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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo –Addo has assured that government has put some cogent measures in place to guarantee a prosperous future for the country.    While delivering a speech at the 61st Independence Anniversary celebration in Accra on Tuesday, the President said,“ we have started on the right path towards a prosperous future with the concrete steps we are ...

Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has called on the government to invest in the National Seed Traders Association of Ghana (NASTAG) to boost their operations to meet the local demands of farmers and also create jobs for teeming youth thereby improving incomes and livelihoods. “Instead of importing seeds, we have seeds producers and growers in Ghana but they are ...

Questions are being asked by individuals and civil society groups advocating for the passage of the Right to Information Bill whether President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo meant business when he mentioned government’s readiness to pass the bill before Parliament rises. Their doubts stems from the fact that this is not the first time such statements had been made by ...

Founder and president of Clothe the Naked Outreach (CTN), Mr Stephen Paa Kwesi Quainoo has called for support from donors and individuals to help provide better education and cloths for the poor and needy. A major challenge facing orphans and abandoned children in orphanages and children in the villages of Ghana, is the lack of money to finance their formal ...

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two persons for allegedly beheading a five-year-old boy. The two; Vikuriba Joe Zoot, 21, and Kozel Borama, 25, were arrested on March 7, 2018 with the human head in their possession at Ampabame near Sokoban in Kumasi. The deceased, identified as Silas Kunsana, a twin, was picked up by the suspects at Suame, ...

A 42-year-old man and two women have been arrested for allegedly practising as a doctor, a nurse and a laboratory technician at a clinic at Akwamu, near Nsawam, without qualification and licences. They were arrested while they were busily administering health care to the unsuspecting public on March 7, 2018 at a clinic known as the Selomassa Health Centre. Personnel ...

A group of people calling themselves the Coalition of Volta Youths yesterday staged a protest through the principal streets of Ho against the intended creation of a new region out of the Volta Region. Carrying placards with inscriptions such as: “Divide and rule tactics”, “We can build Volta Region together”, “Volta is not for sale”, “Give back our lands and ...

The Marketing Director of Tex Styles Ghana Limited, Reverend Stephen Badu has revealed that pirates are collapsing the Ghanaian textile companies due to their production of counterfeit. He stated, “The biggest challenge is the counterfeit and smuggling of fabrics.” As a result of counterfeiting, work force in the industry has reduced of about 80 percent. The problems in the industry ...

The Right to Information Coalition has resolved to embark on various lawful public actions to mobilize the people of Ghana behind and in support of its call for the passage of an effective and robust right to information legislation in Ghana before the end of the third quarter of 2018. The group says it is unable to find any reasonable ...

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) groups has called on the government to enforce laws to protect gender and sexual minorities in Ghana against discrimination and violence. “The government should recognize that we are human beings and can contribute to the development of the country, so they should not treat us as outcasts in the society.” They pleaded. The ...