Popular spiritualist Nana Kwaku Bonsam says he prophecied about the success story of Dancehall act Shatta Wale claiming he even foretold that the two main political parties in Ghana - the NDC and NPP - will use his songs for their campaigns in a lead up to the general elections.

Welcome to our analysis of selected performances from the ongoing Coke Studio Africa show.

Mr David Duncan, the Chief of Water Sanitation Health (WASH), has said about half a million pupils in 3,900 schools in the Volta Region have been targeted to be sensitised to Hand Washing with Water and Soap (HWWS) using tippy-taps.

  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and four other organisations have signed an agreement under an initiative to provide life micro-insurance for fisher folk within the fishing communities in the country. The agreement forms part of commitments to transform and develop Ghana’s Fisheries and Agricultural sector while supporting the Sustainable Development Goals […] The post Insurance policy rolled out for fisher folks appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana

The defected Ekumfi constituency chairman of the NDC Ekow Esilfie Buckman has attributed his exit from the party to the ill-treated meted out to him by the party hierarchy in the region. According to him, he was denied his share of resources due all party chairman in the region...

A group of suspended polling station officers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Akropong constituency have vowed to vote against the party’s parliamentary candidate, Ms. Nana Yaa Dokua. They said they were going to give their votes to an independent candidate, on December 07. Mr. Ammishaddai Ansah, their spokesperson, told a news conference at […]

By Maxwell Ofori, Parliament House [email protected]. The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) has exceeded its initial budget amount of about US$196,000 on activities relating to the drafting of Bills to about 317 per cent. The Bills, Land Bill and Land Use and Planning Bill were to cost the ministry some US$196,000 in drafting, […] The post Land Bill attracts 317% increase in Budget -PAC appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan armed brigades allied with rival political leaders in Tripoli have exchanged sporadic gunfire and set up checkpoints in areas they control, challenging the authority of the United Nations-backed government.

  By Richard Kofi Attenkah The Government of Ghana (GoG), on Thursday, raised an amount of US$94.64 million in a two-year Euro Bond, which was highly subscribed. The successful issuance of the bond would go a long way to boost government’s medium term debt management strategy, which, among other things, is focusing on minimising and/or […] The post Ghana raises 2-year US$94.64m Euro Bond appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

The Chief Fire Officer, Dr. Albert Brown Gaisie, has commended the Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service for the rehabilitation of two vehicles for use by the Market Education Task Force and Home Safety Unit. The Task Force and Unit are tasked to protect the investment of traders at the markets, and […] The post Ashanti Fire Command steps up fire-fighting …in markets and homes appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

Africa’s financial environment is as competitive as other developing and high income regions in some countries, but access to finance remains a challenge, according to ICAEW (The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales). In its report Economic Insight: Africa Q3 2016, the accountancy and finance body notes that whilst some countries have excellent […]

Mr. Mark M. N. Dagbee, the Upper West Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture, has said the passage of the Creative Arts Bills would not benefit the people of the Region because it has no theatre or building to host arts,dances, drama and music.

  Stories from Richard Owusu-Akyaw Over 16,000 people in the region are reportedly affected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). “The Ashanti Region has an over 16,000 HIV/AIDS prevalence rate,” Pharmacist Thomas Agyako-Poku, Ashanti Regional HIV/AIDS Co-ordinator, has revealed. The Regional HIV AIDS Co-ordinator, who was speaking on Kumasi-based Luv FM, said the worrying trend […] The post Ashanti Region records over 16,000 HIV cases appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana Ne

The Tema factory of Nestlé Ghana Limited, for some time now, has been using 30% of the waste water which the company generates to water lawns, flush toilets, among other uses in the factory.

  From Ernest Best Anane At long last, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has elected Nana Adu Asare Mensah, Amakomhene of Kumasi, as the next Presiding Member, after the house had unsuccessfully tried to elect one over a period of one year. The election of Nana Asare Mensah comes after nine attempts. He polled 100 […] The post Amakomhene elected new KMA PM appeared first on The Chronicle - Ghana News.

Nurses have been urged to emulate Florence Nightingale, the Mother of modern nursing, who, by organizing the treatment and tending of wounded soldiers during the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856, had laid the foundations of the nursing profession.

World Sight Day (WSD), a global event which falls on the second Thursday of October, every year, has been launched in Accra.

The Minister for Finance, Mr. Seth Tekper, will be in Parliament on Thursday October 20, to present to the House, estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the government from January to March 2017.

Parliament has named the Job 600 Auditorium after the late Rt. Hon. Justice Daniel Francis Annan, first Speaker of the first and second Parliaments of the Fourth Republic.

The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to give him the chance to lead the country and he would relieve them from the current economic hardship.