NPP Accuses NDC of Illegal Voters Transfer
Mr Dominic Fobi, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman of the Akim Swedru Constituency, has asked the electorate who have illegally transferred their votes to the area to be mindful of the...
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Police Trains Personnel For Special Anti-Terrorism Duties
The Ghana Police Service has trained 365 police personnel drawn from the 10 regions to form an anti-violence advocacy group to combat violence and other crimes in the run up to the general election...
Health Ministry Announces Service Plan As Gov’t Pharmacists’ Strike
The Ministry of Health has announced measures to ensure the continuous supply of medicines to patients at all public health institutions following the pending strike called by the Government Hospital...
Canada Offering Million Plus Dollars Towards Electoral Process
Canada would offer USD 1.4 million as part of a joint initiative by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to strengthen Ghana’s 2016 Electoral Process. The Ghana Electoral Process...
‘The Police Are Not As Black As Their Uniform’
By:Joe Frazier I have an abiding memory of a policeman. It is about a strict upright man. He was the General Police Constable dressed in dark gray sweater with leather pad on each shoulder. He wore...
Uneasy Calm At Customs Division of GRA
Information reaching the Ghana News Agency indicates that there is an uneasy calm at the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). This follows the refusal of Management to comply with a...
Five Years of Resettlement; Bui Residents Tell Their Story
GNA Feature by Dennis Peprah Bui, (B/A), Sept. 5, GNA - Barely five years ago the Bui Power Authority (BPA), managers of the Bui hydro-electric dam in the Banda District of Brong-Ahafo Region...
ECOWAS, China Development Bank Set To Do More
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the China Development Bank (CDB) are to enhance their cooperation towards yielding mutual dividends in the development of transport and...
GNA Critical Communication Partner
GNA Feature by Francis Ameyibor Accra, Sept. 2, GNA - The Ghana News Agency over the past three years has hit a crossroad and needs immediate intervention to resuscitate it. This could be done...
Disaster Awaits NPP In Ho Central-Kpodo
Mr Benjamin Kpodo, Member of Parliament for Ho Central has shrugged off media reports suggesting that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would make some gains in the constituency in the December 7 polls....
MoFA Moves to Increase Cassava Production in Kwahu South
The Food and Agriculture Ministry (MOFA) has launched a project to substantially increase cassava production in the Kwahu South District.
Under it, more than 150 cassava growers would receive high...
Osu Chiefs and Elders Lifts Ban on Drumming and Noise Making to Pave Way for Homowo
The chief and elders of Osu, a suburb of Accra, on Friday lifted the ban on drumming and noise-making in the area to pave way for the celebration of the Homowo Festival.
The three weeks ban, which...
41 Children Rescued from Slavery
Challenging Heights, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Winneba in the Central Region rescued 41 children from trafficking on the Lake Volta in 2015. A total of 118 survivors were given...
Salaries of 3,794 Government Workers Suspended
The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has suspended the payment of salaries of a total of 3,794 government employees without social security numbers on the mechanised...
Two Prestea Students Drown in River Asasere on Their Way Home from School
Tragedy struck the New Generation Preparatory school at Prestea, in the Western Region on Thursday, when two of its pupils got drowned in river Asasere on their way home from school.
Reports said the...
Brong-Ahafo Region Ranks among the Highest in in-School Teenage Pregnancy
The Brong-Ahafo Region ranks third in in-school teenage pregnancy in the country, Ms Mary Gyimah, Sunyani Municipal Director of Education has disclosed in Sunyani.
She said research indicates that...
Nsawam Police Detains 11-year old Boy for Alleged Murder
Bennet Kwesi Tawiah, 11-year-old pupil of Obedeka Primary School near Nsawam, has been detained by the Nsawam Police for allegedly killing Francis Barfo of Okanta Primary School after a...
World Health Organization: Nigeria and Senegal – Model Test Cases for Effective Ebola Control
(Geneva,GNA) – The World Health Organisations (WHO) says Senegal and Nigeria offers a test case for the world on how to deal with the devastating infections of the Ebola virus.
The two countries...
United States Ambassador to the United Nations visits Ebola Stricken Countries
(Accra, GNA) - In a communique released by the United States Embassy in Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, is embarking on a five nation tour to further emphasize unbridled...
President John Agyekum Kufuor leaves for UN Summit
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has left Accra for Washington and New York to attend a United Nations (UN) Summit.
He is expected to hold meetings with top officials of the World Bank and the...