President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged all to debate the LGBTQ+ bill before Parliament in a civil and tolerant manner. He said there was need for respect for the opinions of all and sundry in the debate on the Proper Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, a private …

Dr Steve Manteaw, Co-Chair of Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), has underscored the need for the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) to increase its equity participation in the oil and gas industry. This, he said, was vital to ensure that the country derived maximum benefits from the extraction of …

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has observed that Ghanaian teachers are among  the best trained and dedicated in the world. The Minister attributed the recent winning of international awards and nominations of some Ghanaian teachers by international agencies recently as a testimony to this feat and pledged …

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) Wednesday said the prices of a litre of petroleum products have increased by about 33 per cent this year. The Centre said these increments introduced significant cost burden on the productive sector and the average Ghanaian. Mr Benjamin Boakye, the Executive Director of …

A national Pre-COP 26 meeting opened in Accra on Wednesday as a prelude to Ghana’s participation in the upcoming Climate Change conference, scheduled to be hosted in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from October 31 to November 12. For the first time in the history of Climate Change conferences, Ghana is said …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has announced the demise of Mrs Eudora Quartey-Koranteng, Ghana’s Ambassador to Rome, Italy. The Ministry in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the sad event occurred on Tuesday, October 19. It said in commiserating with the bereaved family, the …

The University Council of the University of Ghana on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, appointed Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo as Vice-Chancellor of the University. Her appointment takes effect from October 26, 2021. Professor Amfo, by this appointment, becomes the first woman to occupy the position of Vice-Chancellor in the University. …

The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament has complained about troubles in the approval process of the President’s nominees for the metropolitan, municipal and district chief executive (MMDCE) positions, stressing immediate interventions to prevent further chaos. Acts of violence, brutalisation, and intimidation have characterised the approval of the …

Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm, the brain behind the alleged plot to overthrow the government was captured in a video assuring the soldiers who were to carry out the coup plot that money is not a problem. It was done through Staff Sergeant Sule Kojo Awarf, the star witness in …

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has begun investigations into the robbery of a manufacturing company and the killing of its security man on Tuesday night at Ahenema-Kokoben, near Santase. Mr Andoh Bosompem, 49, was gruesomely murdered by the robbers during an operation at the A2 Enterprise, an aluminium manufacturing company, …