A Gh¢2-million seed capital has been set up at the Renal Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) to support patients with kidney diseases to undergo renal dialysis.
First Sky Limited, a leading construction firm which is behind …
Global development goal will be missed without stronger international support
Global poverty is increasingly concentrated among a group of 48 countries, which are falling further behind the rest of the world in terms of economic develop…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has given Ghanaians thumbs up for the high sense of civic maturity they exhibited in last week’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
“As a people, our conduct during the elections r…
A two-week National Exhibition on Nature Conservation in Ghana has been opened in Accra with a call for private sector investments to promote the tourism potentials in the sector.
Increased investment in conservation and development of …
The Ministry of Health has presented a cheque for GH¢ 279,000 to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital as part of measures to help resolve the recent challenges facing the hospital.
The amount is part of the GH¢1 million approved by the go…
Following The Ghanaian Times report regarding the resumption of trading activities at undesignated sites at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, a taskforce led by the Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mr. Alfred Oko Vand…
Dedicated lanes for the Quality Bus System (QBS) have been completed and handed over to the Department of Urban Roads (DUR) in Accra. As a result, commuters along the Amasaman and Tudu stretch of the road will now use 90 minutes to reach t…
A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsenkyire, has ordered a caught with 44.30 grams of marijuana to be held in prison custody.Inusah Dramani, alias “Dagoe”, 21, pleaded not guilty to the offence and would make his next appe…
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, has been sworn in as the 9th United Nations Secretary-General at the UN headquarters in New York.
This was after he had taken the Oath of Office for his five year ter…
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2016 reveals that children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa have greater access to effective malaria control.
The report, which was made available to the Ghana News Agen…
The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr Angela El-Adas, has cautioned People Living with HIV (PLHIV) not to be swayed by claims and stories by some people and organisations parading as having a cure for the pandemic.
“…
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday called on the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs at Dodowa and appealed for an unflinching support from the chiefs.
He assured that his doors would be opened to them at…
The director-general of operations of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, says the police are in firm control to deal with the lawlessness by a section of society after the declaration of the…
The National Peace Council (NPC) has condemned attacks on state properties and some personalities by some youth associated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and asked the police to deal with the perpetrators as criminals, not as party su…
The National Peace Council (NPC) has condemned attacks on state properties and some personalities by some youth associated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and asked the police to deal with the perpetrators as criminals, not as party su…
The Yendi Municipal Security Committee has ordered the cancelation of the celebration of the Damba festival within the Yendi municipality and its surrounding communities.
The committee, upon series of deliberations, came to the conclusion…
The National Council and the entire membership of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) have extended their heartiest congratulations to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party for winning the December 7 election.
“W…
A ceremony has been held in Kumasi to mark the universal health coverage day with a call to governments to take steps to make quality healthcare accessible and affordable.
This comes against the background that globally in excess of 400…
A terrorist attack that hit Mogadishu seaport in Somalia yesterday has left dozens of casualties and many more wounded
A terrorist attack that hit Mogadishu seaport in Somalia yesterday has left dozens of casualties and many more wounde…
With this announcement, the United States is providing more than $291 million in humanitarian assistance since the 2016 fiscal year to people affected by the Boko Haram-related conflict and the related humanitarian crisis
The United Sta…
Mr. Mark Tetteh, the alleged leader of a mob that set ablaze a tollbooth at Fiapre, near Sunyani on Friday night, has been arrested by the Police. Police Sergeant Samson Gbande, the acting Brong-Ahafo Regional Public Relations Officer of …
Dr Bob Offei Manteaw, Head of Strategy and Senior Research Collaborator of the Africa Resilience Collaborative (ARC), has said the Ghana Business Alliance for Climate Leadership (GBACL) would be launched soon.
The initiative, which will…
Focus on Rural Mothers (FORM), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and some partners have awarded 14 brave women in the Birim Central Municipality with items worth GH?15,000.00 for their contributions to societal development.
The awar…
The Mole National Park could become a World Heritage Site by July next year if Ghana passes the evaluation test to list it.Mrs Johanna Odonkor Svanikier, Ghana’s permanent Delegate to UNESCO, who announced this, said the country’s prospect…
Intense trading at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange has resumed, after the lull last week, due to electioneering activities.
The pavements along the Interchange were taken over by traders who displayed their wares at both sides of the lane…
The police have closed the road in front of the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s, residence, leading to the De Youngsters International School at Nima, Accra to traffic.
Residents and other commuters who hitherto used that p…
A two-day meeting to review and validate the ECOWAS Gender and Elections Strategic Framework (GESF) and Action Plan began Monday in Abuja, Nigeria.
The ECOWAS GESF together with its Action Plan is meant to be an advocacy document for th…
Ghana’s President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed confidence in the professional ability of the Ghana Police Service and his preparedness to work with them to ensure the peace and security of the country.
“We have an o…
African governments have been called upon to resource the meteorological institutions in their countries to enable them to discharge their duties effectively.
The call was made by the Director-General of the Ghana Meteorological Agency …
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has commended Cabinet for approving the National Migration Policy and urged the Government to accede to the two statelessness conventions.
The conventions include the 19…
Five social amenity facilities, comprising a one-storey building of 20 units of lockable stores, two community health planning services (CHPS) compounds, a kindergarten and a three-unit classroom block, were over the weekend inaugurated in…
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says it is ready to work with the new administration to ensure that the economy continues on a path of growth.
“We will work together to ensure that the most vulnerable groups in society and on the la…
The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, has called on the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to condemn the attacks on political opponents by supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
That, he said, would en…
The Department of Social Welfare in the Bole District has registered 837 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).Four hundred of them are males, Mr. Stephen Mensah, the District Director, announced this at this year’s World Disability Day celebra…
The President of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA), Khalil Idrissi, has said any African country that exalts social media at the expense of its state News Agency has its future in jeopardy.
He has therefore urged…
Remember that time at school when you played a prank on your math teacher? The one with the curly hair and the pink-rimmed glasses? No? If you were told the story a few times, you might - even if it never happened.
A new study finds tha…
Over the last 25 years, the detection and management of breast cancer has changed significantly. A new analysis shows that, over this period, rates of death to breast cancer have fallen in most of the 47 countries examined. However, it als…
South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Monday it will issue a temporary nationwide ban on the transportation of poultry to contain the spread of bird flu, with 43 outbreaks recorded in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
The Ministry of …
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Nii Osa Mills has called for partnership between government and the private sector to develop the country’s tourist sites in order to make them more attractive.
Nii Osa Mills was speaking at…
The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has urged Muslims to continue to coexist peacefully with adherents of other religious faiths in the country. He said it was only through peaceful interaction among religious groups th…
Thengashep (Pty) Limited, an electrical engineering company, has handed over a computer laboratory to the Dua Junior High School in the Bongo District in the Upper East Region.
The computer laboratory, housed in a 49-footer steel air-c…
The Coalition of Domestic Observers (CODEO) has released its result from the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) of the 2016 Presidential Election, which is very close to that of the Electoral Commission (EC).
According to the CODEO results …
The Belle Bijou (beautiful jewel) Foundation is collaborating with the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to provide formal education to non-literates in the Kumasi met…
The Ghana National Scholarship Beneficiaries Association (GNASBA) has marked its 23 years with activities in Kumasi that promote health and the environment. As part of the activities, GNASPA organised a three-hour general clean-up exercise…
The Executive Director of Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights, Madam Vicky T. Okine, has called on government to prioritise primary health issues for all especially women and girls in the country.
She said a strong primary health ca…
President John Dramani Mahama has directed the security agencies to deploy personnel across the country to arrest any person caught vandalising government property or attacking innocent people.
A statement signed by the Minister of Comm…
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated one of his initial priorities would be to establish the Office of a Special Prosecutor as part of measures to deal with corruption.
The move, according to him was intend…
Professor Stephen Adams, Acting Rector of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has admonished graduates of Public Sector Management Training Programme (PSMTP) to impact the knowledge gained to improve administra…
At least 60 bodies have been recovered from a church that collapsed in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Uyo.
Some reports put the number much higher. The roof of the church caved in on worshippers who had gathered for the ordination o…
The Ghana Statistical Service has launched the Second National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS II) to cover the period 2017-2021.
NSDS II
The NSDS II provides strategic direction for the production of statistical dat…
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