Poverty levels in Ghana going down – Survey

Ghana's Poverty Headcount has reduced from 39.5 percent in 1998/1999 to 28.5 percent in 2005/2006, a report by the Ghana Living Standard Survey has revealed. According to the report, extreme poverty fell from 27 percent to about 18 percent…

Health extension workers under NYEP lay off

The hope of personnel working under the Health Extension Module of the National Youth Employment programme to have a permanent job would soon be dashed as directive have been given to some hospitals authorities to sack such personnel. The…

Two robbers jailed 80 years in Kumasi

A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced two people to 40 years imprisonment each for attempting to snatch a taxi cab from its driver. Baba Atia alias "Ackom", 20, a labourer and Mohammed Adongo also known as "Colio", 31, a taxi driver,…

Court orders arrest of juror

A Koforidua High Court has ordered the arrest of a juror, Mr Teye Tetteh, and issued a bench warrant for the arrest of another juror empanelled on a murder case for allegedly demanding monies from the relatives of the accused person. The…

One water pump restored at Weija

One of the four water pumps that were damaged at the Weija Water Works has been restored ahead of the arrival of engineers from South Africa to fix the problem, an official of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) told the GNA on Tuesday. Mr…

Expert urges attention to skills and competence

An expert in Technical and Vocational Training has called on stakeholders in the Division to give more attention to skills and competence than paper qualification to enable Ghana to compete with other industrialised nations. Mr Nicholas…

Egypt inflation at 13.6% in January 2010

Egypt's urban annual consumer price inflation climbed to 13.6 percent in January from 13.3 percent in December, state statistics agency figures indicated on Wednesday. Last month's data published on the agency's website showed the consumer…

Nigeria gets acting President

Nigeria's Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has become acting president, after weeks of political uncertainty over the absence of its ailing leader. Parliament earlier voted to recognise Mr Jonathan as acting president, in place of…