Government has been called to stop giving allowances to both nurses and teacher trainees and invest such funds in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET). Professor Stephen Adei, Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), said “it is time to put the required emphasis on TVET because of its critical […]

The Vice President, Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia has hinted there are large deposit of oil and gold in the Northern part of the country which in the next decade, would be explored to the benefit of the people. According him, Northern region apart from the fertile lands, also is endowed with a lot of natural resources, […]

The Fourth National Policy Dialogue, on the Government’s flagship programmes, has been scheduled for September 24 and 25, at the University for Development Studies in Tamale. It will be on the theme: “Assessing Government’s Flagship Programmes – The Journey so Far.” The Dialogue, which is being organised by the Government in partnership with the Universal […]

Vice president Dr Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia has admonished contractors working on the one village one dam project in the three regions of the North to speed up work before next farming season. According him the one-village-one-dam policy is only applicable to the three regions of the North, hence government has decided to start with ten […]

A Tamale District court has freed Ernest Green, a nurse at the Damongo Catholic hospital who was at the center of a rape case involving an European tourist. The court presided over by His Worship Anthony Asaah discharged Ernest Green for want of evidence against him. The Attorney General’s department advised the court to discharge […]

The Executive committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region has expressed worry over the annual flooding in the region. In a press statement that also expressed the NDC’s sympathy to the victims of the recent flooding in the region, the party also called for action from government to halt the perennial […]

An exhibition and book launch on northern Ghana life was held over the weekend in Tamale. The event also marked the commencement of a two year project that would allow interested persons to learn and develop their skills in photography at the learning centre for photography and research for free, in Tamale. The project championed […]

Muslims around the world are marking the entry into an Islamic New Year as September 11, 2018 was officially declared the first day (1st Muharram) of the year 1440 Hijri. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. According to the calendar used across most of the Arab world, Muslims have entered the year […]

Ghanaians have been paying their last respects to celebrated diplomat – former United Nations (UN) Chief, Kofi Annan, as his body lies in state, at the Accra International Centre (AICC). The casket arrived on Monday evening from Switzerland ahead of his official burial ceremony on Thursday. Hundreds of people have been filing past the body […]