Green Book, Bawumia and others – the Truth

ghanaweb Friday, May 18, 2012 6:02:00 AM CEST | info

I find responses to the Green Book by both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) as very strange. All of a sudden, the formulae that were used to compute the performance of the Ghanaian economy over the eight years of the NPP are no longer valid....

Expert calls for expedition of the implementation of Ghana’s Biosafety Law

ghanaweb Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:57:00 PM CEST | info

Mr. Kwame Dei Asamoah-Okyere, Head of the Biosafety Unit of the Food and Drugs Board, on Wednesday called for a speedy implementation of administrative structures for the smooth implementation of Ghana’s biosafety law. He said though it took about eight years for the Biosafety Act to be passed, it.......

Anas Aremeyaw Anas nominated for 2012 Diageo Awards

ghanaweb Thursday, May 10, 2012 4:52:00 PM CEST | info

Ghana’s crack investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has been nominated for the Best Environment Feature award category of the 2012 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards. Anas’ story – Ghana’s Gold – featured on the international network, Al Jazeera sometime this year....

Brazil Forging Strategic Alliance with Africa

ipsnews Monday, May 7, 2012 8:16:00 PM CEST | info

The Brazilian government of Dilma Rousseff is taking firm steps towards stronger relations with Africa, such as the creation of a special fund to finance development projects together with multilateral lenders like the World Bank....

Dr. Niyi Alabi is dead, burial on Friday

ghanaweb Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:54:00 PM CEST | info

Seasoned journalist and media trainer and consultant, Dr. Niyi Alabi has been reported dead. Family sources say Dr Alabi passed away at 3:20am Thursday at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra where he had been on admission for the past two weeks for an ailment. He will buried tomorrow Friday, in keeping with his Muslim calling....

Imo NEPAD Gives 3,000 Bundles of Cassava Stem to Farmers

thisdayonline Tuesday, April 24, 2012 3:32:00 AM CEST | info

Governor Rochas Okorocha By Amby Uneze The Imo State government under the auspices of New Economic Programme for African Development (NEPAD) has made a giant stride by given out free 3,000 bundles of high-breed mosaic disease resistance cassava stem to Imo farmers....

Corruption And The Greedy Bastards In Ghana

ghanaweb Monday, April 23, 2012 6:46:00 AM CEST | info

Ghana has a total land area of 92,100sq.miles stretching 672 km north to south and 357 km east to west. Ghana’s physical size makes it about the same size as Great Britain. Out of a total land area of 23 million hectares, 13 million hectares representing 57% is suitable for agricultural production, whiles 5....

Imperatives of Nigeria’s Compliance with AU Frameworks

thisdayonline Friday, April 20, 2012 2:28:00 AM CEST | info

President Goodluck Jonathan By Ken Ukaoha Few years ago, 53 Heads of States gathered in Libya and agreed to ratify and accede to all OAU and AU treaties by July of the year 2010. Relying on Article 4.1(b) of the Rules of Procedures of the Assembly of Heads of States, these African leaders further.......

Two-day workshop on METASIP opens in Accra

ghanaweb Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:24:00 PM CEST | info

A two-day workshop on Business Opportunities in the” Medium Term Agriculture Sector Investment Plan (METASIP)”, was on Tuesday opened in Accra. It was organized by the Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) for the private sector, and sponsored by Konrad Adeneuer Stiftung....

NAPEP empowers widows, others with N5,000

vanguardngr Monday, April 9, 2012 1:14:00 AM CEST | info

No fewer than 1,200 indigent people in Abia State, especially widows, are to benefit from payment of monthly stipend of N5,000 under the Social Subsidy Scheme of National Poverty Eradication Programme, NAPEP. Category News...

ECOWAS Bank expends $45.5m on programme in Nigeria

vanguardngr Monday, April 2, 2012 1:52:00 AM CEST | info

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has so far invested US$45.5 million as intervention fund in various projects in private and public sectors of the Nigerian economy, the President of the bank, Mr. Bashir M Ifo, has disclosed....

Rawlings: Over-reliance on Foreign Investment makes Africa vulnerable

myjoyonline Friday, March 30, 2012 8:47:00 AM CEST | info

Ghana’s former President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, says the over-reliance on foreign investment by Africa had made it vulnerable to the dictates of the international community....

Minister seeks better regional transport system

guardiannewsngr Thursday, March 29, 2012 2:56:00 AM CEST | info

FOR Nigeria and other African countries to meet the goals of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they must put in place an efficient and integrated transport infrastructure to meet the needs of the emerging economies, Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar has said....

NBC and the Global Quest for Water Availability

thisdayonline Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:45:00 AM CEST | info

Public water facility As the world celebrated the World Water Day recently, the Nigeria Bottling Company joined the United Nations and the Federal Government of Nigeria to sound the alarm on prudent management of the finite resource, Crusoe Osagie reports One substance whose availability has been most misrepresented in the universe is water....

A Launch Fit for the Girl Child

thisdayonline Saturday, March 24, 2012 2:33:00 AM CET | info

Mrs. Obioma Liyel Imoke wife of the Cross River State governor The launch of Online Mentoring for African Women (AWMN) and African Girls Leadership Clubs (AGLC) on March 16, 2012 at the Protea hotel, Oakwood Park, Lekki, Lagos, brought again to the fore, the plight of the Nigerian girl child....

UN Agency, Others Urge Capacity Building For Africa’s Growth

guardiannewsngr Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:28:00 AM CET | info

UNITED Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, has urged the continent to have a clear vision of where it is going and to build the capacity needed to attain its development and transformation....

PDP Chair:Meet the first Eleven

vanguardngr Friday, March 23, 2012 1:22:00 AM CET | info

ABUJA, the nation’s capital city will tomorrow, March 24 play host to well over 4,500 delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from across the country, who will converge to elect the new national executive committee that will form the National Working Committee, NWC to run the affairs of the party for the next four years....

Walking the path of justice

herald Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:24:00 PM CET | info

In our last instalment we discussed about the importance of unity and struggle when an election is looming. What is vital is that there should be serious and dedicated cadres in the party who must see to it that party principles are carried to fruition....

Six schools in Ghana benefit from NEPAD e-school Initiative

ghanaweb Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:22:00 AM CET | info

Six schools in Ghana benefitted from the first phase of the NEPAD e-school Initiative that was adopted as a priority continental undertaking aimed at ensuring that the youth participated effectively in the global information society. They are, Walewale Senior High School, Acherensua Senior High.......

From Berlin to Brussels: Will Europe Underdevelop Africa Again?

thisdayonline Monday, March 19, 2012 3:56:00 AM CET | info

By Chukwuma Charles Soludo Africa is in trouble. Its future is once again on the table, and it is Europe that holds the ace. Unlike the Berlin Conference of 1884 to 1885 which balkanized Africa among 13 European powers as guaranteed sources of raw materials and market, the current contraption under.......

Zimbabwe does not need dirty money

insiderzim Friday, March 16, 2012 5:39:00 PM CET | info

The United States should withhold its money if it will be used to destroy democracy and create a dependency on donor funds, the Bulawayo daily, Chronicle, said after the United States threatened to cut aid to African countries for accepting election results in Zimbabwe in 2002. Read more......

NEPAD provides funds for women empowerment in Africa

ghanaweb Monday, March 12, 2012 4:53:00 AM CET | info

The NEPAD Spanish Fund for African Women Empowerment has approved funding for 31 projects in Sub-Saharan African countries worth 8,209,745 Euros in its determination to empower women in the region and boost development. The projects which were selected by the Steering Committee of the Fund in Madrid.......

ANC seeks reform of world bodies

thetimes-za Monday, March 5, 2012 5:18:00 PM CET | info

The United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must be reformed, according to an ANC discussion document on international relations....

Only a few people benefit from Nigeria’s growth – Nnadozie

vanguardngr Monday, March 5, 2012 2:39:00 PM CET | info

Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie, Director, Economic Department and NEPAD Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), on Monday said despite the current security and economic challenges being faced by Nigeria, it could still be among the biggest economies of the world by 2015....

Conspiracy and trials in NGA... Visual arts, artists are greatest losers

guardiannewsngr Friday, March 2, 2012 3:55:00 AM CET | info

An appeal to Mr President: Time to restore a professional artist to headship of National Gallery of Art... THE optimism and excitement that the appointment of Mr. Joe Musa as Director-General of National Gallery of Art in 2006 generated were expected. Reason: That was perhaps the first time that a.......

Mark, Ihedioha, Govs, PDP Hail Imoke’s Victory

thisdayonline Monday, February 27, 2012 4:50:00 AM CET | info

Senator Liyel Imoke By Our Correspondents President of the Senate, David Mark, and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sunday congratulated the governor-elect of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, on his victory at last Saturday’s governorship poll, saying his re- election was a reward for his good work in the last four years....

Zimbabwe tops Bush’s agenda

insiderzim Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:33:00 PM CET | info

Under headline "Zimbabwe tops Bush's agenda" the "Daily News" (06/25) carried the following article by Sydney Masamvu, Assistant Editor: Read more......

Conduct bureau, police, HOS step up anti- graft crusade

ngrguardiannews Friday, February 24, 2012 1:50:00 AM CET | info

TOP serving and retired public servants yesterday gathered in Abuja to work out ways with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to check corruption in the federal and state bureaucracies. The Police, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, the helmsman of the CCB, state governors, and other.......