Baby Jet Promotions terminates contract with Emmanuel Tago
Baby Jet Promotions, one of the leading boxing promotional outfits in Ghana, has officially terminated the contract of Ghanaian Lightweight boxer, Emmanuel “Gameboy” Tagoe. The 32-year old former International Boxing Organisation (IBO) Lightweight Champion, in 2018 signed a deal with the boxing syndicate which was expected to end in November this year. A letter signed […]
Banks holdings in domestic debt stands at GH¢38.1bn – Report
Banks holding in Ghana’s domestic debt grew significantly by a little above GH¢7 billion to GH¢38.1 billion in the third quarter of last year, representing 28.2 percent, data from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revealed. This is compared to GH¢30.1 billion, about 29.8 percent of their holdings recorded in similar period of 2019. According […]
Apple revamps syringe emoji for Covid vaccines
Apple is changing its syringe emoji to remove the dripping blood, as it becomes widely used to talk about the Covid-19 vaccine. Apple’s new version has nothing inside the needle. “This makes the emoji more versatile when used to describe Covid-19 vaccination,” explained Emojipedia, a site that catalogues the icons. The site reports a surge […]
Rebecca Foundation lauded for supporting health facilities in Ashanti Region
The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Osei Assibey Antwi, has commended the Founder of the Rebecca Foundation, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo for her continued assistance to health facilities within the Kumasi Metropolis and the Ashanti Region as a whole. According to him, such assistance has tremendously improved health care delivery and contributed immensely to the effective and […]
Coffee Federation of Ghana advocates increased governmental investment to save sector from collapse
The Coffee Federation of Ghana (CFG), has called on government to as a matter of urgency honour its commitment of increasing investment and transforming the coffee industry to save it from collapse. At a media briefing in Accra, President of the Association, Chief Nat Nsarko said coffee farmers do not get the needed support especially […]
N/R: Rainstorm destroys over 500 houses, 100 displaced in Chamba
A rainstorm in Chamba and surrounding communities in the Nanumba North district of the Northern region, has destroyed more than five hundred houses and displaced hundreds of people. Authorities were forced to close down six affected basic schools in the area . According to the District Nadmo Coordinator, Mawindaal Tigananya, the community hospital and police […]
President Akufo-Addo congratulates new WTO head
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her landmark appointment as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The President in a congratulatory letter to the Nigerian-American economist, said her election as the first woman and first African to occupy that position “is a tribute to black women the world […]
SHS candidates receive exams compliant maths sets
The government has given the assurance that all candidates for 2021 and beyond will benefit from scientific mathematical tools that are examination compliant. The scientific mathematical tool is a mathematical set and a non-programmable scientific calculator combined. The outgoing Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who announced this when he took his turn at […]
Demi Lovato ‘had three strokes and a heart attack’ after 2018 overdose
Demi Lovato has said she had three strokes and a heart attack after a drug overdose in 2018, and that doctors told her she had been minutes from death. The US pop star, 28, says in a new documentary trailer: “My doctors said that I had five to 10 more minutes.” Lovato also told reporters […]
Mourners gather at funeral of Zanzibar vice-president
The deceased vice-president of Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar will be buried on Thursday at his home village in Pemba Island. Seif Sharif Hamad, popularly known as Maalim Seif, died on Wednesday – nearly three weeks after his party said he had contracted Covid-19. He is the most prominent political figure in Tanzania to have […]
