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As reported on the front page of this paper, the former CEO of Unilever Ghana, Mr. Ishmael Yamson, at a ceremony to mark African Universities Day in Accra, appealed to companies to recognize and live up to their role in university education and research in Africa.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar Assembly, Mr. Sammy Kwabi, last Friday joined residents of the district to drum home the essence of polio immunisation in the country.
A National Association of Presiding Members has been formed to fight for the interest, rights and welfare of assembly members.
Mr. Charles Cobbina, the Executive Director of Million Balls Africa Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has declared his intention to vie for the position of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Secretary in Krowor constituency in the Greater Accra region.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere South, Mr. Edward Kusi Ayarkwah, has called for unity among members of all the political parties and stakeholders in the District, and fight against poverty towards improving the lot of the people.
Like Oliver Twist, the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), a pressure group, is asking for more from government to show potency in the fight against corruption. Whilst lauding government's decision to forward the Freedom of Information Bill to Parliament for approval, AFAG has urged President John Evans Atta Mills and his NDC administration to deal with the numerous scandals that has ...
Tensions went high at Avenor, over the weekend, when the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) authority, together with the Police Service, and some city guards, brought in bulldozers to pull down illegal structures in the area.
On Wednesday 18th November 2009, Ghana's parliament would play host to the Minister of Finance and Economic planning, as he delivers the mind, plans and policy directions of government on the economy in the 2010 budget.
It is just 10 months since the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government took office, but already the politicking to the next election has begun both nationally, and within the various parties.
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is holding consultative meetings with representatives of recognized political parties towards the acceleration of decentralizing
Dr. Edward Omane Buamah, Deputy Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, has observed that the oil and gas find in the Western Region, has made unemployment among the youth in the area a big issue.
Year-on-year customer base increase of 28% to 71.8 million · Company consolidated revenues jump 24% to KWD 1.78 billion (US$6.169 billion) · Exceptional operational performance sees EBITDA soar by 37% to reach KWD 757.3
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, at the weekend, broke the ground for the construction of a 10 million-dollar sheanut processing plant in Buipe with a call on Northerners to put a complete stop to chieftaincy conflicts to pave way for total development.
Samuel Inkoom is the only member of the World Under-20 winning team that makes the Black Stars starting line up for the game against Mali.
Ghana completes qualifiers with a draw against Mali on Sunday in their last World Cup qualifying match at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
The national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Peter Mac Manu and the regional chairman of the party, Mr. Yaw Amankwa have been cited for contempt, and are to appear before a Kumasi High court on November 25 2009, to explain their continuous disregard and disobedience of the Orders of the Court of Appeal.
Fate eluded four out of six suspected armed robbers as they were shot and killed in a fierce gun battle with a team of police personnel last Friday night.
The policy think tank, Danquah Institute, has predicted that Government is "very likely" to miss its revised end-of-year inflation target of 14.5%, despite projections by the highly reputable Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA) that inflation could fall to 14.2% by the end of December.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Awutu Senya Constituency in the Central Region, Mr. David Nana Larbi, received the shock of his life at Bawjiase in the Central Region yesterday, when he was chased out from the party delegates' conference to elect new executives for the party in the constituency.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has brought to an end its year-long national public hearing on Jubilee Fields Phase 1 project Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in the country. The hearing was to evaluate the potential risks and impacts and describe how these risks would be managed, gather people's opinions and involve them in the decision making progress, among others.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zenith Bank Ghana Limited, Mr. Andy Ojei has announced that from the beginning of next year the bank would pay more attention to agricultural financing in the country.
The Tema Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a man holding a pump action gun purporting to be protecting the filling station in front of the former Sabat Motors, which ownership is in serious dispute.
About US$165 million was used to offset the cost of road traffic crashes in Ghana in 2006, representing 1.65%of the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
2010 World Cup finalist, Ghana will round up a tough but thrilling experience of qualifying for the 19th edition of the FIFA World Cup on Sunday against Mali at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Saturday called on the various security agencies to be fearless in the enforcement of the law but maintain professional standards.
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