Eight people were killed during Senegal’s football league cup final in Dakar on Saturday in a stampede that broke out following clashes between supporters that were met by police firing tear gas. At least 49 were seriously injured in the confusion, the official APS news agency reported along with the death toll, requiring a mass … Read more
Stakeholders in the proposed paperless transactions at the nation’s entry points have firmed up their commitment to the September 1, 2017 date for take-off. Existing electronic platforms which support paperless transactions at the port are expected to facilitate the successful implementation of the programme, but it has become necessary to clearly define roles, improve information … Read more
Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has assured that government will launch the national digital address system in a few months’ time. This he says will be merged with a post code to ensure the unique identification of various addresses. “In the next couple of months, we want to launch the National digital address system for … Read more
The school year is ending in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau, but some pupils will hardly notice the difference. Long-running pay disputes have kept teachers out of the classrooms for long stretches of the last four decades in this former Portuguese colony, where a dysfunctional government struggles to provide basic services to its citizens. … Read more
About 800 Ghanaian migrants living in Saudi Arabia illegally have turned themselves in at Ghana’s mission there to be deported. This follows a three-month amnesty granted illegal residents by the Saudi government to leave or be sanctioned. Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway explained in a Citi News interview that the Ghana government is subsidizing the cost … Read more
History is littered with countless examples of sovereign states engaging professionals from different nations to man sensitive national positions. The rise of Joseph to the position of Prime Minister in pharaoh’s Egypt is a classic example. Mark Carney, the Governor of the bank of England and the chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee of England … Read more
Shirley Ayorkor-Botchway, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has hinted that the United States (US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to repatriate another batch of Ghanaians. According to her, the Ghana Mission in the U. S was yet to be provided with the details of the number of deportees to be … Read more
National Security has been tasked to probe allegations of maltreatment meted out to some 63 Ghanaians who were recently deported. There have been reports that the deportees were handcuffed and forced on board the plane to Ghana. Though the US Embassy has dismissed the allegation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is insisting investigations should be … Read more
The management of the University of Ghana is under pressure from lecturers and other workers at the school over the absence of a governing council. Almost 40 professorial appointments at the University of Ghana are on hold due to the failure of government to constitute a governing council for the University. According to the Registrar … Read more
Switzerland supports Ghana to help boost the country’s economy… The country of Ghana has received an amount of $80 million from Switzerland as part of efforts to strengthen the Ghanaian economy. The sum was channelled to Ghana by the Switzerland government for the purpose of supporting the enhanced competitiveness of Ghanaian enterprises in the global … Read more
Becca, Stonebwoy and Kumi Guitar, who are Zylofon Media signed artists, have been nominated at this year’s prestigious Ghana Music Awards (GMAs) UK. The final list for the 33 categories for the 2nd Annual Ghana Music Awards UK has been released. Over 100 Ghanaian musicians, labels and management teams submitted their works over the past … Read more
Mother of Heirs is the first project coming out from Black Girls Glow, a platform launched this year by Poetra Asantewa and Dzyadzorm, two of the most prominent female artists in Ghana, who started their careers as spoken word poets but are now much more. ‘BGG is a concept that aims to raise the profile … Read more
Ghanaian exporters have intensified appeals for the government to improve their lot and make them competitive ahead of the eventual implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). According to them, they should be able to stand the competition from their foreign counterparts should they operate within favourable business environments. Some of them who have been … Read more
The Federal Republic of Switzerland has earmarked an amount of $80 million to support the enhanced competitiveness of Ghanaian enterprises in the global market space, as well as help in government’s efforts at diversifying the Ghanaian economy. Ghana has been classified by Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) as a priority country for economic … Read more
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has given government a two-week ultimatum to constitute Councils of the various universities in the country or face their wrath. Even though some councils were constituted few months before the change in government, they have all been dissolved. The National President of UTAG, Harry Agbanu, said the situation … Read more
A child oriented nongovernmental organisation, Juvenile Reform Foundation-Ghana (JRF-Ghana) has launched a charity concert to raise funds in support of released and incarcerated juvenile offenders in the country’s correctional centres. Dubbed ‘Our Future,’ the concert will take place at the last quarter of the year. It will be held three times every year in three … Read more
An Accra High Court has adjourned hearing of the case involving the Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining in Ghana, Aisha Huang and four others, because both parties rejected the Chinese interpreter. This follows concerns raised by both defence and prosecution lawyers that the interpreter, Yun Chin York, who is a … Read more
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has asked persons who have been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees to desist from using the title ‘Dr’, since it is wrong to do so. It further asked all those who have received questionable honorary doctorates from unaccredited institutions to forthwith stop using the title. In an interview with the … Read more
The has opened a new border post in Agortime-Afegame in the Volta Region to improve surveillance in fighting cross-border crimes. Although West Africa is one of the most mobile regions in the world, systems and structures to manage the increasing movements and its accompanying crimes are mostly inadequate and ineffective. The porous have become a … Read more
Today Newspaper in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication will hold its 4th Annual Lecture on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. As part of our corporate social responsibilities, Today instituted, three years ago what has now come to be known as the Today Annual Lecture Series, to brainstorm … Read more