Gov’t to improve the low standard of living of smallholder farmers
Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto as cited the low welfare of smallholder farmers as the leading challenge to improving crop yields in Ghana. The minister, at the Leadership for Agriculture…
SA xenophobic attacks: Ghana has no contingency plan for its citizens
Ghana has not yet put in place contingency measures to safeguard its citizens in South Africa despite escalation of xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals, including Africans living in that country.…
Petroleum prices increased as OMCs apply revised energy sector levies
Prices of various petroleum products have started going up from Monday after the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) were directed by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to start applying revised Energy Sector…
Pass Public Officers Conduct Bill – CHRAJ urges gov’t
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has asked the government to re-table the Conduct of Public Officers Bill in Parliament for passage. The commission said doing that…
Illegal arms shipment network busted in Accra
Three men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the shipment of some 59 AK-47 assault rifles from Accra to Walewale in the North East Region. The suspects were…
Climate change threat to power supply — Energy Commission
The Energy Commission (EC) has expressed concern over the alarming rate at which climate change is causing damage to the country’s energy infrastructure, threatening to disrupt the stability of power…
PIAC calls for accountability on oil revenue usage
The Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, has raised concerns with the overall management of the country’s oil revenue, calling on the government to…
Police arrest 9-member armed gang after fierce gun battle
The counter-terrorism division of the police has arrested nine members of a highly sophisticated and armed land guard syndicate. The gang engaged a fierce gun battle with the police at Kokrobite,…
Bullying in schools must be discouraged — Kofi Abotsi
An academic and legal practitioner, Mr Ernest Kofi Abotsi, has condemned bullying in schools, saying it should be discouraged because it destroys the future of students. “Bullying demoralises students and…
Government urged to establish Technology Park
Director, Technology Programme at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Samuel Mensah Sackey has called on the Government to help establish Ghana's maiden Technology Park at KNUST,…
