President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday called on Ghana's High Commissioners and Ambassadors to help Government achieve its agenda of building a better Ghana.
He said they were chosen for the confidence Government had in them, th…
China has offered Ghana a concessionary loan of two billion dollars to help government in its efforts to sufficiently stabilize the economy for the necessary growth, the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, has …
The Wenchi Traditional Area on Friday called for an end to the stalemate over the removal of the statue of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, Ghana's late Premier at the Sunyani Jubilee park.
The Busia Foundation is contesting in court, the repla…
An Assembly member has pleaded with President John Evans Atta Mills to nominate a District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Atwima-Nwabiagya District.
Mr Francis Bobie-Ansah, Chairman of Social Services Committee of the Assembly, said t…
President John Evans Atta Mills, on Wednesday signed the Letters of Commission and Credence for five newly appointed Heads of Ghana's Diplomatic Missions.
A statement issued in Accra on Wednesday and signed by Mr Koku Anyidoho, Head …
Vice President John Mahama on Wednesday made a passionate appeal to the parties in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict to work towards reaching an amicable solution rather than initiating unilateral actions that will further exac…
Despite the global conventions and frameworks that Ghana had signed on gender and women issues, government still has a long way to go to responding to the issues.
Government and its agencies, the political parties and relevant public…
Participants at a forum in Tamale called for an amendment of the Local Government Law, Act (462) of 1993, to reduce the powers of District, Municipal and Metropolitan Chief Executives (DMMCEs), to ensure more accountability in local level …
The youth have called for the adoption and implementation of a "pragmatic" national youth policy, including the National Youth Parliament, to nurture the youth in political tolerance.
They also called on the government to enforce pol…
The "One Ghana Unity Flag Parade", received poor reception when it arrived at the Tamale Jubilee Park, in the Northern Region on Monday.
The GNA observed that only some government officials, personnel of the security services and a f…
Mr. Fuseini Alhassan, 49, was on Monday sworn into office as the new District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Gushiegu District Assembly in the Northern Region.
The Assembly earlier failed on two occasions to endorse the President's nom…
Mr. Lee Ocran, the former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Jomoro Constituency, says he will no longer contest for the seat in the 2012 general election.
"I will no longer contest but will support a new…
The vision of a united, peaceful and prosperous Africa has been a long cherished but elusive ideal whose early advocates included Marcus Garvey; George Padmore; W.E.B. DuBois; Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia; Gamel Abdul…
The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Tuesday sounded a wake up call to Ghana to strengthen her law enforcement agencies to fight the envisaged rise in crime rate that will come alongside the country's oil discover…
The Cuban Solidarity Campaign, Socialist Forum of Ghana and the International Socialist Organization on Tuesday demanded the unconditional release of the five Cubans arrested by the US government in 1998.
Gerardo Hernadez Nordelo, Ram…
A number of companies on Tuesday demanded various sums of money from the Ghana@50 Secretariat for jobs they had executed for which payment had not been made.
They were made up of construction firms and a public relations company.
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Human Rights advocates and governance institutions on Wednesday intensified efforts to ensure speedy ratification of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture (OPCAT) and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treat…
The leadership of three political parties has reaffirmed commitment to the 2008 Code of Conduct to ensure a peaceful conduct before, during and after the bye-election at Chereponi in the Northern Region on September 29.
The document,…
The Institute of Democracy in Africa (Idasa) on Monday called on political leaders on the continent to take up the challenge of strengthening and supporting democratic governance systems within Africa.
In a statement received in Accr…
President John Evans Atta Mills has nominated Mr Isaac Kingsley Ahunu-Armah, as Gomoa East District Chief Executive.
This was contained in a statement issued in Accra on Monday and signed by Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister of Local…
Mr. Fuseini Alhassan, 49, a former officer of the Audit Service in Salaga in the East Gonja District was on Monday sworn into office as the new District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Gushiegu District Assembly in the Northern Region.
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The Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, Mrs. Lucy Awuni at the weekend, reiterated the need for all Ghanaians to use the occasion marking the centenary birthday of the late Dr Kwame Nkrumah, to champion the cause of unity and togetherness…
The first Town Hall Meeting would be held on Wednesday, September 16 at the Teachers' Hall in Tamale in the Northern Region.
An official statement signed in Accra on Friday by Mr Mahama Ayariga, Presidential Spokesperson, said the in…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Saturday reassured Ghanaians that his administration would judiciously utilize the nation's resources to improve upon the living conditions of all citizens.
He said his government was elected to se…
President John Evans Atta Mills, on Friday assured Ghanaians of better times ahead, and urged them to exercise patience since his administration is on track to meet their aspirations.
"Definitely things will be better. by the end of o…
Mrs Lucy Awuni, Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, at the weekend reiterated the need for all Ghanaians to use the occasion of the centenary birthday of the late Dr Kwame Nkrumah to champion the cause of unity and togetherness.
Ho…
Alhaji Gado Sulemana, a leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for tenacity of purpose and understanding among members of the party at all levels.
He said it was important they worked together as a team …
Ghanaian journalists can now access the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) for overseas training, a government minister said on Thursday.
"Even though government does not wish to interfere with the work of the media, we have made i…
The Electoral Commission (EC), on Thursday presented a memorandum on the recommendations for the funding of political parties to President John Evans Atta Mills, at the Osu Castle, Accra.
Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, Chairman of EC, two dep…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Friday said the centenary celebration of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah was a call to Ghanaians, especially the youth to re-kindle the spirit of patriotism.
"It is a call to all of us particularly th…
Mr Cletus Avoka, Minister of the Interior has rejected the accusation that he was responsible for last Sunday's violence in Bawku.
He said the accusation the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mr Adamu Dramani made on radio stat…
President John Evans Atta Mills has nominated Prince Askia Mohammed as the District Chief Executive of the Savelugu-Nanton District Assembly.
This is contained in a statement issued in Accra on Thursday, and signed by Mr Joseph Yiele…
The top UN envoy to Haiti voiced belief on Wednesday that the impoverished Caribbean state enjoys "a remarkable opportunity for change."
Hedi Annabi, head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), briefed the UN Security C…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that his administration will not recognize the upcoming Honduran presidential elections, as continued protest against the country's coup
President Lula reaffirmed his gover…
U.S. President Barack Obama pressed for quick actions on healthcare reform in a speech delivered at a joint session of Congress here Wednesday night.
"Our collective failure to meet this challenge -- year after year, decade after dec…
Fiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama met Commonwealth Special Envoy to Fiji, Paul Reeves, on Wednesday, and said the government will hold elections no earlier than 2014.
Bainimarama told Reeves and his team from…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra on Thursday night for a three-week working visit to the US, Europe and Asia.
Former President Kufuor would first stop in New York where he would formally launch the 700th anniversary o…
The minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday called on the Police administration to discharge its responsibilities with utmost professionalism devoid of third party interferences.
The group claimed known NPP members and supporte…
Mr Joshua Magnus Nicol, Administrator of the Common fund on Tuesday said the "huge deductions" that District Assemblies claimed were deducted from their Common Fund allocations was on the instructions of the office of the President.
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Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday asked for more public support to facilitate the Kwame Nkrumah centenary festivity, slated for September 21.
He expressed confidence that the committee organising the celebration, under th…
The Busia Foundation has filed a writ of summons at the Sunyani High Court, seeking an order to stop the removal of the bust of the late Professor Kofi Abrefa Busia from the Jubilee Park in Sunyani.
The defendants in the writ are the…
Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, a Director at the Controller and Accountant General's Department at the weekend alluded that political infringements in the administrative functions of accountants had been their greatest challenge.
He, the…
Mr. Cletus Avoka, Minister of Interior has asked Immigration and Custom Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) personnel to eschew negative tendencies that would overshadow the well known Ghanaian hospitality and mar the first impression…
Mr Joseph Tetteh Angmor, the Manya Krobo District Chief Executive (DCE), on Tuesday expressed worry about low communal spirit among his people, which he said, was affecting early completion of development projects.
He said until som…
Mr. Henry Ford Kamel, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has appealed to chiefs in the Jasikan District to release land for the government to smoothly embark on the Youth in Agriculture programme.
"The programme is a l…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings says the baseline characteristics of any country that wants to develop are probity, accountability and true leadership.
Human freedom, he added, cannot be sustained without the corresponding respo…
Former President Rawlings has strongly denied a report in a Norwegian newspaper in 2007, that he and his wife took millions of dollars in bribe money from a Norwegian cement company, Scancem, whose subsidiary is the Ghanaian company, Ghace…
The Deputy Israeli Prime Minister, Avigdor Liberman arrived in Accra on Monday for a day's official visit.
He was accompanied by 20 businessmen from top Israeli companies, as well as some heads of departments of the Israeli Ministry …
Southern African states have agreed to hold a special summit on Zimbabwe as part of efforts to end a row over a power-sharing pact between its leaders, a spokesman for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Monday.
Heads of Southern Afr…
Mr. Samuel Abulai Jabanyiti, a 36-year-old Teacher at the Chereponi Senior High School in the Northern Region, has been elected by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to contest the Chereponi Parliamentary Seat.
Mr. Jabanyi…
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