Nigeria’s opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is demanding fresh elections in four states after citing manipulations of results. PDP also wants the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) to halt collation of results “until data from the smart card reader accreditation at the polling units are made available to all the parties in the … The post Nigeria
The 2019 Stanbic Jazz Festival is barely a couple of days from now, and jazz lovers across the country are getting ready to be treated to music from some renowned jazz artistes. Ghanaians will welcome, for the first time, legendary UK reggae and pop band UB40, Salif Keita and Richard Bona as headline acts for … The post Local icons to ignite 2019 Stanbic Jazz Festival appeared first on
Four teacher unions have accused government of allowing a public-private partnership into education, a move they think is risky for the country. According to the teacher unions, government must ditch any such decision or risk their massive resistance. The teacher unions made this known to the press in Accra on Tuesday. The unions are the … The post Gov’t leads int’l agency
US President Donald Trump has arrived in Vietnam ahead of his second summit with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. Air Force One landed at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport hours after Mr Kim reached the Vietnamese capital by train and car. The summit, which is due to take place on Wednesday and Thursday, follows a historic … The post Trump in Vietnam for summit with Kim appeared first on
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has cautioned government against rushing to implement the proposed standards-based curriculum until implementers and stakeholders have been thoroughly sensitised. This is because, if properly implemented, the new curriculum would go a long way to address the shortfalls in the educational system and eliminate the “chew and pour” method, … The post GNAT
The Grand Ballroom of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts was filled with excitement and pride on the 17th of February 2019 as 11 Ghanaian students received awards for winning the Resolution Project pitch contest as part of this year’s Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) Conference in the United States of America. … The post Ghanaian
The United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Africa, Harriet Baldwin, has affirmed the UK government’s commitment to increase investment in Ghana and ensure greater economic harmonization between the two countries. Recounting the economic gains and significant strides aimed at formalizing and improving the Ghanaian economy in the last few years, Harriet Baldwin together with some … The post UK
Two siblings have mysteriously gone missing from their home in Takoradi in the Western Region where a wave of kidnappings since late last year has caused fear and panic among residents. Mother of the 15-year-old Grace Arthur and 13-year-old Benjamin Arthur discovered her children were missing Saturday morning and have since reported a missing case … The post 2 teenage siblings mysteriously
The overlord of Kusaug traditional area, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II has presented assorted food items and toiletries worth 1000 cedis to some 283 refugees at Widnaba in the Bawku West district of the Upper East region. The refugees, made up of 38 men, 83 female and 162 children arrived in Ghana last month following … The post Bawku Naba donates food items, toiletries
The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George has traced the root of vigilantism to activities of land guards, and is therefore convinced that streamlining land acquisition in the country would solve incidents of political vigilantism. Ruthless militias with affiliation to the two main political parties in Ghana – NPP and NDC – … The post Deal
A Ghanaian male-born-turned-female says it is not unusual of her to be a woman with male genital, indicating that though she gets sexual urges, her penis does not function. Veso Golden Oke, who is currently on hormone pills ahead of a transgender surgery “in few months”, said the pills “reduces the size and the function” … The post I’m a woman with
President of the Ghana Olympics Committee, Ben Nunoo Mensah has lauded the level of sports development at Tema-based Delhi Public School (DPS) International. Mr Nunoo Mensah was a guest of honour at DPS International’s Sports Day event held on Saturday, February 23, 2019. The event took place on the school’s sports grounds and … The post DPS International earns Olympic Committee’s
One person, an eight-year-old boy, has been confirmed dead in the late afternoon downpour in Koforidua that left parts of the town flooded Monday. Jude Ampofo Gyamfi and two others had alighted from their school bus at their junction and were heading home at the time that it was raining when his lunchbox fell into … The post 8-yr-old drowns in Koforidua floods trying to save lunchbox
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Tuesday, engaged in a heated debate on what could be described as the State of the Nation Sanitation. Sanitation appears to be one of the biggest problems in the country governments have had to deal with and politicians will use the least … The post [Video] NPP, NDC aligned on ‘State of the
A new Nokia smartphone fuses together shots taken simultaneously by five rear cameras to offer owners what it says is “the richest image capture possible”. This lets it preserve details in the highlights and shadows that would otherwise be lost as well as giving more control over depth-of-focus edits than rival devices, it claims. It … The post Nokia releases phone with 5 cameras appeared first on
The Ugandan army says it has arrested two soldiers who are seen assaulting a female traffic officer in a video that went viral. The short video, filmed by an onlooker, shows one of them grabbing Police Sergeant Esther Namaganda’s arm as she tries to fight him off. She had stopped their vehicle over a traffic … The post Ugandan soldiers arrested for ‘assaulting’ policewoman
President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to launch the controversial drone technology by March ending to to pave the way for essential medical supplies, including blood, to be distributed to health facilities nationwide via the use of drone. Construction work on one of the four distribution centres to be built is progressing steadily at Amanase near … The post GHS sets
Local governmence expert professor Kwamena Ahwoi has described as unnecessary, president Nana Akufo-Addo’s call for the two major political parties in the country to meet to dialogue on disbanding their various ‘militia’ groups. Prof Ahwoi argued both the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party did not consult each other in setting up their … The post Proposed
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has agreed to cooperate with Ghana to build partnerships, deepen and tighten harmonization, as well as, help develop some of the capital markets infrastructure that can sustain and deepen the financial markets in Ghana. The cooperation agreement was reached when a Ghanaian delegation led by the Vice President of the … The post London Stock Exchange
President Muhammadu Buhari has taken an early lead as votes are being counted in Nigeria’s general election, amid allegations of manipulation. Mr Buhari has won seven of Nigeria’s 36 states, while his rival Atiku Abubakar took four states and the capital Abuja. As results came in, Mr Abubakar’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) alleged that there … The post Buhari takes early
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