Accra -As agriculture expands and grazing for cattle becomes scarcer, enmity between farmers and herders has intensified

Tramadol is increasingly being used as a recreational drug across Central Africa. The illegal trade and non-medical use of this synthetic opioid poses risks for health and security. Health practitioners are faced with the dilemma of restricting its availability to curb abuse, at the expense of patients who need it to relieve pain.

Interplast Ghana Limited, producers of PVC and HDPE pipes yesterday launched an ingreen irrigation system to boost agriculture production in the country.

Pusiga -The Pusiga District Assembly in the Upper East Region is to benefit from 1,000 metric tons capacity storage facility to help address post-harvest loses, Mr Abdulai Zubeiru, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Pusiga has announced.

Ghana is very much in contention to host the 2018 Africa Women football Championship (AWCON), despite concerns of the country's readiness, Mr Dan Kweku Yeboah, spokesperson of the FIFA/CAF Liaison Team, has confirmed.

Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule Deputy Governor of Lagos State Nigeria has called for an urgent need to create an enabling environment for a more activate role and participation of the private sector in the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday swore into office, Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse, as the first female Chancellor for the University of Ghana (UG), for a five-year term.

CropLife Ghana (CLG), in collaboration with CropLife Africa Middle East (CLAME) has organised series of special anti-counterfeit training programmes on agri-inputs for over 300 smallholder farmers in Akatsi, Awutu Senya Beraku (Korle-bu) and Awutu Beraku (Ahintia) in the Volta and Central regions respectively.

The Bekwai Traditional Council in Ashanti has dissociated itself from the claim by a chief in the area that Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission and Bernard Antwi Boasiako, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are engaged in illegal mining operations in the area.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has slammed his political opponents who have embarked on a deliberate campaign to tarnish his family with corruption allegations.

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, is advocating a change in cocoa purchasing policy to allow cocoa farmers sell their product to whoever offers the highest bid.

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), is kicking against the soon to be introduced Double-Track system at the Senior High School (SHS) level calling on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to "suspend the policy intervention in its entirety".

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday inducted seven justices into the High Court and urged them to conduct their activities with honesty, integrity and sound knowledge of the law.

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About 14 companies have been shortlisted for the last stage of procurement processes for award of contract for the Eastern railway line.

Mrs Mabel Cudjoe assisted by Mrs Magdalene Dzifa Adzanu-Atiase to present a certificate to Master Austin Deladem Atiase.

The third edition of the Pan Africanism Conference was held in Accra on Monday to honour the memory of Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah.

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) says the double track system the government intends to implement as part of the free Senior High School (SHS) programme requires a broader consultation.

Players of Kumasi Asante Kotoko who were involved in an accident last year have petitioned management of the club over unpaid compensation from donations made to the club.