All set for first ever Agriculture E-Summit in Upper West
All is set for the first ever Agriculture E-Summit to be hosted in the Upper West Region. The E-Summit to be hosted on social media apps like Zoom and Facebook is expected to whip up the interest of young people towards venturing into agriculture. Speaking to Radio Ghana at Wa, the Upper West Regional Director […]
Wa: Police say yet to record Covid-19 case
The Upper West Regional Police Command says it is yet to record any case of the Coronavirus. It also said that no police officer or inmate in the police cells has been quarantined because of suspicion of the COVID-19 infection. Speaking to the media at a brief ceremony before the disinfection of police stations and […]
S.D. Dombo University to reorganise programmes- Vice Chancellor
The Governing Council of newly established Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) has paid a courtesy call on the Upper West Regional Minister Dr Hafiz Bin Salih. The call was to formally introduce the governing council to the Minister and to reiterate its position to bring the needed development to […]
COVID-19: Ineffective implementation of health safety protocols linked to increasing cases in Ghana
A Researcher and Lecturer at the Department of Environment and Resource Studies of the SD. Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS), Dr. Francis Bakuri, has blamed the increasing number of Ghana’s covid-19 cases on ineffective implementation of health safety protocols. Dr Bukari said this can be justified because adherence to public health […]
Nestlé, AGRA and Sahel Grains honour young farmers in Upper West
Three young people have been honored for their sterling performance in an initiative known as Youth Agri-preneurship Development Program (YADIS) being ran in the Sissala East Municipality and Sissala West District of the Upper West Region. The YADIS Program which was launched in July 2019 is a two-year partnership between AGRA, Nestlé and Sahel Grains […]
Eastern Regional Police Command has no COVID-19 case – Regional Commander
Eastern Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Afful Boakye Yiadom, has revealed that none of his officers in the region has contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. “No infection has also been recorded among the prisoners in our custody,” he added. DCOP Boakye Yiadom was speaking during the launch of the disinfection and […]
South Africa to reopen places of worship
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that places of worship will be reopened on 1 June with strict guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Churches, mosques, temples and other recognised places of worship will be required to ensure worshippers keep their distance. A maximum of 50 people will be allowed to attend depending […]
Nigeria to continue with clinical trials of malaria drug for Covid-19
Nigeria will continue with the planned clinical trials on malaria drug hydroxychloroquine on Covid-19 patients even after the World Health Organization (WHO) halted a similar effort because of safety fears. The director of Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac), Mojisola Adeyeye, told a local broadcaster that she does not dispute WHO’s […]
Tanzanian comedian in court after laughing at president
Tanzanian comedian Idris Sultan has appeared at a magistrate’s court this morning in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, eight days after he was arrested. Sultan was expected to be charged with cybercrimes offences, tampering with evidence and using a Sim card registered in someone else’s name, a police spokesperson told the BBC on Monday. […]
Cedi loses ground against US dollar, 2 others
The Ghana Cedi depreciated against all the three major trading currencies on the interbank currency market last week. According to data from IGS Financial Services, the US dollar posted a marginal gain as US-China trade tension fuelled investor’s demand for the safe haven currency. The US dollar made a weekly gain of 0.05 per cent […]
