UK and Ghana launch new investor group to scout for top investment opportunities
By Hannah Dadzie The UK and Ghana have today, Thursday, June 8, launched a new investor group to help identify mutually beneficial investment opportunities for both countries to boost the existing economic partnership. The announcement at the 8th UK-Ghana Business Council meeting in London, co-chaired by the Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, the […]
Four suspected kidnappers arrested in Cape Coast
Four suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the Police at their rented residence at Ntranoa, near Ankaful, in Cape Coast. One suspect, who allegedly disguised himself and entered a mosque has reportedly been killed, while two others, including their supposed leader, believed to be in his 60s, are, however, on the run. The Police are […]
Kuburah Diamonds: The ‘Dbee’ from Zango, now Corporate Marketer and Author
By Sayida Maltiti Sadick Adiza Kuburah Braimah, popularly known as ‘Kuburah Diamonds’, is a firebrand with over 40,000 followers on social media. She started her journey to greatness in childhood, having a father in a patriarchal setting who believes in women’s empowerment and made sure they lacked nothing as children growing up in Tema in […]
Parliament to rise August 3
Parliament is to have the shortest meeting in a season this year and is likely to rise on or before August 3. This is as a result of a number of both internal and external assignments which will involve the Speaker and the leadership which will stall the daily sitting of the House. That, notwithstanding, […]
Fighting malaria in Ghana- Time to monitor and legislate treated net distribution and use
By Nicholas Osei-Wusu The cliché among a section of Ghanaians that things received at no personal cost are less valued is what appears to be playing out with the Ghana Health Service’s distribution of Long Lasting Treated Nets (LLTN) to Ghanaians as part of the national strategies to eliminate malaria from the country. Despite the […]
Groups kick against initiative to replace textbooks with laptops in high schools
By Nana Achiaa Aboagye Africa Education Watch (EDUWATCH), Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) on education-focused Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called on government to discontinue its initiative of replacing textbooks with laptops in Senior High Schools. The groups proposed that government should rather ensure that the schools have a […]
Anthrax outbreak: More than two thousand ruminants vaccinated in Upper East Region
By Peter Agengre Mass vaccination of all animals has commenced in all the municipal and district areas of the Upper East region to curb the spread of anthrax. At a media briefing in Bolgatanga, Upper East Regional Director of Veterinary Services, Dr. Henry Nii Anang, announced that about 1,068 cattle have already been vaccinated. Dr. […]
Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang campaigns in Assin North
The 2020 Vice Presidential nominee for the National Democratic Congress, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has, on Wednesday, joined the executives of the NDC party, to throw their weight behind Mr. James Gyakye Quayson, as preparations towards the Assin North by-election gather momentum. The embattled former National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Assin North, Mr. James […]
President Akufo-Addo challenges Youth to venture into large-scale commercial farming
By Bright Ntramah The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has challenged the youth to venture into and play meaningful roles in commercial farming. Government, he said, will facilitate the availability of suitable and well-prepared land fitted with farm roads, power supply, irrigated water, farming equipment, and warehousing, among others. President Akufo-Addo threw the challenge at […]
Oti Regional NDC Women’s Wing donates 300 sanitary pads to girls in Nkwanta South
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Oti Regional Women’s Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), led by Regional Women’s Organiser Madam Paulina Magyam, has donated more than 300 packs of sanitary pads to adolescent girls in the Nkwanta South District of the Oti region. The donation, according to Madam Magyam, is her outfit’s way of supporting […]
