European Union countries are collectively well on their way to meeting their 2020 targets on renewables, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions, but more efforts should be made to achieve long-term targets, a European Environment Agency (EEA) report said on Thursday. The 28 EU member states have lowered their energy consumption in recent years, despite […]
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday as traders adjusted positions ahead of the December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The most active gold contract for February delivery fell 4.5 U.S. dollars, or 0.38 percent, to settle at 1,169.40 dollars per ounce. Investors spent much of […]
Zambia’s central bank on Tuesday announced the takeover of a commercial bank which has become insolvent. The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) said it has determined that Intermarket Banking Corporation was insolvent and not in a position to meet its obligations. “The Bank of Zambia wishes to remind the general public that the decision to take […]
In her speech, Chaka Chaka who was the guest of honor at Namibia’s first-ever HIV/AIDS conference at Swakopmund, coastal town of Namibia, said Monday that if people work together, they will save lives. The conference is being attended by about 600 people, among them are delegates from the World Health Organization, Namibia National Students Organization, […]
The peace accord presided by the National Peace Council is meant to ensure that political parties, their leaders and supporters accept the outcome of the polls. “I pledge my utmost commitment to peace,” President John Dramani Mahama declared before a high-powered international observer mission, comprising the United Nations, sub-regional bloc Economic Community of West African […]
Oil prices soared Thursday after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) clinched an agreement to cut production, first of its kind since 2008. The deal triggered frenzy trading for the second consecutive day. Benchmark Brent oil climbed to the highest level this year in intraday trading and hit record trading volumes for February […]
Mr Marcel Alain de Souza, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Dr Josephine Ojiambo, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth; and Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel, arrived in the country last week to sign the deal which will commit presidential candidates to […]
He also called on the EC to ensure that all required logistics are provided for the polls and that such logistics should be securely packed, stored and distributed to the various centers at the right time saying “adequate security should be provided at all times to ensure the safety of the materials”. Most Rev. Naameh, […]
The survey which covered the period of October 14 to 26, 2016 revealed that a “significant minority of Ghanaians claim awareness of political party-affiliated private militias.” Some of the group identified by the survey include: Azorka Boys, Bolga Bull Dogs, Invincible Forces, Bamba Boys Kandahar Boys and many others. The survey said respondents, who claimed […]
He said politics was a contest of ideas and ideologies geared towards the development of the nation. He urged political actors to carry out their campaign devoid of insults and work to address issues that had the potential of dividing or causing disunity among the people. Mr Yaagi said this during an inter-parliamentary debate organised […]
By that declaration dubbed: “The Accra Declaration,” the candidates have all committed themselves towards maintaining peace before, during and after the December polls as contained in the agreement of Re-affirmation against Electoral Violence, Impunity and Injustice. Apart from Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, Presidential Candidate for the Progressive People’s Party, who was represented by his running […]
She said the NPP has a good vision to rejuvenate the economy through job creation that would improve the living standards of the people saying that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has failed the people of Ghana hence the need to show them the exit. Hajia Samira said this during a rally with some tailors […]
The NPP was in court for eight months, challenging the results declared by the then Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari Djan, associating it with a number of irregularities and violation of electoral rules. The NPP based its objections on over-voting, voting without biometric, absence of Presiding Officer’s signature, duplicate serial numbers on […]
“I know the various constituencies in the region are working hard and all things being equal, we are very convinced that the NPP would be victorious in the upcoming general election,” he said. Mr Blay said this at a media engagement as part of a working visit to the region in the round-up to the […]
A press release signed by its President, Mr. Henry NkosuoBoakye, said it was important to recognize that the election was about their own future and that of the unborn generation. “We must all remember that this election offers us the opportunity to carry our destinies in our own hands and the destiny of the generation […]
It will also train the members of the Ghana Flower Growers Association (GFGA) at the School of Allied & Nuclear Sciences (SNAS) of the University of Ghana, Professor Kenneth Ellis Danso, the Director-General of GAEC, has said. The initiative, he said, is aimed at providing training in floriculture and share information on how to succeed […]
Mrs Osei warned them not to put any candidate or political party first, stating: “Put Ghana first, do what is right. We all know the right processes; follow the laws and the right processes. “What the country requires of us is to do our work to the best of our ability,” Mrs Osei stated in […]
The group, in a release signed by Reverend Monsignor Anthony Kornu, its Chairman, and copied to the Ghana News Agency said singing of war songs and casting insinuations on radio were recipes for chaos in the impending general election and charged the parties to desist from the practice. The release also condemned statements by some […]
She asked them not to allow opinions to influence their judgments and overcome the temptation to be carried away by happenings at the polling stations. Rev Sr Ankama gave the admonition at a day’s training for 80 observers of the Ho Diocese ahead of the December 7 polls. The training was under the auspices of […]
The officers, both men and women, expressed their disappointment as presiding officers directed them to check from other centres. At the Community One police station centre designated for the Tema East constituency, more than 10 affected officers told the Ghana News Agency at about 0900 hours that they were surprised their names were missing from […]
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