The five-year medium-term facility, arranged by Ecobank from nine local banks, including Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank and Stanbic bank, comes at a rate of 182 day Treasury Bill rate plus five per cent.An agreement to that effect was signed between MTN Ghana and the nine local banks in Accra on Thursday.

Accra, Dec. 7, GNA – A Motorbike rider, Hudu Karim has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on charges of conspiracy to commit crime and attempted to rob.He was said to have conspired with two others now at large and attempted to rob one Lovely Baffoe, at Dansoman Asoredanho, on November 30.

A statement issued by Emirates and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday said the special sale included nine destinations across Emirates’ global network for a travel period beginning on December 5, 2017 and ending on June 30, 2018.The statement said Economy Class fares from Accra starts from USD812 to Mumbai, USD683

Accra, Dec. 07, GNA – The University of Ghana has won an Inter-tertiary School debate on national anti-corruption and transparency campaign held among four universities.The Central University emerged as the first runner-up in the debate, which formed part of the national anti-corruption and transparency week, while the Islamic Univ

Sunyani, Dec. 7, GNA – Nana Bosoma Asor Nkrawiri II, the paramount Chief of Sunyani Traditional Area on Wednesday, appealed to government to intervene to fast track the passage of a Legislative Instrument (LI) that would support and give realistic meaning to the enforcement of the Mental Health Act.He reminded President Nana Addo D

Accra, Dec. 7, GNA - Mr Dominic Aduna Bingab Nitiwul, the Minister of Defence, has lashed out at the previous government for the wanton sale of military lands that has deprived the military space to develop physical infrastructure.He said in the last two years, government officials under the National Democratic Congress administratio

The entourage included the Chairman of HFC Bank (Gh) Ltd, Mr. Charles Zwennes, Programmes Manager at GIZ and Renewable Energy Consultant, Steffen Behrle, Chairman of African Tiger Holdings Limited, Mr. Henri Wientjes as well as executives from VRA, Energy Commission and COCOBOD. The facility tour afforded these stakeholders the oppor

Accra, Dec 7, GNA - The Alliance of Civil Society Organisations for Clean Energy Access (ACCESS), a Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), has urged the Government to lay out good policies that will enable remote and island communities to get access to energy.According to the Coalition, energy services have been shown to ha

Accra, Dec. 7, GNA - The Ghana Police Service on Thursday said it would deploy over 14,200 Police Officers to beef up operational duties across the country before, during and after the Christmas season.There shall be 18,000 other personnel, performing traditional police duties, which are indirectly related to the duties for the festi

Accra, Dec. 7, GNA - The Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) on Thursday donated some beverage drinks to the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) towards the 22nd GJA Awards slated for December 20, in Accra.The drinks are 40 cartons of Beta Malt, a non-alcoholic malt brand, 20 Club Premium Lager, 10 Club Shandy Bosoe, 10 Eagle Larger and five

Binduri (U/E) Dec.7, GNA - The Binduri District, on Wednesday held a day’s Town Hall Meeting on government policies and programmes to help in the development and promotion of quality livelihoods for the people. The participants were schooled on the operations of the Planting for Food and Jobs, One Village One Dam, Free Senior High

Accra, Dec. 7, GNA - The Government has settled the 30 million dollars arrears owed Ghanaian peacekeepers since 2016, Mr Dominic Nitiwul, the Minister of Defence, has said.He said the Government paid 13 million dollars initially and later added 17 million dollars, thereby, completing the payment this year.

Asuakwaa (B/A), Dec. 07, GNA – The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) would continue to champion bush fire prevention campaign across the Sunyani West District of Brong-Ahafo Region in the dry season and beyond.That would be a means of protecting the environment, game and wild life and investments into agriculture, especially promo

The service, held at the Accra International Conference Centre, attracted party bigwigs and sympathisers adorned in beautiful white attires.It was on the theme: "Oh Magnify the Lord with Me, and Let Us Exalt His Name Together." President Nana Addo

Bolgatanga, Dec 7, GNA - An annual triangular Tennis competition between three regions in the northern region, has ended successfully, with a call on participants to exhibit sportsmanship beyond their various cots. Th

CAF in a release noted that eleven players are making the cut for the Player of the Year category, with ten players making it for the player of the year (Based in Africa).It said, the votes would be gathered from members of the CAF Technical and Development Committee, CAF Media Experts Panel and Independent Me

The try-out is fixed for Thursday, December 7, to Saturday December 9, 2017 and would begin from 8:30am and 4:30pm each day.The Accra based club, would use the exercise to scout for new players to beef up their squad ahead of the new season.

London, Dec. 7, GNA - The current international focus on Libya, where sub-Saharan Africans are being sold as slaves, has forced the President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, to admit that his country has its own long-standing problem with slavery.

London, Dec. 7, GNA – The climate change talks in Bonn, Germany saw the creation of alliances for and against the use of coal to generate power, as the fossil fuel took centre stage during the gathering. The US went

Asokore-Mampong (Ash), Dec 07, GNA – Prophylactic drugs administration to students of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (SHS), appears to have paid off as no student has either died or fallen sick since the exercise started on Tuesday.A total of 1,142 students together with 104 teaching and non-teaching staff were given the med