The Catholic Bishop of Yendi, Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai has added his voice to the condemnation of the recent violence that erupted at Tamale and Gushiegu in the Northern Region.
He said violence should not be the means of handlin…
The militant group in fight with Nigerian government forces said on Saturday that 27 hostages, including five foreign oil workers, have been trapped in a fighting zone in Eleme-Tombia, a riverside community in the Degema council area of Ri…
The people of Oboadaka near Suhum in the Eastern Region, on Friday spent several hours in a clean-up exercise in the town.
Led by Mr. Nene Tettey, Elder of the community, the group tidied up their boreholes, weeded alongside the feeder…
Aidnaction International, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in United States has presented
Butterfly Sewing Machine each to each of the seven graduands of Christian Vocational Centre at a ceremony at Breman Asikuma.
Mr. …
The death toll of Los Angeles train collision rose to 18 overnight and more bodies are expected to be found as rescue workers pick through the wreckage of Friday's accident, officials said Saturday.
A Metrolink commuter train collide…
An engineer's error was blamed for Friday's deadly train collision in Los Angeles that killed at least 18 people and injured 135 others, a railway spokeswoman said Saturday.
A contract engineer who was driving the Metrolink train was…
Mr Joe Baidoo-Ansah, Minister of Aviation, was installed Nkosuohene (development chief) of Ahanta under the stool name Nana Kojo Dade I,
He was installed at a colourful ceremony at Busua, the traditional capital of the Ahantas in the…
Nii Kommey Mensah Larsey, the Second, Chief of Fafraha, has called on politicians to ensure that their utterances promote peace and national unity as the campaign for the December 2008 general elections heats up.
He said as the natio…
Moslem have been urged to use the Ramadan prayer and fasting period to ask for God's wisdom and blessings to enable the people to choose a deserving leader for the country in the upcoming elections.
They should also use the period to…
The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Most Reverend Dr Robert Aboagye-Mensah, on Friday dedicated a GH¢1.5 million office complex for the Cape Coast Diocese of the Church.
At a special service attended by both the cl…
Tanzania's Latoya and Botswana's Tawana became the first two Big Brother Africa 3 housemates to be 'evicted' from the Big Brother house last
night (14 September), in a show screened live on M-Net and DStv Channel 198. But, in the ultimate…
A Municipal Director of the Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, has said that, much had been achieved by the nation through the use of adult education as a tool for national development.
…
Germany is set to see another major consolidation in its banking sector with the biggest private bank, Deutsche Bank, poised to buy into the country's biggest retail bank Postbank, German media said on Friday.
According to the Handel…
The chiefs and elders of Dome in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District of the Eastern Region, on Wednesday appealed to the Minister of The Interior and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to establish a police station at Dome.
Making t…
The European Union (EU) on Wednesday welcomed the peacefully held Angolan elections and called on Angolan authorities to continue efforts to consolidate peace and to make progress toward democracy in the country.
"The European Unio…
Zain Telecommunication Limited, a mobile telecommunication giant in partnership with Ericsson and the Earth Institute, has extended its operations to the Millennium Village of Dertu in Kenya.
"The service will help subscribers to ide…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday inaugurated a 500,000 Ghana cedis state-of-the-art Information, Communication and Technology Centre (ICT) at Nkwantakese in Afigya-Kwabre District of Ashanti.
The centre is part of government'…
The Hunger Project, Ghana, is working in partnership with seven communities in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District in the Eastern Region, towards the sustainable end of hunger and poverty.
Nana Appiah Bediako, Mankrado of Dome near Kuan…
The Ghana Baptist Convention has urged politicians to include Trokosi and other social problems in campaign messages instead of promises which are usually not fulfilled.
The convention believes that the issue of Trokosi and other soc…
The Ministry of Tourism and Diasporan Relations is in talks with the Ministry of the Interior to find lasting solution to security threats at hotels along the coasts and elsewhere.
The Ministry is also advancing plans to provide a pr…
Bishop James Yaw Ahenkorah, General Secretary of Church of the Lord Brotherhood, has urged the youth to entrust themselves into God's care and protection to help them grow into responsible adults.
Bishop Ahenkorah made the call at a …
A Ghanaian-based NGO, Network for Anti-Suicide and Crisis Intervention (NACI) on Tuesday expressed concern about the rising cases of suicide in the country and urged the public to help curb the trend.
The NGO, which is dedicated to s…
A total of 1,906 pregnant women have so far registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Bibiani-Anwhiaso-Bekwai District.
Mr. Kingsley Adjei Manu, the District Chief Executive, announced this at the second ordinary…
The Presbyterian Church on Sunday called on political parties in the December 7 polls to put on the "Armour of God" to be able to overcome conflicts and challenges that would confront them physically and spiritually.
It said the them…
The Atwima Nwabiagya Mutual Health Scheme through its Internal Generated Fund (IGF), is constructing a storey building office estimated at GH¢300,000 at Nkawie.
The first phase, which consist of offices for the Scheme Manager, Accountant…
A Bolgatanga Circuit court has sentenced two scrap dealers to seven years imprisonment each in hard labour for stealing Ghana Telecom (GT) cables.
Musah Osmanu a 35-year-old Nigerian and Adare Absobsaah 32, a native of Bolgatanga pl…
Over 6,000 private candidates are writing the November/December 2008 West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the Tema Metropolis.
The examination which started nationwide with Chemistry Practical on September…
Normal water supply to the northeastern parts of Accra, has resumed after completion of work on the installation of higher capacity pressure pumps at Accra Booster Station.
The Booster Station was shut down for 10 days to enable con…
The Special Investigations Unit and experts from the National Crime Scene unit of the CID Headquarters have been tasked to assist the Northern Region Police Command to investigate the recent disturbances in Tamale and Gushiegu.
The c…
The National Youth Council (NYC) has advised the various political parties against engaging the youth to create confusion and civil unrest in the country.
Many of the youths could rather be trained in responsible leadership and polit…
The Aburi Police and the Mampong Akuapeim police, have mounted a joint-search for a hit and run KIA vehicle driver for killing a twenty-one year old woman and injuring a teenage girl.
The deceased, Yaa Adobea, a trader at Aburi me…
The Treviglo Hospital in Italy, has donated medical equipment to the Diabetes Clinic of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KARH) in Kumasi.
The equipment that worth 40,000 Euros included glucometers, clinic beds, Ketinographer, Sphigmam…
The Winneba Magistrate's court has remanded a 37-year business man from Kwau Pepepong in the Eastern Region in prison custody for defrauding one John Tunkongmen Saana-Guri in the sum of Nine hundred Ghana Cedis.
The plea of Nana Kwam…
Stanbic Bank Ghana on Monday handed over 200 buses worth six million dollars to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) as part of the Bank's partnership with the Union to ensure safety in the transportation industry.
The Nis…
Mrs Gladys Asmah, Minister of Fisheries, on Tuesday expressed government's unflinching commitment to address concerns of the fishing industry.
"What the Ministry is now doing is to tackle the challenges from their basis, in order to…
The Ghana Post Company Limited in collaboration with a consultancy group on Tuesday launched "Violence-Free Ghana" campaign to afford the public an opportunity to contribute positively through writing of peace messages.
The campaign,…
The Birim Central Municipal Assembly (BCMA) has taken delivery of four new Jialing motorcycles to help augment the assembly's revenue mobilisation.
Mr Frank Marcellus K. Busumtwi, Birim Central Municipal Chief Executive, who handed …
A 25-year-old woman is in the grips of the Adenta District Police Command for allegedly killing her husband with a machete at Amrahia on the Dodowa road.
Speaking to the GNA, the District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of …
The Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi is intensifying activities in its cancer control programme to reduce the rise in cases reported at the hospital.
The hospital is currently engaged in cancer control, diagnosis, prevention…
Papa Owusu-Ankomah, Minister of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development (PSD) and President's Special Initiative (PSI), on Thursday announced that government might be compelled to ban the importation of second hand clothing if importer…
The Accra-North-East MTTU Divisional Police Command has impounded 60 motorbikes with questionable or improper documentations.
Speaking to the GNA, the MTTU Commander Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr. James Owusu-Mensah exp…
Health Ministers from countries of the African Meningitis Belt have committed themselves to introduce a highly promising candidate meningitis vaccine.
The vaccine is designed to prevent periodic epidemics of the deadly disease in th…
President John Agyekum Kufuor, Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), on Friday urged the military to cherish its mandate of upholding the Constitution.
This, he said, was the surest way to secure the nation and guarante…
A road expert said on Friday that 86 per cent of road traffic fatalities involved children, with 80 per cent being child pedestrians.
Mr. Kofi Yankson, a Fogarty Scholar in Injury Control, said the high-risk group included children i…
The Tema General Hospital (TGH) is gradually becoming unable to effectively handle the health needs of patients who turn up there for care, due to the poor state of its infrastructure and other facilities.
The hospital, the main refe…
Teachers at the Volta River Authority Junior High School (VRAJHS) have called on the Minister of Education to come to their aid.
in a transfer saga that has hit their school.
The teachers have also appealed to the Director-General o…
All applicants who registered in the recent voter registration exercise but could not have their photographs taken are to call at centres where they registered with their registration slips for their pictures to be taken and laminated, the…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD announced on Friday that the Ghana mission in Beijing has been assisting Ghanaians in China without proper documentation by promptly issuing travelling certificates and new pa…
Trades Maintenance and Service (TMS) of the United Kingdom Limited, international spare parts specialists, on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Progressive Road Contractors Association (PROCA) for the acquisition o…
Mrs Justice Georgina T. Wood, Chief Justice of Ghana said the country will by October this year, have its first human rights and labour related courts in one of the high courts.
Mrs Wood made this disclosure at the opening of the fou…
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