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A Senior Linguistics Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Kofi Agyekum, has expressed concern over the proliferation of ethnic student unions on the campuses of the various levels of education in the country, particularly at the Senior High School and the University levels.
After His Excellency Professor John Evans Atta-Mills has indicated his readiness to establish a University of Energy and Natural Resources in the Brong-Ahafo Region in fulfillment of his campaign promise, the people of the region have assured him of their support to make the promise a reality, devoid of political discrepancies.
The Minority in Parliament have observed that the intimidation by the security agencies of Ghanaian professionals who helped in the discovery of oil has the tendency of driving away potential investors into the oil industry.
Two legal practitioners, facing charges of fraud before an Accra Circuit court, are taking steps to bar the trial judge from hearing the case before him, in view of certain remarks he made, which were likely to prejudice the case.
A twenty-five-year-old mechanic, Osuman Umar, has been arraigned before the Fast Track Court (FTC) for illegally possessing substances suspected to be cocaine, after he was found to have swallowed twelve pellets of cocaine, a narcotic drug.
AN ATTEMPT by the former Regional Campaign Manager of the failed New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, to vie for the Chairmanship position in the Suame constituency, has suffered a jolt, as one mysterious telephone call from the party's headquarters in Accra, has dashed his hopes.
Chelsea and Ghanaian ace, Michael Essien, last Saturday begun a journey intended to touch so many lives and improve the wellbeing of ordinary people at the launch of the Michael Essien Foundation (MEF).
Hundreds of Stanbic Bank staff, clients and families poured on the streets to embark on a 16 kilometre walk, as part of the bank's 10th milestone last Saturday.
MEMBER OF Parliament for Subin, Hon. Isaac Osei has commended the NDC government for consolidating the Trade Sector Support Programme by the NPP government with a view to deliver rapid and strategic expansion of Ghana's productive base, with the launch of the Tariff Advisory Board (TAB) expected to develop into a Ghana International Trade Commission.
Well renowned airlines have expressed their interest to partner Ghana International Airline (GIA), as part of the airlines major revamping and restructuring programme. The agreement will require the interested airlines to buy shares when the government off loads some of its 70 percent shares in the company. This follows the impressive operation of GIA over the last year, which has been lauded by ...
Over 15,000 Ghanaians are estimated to die annually of the HIV and AIDS disease and a total of 33 milllion people globally live with HIV, according to worldwide statistics as disclosed by Dr Richard Amenyah of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC).
The Ranking Member of the Committee of Defence and Interior, Hon William Boafo, has reminded security personnel who go on peacekeeping to always bear in mind that they have a crucial role in the maintenance of internal peace of the country.
An inter-party consultative forum will come off in Akosombo this weekend to seek the views of political parties towards evolving "a workable, consensus oriented programme to accelerate decentralization" in Ghana.
In order to attract more English and German speaking students, the new German Swiss International School-Accra has expanded its school program and is now offering a bilingual (British and German) international curriculum.
'MEWE',an Italian -based NGO orphanage, organized its fourth annual edition of the orphanage's rural bicycle race competition on at Wawase in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District at Central Region.
The Minister of Health Designate, Dr Benjamin Kunbour, has assured Ghanaians that he will let maternal mortality become a thing of the past.
A Virtual Study Abroad Programme will be launched in Ghana in January 2010. The programme is a collaborative effort between the African University College of Communications (AUCC) of Ghana and Simmons College of the United States.
The managing director of Fidelity Bank, Mr. Edward Effah, has called on Graduates to widen their horizon and acquire diverse skills to enable them become more relevant and marketable in the corporate world.
One of the main issues the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party raised in its 2008 Manifesto was on the need to review the decentralization process and to strengthen the assemblies. This need was echoed by many of the political parties including the major opposition, the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
A Senior State Attorney, Mr. George Ofori, has stated that corrupt officials will be prosecuted only if Ghanaians are courageous enough to bring evidence against such persons to the notice of the Attorney General's Department.
There's only one slot left to be filled in Africa's line-up at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, to be played in South Africa next June, and it will be taken after what has the makings of an epic playoff between Algeria and Egypt in Sudan on Wednesday.
The Country Director of the Global Management Challenge (GMC), Mr. Arnold Parker has disclosed that the deindustrialization of Ghana's economy, caused by the discovery of natural resources depreciated the cedi against the Dollar, Pound Sterling and the Euro.
For the first time in the history of African World Cup qualifying series, most of the matches had to go the wire with Nigerian and Cameroon having to wait till the last day to decide their fate. They both joined Ghana and Cote'd Ivoire who sealed their passage to Madiba's country months ago.
Ghana completes qualifiers with a draw against Mali on Sunday in their last World Cup qualifying match at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
Upper East Region and the Central South Region of Burkina Faso will collaborate to fight smuggling, movement of small arms, drug trafficking and highway robbery.
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