Professor Kenneth A. Attafuah, an International Human Rights Consultant has stressed the need for human rights education in secondary schools to instil the cardinal values of integrity, discipline, self-respect and democratic practice amo…
President John Agyekum Kufuor in consultation with the Council of State has nominated Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood for appointment as the new Chief Justice of Ghana.
A press release signed by Mr Andrew Awuni, the Press Secreta…
Contrary to expectations Dormaa-Ahenkro, the hub of the poultry industry in the country, last Wednesday received reports of the appearance of the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in Tema with relative calm.
Investigations conducted by Ghan…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) have launched a joint handbook for lawmakers to help them devise the necessary strategies, from introducing legislation to allocating public funds, to pro…
Cash and property worth millions of cedis were destroyed when the house of a 62-year-old widow caught fire at Acherensua in the Asutifi North District of the Brong-Ahafo region.
The whole compound house consisting of about 14 room…
Volta Region recorded 53.1 per cent passes in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in 2006.
Six out of the 15 districts in the region improved in their performance over 2005.
They were Kpando, Krachi West, Nkwant…
A thirty-eight-year-old pregnant mother of four, died on the spot when a truck she was travelling on somersaulted at the outskirts of Garu on Tuesday.
Asiini Laari was said to be returning home on board the truck together with othe…
The Civil Society Coalition on Land has presented a communiqué to the Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines to support the smooth implementation of the Land Administration Project (LAP) in Accra.
The communiqué draws attention to so…
Mr. Kwabena Agyemang-Badu, Nkoranza District Director of Education, has urged candidates for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to avoid examination malpractices or would be made to face the full rigours of…
The authorities of Saint Anne's Anglican School Complex in Kumasi have been accused of preventing three candidates of the school from writing their last paper of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which ended last Friday.…
Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, Northern Regional Minister has urged radio stations in the region to be circumspect about drug related advertisements.
He asked them to broadcast such advertisements in accordance with the ethics of advert…
The Osu Stand of the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium, Accra has reached its completition point as predicted by the contractors - Micheleti and Company Ghana Limited.
Micheleti, the main contractors working on the project predicted three w…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) honoured the Anlo Secondary School for emerging the champion of the Seventh Constitution Game competition for second cycle schools.
The competition that formed part of activities ma…
India's largest automobile company TATA Motors launched a new model in its Indigo XL range, which comes with a longer wheel base.
The new Indigo XL Classic is available in petrol and diesel variants and is priced at Rs.535,000 and …
Iraq has invited Indian companies to build a 8-10 million tonne refinery as the war-ravaged country rebuilds its energy sector.
"We had a very good meeting with Iraqi Oil Minister, Hussain Al-Shahristani Wednesday in Riyadh and he i…
An American couple, Mr. Kirt and Hilda Bromley, Chief Executive Officers of 'Books for Africa', an NGO, has presented 15,000 assorted books to a new library complex at Drobo in Jaman South district of Brong Ahafo.
The library comple…
Mr. Peter Tenganabang Nanfuri, former
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), was outdoored as the Paramount Chief of the Jirapa Traditional Area with the skin name, Naa Ansoleh Ganaa II.
Naa Ganaa, who is the grandson of the first Chi…
As leaders from the European Union (EU) and the United States meet in Washington next Monday
for their annual summit, transatlantic economic integration will top their agenda.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is holdin…
Mr Joe Donkor Issachar, Head of the Ghana Civil Service, stressed the need for personnel in the Civil Service to constantly upgrade themselves to meet the challenges of the future.
"It is not the Civil Service per say that is bad bu…
The authorities of the Juaso District Hospital in the Asante-Akim South District have expressed grave concern about the increasing public outcry about fees charged by Hospital to convey patients to referral health facilities in its ambula…
The Asante-Akim North District Assembly has taken steps to boost the NEPAD School Feeding Programme in the District.
The Assembly has taken advantage of the vacation of basic schools to assemble the various cooks engaged under the pr…
The Methodist University College (MUCG) unveiled a five-year strategic plan, which gives the school a blueprint to undertake specific development projects between 2006 and 2011.
It is also designed to enable the university to take a …
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr. Yaw Barimah has observed that recent crimes in the country were becoming sophisticated and the country seems to be overwhelm by crime.
He said the country therefore, needed a sophisticated police …
A delegation of Provincial Commissioners from the office of the President of Kenya arrives in Ghana on Saturday to understudy Ghana's conflict prevention approaches.
A statement in Accra on Friday signed by Mr Iddrisu A. Siddiq, Pub…
The Right Reverend John Harvey-Ewusi, Methodist Bishop of the Sekondi Dioceses, said moral education was necessary for the nation's growth and poverty reduction.
He said moral growth could be achieved through the assistance and recognit…
The Most Reverend Dr Justice Offei Akrofi, Archbishop of the Church of Province of West Africa and Anglican Bishop of Accra, urged society to be circumspect and not play politics with peoples names and dignity.
He said it was import…
President John Agyekum Kufuor urged Ghanaians not to let the demise of the Chief Justice, Mr Justice George Kingsley Acquah diminish the commitment of the nation towards the reformation of the processes for the administration of justice.
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The Minister of State at the Office of the President, Ms. Elizabeth Ohene has stated that a nation requires the dynamism, the awkward questioning, the enthusiasm and even exuberance of it's young people. Ghana would move forward rapidly w…
Mr. Patrick Seidu Zakari-Saa, Northern Regional Director of the Department of Women said parents at Saboba in the Saboba/Cheriponi District were using various means to withdraw their female children from schools for marriages.
He sa…
Reverend Emmanuel Yaw Agyei, the West Akyem Presbytery Chairperson on Wednesday urged Christians to intensify their evangelism to help change society for the better.
He expressed the worry that people like drug peddlers and armed ro…
Togbega Gabusu the VI, President to of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs refused to accept an offer to chair the opening ceremony of a local governance seminar in Ho until its organizers apologized for the late start of the programme.
…
Mr Mohammed Amin Adam, Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), has inaugurated an 11-member committee instituted to oversee the distribution of relief items for the Tamale rainstorm disaster victims.
The committee will be respons…
The Northern Network for Education Development (NNED), an NGO has commended the government for its relentless efforts to provide quality education for all children in the country.
It welcomed the gains made through the introduction …
The Government has urged students of the University of Ghana to remain calm while government discusses their concerns about the new residential policy with the authorities with a view to addressing them.
A statement signed by Papa O…
A total of 635 youths have been employed under the National Youth Employment at Nkwanta in the Volta Region from May last year to March 2007.
Mr Joshua Makubu, Nkwanta District Employment Coordinator told the Ghana News Agency that …
The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has vowed to crack down on unjustified price
hikes for essentials, local newspaper Gulf News reported.
A statement released by the Ministry of Economy on Wednesday was quoted as sayin…
Pollution is a real concern now for the Beijing Olympic organizers but the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) believed it would turn for the better when the Games comes, said IOC member Hein Verbruggen here.
Verbruggen, who is ch…
The Mankranso magistrate court has remanded a 35-year-old farmer of Yaw-Kobikrom near Mankranso in the Ahafo-Ano South district in prison custody for murder.
The plea of Kwame Yankyera was not taken and would re-appear on May 22.
…
Ministers of State, New Patriotic Party (NPP) members, friends and sympathizers of the late Madam Hawa Yakubu, First Vice National President of NPP met in Accra to express their condolences to the family of the deceased.
The meetin…
The Black Stars of Ghana lost by a lone goal to the Samba Boys of Brazil in an international friendly game played in Sweden.
The only goal of the game was scored by Vagna Love in the 17th minute when he capitalized on poor making …
Mr. Patrick Issahaku Zakari-Saa, Northern Regional Director of the Department of Women, has expressed concern that some cultural and religious practices impeded the fight against HIV/AIDS.
He said "Some people have misinterpreted so…
Mr. Kweku Tuoho Bombason, a level 300 student of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Nyankpala Campus, has commended the National Executive Committee of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) for successfully negotiating fo…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has issued a two-week ultimatum to hawkers who were allocated spaces at the Pedestrians Shopping Mall at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle to occupy them immediately or lose them.
Mr Stanley Adjiri-Blankson,…
A Tuberculosis patient in Sinazongwe district in Zambia has advised government to sensitise rural communities in order to help discard myths that indicated that TB is caused through witchcraft.
Eliya Gotomani is of the view that the …
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, sat in state to receive homage at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi as part of activities to mark Akwasidae.
People from all walks of life were at the palace to be part of this great festivity.
The Vice-Pr…
About 160 athletes drawn from the ten regions and the security agencies participated in this year's National Cross country Competition in Tamale with the Ghana Armed Forces and the Central Region emerging as winners of the men and women ra…
Kenyan authorities have beefed up security ahead of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships starting in the coastal city of Mombasa.
Mombasa police boss, Wilfred Mbithi, said on Wednesday…
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has met with Lebanese and Israeli armies to discuss how to implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1701, local newspaper The Daily Star reported.
UNIFIL Commander Major-General C…
Hundreds of families are fleeing the restive Somali capital of Mogadishu following fierce battle between insurgents and Somali government
troops backed by Ethiopian soldiers.
There is a tense calm in the capital Thursday but an interm…
Mr Oscar Kweku Appiah, Chairman of the Mankessim
Number Three branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has appealed to the courts to give drivers a hearing when they appeared before them for committing traffic offences.
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