European football week-end highlights
Football fans across the world were thrilled with action over the weekend from the major football leagues across the globe. In the Premier League, Liverpool is rampant, ruthless and roaring towards what looks like an end to the 30-year Premier League trophy drought. James Milner’s last-gasp penalty bagged a 2-1 victory over Leicester City sending […]
Media has an important responsibility to unpack Africa’s Free Trade Story
The critical role of the media in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) underlined an intense two-day workshop organised by the Economic Commission for Africa – ECA on October 2-3 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The AfCFTA is set to create one of the world’s largest single markets, accounting for over $4 […]
Ear piece can reduce radiation exposure – GAEC
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, (GAEC), says using an ear piece on a mobile phone can reduce exposure of radiation on users. At a public education on Electromagnetic Field Exposure by the Ghana Investment Fund Electronic Communication, (GIFEC), at Lawra in the Upper West Region, a member of the Commission, Dr. Philip Deatanya said antennas […]
Plane crashes into house in South Africa
A 30-year-old pilot has been killed and a passenger injured after a light aircraft crashed into the garage wall of a house in a residential area in South Africa’s North West province, police say. The passenger was admitted to hospital following the crash in Huhudi, a neighbourhood near the agricultural town of Vryburg, which is […]
Commercial flights set to begin from Wa airport
Commercial flights are set to begin from the Wa airport in the Upper West region. Africa World Airline is also expected to start operating from Wa to Tamale, Wa to Accra and Accra to Wa, October 15. Many are optimistic of the good business this presents to businesses for the people of the region. Correspondent […]
Paying lip-service to sanitation is recipe for disease outbreak – World Vision
Water and Sanitation Technical Coordinator, World Vision International Ghana, Yaw Attah Arhin, says paying lip-service and dabbling in propaganda on issues of sanitation, especially, open defecation would only consume the energetic fabric of society through disease outbreaks. He said, “When the fundamentals of our sanitation services delivery remain weak, diarrhoea, cholera, flooding and other preventable […]
Legendary British drummer Ginger Baker dies, aged 80
Legendary British drummer Ginger Baker, best known for his time with the power trio Cream, has died at the age of 80. Baker passed away peacefully in hospital Sunday morning, his family said in a messaged posted on Twitter. We are very sad to say that Ginger has passed away peacefully in hospital this morning. Thank […]
CSE programme: Panelists call for broader consultation
A Senior Lecturer at the Ghana School of Law and Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Right and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning says the introduction of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), programme should not be rushed without broad stakeholder consultation. He said the CSE curriculum must be designed by Ghanaian scholars […]
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Pop star Sia reveals battle with chronic pain disorder
Australian pop star Sia has revealed that she suffers from a disease that gives her chronic pain. In a tweet, the singer-songwriter said she had Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a rare condition that can cause joint pain and extreme fatigue. Sia, 43, is known for being secretive about her life, and regularly hides her face under […]