Speakers at this year’s Africa public service day highlight need to remove barriers that hinder African trade
By Hannah Dadzie and Magdalene Kwakyewaa Owusu Speakers at this year’s Africa Union Public Service Day, held in Accra, have highlighted the need to remove barriers that hinder African trade, with a focus on The Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA. At the event, the Kenyan High Commissioner, Eliphas Barine said to address the challenges […]
KNUST to recycle plastic wastes for industrial purposes
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), is set to mobilise and recycle the plastic waste of Ayeduase, a community within the University for industrial purposes. The University has therefore donated 50 customised waste bins categorised into organic and plastic wastes to the community. Professor Elis Owusu Dabo, the Pro Vice-Chancellor, KNUST, at […]
Accra: 2018 Alumni of University of Ghana Business School donates to Weija Leprosarium
By Nana Achiaa Aboagye Inadequate funding and lack of social amenities remain the major challenges facing the Weija Leprosarium in Accra. The Chairman of the Lepers Aid Committee, Rev. Fr. Andrew Campbell expressed the worry that people with leprosy are discriminated against at all places. For him, many of the inmates find peace at the […]
Respond to demands of fuel tanker drivers – Dr. Oduro Osae to Tema Municipal Assembly
By: Roberta Gayode Modin The Director General of the Internal Audit Agency, Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, has appealed to the Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, Hon. Yohane Amarh Ashitey, and the Director of Urban Roads to urgently respond to the demands of the Ghana Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union. According to him, the strike action by the […]
Organ harvesting: Trafficked for his kidney and now forced into hiding
When a man who’d been sleeping rough walked into a police station near Heathrow Airport, it would lead to the UK’s first prosecution of human trafficking for organ removal. The BBC has been given unprecedented access to the Metropolitan Police team that investigated this historic case. Daniel was about to get the fright of his […]
Actress Angela Bassett to finally get her Oscar
Black Panther star Angela Bassett will receive an honorary Oscar, 30 years after she was first nominated. The actress was nominated for best actress for playing Tina Turner in 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do with It. Then this year, she was up for best supporting actress for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever […]
Volta FA commiserates with family of Inspector Philip Lomotey
By Tilda Acorlor The Volta Regional Football Association (VRFA) has commiserated with the family of the late Inspector Philip Nii Tetteh Lomotey, a match commissioner who passed away on Monday, June 26. Eyewitnesses at the VIP stands of the Ho Sports Stadium said he collapsed during the playoff between Home Stars FC and Inter Allies […]
Assin North by-election: NDC, NPP trade counter accusations of vote buying
There are rife accusations and counter accusations as much as denial of vote buying among the two major political parties in the by-election ongoing in the Assin North constituency in the Central Region. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) party functionaries have accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of buying votes saying they are giving out […]
Former NCCE Chairperson Josephine Nkrumah receives Honorary Doctorate from University of Liberia
The former Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and now Resident Representative of the Economic Community for the West African States (ECOWAS) in Liberia has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in law at the 103rd Convocation of the University of Liberia, Monrovia. Ms Josephine Nkrumah was honoured in recognition of her […]
Voting underway in 99 polling stations across Assin North
By: Edzorna Francis Mensah Voting has begun in about Ninety-Nine (99) Polling Stations and about Fouty-One Thousand (41,000) registered Voters are expected to vote for three (3) Parliamentary Candidates. In a related development, hundreds of Members of Parliament have abandoned Parliamentary business for Tuesday, 27th June 2023 for the Assin North Parliamentary by-election. MPs from […]
