Don’t create panic over COVID-19 – Information Minister advises media
Ghana’s Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Friday (March 13) entreated the media to respect the protocols put in place to manage the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, to avoid creating unnecessary fear and panic in the country. The advice comes amidst confirmation of Ghana’s first two COVID-19 cases. The two patients have been quarantined to prevent […]
Sellas Tetteh resigns as head coach of Sierra Leone
Sellas Tetteh has left his post as head coach of the Sierra Leone national team with immediate effect. The Ghanaian trainer tendered in his resignation to the Sierra Leone Football Association President on Thursday and it has been accepted by the Executive Committee. The former Rwanda boss cited personal reasons as to why he is […]
Volta caucus in Parliament calls for increased police presence in Sogakope
The Volta Caucus in Parliament wants more police personnel posted to Sogakope and the entire Tongu District following the murder of the Assemblyman for the area, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli. Addressing the Parliamentary Press Corps on the issue, Member of Parliament (MP) for South Tongu, Kwabena Woyome, in whose jurisdiction the incident happened said, the area […]
Apple says reopening all its branded stores in China
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is reopening all 42 of its branded stores in China on Friday, a company spokesman said, more than a month after they were shut in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The iPhone maker’s Chinese website listed the opening time for all stores, which varies from 10:00 am to 11:00 am local […]
Media tasked to do more in Reproductive Health Education
The Country Director of Population Council, Ghana, Prof Augustine Ankomah has challenged the media to do more in Reproductive Health Education, especially, among adolescents to help curtail teenage pregnancies and related complications. Prof. Ankomah was speaking at a workshop organised by the National Population Council with support from Marie Stopes International-Ghana, for selected Editors in […]
Bulenga Area Council provides vehicle to Police
The chiefs and people of the Bulenga Area Council have provided a Nissan Pick Up vehicle to the Bulenga Sub-Station of the Ghana Police Service for operational duties to help reduce armed robbery and other criminal activities. The Council mobilised local resources to purchase the vehicle at the cost of GH¢160,000 to support the operations […]
Facebook, Twitter remove Russia-linked accounts in Ghana targeting U.S.
Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Thursday they had taken down a network of Russian-linked fake accounts operated out of Ghana and Nigeria which targeted the United States. Facebook told reporters that the network, which it removed from Facebook and Instagram for engaging in foreign interference, was in the early stages of […]
2019 Overall Best WASSCE student receives full scholarship from UMB
The Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has for the sixth consecutive year, presented a full scholarship to the 2019 overall best West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidate, Ms Melisa Abena Okyerewaa Amoah. A statement issued by the UMB Bank said the event took place in Accra during the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Distinction Awards […]
Government To Promote Green Technology In Mineral Extraction
The year’s GHANA GOLD EXPO has opened in Takoradi on the theme, “ZERO MERCURY”. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Kweku Asomah-Cheremeh who opened the conference on behalf of President Akufo-Addo said the Western Region was the hub for gold mining and contributing immensely to the economic development of the country. He said […]
Contribution Of The Media To Ghana’s 63 Year Journey
GHANA’S 63RD INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY AND THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN THE NATION’S DEVELOPMENT – Great as Ghana has been in liberating herself from colonial rule, it still has records of checkered history as a nation that has experienced the good, bad and the ugly. Ghana has come this far, perhaps not the best of […]
