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[Ghanaian Times] The Executive Director of Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), Mr Olivier Langrand, has called on the government to increase its budgetary allocation for biodiversity conservation.
[GhanaToday] The government has started the necessary processes for the establishment of the Ghana Hydrological Authority.
[GhanaToday] Ghana spent two million dollars to import food yearly, a situation that can be avoided if the energy of the youth is channelled toward agriculture.
[VOA] Accra -- Rights activists in Ghana are protesting after a crowd, urged on by a member of parliament, tore down a billboard that promoted tolerance toward the LGBTQ community. Last year, Ghanaian security shut down a European Union-supported LGBTQ community center, and some lawmakers are seeking to make gay rights advocacy illegal.
[GhanaToday] The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated the government's commitment to investing more in education to ensure a better future for the youth and the country.
[GhanaToday] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday commissioned a 250-seater public library with a 100-seater capacity conference room built at Frafaha in the Adentan Municipality in Accra.
[GhanaToday] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the National Commission on Civic Education's (NCCE) responsibility to establish and deepen the culture of constitutional awareness is imperative.
[Ghanaian Times] Five months after trainees of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) took to the streets to lay bare their grievances, the government has not yet met their demands.
[Ghanaian Times] Joshua Nii Bortey, Municipal Chief Executive of Krowor, has encouraged school children within the municipality to own the seedlings they have planted.
[Ghanaian Times] The ongoing Ukraine crisis presents new challenges to Africa as it is hindering access to grains, fertilisers and petroleum products, Professor Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has said.
[Ghanaian Times] A non-governmental organisation, Life4Life Foundation, focused on child, adolescent and youth development, over the weekend presented items to the Motherly Love Orphanage in Kwabenya.
[Ghanaian Times] Mr Seth Kwafo of the Regional Maritime University (RMU) has won Kasapreko's Excellence Award for Best Graduating Engineering Student.
[Ghanaian Times] The United States (US) Department of Commerce has projected the value of trade between Ghana and US to double in the next two years.
[Ghanaian Times] Ghana Premier League champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko has received two separate cheques totaling GH¢180,000 from Hisense Ghana.
[Ghanaian Times] Koforidua -- Regional Commanders, department heads of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Experts and Consultants have been engaged in a four-day workshop in Koforidua in the Eastern region to discuss and evaluate a 5-year Strategic Plan for the GIS.
[Ghanaian Times] The damaged portion of the Accra Tema Motorway which was closed for maintenance works would be opened to traffic at 6:00 a.m. today.
[Ghanaian Times] The Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II has congratulated 2021/22 Women's Premier League winners, Ampem Darkoa Ladies for their feat and urged them to extend their dominance to Africa.
[Ghanaian Times] The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Pius Enam Hadzideh, has appealed to all Ghanaians especially the youth to support in the implementation of the YouStart Initiative in order to guarantee its success.
[Ghanaian Times] The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has implored personnel of the service to protect the image of the service during the discharge of their duties.
[Ghanaian Times] A big price cut may not be enough
[Ghanaian Times] A signing ceremony to finance the establishment of a tractor and a backhoe loader in Ghana was yesterday signed between the Ministry of Finance and the Export and Import Bank of India.
[Ghanaian Times] FBNBank has supported the Green Ghana Project by making a donation towards the activities planned by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and also taking action to help increase Ghana's tree population.
[Ghanaian Times] Ghana's Black Starlets will today battle the Sparrow Hawks of Togo at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in the ongoing WAFU Zone B U-17 qualifiers in Ghana.
[Ghanaian Times] A 'Flair Portal' has been introduced by the National Service Scheme (NSS) as its new vision to move away from the previous mandate of deploying NSS personnel.
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Armed Forces has begun a rescue programme to save persons affected by the recent floods in Accra.
[Ghanaian Times] Parliament has postponed all businesses related to the Ministry of Finance over the failure of the Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to appear before the House and respond to questions asked of him by lawmakers.
[Ghanaian Times] Bolgatanga -- A circuit court in Bolgatanga has remanded into police custody, five Nigerians, for allegedly selling counterfeit and unwholesome products to unsuspecting customers in Zebilla in the Upper East Region.
[Ghanaian Times] Bolgatanga -- The Circuit Court in Bolgatanga, has remanded into police custody, an 18-year-old farmer, for allegedly inflicting cutlass wounds on a colleague at Kwarania, in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal in the Upper East Region.
[Ghanaian Times] A 10-member Entity Tender Committee for the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) was inaugurated yesterday in Accra, with a call on members to prioritise the protection of the public purse.
[Ghanaian Times] The Marwako restaurant has called for an independent investigation into the food poisoning complaints, although the company has paid a fine of GH₵750,000,Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Marwako, Mohammed Amin Lamptey, has stated.
[Ghanaian Times] The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced the intention to roll out an electronic payment scheme which will allow people to pay their contributions, using mobile money or bank applications without any electronic levy charges.
[Ghanaian Times] The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is to roll out an electronic payment scheme which will allow people pay their contributions, using mobile money or bank applications without any electronic levy charges.
[Ghanaian Times] Four new envoys accredited by their respective countries to serve in Ghana presented their credentials to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra yesterday.
[Ghanaian Times] The Ga West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Clemence Wilkinson, has toured communities in the municipality to assess the development challenges facing them.
[Ghana Presidency] The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has launched the No Guarantor Student Loan Policy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technolgy (KNUST) in Kumasi, on Wednesday June 8, 2022.
[Ghanaian Times] In a bid to provide financial literacy and dealing poverty among countries, the Global GT, a hybrid forex and cryptocurrency broker has patterned with Elvis Justice to achieve the aim of providing individuals with the needed financial know-how in transacting trade online.
[Ghanaian Times] Dominic MacCarthy has won the University of Ghana's (UG) first gold medal at the ongoing Federation of African Universities Sports (FASU) Games in Kenya in the shot put event.
[Ghanaian Times] Work is to begin on the construction of a hospital at Danfa in the La Nkwantanang Municipality in Accra, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has said.
[Ghanaian Times] Tamale -- Three people have been shot dead in a robbery attack at Kalariga, a suburb of Tamale, in the Northern Region.
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi Asante Kotoko Head Coach, Prosper Narteh Ogum, has attributed the success of Cameroonian import Franck Mbella Thierry Etouga to his work ethics which the coach described as one of the best and what keeps the player going.
[Ghanaian Times] An alleged encroacher of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute's (CSIR-ARI) 200-acre land at Frafraha in the Adentan Municipality in Accra was apprehended when the Greater Accra Minister, Henry Quartey visited the property with a team from the Regional Security Council (REGSEC).
[Ghanaian Times] Accra Great Olympics enterprising right back, Philip Nii Kojo Sackey is confident his side will record a double over Accra Hearts of Oak when they clash in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) penultimate match day fixture at the Accra Sports Stadium.
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- A student of Business Administration Accounting option, at the Akenten Appiah- Minka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development(AAMUSTED), collapsed and died while writing last end of semester examination, at the weekend.
[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, is rallying all and sundry to join the second edition of the 'Green Ghana Day' which takes off tomorrow across the country to plant two million trees.
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed five out of 12 suspected monkeypox cases.
[CAF] The senior national teams of Ghana and Tunisia have arrived in Japan to play in the Kirin Super Cup which starts on Friday as part of their build-up to the 2022 World Cup.
[Ghanaian Times] Born to Ayatollah Sayyid Mustafa Musawi and Hajieh Agha Khanum, also called Hajar, in the town of Khomein, about 300 kilometers south of Tehran, Iran, possibly on May 17, 1900 or September 24, 1902. Ruhollah al Musawi al Khomeini was a religious and political leader who served as the first supreme leader of the Islamic republic of Iran from 1979 to 1989. Khomeini's father was murdered when he was five months old, and he was raised by his mother and one of his aunts; both of whom would die in the same year
[Ghanaian Times] The Accra Ubuntu Lions club on Saturday, empowered over 100 youth with various vocational skills training at Odumase-Krobo in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality, Eastern Region.
[GhanaToday] Statistics show that out of 325,000 students who applied for students loan in the 2019/20 academic year, only 9.6% were able to access the loan.
[GhanaToday] Mr Simon Osei Mensah, Ashanti Regional Minister