Ghana, first country globally to undertake human trials for new Lassa Fever vaccine
By Doreen Ampofo. Ghana will next year begin human trials for the new Lassa fever vaccine. The trials, which will be the first in the world, follow research which shows that Ghana may in the next 15 years experience a major outbreak of Lassa fever. The hemorrhagic fever can cause fever, facial swelling, bleeding from […]
ECOWAS imposes fresh sanctions on Mali, Guinea Coup Leaders; Appoints Ibn Chambers as Special Envoy
By Bright Ntramah. The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on Mali following delays in returning the country to constitutional rule. The ECOWAS leaders have also slapped a travel ban and frozen the financial assets of the coup leaders and their families. The Authority has also appointed Dr. Mohammed […]
President Akufo-Addo expresses ECOWAS’s solidarity to victims of Niger and Sierra Leone tragedies
Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed deep regrets on the recent tragic events in Niger and Sierra Leone. He expressed the solidarity of the regional bloc to the victims killed in Jihadist attacks in Niger last Tuesday and to the about a hundred persons […]
Advocacy for access to total care for diabetics
By Hannah Dadzie and Berlinda Kpetsi The Ministry of Health, National Diabetes Association with support from WHO and other partners are championing the need for diabetes care to be made paramount, especially access to insulin. The International Diabetes Federation reports that one hundred years after the discovery of insulin, millions of people with diabetes around […]
GRIDCo promises stability in power supply
By Yvonne Atilego. Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), says there has been improvement in reliability and stability of power supply across the country. Speaking at a media briefing in Accra, the Director, System Operations of GRIDCo, Mark Baah, said GRIDCo is working to maintain this stability. According to him, GRIDCO has now seen an increase of […]
BOLE: Bolewura woos investors
By Emmanuel Mensah-Abludo The Paramount Chief of Bole, Bolewura Sarfo Kutuge Feso, has encouraged investors to come to the Bole Traditional Area to invest. The Bolewura made the call at a durbar to round off this year’s Damba Festival of the Chiefs and People of the Bole Traditional Area at Bole in the Savannah Region. […]
National Security on man hunt for fraudsters behind fake internet job recruitment
By Yvonne Atilego. Government has cautioned the public to be on the lookout for information on some media platforms, instructing prospective Ghanaian students and business owners to apply for UN grants from GH₵150 to GH₵ 700,000 The Deputy Information Minister, Fatimatu Abubakar, at a media briefing in Accra said National Security has picked up intelligence […]
Konkomba Education Endowment Fund launched for needy but brilliant students
By Mercy Darko. A Konkomba Education Endowment Fund has been launched to generate funds to support needy but brilliant students from Kokomba Communities. The fund will focus on investing in Education for Growth and Development and encourage Konkomba youth to pursue higher education. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia who outdoored the fund in Accra said education […]
Help security agencies curtail fertilizer smuggling- Interior Minister
By Yvonne Atilego. The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has urged citizens living in communities across the country’s borders to effectively support and collaborate with the security agencies to curb the smuggling of subsidized fertilizers. He similarly appealed to the country’s traditional rulers to assist the security forces to cut down the smuggling of […]
UDS introduces new programs to meet growing demands
By Joyce Kantam Kolamong. Government, through the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, GTEC, is in the process of rolling out a Centralized Application Processes Service dubbed CAPS, aimed at providing a more convenient and easy application and processes of admissions into Universities. This module is expected to provide accurate enrollment data to support the development intervention […]
