The Vice President-elect, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will fully restore the allowances of nurse and teacher trainees. According to him, the payment of the allowances would be captured in the 2017 budget of the NPP government. The NPP’s pledge to provide $1 million every year to each constituency […]

PRESSURE IS mounting on Nii Ayi Bonte, the supposed Gbese Mantse, to resign after promising to step down as chief should incumbent President John Mahama lose the December 7, 2016 poll. Kingmakers of Gbese Traditional Area have given him seven days to step down as. Prior to the elections, Nii Ayi Bonte, known in private […]

The death toll in the gas explosion at the Louis Gas Station, near the Trade Fair Centre last Thursday evening has risen by four. The four victims, who died yesterday at various hospitals in Accra, bring to nine the deaths recorded from the incident that happened at about 5pm. Six charred bodies were taken to […]

Tunisian security forces have arrested the nephew of the Berlin market attacker Anis Amri and two others suspects, officials say. The Tunisian interior ministry said the three, aged between 18 and 27, were members of a “terrorist cell”, and that they were detained on Friday. Tunisian-born Amri, 24, was shot dead by police in the […]

The Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband Mike have lost their baby, their spokeswoman has said. The couple were expecting their second child in the late spring – the baby would have been the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh’s sixth great-grandchild. The spokeswoman said: “Very sadly, Zara and Mike Tindall have lost their baby. […]

Automile, a fleet logistics and management startup, has closed a $7.5 million Series A round led by SaaStr with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Niklas Zennstrom, Dawn Capital and Point Nine Capital. Automile provides customers with a box to install under the vehicle’s dashboard to track mileage, trips and provide route tracking. Automile ships its tracking […]

President elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has reassured the chiefs and people of Dagbon that Dagombas reconciliation and unity remained his primary objective. He said Dagombas could count on him as a unifier under whose watch the Dagbon State will redeem its past glory as one of the nation’s enviable traditional kingdoms. President elect, […]

A photo book of beautiful gardens in Ghana, authored by Ghanaian photographer, author and gardener, Arafua Apaloo Amning has been launched in Accra. The book which show cases some of the most serene and breathtaking gardens in the country also includes numerous exotic plants as well as a good collection of indigenous flowers which only […]

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has announced it will from next year refine between 16 to 18 million barrels of crude oil. The crude will be from the Jubilee oil fields and subsequently other oil fields in Ghana. The Managing Director of TOR, Kwame Awuah Darko disclosed this when he addressed staff of the company […]

The Paramount chief of the Talensi traditional area Tong-Rana Kugbilsong Nalebegtang has pledged his unflinching support and that of the traditional council to work with the President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to improve the lives of the people of Talensi. Naab Kugbilsong Nalebegtang made these remarks when Nana Addo paid a courtesy call on him […]

Thousands of Ghanaians will later in the evening of today, December 24, 2016 throng the Accra International Conference Center in their jeans and white top to witness the biggest Christmas party in Ghana, Decemba to Rememba. The annual Citi FM-organised concert will come off at 8pm. Some of the 2016 hit makers billed for the […]

The first highway bridge connecting China and Russia over the Heilong River is expected to trigger a development boom in the cross-border economic corridor – with positive effects for Mongolia, as well – as the flow of cargo and people increases. A joint venture company will start construction of the bridge on Saturday, 28 years […]

Human bird flu has killed two people in China this winter, but the chance of large-scale outbreaks remains low nationwide, a senior health official said on Friday. “The nation is at risk of sporadic human bird flu cases now, in the peak season of viruses, but the chance of a mass outbreak is very slim,” […]

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he has received a Christmas letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin and his thoughts on promoting bilateral ties were “so correct.” “A very nice letter from Vladimir Putin, his thoughts are so correct,” Trump said in a statement. “I hope both sides are able to live up to these […]

Israel said on Friday night it “rejects” a resolution by the UN Security Council that demands an end to the Jewish settlements, and will not obey the resolution. A fierce statement issued by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the “despicable” resolution, which demands an immediate halt to the construction of settlements. The […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that Germany wanted to increase deportation of failed asylum seekers to ensure better safety in the country. The chancellor made the remarks in a statement issued after the confirmation that Anis Amri, a Tunisian national suspected of carrying out a truck attack on a Christmas market in downtown Berlin, […]

The hike by the United States (US) Federal Reserve (Fed) in its interest rate has the potential to affect rates in many other markets globally, Seth Terkper, Finance Minister for Ghana has said. Terkper , an economist and Chartered accountant noted that any decision the U.S. arrives at has both domestic and global implications. “The […] The post US Fed rate hike has global ramifications – Terkper appeared first on News Ghana.

Five people were killed and 42 others were severely burnt in the Thursday night fire resulting from an explosion at a gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra, authorities said on Friday. The five killed were attendants of the Louis Gas Station behind the Trade Fair site. They were helping in discharging the gas from a […] The post 5 killed, 42 injured in gas explosion, fire in Ghana appeared first on News Ghana.

Lawmakers from major opposition parties in Kenya on Thursday staged a walkout from a parliamentary session to protest the passage of a contentious legal provision that allows use of manual voting in case the electronic system failed. The opposition lawmakers accused their rivals in the ruling Jubilee Coalition of arbitrarily approving a clause that legitimizes […] The post Protests as Kenyan parliament approves contentious election laws appeared first on News Ghana.

Benin’s President Patrice Talon has reiterated, before the National Assembly, his commitment to ensure recovery of the country and the well-being of the citizens during his five-year term of office, in the political capital Porto-Novo. During his meeting on Thursday with members of National Assembly for the first time since his election April this year, […] The post Benin’s president reiterates commitment to economic recovery, people’s livelihoods appeared first on News Ghana.