Hohoe, Feb 12, GNA - Dr Etienne Krug, Director of the WHO Department for the Management of Non-communicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention says experiencing violence in childhood has lifelong impacts on the health and well-being of children. “We must not tolerate that half of the world’s children suffer viole

Accra, Feb 12, GNA- Mr Stephen Ashitey Adjei, an executive member of the Tema East branch of the NDC has exclusively attributed the defeat of the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 polls to former President John Dramani Mahama.“Yes it is true that President Mahama has already come out to take responsibility for our defeat, but ever

By Dorothy Frances Ward, GNAKumasi, Feb 12, GNA – The British High Commissioner, Mr. Ian Walker, has pledged to go the extra mile to take ties between his country and Ghana to the next level.He was determined to work hard and with zeal

Accra, Feb 12, GNA - Northern Alliance for Better Ghana (NAFBEG), a National Democratic Congress pressure Group has appealed to former President John Dramani Mahama not to contest for the Presidential slot of the NDC for the 2020 elections.According to the group, it was a bad idea for the former President to return to the frontlines of pol

By Francis Ameyibor, GNAAccra, Feb. 12, GNA – The Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) on Monday said Africa needs dynamic and not speech-making leaders and therefore called on African governments to roll their sleeves, get down to business, for which they were voted into power.

By Afedzi Abdullah, GNACape Coast, Feb. 12, GNA - Mr Stephen Kojo Arhin, a 66 year businessman contesting for the NPP Chairmanship position for Cape Coast North constituency of the New Patriotic Party has promised to blend older folks and the youth of the party to engender unity.

By Edna A. Quansah, GNA Accra, Feb. 12, GNA - Final Year of Seven Great Princess Academy, Sharon Aganah has emerged the best sports student for the second time at a three-day sports day held at the school’s p

By Laudia Sawer, GNAShai-Hills (GAR), Feb 12, GNA - Ghanaian workers contracted by Indian company Afcons Infrastructure Limited to work on the ongoing construction of a Single Standard Gauge Railway line from Tema to Akosombo on have embarked on sit down strike for better wages.

Accra, Feb. 12, GNA - Mr. Aziz Haruna Futah, aspiring candidate for the National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has commended the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the “one constituency, one Astro turf” policy announced in the 2018 State of the Nation Address (SONA).

By Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNAAccra, Feb. 12, GNA - Three Chinese and a Ghanaian have been arrested in the Diaso Forest, near Ayiem in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region for engaging in illegal mining.They are: Wi, Pan

Edwakpole (W/R), Feb 12, GNA - A-39-year old driver from Ala-Bokazo in the Ellembelle District Zakaria Mahama died on the spot in the early hours of Sunday, when his unregistered Nissan Note private car collided head-on with an Articulator trailer with registration No. CR 2283-16.The Ellembelle District Police Commander, Superintendent of

By Godfred Polkuu, GNABolgatanga, Feb. 12, GNA - The Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR) has trained 157 District Coordinators and Supervisors in the Upper East Region to undertake its data collection exercise from February 26 to March 31 this year.

By Dennis Peprah, GNAAtebubu, (B/A), Feb. 12, GNA - The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has placed a nationwide ban on group hunting to control outbreak of bush and wildfires.The service has intensified monitoring in particularly bush

By Sumaiya Saeed Salifu, GNAHo, Feb. 12, GNA - The Ho Municipal Assembly has allegedly misappropriated GH¢ 5,000.00 meant for equipment and furniture for the Kpenoe Community-Based Health Planning and Service compound, near Ho.The amoun

Accra, Feb 12, GNA - Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, a Deputy Speaker of Parliament has stated that the alienation of members of the National Democratic Council of Elders chiefly contributed to their defeat in 2016 polls.He explained that because the party elders were distanced from the Presidency, there were no co-ordinations that could

Accra, Feb 12, GNA - Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, a Deputy Speaker of Parliament has stated that the alienation of members of the National Democratic Council of Elders chiefly contributed to their defeat in 2016 polls.He explained that because the party elders were distanced from the Presidency, there were no co-ordinations that could

By Abubakari Ibrahim Wangara, GNAWa, February 12, GNA - Mr Mumuni Sulemana, the Upper West Regional Director of National Youth Authority, has advised the youth in northern Ghana to take education seriously since schooling remains the surest option to catch up with the south.

By Issahaku Walkiyatu, GNATamale, Feb 12, GNA - The 2018 edition of the Springboard Road Show, a programme that aims at mentoring business executives, civil society leaders, and role models nationwide has begun.The programme, which also

By Issahaku Walkiyatu, GNATamale, Feb 12, GNA - The 2018 edition of the Springboard Road Show, a programme that aims at mentoring business executives, civil society leaders, and role models nationwide has begun.The programme, which also