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World Refugee Day commemorated in Ghana - Ghana  ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on Ghana about Protection and Human Rights and Refugees; published on 20 Jun 2019 by Govt. Ghana.

Court fines stray cattle owners, squatters | General News 2019-06-24  GhanaWebA sanitation court in Accra has fined two cattle owners GH960 each, equivalent to 80 penalty units, for allowing their herd to stray and causing traffic and posing ...

Church regulation brouhaha: Enforce old laws; new one needless - Lawyer  GhanaWebA private legal practitioner, Dennis Adjei Dwomoh has called on Parliament to, instead of pushing for a new law to clamp down on manipulative self-styled men ...

Ghanaian, 2 Nigerians freed from Trinidad & Tobago jail - thanks to Akufo-Addo  GhanaWebA Ghanaian and two Nigerians locked up in Trinidad and Tobago for various immigration offenses, are set to regain their freedom after President Akufo-Addo's ...

Ghana: Discontinuing Projects Undermines Tenets of Constitution - Prof Gatsi  AllAfrica.comA Professor at the University of Cape Coast Business School, John Gatsi has described as worrying the creeping culture where national infrastructural projects ...

John Gatsi makes a strong case at the 3rd Revolutionary Lecture  GhanaWebThe 3rd Revolutionary Lecture Series has been held as part of activities to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the June 4 Uprising. The lecture themed ...

LOKA to organise massive rally to welcome Kennedy Agyapong back into active politics  GhanaWebThe National Executives of Loyalists of Kennedy Agyapong (LOKA) is set to organise a massive rally for the come back of the Assin Central Member of ...

Don't be a pawn of 'clueless, inept' Akufo-Addo government – NDC to CID  GhanaWebThe main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has admonished the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police *Service* not to be a ...

Dollars in the detail: banks pan for gold in 'data lakes'  BusinessGhanaFrom sending special offers on restaurants to burger-loving current account holders to selling anonymized credit card records, banks are racing to...

Parliament petitioned over missing Takoradi girls  Pulse GhanaOver 2000 Ghanaians have petitioned Parliament to haul the security agencies to answer questions in relation to the three Takoradi girls.

Landlady fined ¢2400 after tenants poured garbage in rain  Myjoyonline.comA Madina District Magistrate Court has fined a landlady ¢2400 following indiscriminate littering by two tenants.

Stop Tagging Nigerians As Kidnappers, Criminals — King Of Igbo  Modern GhanaThe Igbo King of the Nigerian Community in Ghana, His Royal Majesty Chukwudi Jude Ihenetu has expressed disappointment at the negative media tags on ...

Asitey to get a healthcare facility | Health News 2019-06-08  GhanaWebAsitey, a community in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal of the eastern region will soon boast of a new healthcare facility, thanks to the Honourable Member of ...

As the rains come, flooding endangers school children in Africa  Ghana Business NewsGreta Thurnberg is a 16-year-old known all over the world for her environment related activism. Not so long ago she was just a regular teenager but today the ...

Ghana: Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Ghana Outdoors Turbonet  AllAfrica.comPress Release - To promote the deployment of 4G services to enhance the quality of data services by the Telecom Sector, government will be making available ...

"Discriminatory religious and cultural misconceptions about PWDs must stop"  BusinessGhanaPersons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) district of the Central Region have called on the Government to make laws to ...

Kofi Kingston Reflects On Trip To Ghana  SEScoopsWWE Champion Kofi Kingston returned to Ghana for the first time in 26 years last week. Kingston was born in the country but moved to the Boston area when he ...

Major film studios threaten to boycott Georgia over abortion law  Pulse GhanaWarnerMedia, Sony Pictures and NBCUniversal on Thursday joined a growing number of major studios threatening to pull their productions out of Georgia ...

George Andah Lauds MTN For Massive Investment In ICT  Modern GhanaThe Deputy Minister for Communications, Honorable George Andah has commended telecommunications giant MTN Ghana, for contributing immensely to the ...

LOKA To Hold 'Welcome Party' For Ken Agyapong To Resume 'Dog Fight'  Modern GhanaThe National Executives of Loyalists of Kennedy Agyapong (LOKA) is set to organise a mammoth rally for the come back of the Assin Central Member of ...

Car bomb kills eight in Somali capital: emergency services  Pulse GhanaA car bomb exploded near the Somali parliament Saturday, killing eight people, emergency workers said, hours after militia executed nine civilians from a clan ...

Recent kidnappings: IGP must speed up investigations – Annor Dompreh  GhanaWebThe Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Frank Annor Dompreh has called on the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu and ...

Firmus Advisory holds stakeholder engagement for regulatory agencies  Myjoyonline.comPartner at Firmus Advisory Ltd has said it has become necessary to hold a regulatory forum for the public to connect directly with the various regulatory and ...

Human staff will always be needed, Amazon insists  BusinessGhanaAmazon's warehouses will always need human staff, the firm's chief robotics technologist has told the BBC. The company said it had...

“Ghana Hosts African Risk Capacity Joint Board Meeting, Signs Programme of Work to Improve Responses to Extreme Weather Events and Natural Disasters” - Ghana  ReliefWebAccra, Ghana, February 18, 2019 – The Government of Ghana has signed a Programme of Work (Programme) with the African Risk Capacity (ARC) on the ...

UK Rejection Of Restitution Of Artefacts: Confirmation Or Surprise?  Modern Ghana''Truth must be repeated constantly, because error is being repeatedly preached round about all the time, and not just by a few, but by the masses. In the pe...

Gov’t 20,000 Street Litter Bins Coming  Modern GhanaGhanaians from now onwards would have no excuse to litter publicly as the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources Tuesday launched the street litter bin p...

GHANA DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN ECONOMIC DISCIPLINE – FINANCE MINISTER  GhanaThe Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has affirmed Government's commitment to an integrated infrastructural development programme across the country, from a ...

Location for National Cathedral prophetic – Prophet | Religion 2018-12-25  GhanaWebA man of God has described as prophetic the site chosen for the controversial 5,000-seater National Cathedral at ridge in Accra. Apostle Dr. Amoako Atta, ...

British court rules arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful  Modern GhanaBritish arms sales to Saudi Arabia specifically for use in Yemen were ruled unlawful by the Court of Appeal on Thursday, as the British government did not lo...

Parliament speaks on assassination of Ahmed Hussein-Suale  GhanaWebThe Minority in Parliament has convened at a press conference to discuss the assassination of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, undercover investigator and key member ...

There are no expats in Kuwait  Kuwait TimesIf we are going to tax people for polluting our beaches, that is noble, but if we are going to tax expats alone, something is inherently misaligned within us.

Ras Mubarak rides bike to Parliament to protest economic hardship  GhanaWebThe Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, today (Tusday) rode a bicycle to Parliament House to register his protest against the unbearable living ...

Senegal shines in showcase for female tech innovation  Pulse GhanaBarcode health cards, mobile apps for victims of violence and an online legal platform are just some of the ideas showing the direction of female digital pioneers ...

5 PERSONS SWORN-IN AS JUSTICES OF THE APPEAL COURT  GhanaIn fulfilment of Article 144(3) of the 1992 Constitution and upon the advice of the Judicial *Service* Council, five personshave been appointed to the high office of ...

Road contracts worth Gh¢6.5bn awarded since 2017 – Amoako Atta  GhanaWebMinister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta has told Parliament that the Akufo-Addo administration has, since January 2017, awarded road contracts ...

Takoradi kidnapped girls: Minority readies to haul IGP before Parliament  GhanaWebThe Minority in Parliament say they will cause the Inspector General of Police to appear before the House, to answer questions on the kidnapping of some three ...

Far-right seeks control of German town favoured by Hollywood  Pulse GhanaThe far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is battling to win the mayor's office in a bellwether election on Sunday at a town in the former East Germany ...

Minority to drag IGP to Parliament over 3 kidnapped Takoradi girls  GhanaWebThe Minority in Parliament has hinted of plans to drag the Inspector General of Police (IGP) before Parliament over the three Takoradi kidnapped girls case.

"Honour Ghana with AfCFTA Secretariat for Sacrifices Made Towards AU" – President Akufo-Addo  GhanaPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advocated for the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to be established in Ghana.

MoH re-strategises to attain Universal Health Coverage  GhanaThe Ministry of Health (MoH) says it has redesigned and reviewed its current health architecture to adopt a people-centred approach to attaining Universal ...

IGP, Defence and National Security Ministers to face Parliament over kidnappings  GhanaWebThe Inspector General of Police (IGP), is later this week expected to honour an invitation to parliament to answer questions on the recent spate of kidnappings in ...

I stopped riding to Parliament because of death threats on my life – Ras Mubarak  GhanaWebNDC Member of Parliament of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak has revealed that he quit riding his bicycle to Parliament House because he picked ...

Focus on Africa: Ghana Volta region 'separatists' to face treason charges  RFI English'Western Togoland' restorationists arrested for planning to proclaim a breakaway state in Ghana's Volta region are charged with treason.

Islamic organisation opposes erection of National Cathedral  GhanaWebCoalition of Muslim Organisations (COMOG), an Islamic group, has described the proposed construction of a National Cathedral by the government as ...

Call me 'Drones Minister' - Kwaku Agyemang Manu  GhanaWebIn a very humorous way, the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, now prefers to be called 'Drones Minister, especially by his colleague Members of ...

De-Eye Saga: Don't keep quiet; this is the time to act – Kwesi Aning to Parliament  GhanaWebDr Kwesi Aning a security expert is surprised that a private security organization known as De-Eye is operating at the Osu Castle which is a security zone.

Grounds For Divorce In Ghana: - The Basics - Family and Matrimonial - Ghana  Mondaq News AlertsThe Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367) governs the current law on divorce in Ghana. The law provides that, a petition for divorce may be presented to the ...

Gov't defends demolishing of judges' residence to erect Cathedral  Myjoyonline.comGovernment has justified the decision to evict some nine judges from their current official residence to make way for the construction of a National Cathedral.

Know where to register for NIA's Ghana Card in Greater Accra  GhanaWebThe National Identification Authority (NIA) will begin a mass registration and Ghana Card issuance exercise in the Greater Accra Region from Monday, April 29, ...

Ghana's new national cathedral: What we know – and don't know  Myjoyonline.comEarlier this year, President Akufo-Addo announced government's plan to build a 5000-seater national cathedral in the heart of Accra. Here's all you need to ...

Commercial Law In Ghana - Corporate/Commercial Law - Ghana  Mondaq News Alertsawaiting PDF to work Ghana Corporate/Commercial Law Adams & Adams 27 Dec 2018.

$12m Oslo building saga: NDC exposed | General News 2018-12-24  GhanaWebThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has stressed that the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in ...

De-Eye Exposé: Resign now – Minority barks at Akufo-Addo  GhanaWebThe Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate resignation of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from office. This follows an exposé by ...

Suriname establishes 1st African Embassy in Accra  GhanaWebThe South American State, Suriname, has established its first African embassy in Accra, Ghana. It would serve as a conduit for the enhancement of ...

Book on court administration in Ghana launched  BusinessGhanaA 600-page book, titled; Court Administration in Ghana; Civil and Criminal Proceedings, which will ensure the smooth delivery of justice in the courts, has been ...

We are working on a cyber security law - Ursula meets the press  GhanaWebThe Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has announced that government was working a cybersecurity law. She said this when she address ...

More contradictions at Emile Short Commission | General News 2019-02-27  GhanaWebThe Justice Emile Short Commission since it commenced sitting, has witnessed several contradictions from witnesses that have appeared so far. The first three ...

Ayorkor Botchwey summoned by Foreign Affairs C'ttee over Norway Chancery deal  GhanaWebThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has been invited to appear before Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee to ...

Kidnapped Girls Saga: I know their whereabouts - Owusu Bempah  GhanaWebThe Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, has described as "laughable" moves to drag ...

Site for Cathedral was set by God before Ghana became a country- Aps. Amoako Attah  GhanaWebThe founder and general overseer of the Parliament Chapel International, Apostle Francis Amoako Attah has praised government for its unwavering commitment ...

Mahama completed only 29 E-Block schools – Education Minister  GhanaWebThe Mahama administration completed only 29 of its flagship E block community day schools before exiting office, the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku ...

Secessionists in Ghana arrested over planned May 9 independence declaration  Face2Face AfricaThe group has been demanding the secession of the Volta Region and parts of the Northern, North East and Upper East Regions from Ghana to become the ...

731 Commissioners for Oaths sworn in for Ghana Card registration  GhanaWebThe Judicial *service* has been bolstered by 731 commissioners for oaths who will be deployed for the National Identification Card (Ghana Card) registration ...

NIA extends registration for Ghana card at Adentan  GhanaWebThe National Identification Authority (NIA), has extended its pilot registration exercise within the Adentan Municipality of the Greater Accra Region by three more ...

ECG/PDS agreement smells bad; review it – Jinapor writes to Akufo-Addo  GhanaWebA National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Yapei/Kusawgu, John Jinapor, has sent a note to the seat of government, Jubilee House, ...

Ghana can seek UN's help to deal with vigilantism – Aning  GhanaWebA Security Analyst with the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Center (KAIPTC), Dr. Kwesi Aning has said Ghana could seek international support ...

Support Akufo-Addo's government to establish a petroleum hub in Jomoro - MP to Constituents  GhanaWebThe Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region, Mr. Paul Essien has called on his Constituents to support the establishment of the ...

Government to set up special security agency - Akufo-Addo hints  GhanaWebGovernment is in the process of establishing a special security agency devoted solely to gathering intelligence on the activities of crime groups, syndicates and ...

NIA begins mass Ghana card registration today  GhanaWebThe National Identification Authority (NIA) will today, Monday, 29 April 2019 begin the mass registration of Ghanaians for the Ghana Card nationwide. It starts in ...

Galamsey fight: Words must match actions – Dotsei Malor urges goverment  GhanaWebChief Editor of the UN News, Ben Dotse Malor, has called on the Akufo-Addo-led government to fulfil its promise to end illegal small scale mining otherwise ...

Ghana to reinstall statue of Mahatma Gandhi at prominent location in Accra  Economic TimesThe government in Ghana has also assured Delhi the statue will be inaugurated by a Minister in the local government, ET has learnt.

FULL TEXT: Bawumia addresses state of Ghana's economy at Town Hall meeting  GhanaWebGood morning. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to share with you some progress on the state of our economy after two years in government during which ...

General Legal Council blamed for Law School brouhaha  Myjoyonline.comAlhaji Innusah Fuseini has blamed the General Legal Council and administrators of the Ghana School of Law for the huge failures recording in the 2018 law ...

BBC reports: The life and death of Ahmed Hussein-Suale  GhanaWebOn 18 January, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a Ghanaian investigative journalist who had collaborated with the BBC, was shot dead near his family home in Accra.

Stop business of renaming public universities – Kwaku Azar to government  GhanaWebUS-based legal practitioner and accounting professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare, also known as Kwaku Azar, wants the government to halt the process of renaming ...

Parliament discusses construction of national cathedral - Graphic Online  Graphic OnlineThe Minority in Parliament on Wednesday raised issues about the government's decision to partly fund the construction of a national cathedral when many ...

Drones for medical deliveries agreement with Zipline approved by Parliament - Graphic Online  Graphic OnlineThe *service* agreement between Fly Zipline Ghana Limited and the government of Ghana to enable the use of drones to distribute essential medicine to remote ...

Rawlings must answer for secret mass graves – Former bodyguard  GhanaWebFormer President Rawlings has come under public scrutiny following an extensive documentary seeking to reopen and solve an age-long mystery of the killing ...

'Blows' in Parliament over 'Eastern Region University' loan  GhanaWebParliament was virtually turned into a 'landmine' yesterday, with Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides of the House firing salvos at one another amidst ...

Madina street hawkers storm Parliament with tears over decongestion  GhanaWebAmidst tears and chants, traders who ply their trade at the Madina New Market invaded the forecourt of Parliament House on Tuesday afternoon to share their ...

Road contractors still owed over GHC 3.69 billion – Report  GhanaWebThe Association of Road Contractors Ghana has bemoaned government's failure to pay its members debts owed them. A report by the parliamentary committee ...

My comments on location of kidnapped girls were misunderstood – CID Boss  GhanaWebThe Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department, (CID) COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah says there was some miscommunication when ...

Traders resist KMA order; Resume business on 70-Metre Adum footbridge  GhanaWebA number of traders within Kumasi metropolis have resumed their business activities on the popular 70-meter footbridge located at Adum, constructed to ease ...

Bawumia's full Economic Management Team town hall speech  GhanaWebGood morning. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to share with you some progress on the state of our economy after two years in government during which ...

Sam George was assaulted for making a sensitive comment - SWAT Team Commander  GhanaWebCommander in charge of National Security SWAT team, DSP Samuel Kojo Azugu has confirmed that the the 'attired' civilian operative who assaulted the ...

MP 'attacks' Akufo-Addo for having fun in a club with women  GhanaWebThe Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak, has taken President Akufo-Addo to the cleaners over a video that has surfaced online.

3 German firms setting up factories in Ghana  GhanaWebThree leading German companies have indicated their intention to set up factories in Ghana to boost the local economy. The decision to invest in Ghana was ...

Vice President Bawumia Launches Phase II of Mobile Money Interoperability  GhanaThe Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched Phase II of the Mobile Money Interoperability platform in Accra. The launch of Phase II of the ...

Gun-toting masked men at Ayawaso deserve accolades – Minister  GhanaWebMinister of State in charge of National Security Bryan Acheampong has expressed surprise at the wide condemnation of the hooded, masked and heavily armed ...

Exporting Gold From Ghana; The Need For Due Diligence - Energy and Natural Resources - Ghana  Mondaq News AlertsGhana is endowed with abundant natural resources, which have played a key role in the development efforts of the country. Ghana has a long history of mining ...

Michael Ansah appointed CEO of Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation - Graphic Online  Graphic OnlinePresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has appointed Mr Michael Ansah, as Chief Executive Officer of the newly established Ghana Integrated Aluminium ...

Gandhi statue relocation ends misguided campaign – Indian High Commissioner  GhanaWebThe India High commissioner to Ghana, Singh Yadav, says the relocation of Mahatma Gandhi's statue marks an end to misconceived perception about the ...

Ghana journalist Anas speaks out after colleague's murder  Global JournalistDespite the murder of colleague Ahmed Hussein-Suale, Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas vows to press on with exposing corruption in ...

'Relocation of Gandhi's statue an end to misguided campaign' – Indian High Commissioner  GhanaWebThe India High commissioner to Ghana, H.E Singh Yadav says the relocation of Mahatma Gandhi's statue marks an end to misconceived perception about the ...

Riding bicycle to protest against fuel price hike?; Ras Mubarak is 'mad' - Abronye DC  GhanaWebThe Brong Ahafo Regional First Vice Chairman of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as 'Abronye DC' has described NDC's Member of Parliament for ...

Call 191 and 18555 to combat crime – Ghana Police Service  GhanaWebThe programme of 'Ghana Police Watch' focuses on the response of the Police when a woman under attack from robbers urgently calls for help. Significantly, the ...

TUC hails government over job creation | General News 2019-02-26  GhanaWebThe Trades Union Congress (TUC) has commended government for the creation of jobs in the public sector, especially in the area of health. In a statement to ...

Some NPP members will lick the 'faeces' of Kweku Baako – Kennedy Agyapong  GhanaWebMember of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has said that there are some members within the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) that will ...

Palestinian held in Ghana: 'I was tortured for 35 days'  Middle East MonitorThe Ghanaian authorities must open an investigation into the kidnapping and torturing Palestinian Mahran Baajour and bring those responsible to justice, Arab ...