Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa, has presented items costing 12 million cedis to four communities in his constituency.
The items included a corn mill to Amotare Community, two packets of roofing sheets …
Ms Sophia Honner-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister, has cautioned supporters of political parties against organising "Keep Fit" exercises to incite trouble in their communities.
She said it was good to exercise the body regularl…
Mr Crosby Ashun, Headmaster of Mfantsipim School, on Saturday confirmed rumours that some students in second cycle institutions in the country engaged in occultism.
He said the practice had assumed high dimensions and needed to be ch…
Prof Akilakpa Sawyerr, the Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities (AAU), has appealed to African governments to give more support for institutions of higher learning, particularly the universities.
He said this …
Ms Comfort Anderson, a 48- year-old woman from Twifo Mintaso, was on Friday adjudged the best farmer in the Twifo-Heman-Lower Denkyira District at the district's 'Farmers' Day', at Ankaako.
Fifteen farmers including Mr Abraham Odoom…
Alhaji Hamzar Umar Danjumah, the Volta Regional Imam, on Saturday expressed concern about the inability of Christian and Moslem leaders to bring erring public figures, especially politicians, to order.
He said as guardians of the spiritu…
Muslim in Winneba and its surroundings villages on Saturday converged at an open space at Alatakokodo, a suburb of the town, to celebrate the Ed el Fitr.
Alhaji Gibril Abubakar Ahmadu, the chief Imam of the Winneba district who led th…
Maulvi A. Wahab Adam, Ameer and Missionary in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, on Saturday urged Ghanaians to divest themselves of rancour, acrimony and divisive tendencies and work together to build a strong nation.
He said con…
The national congress of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) opened in Accra on Saturday to enable members to discuss how to advance the objectives of the association.
High on the agenda is the consideration of the proposed amendm…
The Eastern Regional Branch of the Federation of Muslim Women of Ghana has presented items worth 2 million cedis to three institutions in the Akuapem South and Suhum -Kraboa-Coaltar districts.
The items that included second hand clot…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko beat Al-Hilal of Sudan 3-0 in their Confederations Cup match at the Kumasi Sports Stadium on Saturday.
There was wild jubilation in the Kumasi city immediately Malian referee, Coulibaly Koman ended proceedings w…
Professor Evans Atta Mills, presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was home to a tumultuous welcome at Kpedze on Friday, as part of his campaign tour of the Volta Region.
Before his arrival by late morning, …
Nana Owusu-Nsiah, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has appealed to political parties and the media to steer clear of ethnicity, chieftaincy, religion and other controversial issues that could spark off conflicts.
He said the projec…
The Accra bourse slid in poor trading on Friday as the year slowly winds down and the market caves in under bearish sentiments.
The GSE All-Share Index, the main market index, was down by 4.96 points to 6,893.18 points from 6,898.14 …
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Dr Sam Prempeh, on Thursday said most business have run into bankruptcy because of improper planning and management of funds.
He said some businessmen have had to fall on their …
The Mfantseman District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Robert Quainoo-Arthur has advised the electorate to elect competent people, who could articulate their needs to Parliament.
Mr Quianoo-Arthur said as a law-making House, Parliament n…
Vice President Aliu Mahama began a five-day campaign tour of the Upper East Region with a call on the people to revert to their political roots and share in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) electoral victory in Election 2004.
The Vice Pr…
The Badminton Association of Ghana (BAG) will from November 25 to December 4, organise two separate championships to select players for the national team.
The junior and senior championships, according to Mr Ignatius Elletey, General S…
The DHL Ghana Limited Open Golf championship tees off at the Tema Country Golf Course on Saturday, November 13 and ends on Sunday, November 14.
Mr Ebenezer Adablanu, Chief Executive Officer of the club who announced this at Tema, sai…
The Management Board of the Ghana Football Association has sent goodwill messages to Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko as they take on El-Hilal of Sudan and Cottonsport Garoua of Cameroon respectively in the final group matches of the CAF Co…
A Felix Baffoe brace over visiting Power FC on Thursday lifted Dansoman-based Liberty Professionals from the bottom of the Zone B eight-team table of the GT Premier league to end the uninspiring game at the Accra Sports Stadium with a fina…
The national under-17 team, the Black Starlets have been billed to test their strength against the national uneder-21 team the Black Satellites on November 14.
The Starlets have been in camp for the past months preparing for Tunisia in…
Mr Abuga Pele, Minority Spokesman on Education, Youth and Sports on Thursday expressed concern about the constant change of coaches for the National Team and advised the Football Authorities to ensure that the new coach they engage does n…
Ghana Cement (GHACEM), a major cement producing company, on Tuesday presented 1,540 bags of cement to sixteen communities in the Volta Region to support their development.
The cements valued at 72.3 million cedis, were to be used to…
The District Chief Executive for Gomoa, Miss Joyce Aidoo has urged the clergy to extend their services beyond the church.
She said by so doing they would be serving God through mankind.
The DCE made the call at a farewell ser…
The Susana Wesley Mission Auxiliary of the Mamprobi Methodist Church in Accra has donated a wheelchair to Mr Emmanuel Asante, a crippled Craft Instructor at the Mpasatia Local Authority Primary School in the Atwima District of Ashanti.
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The Minister of Regional Co-operation and NEPAD, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku has charged border operatives and agencies in the Upper East Region to begin looking at new ways and open up by doing better than what they have been doing in the past…
The Government has released 2.4 billion cedis out of the 10 billion cedis approved as Youth Fund to a number of selected institutions to be used in upgrading their job creation centres.
Mr Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister of Education, …
A farmer has been granted 10 million cedis bail for wielding a pistol at his wife in the night on the Dodowa-Ayikuma road in anger by the Tema Circuit Court 'A'.
Kwasi Lartey, who pleaded not guilty, will have to support his bail …
Mr Ben Abdallah, Ashanti Regional Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has congratulated Muslims for successfully going through the Ramadan that ends on Thursday.
The Regional Organiser in a message sent through the Ghana New…
A police constable suspected to be among three armed robbers, who attacked a private medical practitioner at Suhum, Dr Nartey Marbel at his clinic and robbed him of six million cedis has been arrested.
The suspected armed robber was…
Expectant women in the first three months of pregnancy have been cautioned against self-medication since it has been identified as a common cause of children born with malformation.
It is very dangerous for them to take enemas, herb…
The Deputy Chairman of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mrs Augustina Akosua Akumanyi on Wednesday appealed to traditional rulers do away with cultures that were inimical to good governance.
The Deputy Chairman was…
Workers of the Volta Regional Directorate Ghana Education Service (GES) are of the opinion that the formula for computing SSNIT Pensions makes a handful of top executives rich pensioners while impoverishing a majority of retired middle an…
Participants at a special inter-denominational Christian prayer meeting in Kumasi, have called on people with hidden agenda to disrupt Election 2004 to desist from the diabolical act.
They said the destruction of party paraphernalia,…
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) in collaboration with the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) would train 1,069 observers at the district level to monitor the elections in all the 39 constituencies in the Ashanti R…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday said the relationship between Ghana and South Africa was destined to help move the African Continent forward into the mainstream of world politics and development.
He said with South Africa de…
The Mfantseman District Assembly failed to elect a Presiding Member at its meeting on Monday as none of the two contestants had the mandated two-thirds of the total number of members after a second balloting.
Mr Frank Neequaye, the …
The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Thursday warned against the taking of bribes during admissions into Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) and asked anybody with information on such matters to report to the regional or district directors for …
Nii Lantey Vanderpuye a former Parliamentary Candidate for Odododiodoo Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied that he conspired with two others persons to recruit prosecution witnesses to take photo's during the…
About half of the 30,000 cases that have been received by the Women and Juvenile (WAJU) Unit of the Ghana Police Service, were as result of non-maintenance of children by their parents a WAJU official said on Wednesday.
Mrs. Elizabet…
The Adansi South District Assembly has voted 150 million cedis towards disaster management in the district this year.
Mr Francis Dorpenyoh, Adansi South District Co-ordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO),…
A committee set up by Mr Sampson Kwaku Boafo, Ashanti Regional Minister, to investigate complaints against the College of Art, a private school in Kumasi, on Tuesday presented its report to the Minister.
The four-member committee com…
Implementing agents of Africa Youth Alliance (AYA) project in Gomoa, have held a meeting at Apam on Tuesday to plan strategies to procure funding to sustain the project when it comes to an end in March 2005.
AYA is a programme directe…
Mrs Vesta Adu-Gyamfi, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Integrated Rural Art and Industry of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has urged teachers to be conscious of the outcome of their work and have co…
Visiting Accra Hearts of Oak on Wednesday humiliated and broke the jinx by beating Sekondi Hasaacas two nil at the Gyandu Park.
Hearts youngster, Louis Agyeman opened the scores in the eighth minute when he out-jumped keeper Ekow …
Real Tamale United (RTU) on Wednesday beat Okwawu United by a lone goal in the second round of the Premier League match played at the Tamale Kaladan Park.
The two teams put up a splendour performance to the admiration of their su…
Splendid goalkeeping Mohammed Alhassan of Kumasi Asante Kotoko prevented Bofoakwa Tano from sharing the maximum points with the Porcupine Warriors in the opening match of the Group "A" Premier league match at the Sunyani Coronation Park…
Kpando Heart of Lions continued their impressive run in the novelty premier league when they humbled Tema Real Sportive 2-0 at the El Wak Sports Stadium on Wednesday.
Lions scored a goal in each half and both teams missed a penalty …
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Politics Election Peace
Ajumako (C/R), Oct. 19, GNA - Okokodurfo Gyeabuo Nana Kwamena Hamma Ababio II, Omanhene of Ajumako Traditional Area, has stressed the need for the various political parties to conduct their electionee…
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