Mr. Abdul-Shakur Saeed, a lawyer at the Attorney Generals' Department in Wa, has called for the amendment of Article 62(b) of the 1992 Constitution to enable young people to contest for the Presidency of Ghana.
He expressed worry tha…
Some residents in the Tema Metropolis had suggested that the President of Ghana and Members of Parliament (MPs) should be put on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).
They argued that being the Chief Administrator of the country, the…
The Electoral Commission is expecting to register about 180,000 new voters during the 10-day Revision of the Voters Register in the Western Region, Mr. Steve Opoku-Mensah, Regional Director of EC, said on Monday.
Speaking in an inter…
Mr Kwabena Okyere-Darko, Member of Parliament for Takoradi, has expressed the need for the amendment of the District Assembly Law to enable candidates for the impending district assembly
elections to contest on political platforms.
…
Leaders of opposition parties that formed two weeks ago the Alliance des D�mocrates pour le Changement (ADC) have called on their members not to go to the polling stations in the forthcoming presidential election scheduled for June 28 t…
The Mpraeso Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has re-elected Mr Emmanuel Attah Obeng, popularly known as Chairman Soborae, as chairman for another four year- term
at a delegates' conference at Kwahu Adawso.
Th…
Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos would pay a three-day State visit to Ghana from Sunday, June 20 to Tuesday, June 22.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Information in Accra on Wednesday by the Acting Director, Nee Agiri…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has reminded leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who want to contest President John Atta Mills for the presidential candidature of the party that none of them could jump over the fai…
Sri Lankan Sunday said the relationship between New Delhi and Colombo was "strong," as it dismissed suggestions that there was "pressure" from New Delhi" for an early political solution to the Tamil ethnic problem during the visit of Presi…
The Research Committee of the Tertiary Education Students Confederacy of NPP (TESCON) of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has donated items worth GH�1000.00 to the Northern
Youth for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo(NAYONA) at B…
The Commission of Human Rights and Administrative
Justice (CHRAJ), on Monday said that the powers of Parliament in exercising oversight responsibilities over state institutions were grossly under utilized.
"Article 103 of the 1992 C…
The Volta Regional Executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and their Constituency Chairmen have disengaged themselves from a group purporting to propose former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings as a NDC flagbearer for t…
All well-meaning activists and supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been asked to avoid acts, likely to undermine the achievement of the "Better Ghana Agenda" of the Mills administration.
The Ashanti Regional United…
All well-meaning activists and supporters of the
National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been asked to avoid acts, likely to undermine the achievement of the Better Ghana Agenda of the Mills
administration.
The Ashanti Regional Unit…
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon arrived in Freetown on Monday on a two-day visit on the invitation of President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma.
He was met at the Lungi International Airport by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Inter…
Ahead of its engagement in the process of bridging "trust deficit" with Pakistan, India has
asked it to "shed its insecurity" on asymmetries in sizes and capabilities between them, including the strategic leverage gained after Indo-US nuc…
Close on the heels of a highly successful Indo-US Strategic Dialogue early this month, as many as five Union Ministers are scheduled to visit
US next week to hold series of talks with their American counterparts.
"The visit of the …
The reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy will meet on Friday, India's Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said, a day
after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the panel to submit its report to the Cabinet i…
Mr Osman Bin Abdullah, Registration Officer for Apegya-Ahenema Electoral Polling Station at Asikuma in the Central Region, has described the voter registration exercise in the area as encouraging.
"Turnout is encouraging," he told th…
Participants at a stakeholders' consultative
forum on the review of the 1992 Constitution in Kumasi have expressed opposition to the extension of the President's four-year tenure.
They argued that since a President who performs wel…
Participants at a Consultative Forum on the 1992 Constitution at Afigya-Kwabre, have expressed the need for the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, to be mandated to fix the remunerations of
the Executive and the Legislature.
There …
Regional chairmen of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) have declared their support for President John Evans Atta Mills to lead the party in the 2012 general elections.
"We want to stay focused and put our shoulders to the …
The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Samuel Sarpong, has urged the youth of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stay away from violent acts.
He said such acts tended to paint bad picture of the party and undermine…
The frequent malfunction of cameras and photo printers in 11 electoral centres in the Central region is preventing a number of young people from being registered as eligible voters in national elections.
The areas include Agona Swedru…
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced its
decision not to award the 2010 edition of its legendary award of excellence for ex-African leaders.
A statement emailed to the Ghana News Agency on Sunday said, after a meeting by the Pri…
Members of Parliament (MP) were on Thursday urged to refrain from absenteeism, since it does not speak well of them as the nation's law makers.
"If you keep absenting yourselves for up to 15 days you will risk being sent to the Privi…
The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has organised the first ever constitution game competition for the police in the Kumasi Metropolis.
This formed part of efforts at helping security p…
The Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), was on Monday charge to initiate Administrative Justice Bill to provide a single comprehensive legal framework for adjudication.
Professor Kenneth Attafuah, Executive …
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is to launch a new initiative dubbed "Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships" a programme designed to identify and prepare the next generation of outstanding African leaders by providing them with mentoring opportunities …
With questions being raised over handling of the Bhopal gas tragedy, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday directed the Group of Ministers headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram to meet "immediately" and report to the Cabinet within …
Mr Paul Levin Gyato, Nkwanta North District Chief
Executive, (DCE) has announced plans to soon host a stakeholders' forum on the economic and tourism potentials of his area.
It would also consider the budding infrastructural re-engi…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the aspiring presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has appealed to supporters of the party not to be dampened by the defeat in the 2008 election but rather to unite and step up the campaign t…
Lauding India's "admirable" record in implementing the UNSC resolutions, the US has voiced confidence that the country would fully enforce the latest tough sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme.
"I think In…
The Voters' Registration Exercise took off without any incident at some centres in the Tema East Constituency on Friday.
Prospective voters, aged 18 years and above, who were unable to register in 2008, called at the centres on the comme…
Today June 12 marks the 61st birthday of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), a statement signed by the party's Communication Director, Mr William Dowokpor said the anniversary must spur
on the Nkrumahiast's unity agenda.
It said the…
Recalling historical links between India and Croatia, India's Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday said the bilateral relations would grow further, a day after Zagreb extended full support to New Delhi's bid for a permanent seat in the UN Se…
Indian ambassador to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, on Friday met Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and discussed developments in the country, a news report said.
Sood, who met the Prime Minister at his residence in the capital, discussed bilate…
Kartar Singh Lalvani, founder of pharmaceutical major Vitabiotics in Britain, is among a number
of Indian-origin figures honoured in the Queen's Birthday list released Saturday.
Lalvani, whose family fled to Mumbai from Karachi durin…
Vice President of India Hamid Ansari arrived here Saturday after his six-day two nation tour of Czech Republic and Croatia during which several bilateral agreements were signed.
During his first leg of the tour to Czech Republic,India…
US President Barack Obama has lauded an Indian American couple for their entrepreneurial skills and given them the honour to share the stage with him at an event at the White House.
"It's the promise of America that led Prachee De…
Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Minority Leader in Parliament on Friday asked Ministers of State who answer questions on the floor of Parliament to avoid attaching political strings and twists to their answers.
"If you choose that path we (…
Ghana and Spain on Thursday agreed to continue all outstanding bilateral cooperation stalled due to the absence of a substantive envoy from that country to Ghana.
Areas to receive immediate attention include collaboration between Spa…
Board of Directors of Banks must establish good risk management practices at senior levels with direct reporting to a committee of the Board to ensure effective monitoring and control of risk in their operations, Mr Kwesi B. Amissah-Arthur…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday registered his displeasure on infighting and perpetual disagreements within the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
He said that although disagreements were part of democratic dispensatio…
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday condemned destabilising acts against President John Evans Atta Mills by individuals with the objective of furthering the presidential
ambitions of some personalities within the pa…
Two New Patriotic Party (NPP) elders in Bawku, Alhaji Ablabila Amandi and Alhaji Yakubu Salifu, have appealed to Mr. Alan Kyerematen, an aspiring flag bearer of the party, to create more jobs for
the youth in Bawku should he become the P…
The nationwide voters' registration exercise experienced a low turnout at most of the registration centres in the Kumasi Metropolis on Friday.
The 10-day exercise provides opportunity for Ghanaians who have just turned 18 years and o…
Noting that India's successful experiment with women's reservation in local bodies was a 'silent revolution', a top US official told lawmakers
that American agencies would like to work with India to extend the example regionally.
Mel…
Croatia Thursday extended its full support to India's bid for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, saying it was logical for the country to have a prominent role in the world body considering its all-round development and vibrant d…
Togbe Kotoku XI, Paramount Chief of Kpenoe Traditional Area, on Thursday said Christians who pay tithes but do not honour their tax obligations would not receive any blessing from God.
He said God does not delight in cheating and unf…
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