By Maxwell Awumah, GNAHo, Oct 7, GNA - President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has nominated Dr Akinwunmi Adesina for re-election as the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.Dr Adesina who disclose
By Emmanuel Todd, GNAAshaiman, Oct 7, GNA - As at 1200 hours midday five candidates, three for District Assembly and two for Unit Committees pick forms to contest in the December 17, polls.The exercise
By Joyce Danso/ Julius K. Satsi, GNAAccra, Oct 7, GNA - The National Association of Law Students who embarked on a demonstration to press home demands for legal reforms were stopped by the police in their bid to present their petition to the Jubilee House.
Accra, Oct 7, GNA - The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that feedback from the electoral areas at the opening of nominations indicates that more people are showing interest in the election of members of the District Assemblies and Unit committees.It said many candidates responded positively by picking the nomination forms,
By Julius K. Satsi, GNAAccra, Oct.7, GNA - The students of the Ghana Law School on Monday demonstrated to draw attention of the Chief Justice on the need to reform legal education.The students marched
By Anthony Apubeo, GNAYorogo (U/E), Oct. 7, GNA - Young farmers benefitting from the Vea Irrigation Dam in the Upper East Region have appealed to government to rehabilitate the broken canals and laterals to enable them to engage in dry season farming.
LAGOS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua/GNA) - Nigeria's central bank has pumped US$ 311.5 million and 15 million Chinese yuan respectively into the financial system.The dollar intervention was for customers in the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products and raw materials and machinery sectors, Isaac Okorafor, spokesperson for the Central Ban
OUAGADOUGOU, Oct. 7 (Xinhua/GNA) - A bomb attack killed one soldier and injured three others in northern Burkina Faso on Thursday, said the army's communication and public relations directorate in a press release.The attack occurred while Brigadier general Moise Miningou, the chief of the general staff of the armed forces, was
LAGOS, Oct. 07 (Xinhua/GNA) - Nigerian air force carried out strikes on a hideout belonging to the Boko Haram militants, killing scores of them in the country's restive northeast Borno state, according to an official.The strikes hit Boko Haram fighters at Kirta Wulgo on the fringes of Lake Chad in the state, s
LAGOS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua/GNA) - At least 9 soldiers have been confirmed killed by gunmen in Zamfara, a troubled state in northwestern Nigeria, an official has said.Abubakar Dauran, state security assistant, who confirmed this to Xinhua in Gusau, the state capital, said the incident happened on Thursday when a group of gunmen attac
ABUJA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua/GNA) - Six people were abducted by gunmen at a village in northeast Nigeria, located near a border between the west African country and Cameroon, local authorities have confirmed.The victims were passengers plying a major road in the village of Gurin in Nigeria's northeastern state of Adamawa on Saturday,
Accra, Oct. 7, (UPI/GNA) - The White House said it will be removing U.S troops from northern Syria ahead of a Turkey military advance to expel Kurdish forces from the region.In a statement released late Sunday following a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the White House
Tema, Oct. 7, GNA - Jimmie Thorne returned a net score of 67 to win this year’s Tropical Cable and Conductor Limited (TCCL) Classic Golf Championship played at the Tema Country Golf Course on Saturday.
By Emmanuel Asante Attakora, GNAAccra, Oct. 07 GNA - Ghana and Colombia are considering a partnership that will see the two countries share expertise in sports development and promotion.
Accra, Oct. 7, (UPI/GNA) - Iraqi officials said at least seven people died in Baghdad Sunday, raising the death toll from clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces to 104."As many as 104 people, including eight security members, were killed and at least 6,000 others injured in ongoing protests in Iraq," Int
By Joyce Danso/Julius K. Satsi, GNAAccra, Oct.7, GNA- Law student demonstrators on Monday sought asylum at the Canadian Embassy after the police arrested some of their leaders.Ms Regina Amega, one of t
Accra, Oct. 7, (UPI/GNA) - Environmental activists as part of the global Extinction Rebellion organized a series of demonstrations that disrupted traffic Monday and led to a number of arrests.The group called the event an "International Rebellion" in an effort to get lawmakers globally to address climate change.
By Laudia SawerTema, Oct 7, GNA - The Maritime and Dockworkers’ Union (MDU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) says the Meridian Ports and Services (MPS) has taken over handling of reefer containers at the expense of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) revenue m
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