Cancer cases to witness 60% increase if current trends continue – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed on the need to step up cancer services in low and middle-income countries. WHO warns that, if current trends continue, the world will see a 60% increase in cancer cases over the next two decades. The greatest increase (an estimated 81%) in new cases will occur in low […]
House of Chiefs urged to address chieftaincy disputes
The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, has charged the Regional House of Chiefs to resolve pockets of chieftaincy disputes which were undermining development. He said it was important for the chiefs to use their time-tested Traditional Conflict Resolution mechanisms to end all unsolved conflicts in the Region to pave way for continuous […]
HIV vaccine trial ends in ‘deep disappointment’
A clinical trial for an HIV vaccine has been discontinued since the vaccine was not found to prevent infections of human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID), which sponsored the trial, announced on Monday that the study taking place in South Africa was halted […]
ECOWAS opens human resource training centre
In furtherance of the renewed drive to build the capacity of its workforce and strategic manpower development, the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened a human resource training center on the 3rd of January 2020 in Abuja, Nigeria. Speaking shortly after commissioning the Center, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, […]
NPP Central Regional Vice Chair arrested over ‘missing’ excavators
The suspended New Patriotic Party Central Regional Vice Chairman, Horace Ekow Ewusi has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for his alleged involvement in the disappearance of some excavators seized from illegal miners in the country. It will be recalled that, at the peak of the fight against illegal mining between 2017 and […]
Court issues arrest warrant for Jacob Zuma
The Pietermaritzburg High Court has issued a warrant of arrest for South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma after be missed a scheduled court appearance. Mr Zuma, who has been charged with a string of crimes including corruption, racketeering and money-laundering was expected at the pre-trial hearing on Tuesday but was not present due to bad-health, […]
BlackBerry ends deal with phone-maker TCL
Chinese electronics giant TCL will not release any more BlackBerry-branded phones, the company has announced. In 2016, it signed a deal to produce BlackBerry-branded Android phones, after BlackBerry decided to stop making its own devices. It released several contemporary Android phones featuring the classic BlackBerry keyboard. However, in a statement it confirmed that the arrangement […]
President Akufo-Addo commends GWCL over Salaga water project
President Akufo-Addo has commended the Ghana Water Company Limited for completing the rehabilitation of the Salaga water system project. In 2017, the President directed that the Salaga water supply system be placed under the urban water supply category. The Ghana Water Company Limited took over the operations of the Salaga water system and injected more […]
4th February, 2020
The Daily Graphic says the reopening of the Obuasi Mine is good for the economy. This is because an estimated two thousand five hundred jobs will be created to reduce the unemployment levels in the country to spur economic development. It says the Mine will bring Obuasi back to its old vibrancy to make life […]
GES shuts down Buipe SHS after fire outbreak
More than 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that razed down their dormitory yesterday. Northern Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service Kanzoni Donald, in a statement, said the decision was taken because both students and […]
