2017

Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, has said the Government has agreed with the West African Examination Council (WAEC) not to start the West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) from February. He…

Parliament on Wednesday sent signals to the Executive Arm of Government and the Assembly Press over its displeasure over delay in making documents readily available to the House. Minority Chief Whip Alhaji Muntaka …

Advocacy for Social Intervention Ghana (ASIG) - a civil society organization, dedicated to the promotion social justice, has expressed disappointment at what it says is the inaction of the Chief Justice (CJ) over its petition against…

An Accra High Court has fixed December 6, to rule on a motion for variation of bail conditions filed by Aisha Huang and four other Chinese, who have been accused of engaging in illegal mining in the Ashanti Region. The court…

A farmer, 34, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by an Aflao Circuit Court for possessing dried leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp. Kudzordzi Mensah, pleaded guilty before the court presided over by Alhaji Ali Baba Abature. Mr.…

A one-day business journalism training workshop organised by NewsBridge Africa, a journalism and communication skills training not-for-profit organisation in collaboration with the World Bank Ghana Country Office was held in Accra…

The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), an NGO, has suggested that allowances for nurse trainees should be only paid to those willing to undertake courses in specialised areas such as Midwifery and Paediatric Nursing. …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta recently presented the 2018 budget on the floor of Parliament and that made the news for a while in the country. The budget was themed "putting Ghana to work." In the budget, the government…

Ghana on December 1, 2017, joins the rest of the globe to mark this year’s World AIDS Day (WAD), under the local theme: “The Right to Health: Know Your HIV Status, Seek Early Treatment”. World AIDS Day is marked annually to raise…

Africa is a major player in global trade but the continent’s performance is ironically abysmal. Africa’s share of global trade is low, and intercontinental trade is lowest compared to trade among other countries on other continents. Of…