A nine- member team of Mechanical Engineering students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have constructed a Baja vehicle. The innovation was in partial fulfillment for the award of a Bachelor of Science degree to complement the work of farmers and reduce the stress they encounter with farming activities. According to […]

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources would in July, host series of stakeholder engagements in four regional capitals to deliberate on measures needed to restore Ghana’s degraded environment. Dubbed the national debate, the discussions would be centred around addressing issues of illegal mining, illegal logging, and deforestation, and on how to sanitise the forestry […]

The ever-lingering question of ‘Who Is A Ghanaian’, which over the years has refused to go away, has come back to the fore in recent times, especially following the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s inaugural address at his swearing-in in January this year. Even before this, I have been agitated in my spirit for a […]

A research conducted by Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor, Ghana (WSUP), an NGO called for holistic policies to facilitate the operations of Small and medium Scale Entrepreneurs in the sanitation sector. The research dubbed “Creating a stronger non-market environment for small and medium scale sanitation entrepreneurs (SMEs) in Ghana: The opportunities and Challenges” […]

 “Nhttps://www.newsghana.com.gh/wp-admin/post.php?post=1042833&action=editigerian women are highly talented like the American women in the movie Hidden Figures,” Ambassador W. Stuart Symington said.  Hidden Figures details the story of three female African-American mathematicians employed by NASA in the 1960s.  Working as human computers but denied recognition or promotion, they would go on to play crucial roles in the American space program. […]

The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Abubakar Sa’ad, is beginning to put himself regularly in the eye of ridicule. His recent pronouncements on national matters are beginning to get neutrals worried if this man is not on a deliberate misadventure of creating confusion, tension and chaos where ordinarily there ought to be none. With the […]

The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has announced that the US will pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement signed in 2015 under former President Barack Obama. This move is the latest of a long list of controversial decisions that have defined the Trump administration. The Paris agreement on climate is […]

The family of the late Maxwell Adams Mahama in the Sisala community in the Upper West Region, has appealed to Ghanaians especially the media to treat the death of the young soldier with respect and dignity, to soothe the pain of the family and numerous Ghanaians. The Jaana-Yigantu family of the late Captain Mahama in […]

Dr Bob Alfa, the Head of Surface Water Resources of the Water Resources Commission, has stated that the passage of the Dam Safety Regulation Law would help minimise their collapse in the country. The Dam Safety Regulation policy that was passed into law last year 2016 is expected to help curb the collapse of dams […]

A Framework for Community- Led Disaster Management Plan, has been launched in the Upper East Region, to help address disaster issues in the area. The Region is one of the most disaster prone areas in the country noted for the reoccurrences of disasters including floods, drought and CSM among others. The Ghana Red Cross Society with support from the […]

The government has begun removing graphic pictures and videos capturing the gruesome murder of Captain Adam Mahama from all social media sites. The government has already shutdown some internet links that have uploaded the photos and videos of the gruesome lynching. Deputy Communications Minister, George Andah, reveals government is further collaborating with the National Communications […]

The U.S. Mission to South Africa is pleased to announce the visit of Emmy-nominated film producer Carolyn Hepburn and social innovation strategist Lina Srivastava May 31 – June 10, 2017. The filmmakers are participants in the U.S. Department of State’s American Film Showcase, which facilitates “film diplomacy” by funding the participation of American filmmakers in screenings […]

            Anybody with a little historical knowledge of the hauteur institutional temperament and behavior of the personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), could readily have predicted that long before the videotaped suspects in the early-morning’s brutal lynching of Capt. Maxwell Adam Mahama got arraigned before a legitimately constituted court of law of the land, […]

Kwesi Appiah, head coach of the Senior National team, the Black Stars, has said he is impressed with the tactical play of the National Under-17 team, the Black Starlets at the just ended African Youth Championship (AYC) tournament, in Gabon. Speaking to the media on Tuesday after the first training session of the Black Starlets, […]

The President Akufo-Addo led government has outlined some policy initiatives that are expected to achieve the needed growth and development in Ghana’s mining sector. Speaking on behalf of the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu at the ongoing Ghana Mining and Energy Summit in Accra, the deputy minister, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi enumerated […]