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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on factions opposing the creation of the proposed Oti Region from the Volta Region, particularly chiefs, to do so with prudence, and not accuse government of seeking political or tribal divide. The President noted that the process, in other parts of the country …

Mr Dominic Oduro-Antwi, President of the Ghana India Trade and Advisory Chamber (GITAC) on Sunday said, the chamber has made impressive efforts in promoting trade relations between Ghana and India. This he said was achieved through the collaborations with the Ghana High Commission, India, the Indian High Commission in Ghana, …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has announced that effective November 1 2018, all tobacco and tobacco products in Ghana will bear Pictorial Health Warnings (PHW) with emissions and constituents on their packages. A statement signed by Mrs Delese A. A Darko, the Chief Executive Officer of FDA and copied …

The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) has started a new programme in diagnostic radiography. The programme is aimed at training a new crop of scientists to use sophisticated equipment and techniques to produce medical images. Professor John Owusu Gyapong, Vice Chancellor, UHAS, who was speaking at a matriculation …

Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli and President of the National House of Chiefs has said the Commission of inquiry into the creation of new regions had no power to exclude natives of regions which would be altered from voting in the referendum. He said though the Commission was mandated …

Over 1000 people with disability have been defrauded by  Rev. T.A Topper II Foundation (RTATF), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Koforidua and led by Ms Matilda Topper. The Eastern Regional branch of the Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD) has therefore appealed to the Inspector General of Police …

The 8th Baobab Market session has been held in Tamale with a commitment by members to intensify their advocacy to stop the indiscriminate felling of and exportation of rosewood from the country. Members, therefore, have constituted a committee to lead the advocacy activities by engaging with stakeholders at community and …

Two siblings who engaged in bouts of sexual escapades for years, producing two children out of the relationship were on Friday remanded in police custody by a Circuit Court in Cape Coast. The accused, John Arthur, alias Ekow Ayiku, 23 comes directly after Mary Arthur, alias Maame Adwoa, 25, his …

Fresh tilapia sellers at the Tema Community One market have assured residents and their customers not to stop patronizing their fish as they will never sell contaminated fish. They told the Ghana News Agency on Friday that patronage has dipped  following the circulation of a video  of large quantities of …

Ghana, like most African countries that signed the Maputo Agreement to allocate at least 10 per cent of their annual budget to agriculture, is the biggest importer of onions from landlocked West African neighbour, Niger. According to latest statistics from the Ghana Statistical Service on the country’s GDP, year-on-year, the industry …