2016

Ex W.O. 1 Henry Nii Sowah Otinkra, Head of the Family of the Nii Klu Din We, one of the gates of Teshie Stool has re-affirm the appointment of one Jonathan Adjetey Adjei as the Mankralo of Teshie. Mr Adjei was given the stool name; Nii…

The Upper West Region is short of 200 security personnel to help provide adequate security for the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. A total of 1,683 Security Personnel are required to provide adequate security during the…

Pressure group, Occupy Ghana has cautioned the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) against using pension funds to finance what it described as the latest 'phantom Woyome project'. According to the group, the government…

The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovations has cut the sod for the construction of a $30 million e-waste recycling facility at Agbogbloshie in Accra. Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Greater Accra Regional Minister, on…

The Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining, an environmental advocacy organisation, has asked the Government to suspend all mining activities in forest reserves and withdraw the leases of mining companies who conduct their…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it will continue to support the government of Ghana in its efforts to end food insecurity and malnutrition. The FAO Representative to Ghana Dr. Abebe Haile Gabriel has said that the UN…

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has sent a message of condolence to the Cuban people and family of the former President. Castro will be remembered for his leadership of the Cuban revolution and for advances in Cuba in the…

Namibia scores highest in the Global Entrepreneurship Index taking the 42nd position ahead of other prominent African markets, such as Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, a new entrepreneurship Index shows. Rwanda, Botswana and South Africa…

Going for Gold, a women empowerment programme that aims at working towards women living in and around artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mines in Ghana and Tanzania, has been launched in Accra. The partnership programme, which consists of…

President John Dramani Mahama over the weekend commissioned the reconstructed Western Railway Lines to facilitate movement of goods and passengers in a more rapid manner. The project consists of the development of a five-kilometre single…