The Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P.) Church, Right Reverend Dr Livingstone Komla Buama, has advised members of the church to desist from the politicisation of the election of Church leaders.
He said they should not …
Officials of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) and Environmental Health Department at Aflao last Friday came under intense pressure from the public to temporary suspend the destruction of a large quantity of assorted unwhole…
The Yonso Students Union (YOSU) in collaboration with the Yaa Komfour Bediako Heritage Foundation (YKBHF), a benevolent society, have donated educational materials worth several thousands of Ghana cedis to 36 needy pupils at Yonso near Asa…
Mr Naja David, a Kumasi-based business magnate, has single-handedly funded the putting up of a dormitory block for Kumasi Garden City Special School, at the cost of 35,000 Ghana cedis.
He has also built a perimeter wall around the sc…
The Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), has urged pastors to preach the gospel vigorously to help salvage society from evil deeds.
He expressed regret tha…
Parliament Monday took the Geneva Convention Bill, which is to, among other things, regulate the use of Red Cross emblems, through the second reading.
The House noted that the object and purpose were in agreement with the constitutio…
Thomas Allan Tichler, the 57-year-old Briton who was convicted for sexually assaulting the three-year-old daughter of his Ghanaian host, on Monday appeared before an Accra High Court to appeal against his conviction.
The grounds of h…
An Akim Oda-Accra bound Mercedes Benz Bus knocked down two pedestrians killing them instantly at Awutu Berako in Awutu-Senya District in the Central Region on Monday morning.
The deceased are Opanyin Botwe 52, from Senya Berako and …
Mr Justice V.C. Senu, presiding over a Dormaa Ahenkro Circuit court, has remanded four accused persons who allegedly murdered a three-and-a-half-year-old boy at Wamanafo into prison custody.
Their pleas were not taken and would re-ap…
A four-day training workshop for members of Brong-Ahafo Regional branch of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has ended in Sunyani with a call on media practitioners to help create an enabling environment for the private sector to thrive.…
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Monday dismissed a contempt motion brought against the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for failing to eject hawkers at Knustford Avenue in the Central Business District of Accra.
It further dischar…
Nana Kwaku Nketiah, Brong-Ahafo Regional Chairman of Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called for collaboration between members and National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) to promote education.
Nana Nketiah…
Mr. Nurudeen Mohammed Ibrahim, the Executive Secretary of Coalition of Africa NGOs against Torture, has appealed to chiefs in Bawku to support the government to maintain law and order in the area.
He observed that the situation in B…
Sheikh I.C Quaye, Greater Accra Regional Minister, on Thursday said the discovery of oil in Ghana was a blessing to the nation and called for the proper management of its revenue to benefit posterity.
Sheikh I.C Quaye said this at a…
Mr George Hikah Benson, Upper West Regional Minister, has called for the formation of Council of Elders throughout the country to help counsel the youth to become responsible citizens.
He said indiscipline and cultural decadence amo…
Alhaji Badawi Ahmed Saleh, Assistant Head, Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL), in Kumasi has called for the promotion of the learning of international languages to boost international trade while increasing access to global job opportuni…
The Chief Examiner's report suggests that candidates' inability to read and comprehend examination questions correctly are reasons for getting low grades in last year's Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE), Prof. Dominic Fobih,…
The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University of the United of America has presented educational materials, books and sporting equipment to the Street Academy to boost its programme of learning and support for the up-keep…
The Vice- Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow Obeng on Wednesday observed that the Capitation Grant and the School Feeding Programme were not enough to sustain quality education in the nation…
The Chief Examiner's report suggests that candidates' inability to read and comprehend examination questions correctly are reasons for getting low grades in last year's Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE), Prof. Dominic Fobih,…
Newly posted trained teachers in the Tamale Metropolis have appealed to the government to as a matter of urgency pay their salaries, that had been in arrears for the past eleven months, to save them from the current hardship that they wer…
An Account Clerk working for the Opoku Ware Senior High School (OWASS) Credit Union, was on Monday jailed seven years in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for stealing GH¢6,615.50 from his employers.
In addition, he was ordered by t…
Parents have been advised to lighten the burden of household chores on their wards, especially those about to take major examinations and motivate them to be studious.
Mr Joy Akpebu, a Circuit Supervisor at the Ho Municipal Directorate …
Women have been cautioned against abusing the free medical care for pregnant women programme as an opportunity to produce more children.
Mr Paul L.K. Djan, Central regional Population Officer, who gave the advice said, the free medi…
Nana Asare Bentum III, Chief of Gye Wani Nkwanta near Akim, has expressed concern about increasing reports of students indulging in hard drugs, alcoholism and sexual promiscuity and called for concerted efforts to address the trend.
…
A 10-member delegation from the University of Utah in the United States of America have paid a working visit to the Western, Eastern, Ashanti and Greater Accra regions as part of an exchange programme.
The group led by Nadia Miniclie…
Mr Kenneth Tawiah, Assistant Supervisor at the
Joe Mends "C" registration centre, called for special arrangements under which school children would not miss classes as a result of the National Identification registration exercise.
H…
The Reverend Dickson Kofi Deku, Pastor in charge of Adaklu Abuadi Pastoral district of the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Ghana has advised Christians to emulate the unconditional love that Jesus Christ has for mankind.
"If we em…
Dormaa Municipal Assembly has reiterated its commitment to support all identifiable disabled societies in the area to enable their members to lead meaningful lives.
The Assembly stressed that it would not deal with individual disabl…
Most Reverend Gabriel Akwasi Mante, Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Jasikan at the weekend urged Ghanaians to always protect state property.
He said the notion that State facilities belonged to "government", left many strategic invest…
The Western Regional Director of Education Mrs Rebecca Afiba Dadzi has urged parents, religious bodies and Organizations to ensure proper up-bringing of the youth.
She explained that with moral decadence, arm robberies and HIV/AIDS t…
Nana Ansah Kwadwo, Mankrado of Topease in the West Akim District, has urged parents to provide their children with moral education as well as practical and acceptable values.
In this way, they would grow up to become honest, committed…
Dormaa Municipal Assembly has reiterated its commitment to support all identifiable disabled societies in the area to enable their members to lead meaningful lives.
The Assembly stressed that it would not deal with individual disabl…
A large number of people in Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo region, donated blood to the blood bank of the Presbyterian hospital in the town, as part of activities marking Ghana's Republic Day celebrations.
The donation was t…
The installation of pre-paid meters on the premises of subvented organizations in the Ho Municipality is posing challenges to the operations of such bodies.
This came to light on Monday when the Ghana News Agency visited some Minist…
The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) swore in its executive council with a call on them to use their office to promote the development of the industry.
The executive council has Mr Alhassan Haruna, Deputy Managing D…
The Children's Department of the Holy Ghost Revival Assemblies of God Church at South Odorkor in Accra on Monday presented assorted items and cash totalling GH¢500 to the Nyamekye Orphanage at Agona Akwakwaa in the Central Region.
T…
Ignorance of the Children's Act and its application has been identified as one of the major causes of child labour in the country.
Mr David Atinga, Coordinator of the Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA) Ghana, in charg…
Lack of political will on the part of Governments to abide by the truth and deliver justice whenever disagreements ensue between ethnic groups, is said to be one of the major causes of conflicts in the North.
Mr Jonathan Adabre, the …
Adu Gyamfi Senior High School (SHS) at Jamasi in the Ashanti Region has received education facilities estimated at more than GHc500,000 to enhance teaching and learning in the past four years.
The facilities, which were provided by …
Ms Oboshie Sai-Coffie, Minister of Tourism and Diasporean Relations has presented a cheque for 1,000 Ghana cedis to defray the medical expenses of seven nursing mothers who were detained for their inability to pay their bills after deliver…
Adu Gyamfi Senior High School (SHS) at Jamasi in the Ashanti Region has received education facilities estimated at more than GHc500,000 to enhance teaching and learning in the past four years.
The facilities, which were provided by t…
An Akim Oda magistrate's court remanded a 38-year-old accountant in police custody for a second time for possessing fake currencies when the accused reappeared before it on Friday.
Emmanuel Koomson first was first remanded when he ap…
At least 16 people died on Sunday when a Mercedes 207 bus ran into a KIA Pride taxi on a bridge over River offin, dragging it along as both cars plunged into the river, police said.
There were at least seven survivors, including the …
A motion on notice which seeks to disqualify Mrs Justice Henrietta Abban, a Court of Appeal judge, from hearing the bail application filed by Tsatsu Tsikata was adjourned to July 10.
This was after Mr. Gyimah Boadi, Registrar of the…
The chiefs and people of Yaase, near Kuntanase in the Bosomtwi District of Ashanti have threatened to boycott upcoming elections a two-kilometre road linking the community to Kuntanase is not rehabilitated.
They described the road a…
Norway condemned the brutal attack on civilians in Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, according to a statement of Norwegian Ministry Foreign Affairs.
In a rampage along Jerusalem's crowded Jaffa Street thoroughfare, a bulldozer driven by a terro…
Dr Richard Ameyah, Director of Technical Services of the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC), observed that efforts being made by the commission and other organizations to fight the HIV/AIDS menace would come to nothing if stigmatization and disc…
Dr. Nicholas Westcott, British High Commissioner to Ghana, has promised that his country would continue to partner Ghana in her socio-economic endeavours to enhance the standard of living of its people.
He said this was based on the pre…
The Supreme Court would on July 23 deliver its verdict on a suit filed by the Ghana Lotto Operators Association (GLOA) challenging the constitutionality of the National Lotto Act (Act 722).
GLOA commenced the action against the Nati…