April 2012

Rainstorm destroyed a number of houses on Friday night in Navrongo and Paga in the Kassena-Nankana East and West Districts of the Upper East Region. The storm started after 1800 hours came with severe winds travelling at a speed of about…

Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister, has called for unremitting cordial relations between Ghana, Togo and other neighbouring countries for sustainable development. He noted that there was the need for West African countries…

Mr Explo Nani-Kofi, Director of Kilombo Centre for Civil Society and African Self-Determination, has suggested the need for the ideals of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, First President of Ghana to be adopted as an academic discipline. He said…

Three persons died on the spot, on Sunday dawn, when a Yutong  bus with registration number GN 4540-10, in which they were travelling run into three stationary vehicles and an electric pole. This was after the driver had negotiated a sharp…

Mr Victor Smith, Eastern Regional Minister, has appealed to religious leaders to entreat political heads to respect State institutions and the laws of the country. He explained that, disrespect for State institutions established to ensure…

Professor Stephen Adei, Past Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), on Sunday observed that 50 per cent of children in Ghana do not beyond nine years of education. "After 55 years of independence,…

Professor Victor Yao Gadzekpo, President of the Central University College, has called on government to offer special incentive packages for entrepreneurs who would be interested in developing the clay industry. He said apart from tax…

Glo Mobile Ghana, a subsidiary of Globacom Limited, Africa's fastest growing telecommunications company, on Sunday launched its commercial operations, promising to deliver unparallel services to Ghanaians across the voice and data…

Fitch Ratings on April 27, 2012 affirmed and simultaneously removed Ecobank Transnational Incorporated’s (ETI) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B-' and Viability Rating (VR) at 'b-' from its Rating Watch Negative (RWN). ETI's…

The “Doha Mandate” has been adopted after intense all-night deliberations that concluded the thirteenth Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII) in Doha, Qatar April 26, 2012. According to…