The Ghana COCOBOD has commenced stakeholders’ consultations on improving Ghana’s land tenure system to favour the cultivation of cocoa. Ghana’s cumbersome procedure of registering customary land rights has sidelined most smallholder cocoa farmers. This has also been cited as contributing to the lower yields recorded for the past couple of years. COCOBOD is however targeting ...

President Akufo Addo has stated that his administration will run a very transparent government, where access to information will not be cumbersome. According to him, his government will make data from specific sectors available to the public. Even though government has expressed commitment to pass the right to information bill, it is yet to come ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC), Yofi Grant has stated that the performance of manufacturing companies in the Ghana Club 100 rankings show the need to direct investment to the area. Critics of the award in the past have bemoaned the increasing good performance of the services sector while industry ...

The Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Professor Gyimah Boadi has been awarded the 2017 Martin Luther King Award for Peace and Social Justice by the US Embassy in Ghana. The award, which is in its 10th year, is to recognize a Ghanaian citizen who personifies Dr. King’s philosophy and actions and ...

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has passed a proposal shifting the scheduling of the AFCON from January to June and July. This follows the decision to expand the number of teams in the tournament from 16 to 24 teams. The new format for the competition will now take effect with the ...

An urgent motion has been filed in Parliament to have the house rescind the controversial AMERI power deal it passed in 2015. The motion, according to Citi News sources has been filed by the Adansi Asokwa Member of Parliament, K. T Hammond, who was the ranking member of the Energy Committee at the time the ...

The Chairman of the Ghana 60 years on committee, Ken Amankwah has said that over GH¢5 million was spent on only 6th March parade to commemorate the country’s 60th Independence Anniversary. He said the amount was among other things used to pay for rented cars and hotel accommodation for special guests who attended the anniversary ...

It seems embattled playwright and poet, Chief Moomen will not receive any pesewa from the Ghana@60 Committee after he received GH100, 000 prior organizing his Wogbe Jeke concert during Ghana’s diamond celebration in March 2017. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Thursday, Chairman of the Committee, Ken Amankwah said Mr. Moomen was even lucky to have ...

Dance hall act Shatta Wale has disclosed why he was not present at his colleague artiste Stonebwoy’s wedding few weeks ago. People had said that Shatta Wale’s did attend the wedding because of the seemingly rift between the two of them but speaking Abeiku Santana on Okay FM’s ‘Ekwanso Dwoodwoo’ Shatta Wale who is currently ...

Six teenagers from Burundi taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been reported missing, police say. Four boys and two girls – aged from 16 to 18 – disappeared during the First Global Challenge tournament in Washington DC. The DC Police Department says they were last seen on Tuesday – on the ...

It has emerged that the government has used GH¢5.24m from the state coffers to undertake various activities as part of the Ghana@60 celebrations. This revelation contradicts the President’s announcement that the funds for the year-long celebrations will sourced from private sector. A Deputy Minister for Finance, Kwaku Kwarteng made the revelation while addressing some issues ...

A 16-member Council for the University of Ghana has been inaugurated to govern the affairs of the school. The Council, which will be chaired by Prof. Yaw Twumasi was inaugurated today at the University of Ghana by the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh. A letter signed by the Office of the President and ...

The CAF Executive Committee has passed a resolution to increase the number of participating teams in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) from 16 to 24. The change will take effect from 2019 when Cameroon hosts it. The 55 members of the committee met in Rabat, Morocco earlier this week to discuss the growth of ...

Infinity Tires Ghana Limited, a tyre Importer and Retail Services Company in Ghana has donated 2000 copies of printed manual detailing the guidelines for Importation, Sale and Use of Vehicle tires in Ghana. The manual was designed and authored by the NRSC while the company bore the cost of the printing. This gesture comes in ...

The Akufo Addo administration be a very transparent government where access to information will not be cumbersome, the president has promised. Akufo-Addo assured that his government will make data from specific sectors available to the public from time to time. Addressing the Africa Open Data Conference on Thursday, the president said his government will rely ...

A 21-year-old man with a rare genetic disorder was filmed lifting a 152lb tire nearly a dozen times across his Tampa, Florida gym. The feat is impressive on its own. But what makes the demonstration even more remarkable is that Nick Santonastasso has a condition known as Hanhart Syndrome. Hanhart Syndrome is a genetic disorder ...

A 21-year-old man with a rare genetic disorder was filmed lifting a 152lb tire nearly a dozen times across his Tampa, Florida gym. The feat is impressive on its own. But what makes the demonstration even more remarkable is that Nick Santonastasso has a condition known as Hanhart Syndrome. Hanhart Syndrome is a genetic disorder ...

The Ashanti Region will soon benefit from additional districts to help expedite the developmental process of the area. This was disclosed by Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo on behalf of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday. He was speaking during the 2017 New Patriotic Party (NPP)Ashanti Regional Annual Delegates Conference in Kumasi. The ...

The main opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress has alleged that “goons” and “squads” from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are behind the recent killings of some policemen in the line of duty. Addressing a press conference in Accra Thursday, National Chairman of the NDC, Mr Kofi Portuphy said crime was being committed with “brazen ...

Only 36 percent of pregnant women in the Northern Region patronize health facilities for delivery,  Georgina Amidu, Communications for Development Officer at United Nations’ Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. Ms Amidu indicated that the percentage was the lowest in the country and stressed the need for a second look to reverse the situation since ...