Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday congratulated the players, technical and management team of the Black Stars B Team for winning this year’s Fox West African Football Union Cup (WAFU).The President, therefore, pledged a winning bonus of 100,000 dollars in addition to the

He said with his Administration’s policies geared towards facilitating business and industrial growth, and positioning Ghana as the most business and people-friendly economy on the continent, a formidable public-private partnership was the most viable way of building a competitive economy.This transformed economy, he said, would dr

Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, the Minister of Health has urged West African countries to redouble efforts towards the prevention, control, elimination and eradication of vaccine preventable diseases in the sub-region. He also urged the countries to develop more innovative ways of addressing vaccine preventable diseas

By Emmanuel Asante Attakora, GNA     Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah has char

Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - Major General (Retired) Henry Kwami Anyidoho has called for stringent measures at the United Nations and Regional Organisations to deal with countries who continue to ship arms to conflict zones.Major General Anyidoho, a former Deputy Force Commander and Chief of Staff, United Nations Assistance Missions for Rw

Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - Ghanaians have been asked not undermine the relative peace the country is enjoying with careless statements and comments.Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Director, of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) also called on the nation to do all it could to strengthen peace and not assume

Ho, Sept. 26, GNA - Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has said the region has both capital and human resources to generate its own revenues to develop without waiting for government intervention.He called on entrepreneurs in the region to devise creative measures to create job opportunities and expand the local economy

Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - Ghana will host the Fourth African Forum on Religion and Government (AFReG) conference from October 2 to 5, 2017, at Elmina in the Central Region.The conference on the theme: “Africans Rising Together,” will focus on addressing the impact of the Slave Trade on Africans and Africans in the Diaspora.

Bawku (UE) Sept. 26, GNA - Stakeholders in the Bawku area on Thursday met to draw an action plan to end Child-Marriage and encourage girl child education in the area.The plan which was jointly drawn by Chiefs, Queen mothers, Women groups, school girls and Assembly members from the area would mandate and direct institutions such as th

By Robert Tachie Menson, GNA      Dormaa-Ahenkro (B/A), Sept. 26, GNA - Mr Drissah Quattara, the Dormaa Central

By Dennis Osei Gyamfi, GNA     Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah has opened up

By William D. Ezah, GNA Special Correspondent, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sept. 25, GNA – With few days to end the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, almost all participants are convinced the central Asian nation

Dormaa-Ahenkro, Sept. 26, GNA - Mr. Drissah Quattara, the Dormaa Central Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) on Sunday debunked assertions and perception that he was unfriendly to the media.He said the sensitivity of his position had made him to tread cautiously in approaching issues in the interest of the Municipality and Ghana in

Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - An estimated 10,000 Ghanaians are suffering from dementia, which is a neurological disorder that affects the brain leading to the gradual loss of the short term memory of an individual.The condition also affects the ability of the affected persons to understand what is happening around them and causes them to b

Ho, Sept. 26, GNA - The Klefe Traditional Area has launched a fund to improve education in the farming community, near Ho.The initiative dubbed, “Education, the Bedrock of Sustainable Development”, is targeting an amount of GH¢200,000.00 in 12 months to promote quality teaching and learning.

Nandom (U/W), Sept. 26, GNA – Government is committed to ensuring a smooth implementation of the Northern Scholarship programme alongside the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy to make life easy for beneficiaries.In this regard, government has released a total amount of GH¢65 million for the Northern Schola

Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - Experts at a roundtable organized by the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ) have stressed the need for a good corporate governance in the banking industry in order to ensure success.According to them, it was important to ensure that players in the sector adhered to strict corporate governanc

Tamale, Sept. 26, GNA - A family of a victim in Monday’s (September 18, 2017) armed robbery attack at Walewale, which led to the death of one and injuries to two others, has petitioned the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area to investigate the incident to bring perpetrators to book.A copy of the petition by the Bishanaayiri

By Edna A. Quansah, GNA Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - The Ghana Armwrestling Federation’s (GAF) Campus competition at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) received a boost following a partnership agreement with Vodafone Cash and Rush Energy Drink

Accra, Sept. 26, GNA - The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has congratulated the Black Stars B for winning the 2017 West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations after beating their Nigerian counterparts 4-1 in the finals of the competition last Sunday.A statement signed by the SWAG President, Kw