme Organisation (GNPPO) in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the gaps in the roadmap of the country’s Nuclear Power Programme (NPP) Agenda.…

President John Mahama on Thursday observed that the set goal of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region to boost its votes in the 2016 elections could be attained with hard work. He was addressing a lively durbar in Ho…

The Presbyterian University College, Ghana (PUCG) has prescribed dressing code for its students and staff to avoid indecent dressing on the school’s various campuses. The President of the PUCG, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Obeng, who…

The Supreme Court by a five-zero ruling on November 11, unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by Prophet Miritaiah Jonah Jehu-Appiah, against his removal as Akaboha and Head Prophet of the Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC). The court…

President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday directed the Ministry of Health to declare the Volta Regional Hospital a Teaching Hospital. He said government was upgrading facilities at the hospital to that status as part of the…

Reports monitored on the international and social media say a dozen gunmen chanting ‘Allah Akbar’ have attacked a luxury hotel, Radison Blu in the capital of Mali, Bamako and taken about 170 guests and hotel staff hostage. Malian…