President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute for Security, Disaster and Emergency Studies, Dr Ishmael Norman has asked unemployed youth in Ghana not to throw up their hands. He urged the youth to continue having hope that things would change for the better. Dr Norman was reacting to the report that 1.8 million […]
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About 1.8 million persons in Ghana from 15 to 24 years are not in education, employment or in any form of training. This is captured in the quarterly food insecurity, multidimensional poverty, and labour statistics report for the first and second quarters released on September 1, 2022 by the Ghana Statistical Service in Accra. The […]
Award-winning Ghanaian songstress Wendy Addo, popularly called Wendy Shay, is set to drop her first EP, ‘Enigma’. ‘Enigma’ suggests that Wendy Shay is about to tell the story of how difficult it is for people to understand her unorthodox brand. Since her appearance on the music scene, the talented singer has been the centre of […]
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. This global collaborative campaign aims to raise awareness of childhood cancer and the inequalities that exist, as well as showing support for children and young people living with and beyond cancer. In Ghana, World Child Cancer together with key stakeholders will be organizing awareness-raising events across the country. The […]
Member of Parliament for Dafiama/Bussie/Issa, Dr. Sandaare Sebastian has expressed worry over government’s inability to employ over 1,000 new doctors who finished their housemanship almost a year ago but have since remained home. Dr Sandaare says the doctors may be forced to leave the shores of Ghana in search of greener pastures if no action […]
A financial analyst, Michael Dawson has justified the decision of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to sanitise the banking sector, as part of measures to restore stability in the banking sector. He indicated that the sector was at a near collapse, hence the decision by authorities to undertake the reforms. “I can tell you that, […]
Sensation Vocalist Abiana will release her new single titled: Shika (Money) today Friday 2nd September 2022. This was after Abiana announced that she was going to share money to her fans across the world. Shika’ is a Ga word, translated literally in English as ‘money.’ Making the announcement via a tweet, she wrote: “I will […]
DopeNation steps out of its way to drop a thought-provoking song questioning the major Ghanaian political parties, NDC and NPP, about the State of the Economy. Quite unusual, but DopeNation are citizens, not spectators, as they exhibit in their new single. They question successive governments for their ways of running the country, affecting the lives […]
Members of the ‘Unmarried Adult Sons and Daughters of the US Citizens’ who are living in Ghana have pleaded with the US Embassy in Accra to fast track their visa application process to enable them travel. They said they have been in the queue for the past six years and counting. One of their spokespersons, Anita […]
Award-winning Ghanaian Reggae/Dancehall & Afrobeats crooner, Ras Kuuku, has announced an Album Listening party for his latest body of work titled “3, 3 & 1”. He enlists his close associates, Tinny and Obibini, as key guests for the listening party as he posted an official promo flyer of the event on social media this week […]
Convener of FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor was absent in court on Thursday, September 1, for the commencement of his Treason Felony trial. He has been charged with treason and treason felony for threatening to stage a coup in a post on social media. Presiding judge at the Ashaiman District Court, Eleanor Barnes Botchway on August […]
Chief One has just been announced as one of the surprise artistes gracing the stage at this year’s Ho Expo happening in the Volta Regional Capital, Ho. The “Turn By Turn” and “Du Agbe” Hitmaker joins his colleagues on stage to pull the audience and patronage for the 2-week event. He will perform Friday evening, […]
Ghana international Baba Rahman has returned to Reading for a second loan spell. The Chelsea defender has joined the Championship club for the remainder of the season, spurning interest from a number of clubs. Baba was approached by clubs in France, Germany, and Spain, but he chose to stay in England, where Reading and West […]
Italian striker Mario Balotelli has joined Swiss club FC Sion for a fee of £2.3 million. Balotelli, born in Palermo to Ghanaian immigrants, has signed a two-year contract with his new club after leaving Turkish club Adana Demirspor. FC Sion becomes Balotelli’s 11th club in his career. The move comes just days after he nearly […]
The chairman of Russia’s Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say. The company confirmed his death but said only that Maganov, 67, had “passed away following a severe illness”. Russian media said he was being treated at Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital and died of his […]
The Takoradi Circuit Court A has discharged embattled Metropolitan Chief Executive of Sekondi Takoradi Abdul Mumin Issah of all three charges of assault of a public officer, offensive conduct and disturbing public peace. The court’s discharge was after lead prosecutor Superintendent Stephen Billy Addum had told the presiding judge, His Honor Michael Ampadu that prosecution […]
Abdul Mumin has joined Spanish La Liga side Rayo Vallecano on transfer deadline day. Vallecano beat a number of clubs to sign the centre-back, who was included in Ghana’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations squad but did not make an appearance in Cameroon. The 24-year-old has agreed to a four-year contract and is expected to […]
Residents of Kenyasi No.1 and its surrounding communities in Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region have become the latest beneficiaries of government’s sustainable and responsible mining initiative following the launch of a Community Mining Scheme in the community. The scheme was launched by a Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker. […]
Controversial radio presenter, Blakk Rasta, has called for the castigation of Kwame Owusu Fordjour, popularly known as Dr UN, to stop. He argued that even though his methods were unethical, Dr UN had good intentions for planning the ‘fake’ award scheme. Blakk Rasta, who previously confirmed Dr UN’s educational history, says Ghanaians should support Dr […]
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