President Akufo-Addo to address 77th UN General Assembly today
President Akufo-Addo will address the UN General Assembly today, Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 8:45pm. He will participate in the general debate of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in his capacity as the President of the Republic of Ghana. The high-level general debate opened on Tuesday, September 20 with the theme “A […]
Eighteen Ghanaian interns abscond in Israel
18 agricultural interns on an 11-month paid programme in Israel have absconded. The first to abscond were three interns who were among the first batch of 50 in 2018 while the other 15 absconded last year and have since not been accounted for. Some of the escapee interns put up claims that they were homosexuals […]
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Trophy to arrive in Accra on September22
Story by Michael Okuley Ghana’s capital, Accra, will receive the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup on Thursday, September 22, 2022, as one of the countries selected for this historic event. The trophy would be met on arrival by the Presidency together with the President of the Ghana Cricket Association, Mr Emmanuel Asare, and […]
Women, Elderly Security Guards are targets of alleged ritual killings in Wa- MP
Story: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH A Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa Central, Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, says women and old men who are serving as security guards are mostly the targets for the alleged ritual killings in Wa. He painted the situation as terrifying and worrying. Mr. Pelpuo in an interview said, “the target group who are […]
PNC to carry on with vision of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Dr. Hilla Liman – Janet Nabla
By: Henrietta Afful The People’s National Convention, PNC, says its future government will continue to pursue the ideologies and vision of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Dr. Hilla Liman to provide better living condition for every Ghanaian. The PNC said this in a Statement issued to mark ‘Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day’ which falls today, September […]
Your proposed CI could undermine democracy – NDC to EC
Story: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, says ”the actions and inactions” of the current leadership of Ghana’s electoral management body, the Electoral Commission (EC), are likely to undermine Ghana’s democracy. According to the NDC Chairman, the EC’s proposed Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Instrument is […]
CRS Engagement on Water Security for Journalists end in Tamale
A capacity building session for the Northern Regional Chapter of the Ghana WASH Journalists Network (GWJN) on water security reporting has been held in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale with a call on Media Practitioners to help protect the White Volta River. It was organised by the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Ghana, to find ways […]
UN Assembly: Sall wants AU granted seat at G20
From rising prices to a warming planet and deadly conflicts, the global state of affair is dire. Speaking Tuesday at the 77th Session of the UN’s General Assembly, Macky Sall, the Senegalese President and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) insisted on the threat of terrorism. “Terrorism gaining ground on the continent is not just […]
Ghanaians mark 113th birthday of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah with statutory holiday
Today is Kwame Nkrumah Day. It is a statutory holiday observed in the country to mark the birthday of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, who was born on 21 september1909 at Nkroful near Axim in the Western Region of the then Gold Coast now Ghana. It would have marked the 113th birthday of Dr Nkrumah […]
Nigeria clears 18 candidates for presidency
SOURCE: BBC NEWS Nigeria’s electoral commission has cleared 18 candidates to contest the presidential election scheduled for February next year. In a list published on Tuesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) noted that 18 parties had fielded presidential candidates and their running mates. The list include the names of the 75-year-old veteran presidential contestant […]
