2017

Countries are investing in their higher education systems, and more people than ever before are completing Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or doctoral degrees. According to an OECD report made available to the Ghana News Agency, the US…

The Accra High Court hearing the case involving the two alleged killers of J. B. Daquah Adu, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, in the Eastern Region on Tuesday discharged the two accused persons. The court…

The Minister for Railways Development, Mr Joe Ghartey, has given the assurance that the Ministry would engage the services and expertise of local engineers towards improving the infrastructure needs of the railway sector. He said the…

Two months ago a Ghanaian woman working with UNICEF went missing on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. The woman, Charlotte Nikoi, a Ghanaian citizen and Associate Director of Human Resources at the UN organization was hiking…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Tuesday for Niamey, Niger for a day's official working tour of that country. The President is on the last leg of his tour of ECOWAS countries. The endeavour is to…

The government has increased by 100 per cent monthly allowances paid to paramount chiefs and queenmothers across the country, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has announced. By this increment,…

On June 3, 2015, a flood in Accra followed by a filling station gas explosion killed 150 people. The disaster also affected more than 50,000 residents in Accra. The cost of the damage was estimated at GH¢242 million or $55 million.…

Despite a looming banking crisis in Ghana following economic decline by the end of 2016 and an increase in problem loan levels driven by large exposures to energy companies, for which unpaid government subsidies prevented scheduled bank…

"The destiny of the African youth is not at the bottom of the Mediterranean sea,” says Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, at its just ended 52nd Annual Meetings in India. “The Mediterranean sea has become a…

Findings from a World Bank study has revealed that Ghana has an estimated unexploited tax potential of five per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014 which needs to be exploited to control borrowing costs. According to the…