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Early Warning Centre inaugurated

Ghana News Agency - May 13, 2020 0

A 10-member Taskforce has been inaugurated by the Vice President to work towards establishing a National ECOWAS Early Warning Centre by July, this year. Members...

Third accused in NCA trial opens his defence

Ghana News Agency - Feb 12, 2020 0

Nana Owusu Ensaw one of the accused in the four million dollar cyber security equipment trial on Tuesday denied that he conspired with the...

George Clooney Jumps to the Defence of Duchess of Sussex

Bang Showbiz - Feb 14, 2019 0

The 57-year-old actor - who was among the guests when the former actress, who was then known as Meghan Markle, married Prince Harry last...

Afoko Trail -Defence Seeks Another Opportunity to Present Witness

Ghana News Agency - Jan 22, 2019 0

The defence counsel in the case involving Gregory Afoko, accused of murdering the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

MoC/NCSS To Roll Out National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) 2018

Sammy Adjei - Sep 30, 2018 0

The Ministry of Communications in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Secretariat is set to roll out the National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)...

6 discharged whilst four prepare to open their defence in Kwabenya fugitives case

Ghana News Agency - May 18, 2018 0

An Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged six out of the ten persons standing trial over an attack at the Kwabenya Police Station...

Vandal murder suspect defence seeks medical care

Ghana News Agency - May 9, 2018 0

The Defence Counsel for George Osei Mensah who allegedly stabbed to death a former student of the University of Ghana during an argument has...

Rising in Defense of Ex – Education Minister

News Ghana - Nov 21, 2017 0

I am still not sure what it is that supposedly provoked our Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to embarrass himself and cause people...

Ghana-Iran Sign Trade Agreements

ABK - Nov 16, 2017 0

The sixth session of the Ghana-Iran Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) ended in Accra on Thursday with the signing of a number of...

Ghana To Increase Cocoa Processing Locally

ABK - Nov 15, 2017 0

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has said as part of government’s strategy to promote industrialization, it would modify the incentives to cocoa...

Ghana-Iran Seek To Enhance Partnership

ABK - Nov 14, 2017 0

The Sixth session of Ghana-Iran Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) underway in Accra. The two-day meeting seeks to enhance the levels of partnership and...

Ghana’s Democratic Consolidation is Dependent on Security Sectors- Nitiwul

News Ghana - Sep 7, 2017 0

Governance and management of defense and security sectors are essential to the consolidation of democracy in developing and transitional democracies, Mr Dominic Nitiwul, the...

Committees urged to abide by all procurement procedures

News Ghana - Aug 24, 2017 0

Mr Dominic Nitiwul, Defence Minister, has called on the entity tender committees of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the Ministry of Defence to...

Dr. Oppong campaigns for child right protection

News Ghana - Jun 16, 2017 0

The Defence for Children International, an NGO, has called for the nation to make the fight against child abuse and neglect an urgent priority. ...

Hearts Beat Sporting Mirren To Progress In MTN FA Cup

ABK - Apr 25, 2017 0

Accra Hearts of Oak has progress to the round of 32 stage of 2016/2017 MTN FA Cup after a 2:1 victory over Division Side...

AG’s Explanation Over AMERI-sponsored Trip Not Convincing

News Ghana - Apr 19, 2017 0

The Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has described as disappointing, the Attorney General’s response to the issues of conflict of interest against...

Kenya to fight for its seven Rugby titles in Singapore

News Ghana - Apr 12, 2017 0

Kenya's fairytale that saw it clinch the Singapore Sevens title will come back to haunt the team as they launch their title defence this...

Africa Military Heads Urged To Develop Defence Industry

ABK - Feb 28, 2017 0

Mr Dominic Nitiwul, the Minister of Defence, on Tuesday called on Africa military heads to focus on the development of the military into a...

National Peace Council Continues To Restore Peace In Bimbilla

ABK - Feb 18, 2017 0

The National Peace Council has called for calm and restraint among the two main gates-the Gbugmayili and the Bangyili- as it continues with the...

Nana Addo Retains Air Force And Navy Chiefs

ABK - Feb 9, 2017 0

President Nana Ado Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday named a new Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), a new Army Chief and in an unexpected...

Maritime Border Dispute: Ghana Stirs Its First Oral to An End

News Ghana - Feb 8, 2017 0

Ghana has ended the first round of oral argument in the maritime dispute between it and Ivory Coast at the International Tribunal for the...

Soldiers Free Ivorian Defence Minister At Last

News Ghana - Jan 8, 2017 0

Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast have released the country’s defence minister after detaining him for two hours in a standoff over pay. Alain Richard Donwahi...

Profile And Legacy of Past Presidents Since 1992

ABK - Jan 6, 2017 0

When Ghana returned to constitutional rule and adopted multi-party democracy as a preferred system of governance in 1992, Ghanaians of adult suffrage on December...

Ocquaye for Speaker, Nitiwul and Ofori-Atta for Ministerial Appointments

News Ghana - Dec 17, 2016 0

Citi News can confirm that Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, a former Member of Parliament for the Dome-Kwabenya constituency, will be the next Speaker of...

President Mahama To Co-Chair Transition Team

ABK - Dec 12, 2016 0

Following the defeat of the ruling National Democratic Congress to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Wednesday, December 7 general election, President John...

Kan-Dapaah Cautions Chief of Defence Staff Over Being Aggressive

News Ghana - Dec 5, 2016 0

A former Minister of Defence Albert Kan-Dapaah has written to the Chief of Defence Staff, Michael Samson-Oje, describing his posturing ahead of the elections...

Gen. James Mattis Gets Picked By Trump As US Defence Secretary

News Ghana - Dec 2, 2016 0

US President-elect Donald Trump has named Gen James Mattis, a former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as his defence secretary. "He's our...

Port of Lobito receives RFA Gold Rover

News Ghana - Sep 6, 2016 0

Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship Gold Rover is a Small Fleet Tanker which provides support to Royal Navy vessels in the South Atlantic. On its...

Mr Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur (middle seated) in a group photo with dignitaries and students

GAFCSC to introduce PhD programme

News Ghana - Aug 21, 2016 0

Rear Admiral Seth Amoama, GAFCSC Commandant, said given the progress of work done in the Masters programme and the infrastructural expansion that was ongoing,...

Barcelona up against Betis, whilst Madrid faces Sociedad

News Ghana - Jul 15, 2016 0

Atletico Madrid will kick off at home to newly-promoted Alaves, Sevilla will host Espanyol and Valencia will receive Las Palmas. ...

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