Government has approved a request from the National Service Secretariate (NSS) to increase the allowance of service personnel by about 60%. Service personnel will from January 2017 be paid a monthly allowance of GH¢559 from the GH¢350 they currently receive. A letter sighted by citifmonline.com from the Ministry of Finance indicated the ministry gave the ... Government has approved a request from the National Service Secretariate (NSS) to increase the allowance of service personnel by about

Russia’s intelligence services are to develop extra security measures for its embassies following the killing of its ambassador to Turkey. Andrei Karlov was shot dead as he gave a speech on Monday in Ankara. The gunman, Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, an Ankara policeman, was apparently protesting at Russia’s involvement in Syria’s Aleppo. He was later ... Russia’s intelligence services are to develop extra security measures for its embassies following the killing of its ambassador

The outgoing Mahama-led government has approved a new allowance for national service personnel. They will now be paid 559.04, a jump from 350.00. This represents about 63 percent increment. A letter...

A World Bank report says though digital technologies are spreading rapidly throughout the developing world, the anticipated digital dividends of higher growth, more jobs and better public services have fallen...

Movie producer Socrate Safo has reacted to campaign by members of Creative Arts For Change rooting for him to be the Deputy Min.

Miss Tourism Ghana over the weekend organised a pre-Christmas party for orphans at the Countryside Children’s Home at Bawjiase in the Central Region. The gesture was part of the pageant’s giant commitment to giving back to society and helping the needy. Children at the home were treated to good food and drinks as well as ... Miss Tourism Ghana over the weekend organised a pre-Christmas party for orphans at the Countryside Children’s Home at Bawjiase in the Central Region. The gesture

A Times reporter recalls how meeting people in Niger who were fleeing their old lives reminded her of her own family’s path, though under very different circumstances.

The confirmation of the acting boss of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, has sparked controversy barely five hours after the move.

There are doubts as to whether a Pakistani suspect in police custody was the driver of the vehicle that ran through a crowded German Christmas market, police chief Klaus Kandt said Tuesday. “It is in fact unclear whether (the suspect) was the driver,” Kandt said during a press conference in response to a journalist’s question. […] The post Angela Merkel Deeply Saddened And Horrified appeared first on News Ghana.

Swiss police said they found the body of the man suspected of a shooting rampage at an Islamic center in Zurich, dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday. Witnesses said the attacker, wearing dark clothes and a woolen hat, opened fire in the center on Monday evening, which is frequented by Zurich’s Somali population. The shooting […] The post Body Of Suspected Swiss Attacker Found appeared first on News Ghana.

The outgoing President John Dramani  Mahama has appointed Joseph Akanjolenur Whittal as the new head of the Commission for Human Rights  and Administrative Justice  (CHRAJ) and Josephine Nkrumah to head the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE). The two who were sworn in at the Flagstaff House by the President Tuesday, were deputies in their respective institutions […] The post Joseph & Josephine appointed CHRAJ, NCCE bosses appeared first on Ultimate FM. The outgoing

After numerous challenges sprang up in his path, including a bitterly divisive election and attempts at recounts in three battleground states, President-elect Donald Trump finally cleared his last hurdle to the White House Monday. The U.S. Electoral College officially punched his ticket on Monday, submitting and certifying the 270 votes needed to hand him the […] The post U.S. Electoral College Punch Trump’s Ticket To White House appeared first on News Ghana.

In Ghana, Christmas season runs from December 20th to the first week in January.

Dr Zanetor Agyemang- Rawlings, Member of Parliament (MP) elect for the Korley Klottey, in the Greater Accra Region has asked her constituents to get on board and support her to… The post Let’s work- Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings appeared first on Ghana Business News. Zanetor Rawlings Dr Zanetor Agyemang- Rawlings, Member of Parliament (MP) elect for the Korley Klottey, in the Greater Accra Region has asked her constituents to get on board and support her to fulfill the development agenda

The New Patriotic Party has filed a suit challenging the power and authority of the outgoing president to appoint and or confirm the chair of the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the National Commission on Civic Education.

Actress Nana Ama McBrown beats competition from  Joselyn Dumas and Jackie Appiah to win the Eurostar Best Dressed Female Celebrity at the 2016 Ghana Movie Awards. She takes home a...

ACCRA, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Ghana is likely to miss the government's 2016 fiscal deficit reduction target of 5 percent of gross domestic product by 2 percentage points, owing in part to weaker than anticipated tax revenues, Finance Minister Seth Terkper ...

Residents of Kassagyan a suburb of Nkoranza in the Brong Ahafo Region are in a state of mourning as a nursing mother and her child lost their lives in a domestic fire outbreak.

The former General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress Dr Josiah Aryeh has died.

ACCRA, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Ghana is likely to miss the government's 2016 fiscal deficit reduction target of 5 percent of gross domestic product by 2 percentage points, owing in part to weaker than anticipated tax revenues, Finance Minister Seth Terkper said on Tuesday.