With a law on the anvil to allow operation of foreign education providers in India, a top consortium of research institutions from the US has evinced interest in collaborating with
Indian universities.
A delegation of Committee on I…
The Dean of the St. Peter's Anglican Cathedral, Koforidua, the Very Reverend Father Seth Amoako-Adu, has advised Christians not to allow the many secular activities organized during Easter to undermine its religious significance.
In …
The Right Reverend Dr. Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, Anglican Bishop of Kumasi, has called on Ghanaians to work towards the promotion of national peace, calm and political stability.
He advised people bent on creating confusion and anarchy in the…
Pastor Andrae Crouch, an American International gospel music legend on Good Friday evening turned the Accra International Conference Centre into a spirit-renewal cathedral as people from all walks
of life felt the presence of God with hi…
The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANAP), has expressed concern about on-going developments and violence in the Bawku Municipality.
A statement signed by Mr. Emmanuel Bombade, Executive Director of WANAP, appealed to all sta…
Mr Charles Cofie, Managing Director (MD) of Unilever Ghana Limited, on Thursday launched the company's Community School Partnership Project (CSPP), with a call on Ghanaians to take little but positive and inspiring actions in their various…
Right Reverend Professor Osei Safo- Kantanka, Methodist Bishop of Kumasi, has expressed concern about the upsurge of lawlessness in the country and said the situation has become a threat to the
national security and development.
He the…
Nearly USD 10 billion has been pledged in the Haiti Donor Conference to put the quake-hit nation back on its feet.
The conference, hosted by the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon along with his special envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton an…
Noting that the US is committed to share full information with the Indian government on Headley-Rana case, a top Obama Administration official has said that no decision has been taken
on giving Indian intelligence agencies access to Davi…
A Pakistani-origin taxi driver, with suspected links to HuJI chief Ilyas Kashmiri, has been indicted on charges of "knowingly" attempting to aid al-Qaida.
The FBI, which arrested Raja Lahrasib Khan on March 26, has accused the cabbi…
Militants attacked the Kashmir rail network for the first time, blowing up nearly two feet of track in Pulwama district, resulting in suspension of rail service linking South Kashmir with North Kashmir.
The ultras detonated an IED a…
Two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Rajouri district early Thursday.
Acting on a tip off about the movement of militants in Kanthole Gundi-Darrutelna in Kalakote, 130 kms from here, police …
Dr Lawrence Tetteh, a UK-based Ghanaian Evangelist, on Friday asked Ghanaians to view the act of nation building as a collective responsibility and strive to soar above parochial interests.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency at a four…
School Children in Yapei and Kusawgu in the Central Gonja District have embarked on a peaceful procession through some of the streets in the town to drum home the need for peace in the district.
The Human Help and Development Group …
ISRO is preparing to launch a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D3), powered for the first time by a home-made cryogenic engine, from Sriharikota spaceport this month, its chief K Radhakrishnan said on Friday.
"Preparation…
Christians in the Tema Metropolis on Good Friday filled church auditoriums and some school parks to mark the celebration of the Death of Jesus Christ.
Members of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Redemption Congregation at Tema Community…
Monsignor Raphael Owusu-Peprah of the Kumasi Metropolitan Catholic Archdiocese, has called on Christians to bear witness to the truth on daily basis to make society better off.
Monsignor Owusu-Peprah made the call, during mass to mar…
Christ's death must remind leaders of the need to sacrifice their time and resources for the benefit of the people they claim to lead, Pastor Jonas Henaku of the Transformed Life Ministry has
said.
He said: "The message of the cro…
The Berekum branch of the Musama Disco Christo
Church, celebrated Good Friday, with the call on Christians to eschew social vices that undermines national unity and cohesion.
Rev. Nana Agabus Agyapong, District Pastor of the church…
The Cape Coast District Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Dr. Albert Frank Anakwa, on Thursday, called on Ghanaians to eschew undesirable behaviours such as greed, jealousy and corrupt practices and endeavour to live i…
The Right Reverend Francis Amenu, Moderator of the
General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, on Good Friday, urged Christians to let goodness overcome evil in their daily lives.
He said in all things and under all ci…
HIV/AIDS programmes have been a double-edged sword to the country's health system, according to preliminary results from a study on practical strategies and solution on health.
It said in some areas HIV/AIDS programmes strengthened t…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, the Volta Regional Minister, on Wednesday inspected drains following the flooding of some major roads in town after a rainstorm on Sunday night.
The storm had blocked some roads making them impassable.
The …
Mr Oware Boateng, Ashanti Regional Manager of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), said 43 percent of pedestrians die in the country out of road accidents every year.
This is due to carelessness on the part of some drivers who…
The management of Agriculture Development Bank (ADB), the leading sponsor of National Best Farmer Awards, on Wednesday presented a three-bedroom house to the 2008 National Best Farmer, Dr. Simon Saku.
The house estimated at GH¢100,00…
Four top Pakistani militants belonging to terror group Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed and three jawans lost their lives in a two-day fierce gun battle in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir in north India that ended on Wednesday.
…
A pathologist on Wednesday narrated to an Accra Fast Track High Court, how he conducted autopsy on Alhaji Issah Mobilla, former Northern Regional Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), allegedly murdered by three soldiers.
Dr K…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday complimented Professor Nicholas Joseph Liverpool, President of the Dominican Republic, for his meritorious role in the development of Ghana's human resources in the late 1960s.
The Don taugh…
Dr. Alexis Nang-beifubah, the Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, has commended the Cuban Medical Brigade in the region for their enormous contributions to quality health delivery.
He said the Cuban doctors had always de…
The National Youth Council (NYC) has directed all youth clubs in the country to take immediate steps to register with the council as required by the law.
The measure is aimed at tracking the development of the youth, streamline their…
The Kwahu East District Assembly has awarded scholarships to 25 students including six psychically challenged persons to pursue further studies at the tertiary, second cycle and nursing training institutions in the country.
The Distr…
Mrs. Lucy Awuni, Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, on Wednesday said government was developing a three-year strategic plan tailored towards youth empowerment and employment.
She expressed concern about the lack of technical expert…
A fetish priestess, Florence Ammo, based at Dansoman in Accra, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Kade District Magistrate Court for defrauding a woman of GH¢4,700 promising to cure her sister of mental sickness.
Florence, also known …
Mr Anane Boadi, Chairman of the Kade Ghana Private Road Transport Union and a driver are facing trial at the Asamankese Circuit Court charged with agreeing or acting together to commit crime of offensive conduct.
The Chairman and the…
The family of the late Captain Donald Aberese Ako (Rtd) on Wednesday donated computers and their accessories worth GHc900 to the Sunburungu Library Project in the Upper East Region.
The project is under the Centre for Sustainable Rur…
Two persons died in separate accidents in the Eastern Region on Monday, when they were knocked down by speeding vehicles whiles crossing the roads at different locations.
The deceased were identified as Francis Kofi Nyarko 57, who wa…
The Bolgatanga branch of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Wednesday met public workers to brainstorm on the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP).
The Regional Chairman of TUC, Mr. Augustine Adongo Apambilla explained that the SSPP is aim…
The international community on Monday strongly condemned the twin Moscow metro suicide bombings that took place in the morning rush hour and left at least 38 people killed and 64 injured. Gabon's UN Ambassador Issoze-Ngondet, president of …
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood presented Certificates of Merit to Nepali students of the 8th Batch of Golden Jubilee Scholarship Scheme awarded by the Government of India.
The Golden Jubilee Scholarship Scheme was launched b…
In order to showcase a variety of Indian cuisine, its Embassy in Kuwait is set to organize Indian Food Festival in Kuwait from April 1-7 in association with a local company.
A top Indian chef accompanied by two experienced cooks fro…
Minister of State for IT and Communications Sachin Pilot met officials in the Obama administration looking after the sector to discuss issues like security and terrorism in the cyber space.
During his stay in Washington from March …
Hit by a shortage of officers, the government has decided to hire its retired employees to contribute in the conduct of the mammoth census exercise covering 1.2 billion residents spread over 35 states and Union Territories.
The gover…
The Trial of three Former Ministers and a Former Greater Accra Regional Chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP) opened on Wednesday at an Accra Fast Track High Court presided over by Mr Justice Bright Mensah.
The four are Richard Anane…
Authorities of Ghana Telecom University College (GTUC), on Tuesday opened the second edition of a career fair for the students and other potential job seekers in Accra.
The fair on the theme: "Securing a Future in a Technology Driven…
A watchman, Kofi Arko, was on Wednesday arraigned before a magistrate court in Cape Coast for allegedly murdering an alleged armed robber.
His plea was not taken and has been remanded in police custody to reappear on Wednesday, April…
Mr John Tia Akologu, Minister of Information, on Wednesday announced that government plans to organize a workshop for sector Ministers to discuss how mass communication should be done.
He explained that the way some Ministers of State…
Japanese consumer durables firm Panasonic on Wednesday said it will aggressively focus this year on its personal and beauty care products for which a new division will be launched.
"Personal care and beauty products business is minu…
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has inaugurated a nine-member Committee to plan and oversee the dredging of the Chemu Lagoon that is estimated to cost two million dollars.
The ad hoc Committee, which has a six-month mandate, has bee…
A leading Australian surgeon on Wednesday testified in a case related to the death of a patient operated by Indian-American doctor Jayant Patel, labelled by media as 'Dr Death', on the eighth day of his manslaughter trial.
Colorectal …
A new cosmopolitan magazine, "Discover Urban Style and Trend", an educative, interacting and entertaining publication on the daily activities within Accra, has been launched.
The magazine, which was launched on Thursday, is not for s…