The Pikworo Slave Camp at Paga-Nania
In 1704, the Pikworo Slave Camp was founded. It is located in Paga-Nania in the Kassena-Nankana West District, of the Upper East Region, about 3km west from Paga. Today, the slave camp is a tourist site and the authorities are appealing to government and NGOs to help with a facelift. It was originally developed as […]
President Akufo-Addo endorses African payment system
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has welcomed the decision of the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim Bank) to pilot the Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in the West Africa Monetary Zone. He explained that West Africa had been grappling with the single currency for nearly three decades, and apart from studies and different decisions […]
Parliament resumes sitting after three week Covid-19 break
Parliament will resume sitting today after a three-week shutdown. The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin suspended activities of the house after 17 MPs and over 150 staff tested positive for the coronavirus. Members and staff have been tested once again ahead of the resumption of activities in the house. Meanwhile, despite the suspension of the […]
Pupils of Gwira Ehyiam cry for maintenance of their school
Some pupils of Gwira Ehyiam Methodist school in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region have called on the Ghana Education Service and other stakeholders in the sector to help them fix their school infrastructure. The school, established some 25 years ago has since not seen any major rehabilitation making the facility uninhabitable for […]
Three Shea butter factories commissioned at Kassena-Nankana
An International Development Organization in Northern Ghana, Tree Aid, has commissioned and handed over three shea butter processing centres to women groups in the Kassena-Nankana area of the Upper East Region. The NGO under its ‘Grow Hope Project’ supported the women groups who started the construction of the processing centres. The organization, completed the centre […]
Asantehene and wife take COVID-19 vaccine
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and his wife, Lady Julia, took the COVID 19 vaccine publicly on Tuesday at the Manhyia Palace to bolster public confidence and encourage all to participate in the inoculation exercise. The Asantehene did not make any statement after the exercise but was heard telling the nurse, Lydia Owusu Ansah, […]
Photos: Former President Mahama receives COVID-19 vaccine today
By Seli Baisie Former President, John Dramani Mahama has received his first vaccination against the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). He took his vaccine on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at the Police Hospital together with his wife, Mrs. Lordina Mahama who also receive the jab. He said, “I agreed to take the vaccine publicly, to encourage and […]
Zoom sees more growth after ‘unprecedented’ 2020
Zoom boss Eric Yuan, whose business exploded during the pandemic, says working from home is here to stay. The video conferencing company expects sales to rise more than 40% this year, reaching more than $3.7bn (£2.66bn). The forecast pushed shares in the company up more than 6% in after-hours trade in New York. Investors have […]
Angelina Jolie sells Winston Churchill painting for record £7m
A painting by former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, which was owned by Angelina Jolie, has sold for £7m at auction in London. The sale price was almost four times the top pre-sale estimate and beat the previous record for a Churchill painting, which was just under £1.8m. The Tower Of The Koutoubia Mosque, […]
Court fines Tricycle Rider for ‘biting’ a Policemen
The Ashaiman Circuit Court has sentence Ameli Wonder, a Tricycle Rider residing at Tabooline near Afienya to a fine of GHS1,800.00 for assaulting two Police Officers. The Court presided over by Mrs. Eleanor Kakra Banes Botchway pronounced the judgment after Wonder had pleaded guilty to two counts of offensive conduct and assault on public officers. […]
