Governments policy of converting polytechnics into technical universities will take-off in September 2016, to help reposition them as strategic institutions for the training of highly-skilled human resource to drive the nations socio-economic development

Mr. Ebenezer Tetteh, Municipal Disease Control Officer of the Tarkwa Municipality in the Western Region says the increase in Tuberculosis (TB) cases within the area could largely be attributed to the dusty nature of the environment due to illegal mining

The Netherlands Government is liaising with the Ghana Scout Association (GSA) to construct an ultra-modern training camp at Wawase in the Afigya-Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region

Government has been asked to slow down on the constitutional review process to enable it to include other important issues like the abolishing of the winner takes all system of governance

The Minister of the Interior Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi has noted that Government will continue to support and resource the Police to confront challenges in the execution of their core duties to bring total sanity to society

The New Business Challenge, an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency has been held in Accra

The Ankobra West Rural Bank Limited recorded profit before tax of GH333,233 in 2013 as against GH171, 711 in 2012, Mr. Mike Ezan, Chairman of the Bank, announced on Saturday

Foundation for Women in Sports has donated items worth GHC 5000 to the Under 20 Women National football Team ahead of the 2014 World Cup Tournament in Canada

Forum for Accountability and Development of Sefwi (FADOS), a pressure group, has re-echoed the need for the government to pay particular attention to the cocoa sector to maximize production for economic growth

The impact of higher education on social and economic development featured predominantly in the extraordinary session of leaders of the Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA)

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a Customary Lands Secretariat (CLS) at Breman Asikuma was on Friday signed between the Central Region Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands (OASL) and the Breman Traditional Council

The Ghana Muslim Academy (GMA) on Sunday held its second 2014 Mohammed Ali Mujahid Annual Ramadan Lectures in Accra, on the theme: Dealing with Corruption in Ghana: The Islamic Paradigm.

Dr Lawrence Tetteh, a Ghanaian International Evangelist, on Sunday asked the citizenry not to lose faith in the ailing economy, since through collective efforts and sharing of ideas it could be healed

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, (IET) Ghana on Saturday appealed to government to repeal PNDC Law 285 on Songhor Lagoon to allow and enable more investors into the salt production industry

Mr Alex Segbefia, Deputy Minister Designate for Defence, has promised working with the sector Minister to investigate perceived regional and tribal imbalance in the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF)

A book which chronicles and elaborates on the history of Valley View University (VVU) since it was established 30 years ago was today launched at Oyibi, near Dodowa

Pastor Dr Matthew Bediako, Immediate Past Executive Secretary, General Assembly Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, has called on Government to expedite actions on the outcomes of the several committees inaugurated to investigate financial misconducts