Here Is Not My Home!
Here is not my home! In Ghana, both skilled and unskilled migrant workers seek greener pastures in the city of Accra “There are jobs in the Volta Region for masons like me, but they are not too...
Tag: Northern Ghana
20 Stopped From Joining ISIS In Ghana
A 21-year-old from northern Ghana was last year stopped from joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Executive Director of the West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism (WACCE), Mr...
We’ll Settle School Feeding Arrears Soon – Otiko Djaba
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has disclosed that, government has allocated GHC114 million to offset all arrears owed caterers under the school feeding...
US Government Mobilizes $115 Million For Ghana’s Agricultural Sector
Feed the Future, an initiative by the United States government has mobilized more than $115 million in private sector investment for Ghana’s agricultural productivity, boost incomes, and link...
A Writing Dedicated To An Infant From Northern Ghana
A writing dedicated to an infant from Northern Ghana This writing has been prompted by a story that was posted at the news section of Ghanaweb a few days ago, on violent unrest in Northern Ghana. One...
More OMCs Threaten Layoffs Over Illegal Trade
More workers are set to be laid off in the petroleum downstream sector as the illegal sale of petroleum products continue unabated. Already, the CEO of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies,...
Upper East SHS Students Cry Out To Government Over Feeding Grant Arrears
Continuing students of second cycle institutions in the Upper East Region are appealing to government to settle their feeding grant arrears to enable them reopen on the 4th of May 2017. Various...
Upper East SHS Students Cry Out To Gov’t Over Feeding Grant Arrears
Continuing students of second cycle institutions in the Upper East Region are appealing to government to settle their feeding grant arrears to enable them reopen on the 4th of May 2017. Various...
BESSFA Rural Bank Limited Tops Northern Investor Awards
BESSFA Rural Bank Limited in the Garu District of the Upper East Region, has been named the overall best performing rural bank at the maiden edition of the Northern Investor Awards night held in...
Bonzali Rural Bank Holds10th Annual General Forum
The Bonzali Rural Bank has held its 10th annual general meeting at its headquarters in the Kumbungu district of the Northern Region on April 29, 2017. The forum witnessed the participation of the...
UDS Honours Former Tanzanian President
The University for Development Studies (UDS), has conferred Honorary Doctorate degree on a former Tanzanian President, Benjamin William Mkapa. He was honoured alongside 252 other postgraduate...
Ibrahim Mahama’s Companies Flouted Payment Plan
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has revealed that the ultimatum given businessman, Ibrahim Mahama to pay close to GHc 12 million was because two of his companies flouted the agreed payment plan....
Victims of EOCO, Political Harassment Revealed
The list of personalities, who have become victims of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) political harassment through the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) is growing by the day, with the latest...
Healthcare Providers Undergo Training In Maternal Health Care
The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), in collaboration with the Latter-Day Saint Charities and the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has organised a one-week training programme for maternal and neonatal...
Prioritise Irrigation In Agric Mechanisation
The agric sector remains one of the pillars of Ghana’s economy. More than 60% of the workforce is engage in agriculture. Government since 2007 had begun providing support in the form of subsidised...
Government Owes Ibrahim Mahama Over GHC24 Million – Sam George
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama is owed at least over GHC24 million by the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways for work done on roads in the northern...
The Youth At the Forefront of Climate and Environmental Issues [Article]
As the World marks this year’s Earth Day, Green Minds Ghana Initiative (GMGI) is joining more than 1 billion individuals and organisations across the globe to create environmental awareness and to...
Gov’t Owes Ibrahim Mahama Over GHc 24m
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama is owed at least over GHc 24 million by the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways for work done on roads in the...
Pastor Calls For National Action Against Fake Ministers of the Gospel
The President of the Northern Ghana Union of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church has called for a national discourse on the exploitation of the vulnerable in the name of religion. Pastor Kwame Kwanin...
Invest In Your Kids’ Education
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has charged parents in the three regions of the north to invest more in the education of their children, in order to...