The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday formally announced the death of Ms Doris Asibi Seidu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Chereponi in the Northern Region, describing it as "a great loss" to the Party.
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Accra, Aug. 4, GNA - Mr Joe Ofori, Managing Director of Larguss Fort Hotel Limited in Accra, on Tuesday stated that the Ghana@50 Secretariat owed him 240,000 Dollars for renting …
Mr Francis Bedzo, Assembly Member for Denu in the Ketu-South District is torn between two bickering chieftaincy litigants in the area, with each side demanding he shunned the other or remain redundant.
Mr Bedzo by letters from both s…
Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on Tuesday said the Government has resumed work on the implementation of the biometric passport system to bring it into effect by the close of this year.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in Wednesday for a second term amid prolonged controversy over his landslide victory in the presidential election, the state TV reported.
Ahmadinejad, accompanied by judiciary chief Ayat…
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton left Pyongyang Wednesday morning aboard a chartered plane along with two American journalists released by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), after a 20-hour visit there largely aimed at bri…
By Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Paul Kagame, Seretse Khama Ian Khama and Abdoulaye Wade. Just three weeks after President Barack Obama's triumphant return from Africa, the real challenge to achieving strategic change lies in Secretary of State …
Mr Seth Frank Alifui, Kadjebi District Chief Executive (DCE), has cautioned Heads of Departments to be non-partisan in the discharge of their duties.
He also appealed to public servants in the district to show commitment to their job…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minster, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would leave no stone unturned to ensure that it captured the Akwatia seat.
He said although the election was to be run in only six c…
The Manya Krobo District Assembly is to organize clean-up exercises every six weeks on Fridays to help keep the environment clean, Mr Isaac Agbo-Tetteh, the District Chief Executive, has said.
Addressing the first meeting of the third…
Mr Prince Bagnaba Mba, President of Forum for National Equity, a non-governmental organization, has appealed to managements of the electronic medium to stop inviting politicians to serve as panel members on their programmes.
"Such a …
The Agona West Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Adofo Dwamena, has appealed to senior stalwarts of the party to intervene and stop the call to amend the party's constitution.
Mr Dwamena told reporters at Agona…
Speakers at a forum by Media Foundation for West Africa, on Monday predicted a bleak future for Niger, should the country's President go ahead with a referendum to amend the constitution.
They said Niger risked being isolated from th…
In a rebuttal to critics that the ruling government has let down the electorate, Vice President John Mahama on Saturday assured Ghanaians that the Mills' administration would not disappoint, more so when the populace holds it as a higher s…
The Government is seeking to refinance nearly one billion dollars of public debt and liabilities in order to reduce the strain imposed on the national economy as a result of these obligation with a plan that spread the credit over a longer…
President John Evans Atta Mills has directed the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to have all metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies audited to know the extent of their indebtedness.
He stressed that the in…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Thursday expressed worry about the misuse of funds in the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA's).
He said; "Funds meant for development with the intention of all…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday reiterated the government's determination to resuscitate the nation's economy and move it in a direction that would justify the people's confidence and trust.
He explained that the NDC gove…
The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the U.S. Obama administration to lift part of the sanctions imposed on Syria.
"The U.S. decision is a step in the right direction," said Amr Moussa, Secretary Gener…
Supporters of Nicaragua's ruling party on Tuesday blocked the opposition from delivering a letter to ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.
About 100 supporters of the ruling party, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), bloc…
Honduras' police chief told media on Tuesday that a civil war was unlikely to occur in the country, which has seen mounting tensions after the June 28 coup.
Even though many citizens owned guns, there were no guerrila groups in the C…
A meeting of energy ministers of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN+3) is due to open here in Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay later on Wednesday.
The ASEAN+3 Ministers on Ene…
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday the Venezuelan government will keep its diplomatic delegation in Honduras, despite an expulsion order issued by the country's post-coup government.
"Our staff will stay in Hondu…
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Tuesday his return to the country is imminent and he will not use violence.
The return will be with "peace flags" to signify nonviolent resolution, Zelaya told journalist in the Nicarag…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday said the two-day China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue was "unprecedented" in bilateral relations, gathered most top leaders and discussed an "unparalleled" range of issues.
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China on Tuesday urged the United States to accommodate "reasonable security concerns" of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) when it tries to work out a new package solution to the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
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Pakistani Supreme Court hearing into proclamation of emergency by former president Pervez Musharraf resumed Wednesday, and no lawyers were present to defend the ex-army chief.
A 14-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Just…
Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri praised China's African policy during a meeting with visiting Chinese Special Envoy on African Affairs Liu Guijin.
The cooperation between Africa and China will …
A Fatah official on Wednesday announced that Hamas will allow the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' party members in Gaza to travel to the West Bank to attend their movement's congress.
However, an official from Hamas, which contr…
Most British people oppose sending extra troops to Afghanistan and want to withdraw British troops from the country immediately, a latest poll said on Tuesday.
Some 52 percent of the voters wanted British troops to withdraw from Afgh…
President John Evans Atta Mills has nominated Alhaji Alhassan Yakubu as District Chief Executive of the Savelugu-Nanton District in the Northern region.
A statement in Accra on Tuesday signed by the Local Government Minister, Joseph Y…
Mr Cletus Avoka, Minister of the Interior on Tuesday said statistics for first five months of the year, indicated marginal decrease in the crime rate.
Taking his turn at the Meet the Press series in Accra, the minister said during th…
The Presidential Enquiry Commission probing the Ghana at 50 activities on Tuesday adjourned its sitting till next Tuesday, August 4, to enable all regional and district coordinating councils to adequately prepare before testifying.
J…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appealed to the Italian authorities to review its draconian immigration law on illegal immigrants.
He said the law, which imposed 10,000 Euros fine on an illegal immigrant or in default t…
Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, the Western Regional Minister, has said though the region is endowed with lots of natural resources and therefore holds the key to the economic breakthrough of the country, it lacks behind in terms of socio-economic in…
The Lower Manya Krobo District Assembly collected GHC 90,186.84 as at June out of the projected annual budget estimate of GHC 257,398 as the internally generated revenue.
Mr Isaac Agbo-Tetteh, the District Chief Executive, said this…
President John Atta Mills has said the government would re-possess all the large tracts of land that had been acquired by foreigners within the catchments area of the oil discovery.
"These foreigners, in anticipation of the profits a…
Mr Alex Somuah Obeng, Kwahu West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), on Monday said he would not approve payment of the assembly's debt of GH¢ 1,250,000.00 incurred by the previous administration without proper documents on it.
He said the …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Monday asked Ghanaians to stop looking at serious development issues through the lenses of the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party.
He said President John Evans Atta Mills h…
President John Evans Atta Mills will from tomorrow Tuesday 28th July begin a tour of the Western and the Brong-Ahafo regions, a statement signed by the Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Mahama Ayariga, said on Monday.
The tour, the statem…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama said on Monday that modernisation of Agriculture was crucial to reduce poverty, boost food production and facilitate the country's industrialisation drive.
The sector would therefore be revamped as …
Nana Poku Dankonto II, Chief of Asekye-Krukese in the Nkoranza North District, has stated that the success of personalities in leadership positions largely depends on their advisors and staff.
He therefore urged traditional rulers, p…
Democracy and Freedom Alliance, a political pressure group, has expressed concern about what it describes as the worsening political division of the country, and urged the Government to address the situation.
The Mills Administrati…
The Egyptian Embassy on Friday evening celebrated the 57th Anniversary of the country's revolution that overthrew King Farouk I, leading to the abolishment of the constitutional monarchy and the establishment of a republican state.
T…
The Birim South District Assembly in the Eastern Region collected 46,099.70 Ghana cedis as internally generated revenue from January 1 through May 30.
Nana Bafour Mensah Takyi, District Chief Executive, said this at a two-day second…
Dr Charles Wereko- Brobbey, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana@50 Secretariat, on Thursday appealed to Ghanaians to exercise restraint and support the Commission probing the secretariat to come out with its findings at the e…
President John Evans Atta Mills, on Thursday urged Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Africa to operate within the context of the Economic Social and Cultural (ECOSOCC) setting for their activities to impact positively on the work of th…
The maiden public hearing of the Ghana@50 Commission of Enquiry commenced on Thursday on a slow pace, as evidence by witnesses had to be recorded manually, due to lack of a rapid voice recorder.
However, the Chairman of the Commission…
Participants at a capacity building workshop organized for civic groups in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region have expressed dissatisfaction at the failure of Assembly members to brief them regularly on the outcome of Assembly Me…
The Kwaebibirem District Assembly has failed to elect a Presiding Member after two rounds of voting.
After two rounds of voting on Thursday Mr Kwaku Ofori Abrokwah and Ms Christiana Bediako failed to secure the two thirds majority votes…