A recent research has shown that policies geared towards discouraging people to migrate internally are bound to fail unless the current spatial inequalities in development are reduced. The research also states that spatial inequalities in job opportunities are the main drive of internal migration in the country. Professor Joseph K. Teye, Director of Centre for … The post Migration

Former deputy Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson has urged Ghanaians to buckle up as government readies itself to announce an increment in the tax on fuel and talk tax in the mid-year budget review.

Former Ghana international Mohammed Polo has labelled the Black Stars' performance at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt as the worst in the nation's history.

Former Ghana international Mohammed Polo has labelled the Black Stars' performance at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt as the worst in the nation's history.

AshantiGold new signing David Sandan Abagna insists his move to the Miners is another opportunity for him to strut his stuff and he is ready to give his all.The 20-year-old completed his move to join the Obuasi based lads few days ago to strengthen their squad for the 2019/2020 CAF Confederation Cup campaign."I want to at least give my talent another big chance in my life and give it my all," he said.Abagna was named the most promising talent in 2017 by the Sports Writers

The Ghana Health Service’s (GHS) Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Programme will undertake a two-week nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Programme in 126 districts endemic for elephantiasis and Onchoceriasis (river blindness), starting Monday July 29, 2019. Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, the Acting Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, who announced this at a press conference on … The post GHS

A gorilla called Trudy, who is believed to be the oldest western lowland gorilla in captivity, has died in the US at the age of 63. A spokesperson for The Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas said staff discovered she had died when they checked on her on Wednesday morning. In a tweet on Thursday evening, […] The post World’s oldest known gorilla, Trudy, dies at 63 appeared first

The family of a missing fishing observer is calling on the government to help them find their relative. Emmanuel Essien who was assigned to the Meng Xin 15, a Chinese Vessel operating in Ghana, has been reported missing for about three weeks. His colleague alleges that the vessel returned from its deep-sea operation without Essien. […] The post Family of missing

Six countries within the ECOWAS sub-region have signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for joint Maritime operations in ECOWAS maritime zone F. The Chiefs of Navies of Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone and Guinea, as well as the Chief of Coast Guard of Liberia and the High Commander of the National Gendarmerie of Burkina Faso … The post Ghana, other

The head pastor of Glorious Wave International Church, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, has come under fire from celebrities and social media users after his bizarre comments about the temperaments of Ghanaian women in marriage.

Commissioner of Police (COP) Mrs Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has called on investigators to work with diligence and act without bias in all their affairs. She said comments she has received from clients are not pleasant because of the manner they handle them. The Director General was … The post Work

Social programmes that are designed from a human rights perspective are more likely to be sustainable and effectively contribute to the eradication of extreme poverty, Mr Bishop Akolgo, a former Executive Director of Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), has said. He said programmes drawn from human rights perspective, empowers the vulnerable, because they are in … The post Rights-based

Madam Doris Kessie, the National Chairperson for Textiles, Garment and leather Industries at the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has called for more efforts to be made to encourage the youth to grow more cotton. “It’s time to train the youth and farmers to produce high quality cotton on a larger scale to feed the … The post Let’s grow more cotton

The Acting Director of the ECOWAS Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre, Commander Yussif Benning has faulted the Fisheries Commission for failing to constitute an initial search party to find the missing Ghanaian fishing observer. One Emmanuel Essien, a fishing observer assigned to the Meng Xin 15, a Chinese Vessel operating in Ghana, has been reported missing for about […] The post ECOWAS

The Vetting Committee of the National Democratic congress (NDC) has approved 60 parliamentary aspirants to contest in the forthcoming primaries of the Party in the Volta Region. Paul Mensah Voegborlo and William Mawuli Ahado, aspirants for Keta and North Tongu Constituencies respectively, were disqualified by the Committee chaired by Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National Chairman … The post 60

The Ghana U-20 football team will take part in the 2019 African Games in Morocco after the sports ministry backtracked on a decision to exclude the discipline due to financial constraints.

The Ghana U-20 football team will take part in the 2019 African Games in Morocco after the sports ministry backtracked on a decision to exclude the discipline due to financial constraints.

Candidates who promise to organize regular community meetings to address the concerns of constituents are mostly preferred, according to a research conducted by Dr George K. Ofosu, an Associate of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana). The study indicated that candidates who promise to sometimes or always help constituents in dealing with the government … The post Voters

Parliament is set to establish a consortium where retiring lawmakers will contribute their quota to the development of the Ghana after leaving parliament, Majority Leader of Parliament and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has hinted.

Financial analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford has discredited the Minority in Parliament’s claim that the government spent $10 million to audit of cocoa road projects across the country. According to him, there is no way any road project audit will cost that much, given that such audits are fairly easy to conduct. “Anybody who comes and suggests that […] The post Gov’t