A special anti-terrorist squad from the Police Headquarters in Accra have arrived in Kumasi to beef up security in the region following the recent robbery attacks that have led to loss of lives. Parts of the region, particularly Kumasi, have come under attacks from a gang of suspected armed robbers. Last Thursday, a policeman was […]
US business mogul Donald Trump has put Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Ugandan President on notice, vowing to deal with them ruthlessly when he ascends to Presidency. Speaking while addressing war veterans in Washington, Trump warned other like minded dictators who want to die in power, that their time is up and its just a
A €5m EU support for Ghana’s November polls will contribute significantly to the implementation of reforms recommended by the Justice Atuguba panel of judges as far as this year’s elections are concerned, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission has said. Mrs Charlotte Osei expressed the optimism at the launch of the €5 million donor support in
The Ghana Climate Innovation Center (GCIC) has been launched as a technology hub designed to help over 100 local clean technology businesses develop and commercialize innovative solutions to climate change. First of its kind in the country, the center will support Ghana’s National Climate Change Policy by contributing to the production of clean energy
The chairman of the Church of Pentecost Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah has described President John Mahama as a tolerant and democratic leader. According to him, he is confident the President and his government will ensure a free and fair elections come November 7. In a state-of-the-church address posted on the church’s website, the Pentecost leader
Brain drain among medical doctors trained in Ghana has drastically reduced to over 95%, Management of School of Medical Sciences (SMS) at Kwame Nkromah University of science and Technology in Kumasi has disclosed. This because of the introduction of the School’s post graduate studies that offers fresh graduate doctors the opportunity to further their education
The African Development Bank Group will unveil its new agenda for the continent’s economic transformation at this year’s Annual Meetings scheduled to take place from May 23-27 in Lusaka, Zambia. In an Annual Meetings preview video message, Akinwumi Adesina-who will be presiding over his first Annual Meetings since assuming office as the Bank’s 8th President
Just recently Transparency International published their annual Corruption Perception Index which showed Ghana topping all African countries except six. This comes on the back of a sustained effort by President John Mahama at exposing and prosecuting corruption, which ends some of his own appointees in the dock. Paradoxically the sustained exposure of corruption means that
The ‘seeming stability’ in the macro economic environment, the improvement in power supply and relative stability of the cedi are “commendable”, the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has said, asking government to nonetheless do something about the high cost of utilities and multiplicity of taxes. For the first time in eight quarters, the AGI business
Former President John Rawlings has stated that the various anti-corruption institutions in developing countries have lost their integrity.According to him, the situation has been occasioned by the global economic impact. Mr. Rawlings is therefore urging politicians on the continent to exhibit some sense of integrity since that is the only way to save their economies
