April 2013

Food insecurity and climate change are already inhibiting human well-being and economic growth throughout the world and these problems are poised to accelerate.Threats from climate change, population growth and unsustainable resource use…

France's petroleum firm, Total, has discovered oil in Ivory Coast near Ghana's Jubilee oilfields. Total, on April 25, 2013 announced that the Ivoire-1X exploration well encountered 28 meters of net oil pay in a series of about 100 meters…

The University for Development Studies (UDS) on Thursday conferred a Doctorate Degree (Phd) on the former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Tamale. In a citation, the authorities described the former Nigerian leader as a…

When a national oil company buys acreage in another country, it is more affair of state than commercial deal. And so Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s arrival in Ghana last April was not unexpected, with Energy Minister Dipuo Peters,…

Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, on Thursday said Government had accelerated the pace for equipping tertiary educational institutions with laptops as part of the E-education project. She said government…

Controversy sparked at the election petition hearing on Thursday when counsel for the Electoral Commission (EC) Mr James Quarshie Idun sought to tender an original Pink Sheet for special voting through Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the second…

A Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in 2011, indicated that nearly 80 percent of households in Ghana used improved sources of drinking water. This means that Ghana has already…

The Novotel Market Traders Association has urged the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to enforce its bye-laws to the letter to maintain orderliness in the markets. This they say would help in generating revenue for development. The…

A 28-year old farmer was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Ho Circuit Court on Wednesday for stealing a pair of Wellington boot and possessing Indian hemp weighing 16.70 grams without authority. Vovolar Kosi Gomadzi Klu pleaded not…

The Amnesty International Ghana (AIG) on Thursday commended the Ghana government for accepting the Constitutional Review Commission’s recommendation to abolish the death penalty in the revised constitution. Mr Lawrence Amesu, Director of…