February 2013

ECOWAS has endorsed Ghana’s former Foreign Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni as candidate for Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States. The Ghanaian Member of Parliament is to serve the unexpired term…

Alhaji Collins Dauda, the Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing on Thursday said the Ministry was working to ensure that old and dilapidated pipe lines were replaced to facilitate effective water distribution in the country. The…

A Ghanaian national has been arrested by Philippino authorities after being caught with suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in the country's capital, Manila. John Nana Brown, together with two Indonesians - Fitri Wiji Utami and…

Participants at a focus group discussion in Koforidua have appealed to Parliament to pass the Right to Information Bill (RTI) with the necessary amendments to make it more beneficial to the ordinary citizens. The group called for the…

Mr Cornelius Okan-Adjetey, grandson of Sergeant  Peter Adjetey, one of the three ex-servicemen who were killed during the 28th February Christianborg Crossroads Shooting in the then Gold Coast, has called on government to maintain the…

Gas has not been flowing from Nigeria for several months now through the West African Gas Pipeline and Ghana is looking at different sources of getting gas to generate power. The unavailability of gas has led to the shutting down of power…

The African Development Bank is to loan $300 million to boost the Nigerian economy. The Bank approved the credit February 27, 2013 during its Board of Directors meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is to "finance the Transport Sector and…

In the year 2012, more than six billion mobile connections were recorded worldwide, a joint report by the global group of mobile providers GSMA and research company A. T. Kearney has said. According to the report released February 25,…

Members of the  Simpaman  Fishermen Association have appealed to the  government to investigate how middle men manage to get large consignments of premix fuel and sell them exorbitantly to fishermen in Winneba and other coastal areas  in…

The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the European Union (EU) has provided pipe-borne water to two towns in the Tolon District to protect residents against contracting water related…