A professor of neuroscience and psychology, Carl Hart, has advocated that the use of cannabis be legalised in Ghana. According to him, doing so will help in the regulation of the substance. In his speech, Prof Hart outlined some countries that have legalised cannabis and are still showing no signs of moving back on it. The post Professor advocates for the legalisation

While some people are using Google apps with speech technology knowingly, many don’t know that their voices and sounds around them are being recorded, stored, listened to by Google staff or reviewers, and transcribed. Google insists that the capturing of voice and audio is for improving how these apps work. However, the company is now probing the […] The post Managing your

The Methodist Church Ghana has disassociated itself from what it perceives as an impending compromise on homosexuality by the British Methodist Conference in 2020. According to the Church, the attempt by the British conference to sample votes on homosexuality contradicts the bible. At a press conference today, the Presiding Bishop, Most Rev. Dr. Paul Boafo […] The post We’ll

The Methodist Church Ghana has disassociated itself from what it perceives as an impending compromise on homosexuality by the British Methodist Conference in 2020. According to the Church, the attempt by the British conference to sample votes on homosexuality contradicts the bible. At a press conference today, the Presiding Bishop, Most Rev. Dr. Paul Boafo […] The post Ghana

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said 994 Nigerians have been deported from Ghana through the land borders in the last 18 months. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, explained that 508 Nigerians were deported within the last six months, while 486 were repatriated in 2018. She disclosed this in Abuja on […] The post ‘994

  The Member of Parliament for the Effutu constituency, Alex Afenyo Markin has accused authorities of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) of engaging in nepotism by only promoting the well-being of friends and family. He alleged that the University has failed in putting in place a local content policy to enhance development in Effutu. […] The post UEW authorities

The Ghana Red Cross in collaboration with the Swiss Red Cross Society  handed over a two-unit housing project to 100 beneficiaries in four communities in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal Assembly in the Upper East Region who were rendered homeless by the flood disaster in 2018. These are 59 beneficiaries in Kologu Zuo, 21 in Kologu-Tor, 11 […] The post Ghana, Swiss Red Cross provides

The Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) basic school, selected for inclusive education in Ho, the Volta Regional capital, is without sign language teachers and teaching materials for pupils with speech disorder and hearing impairment. Consequently, all three pupils with hearing impairment and speech disorders in the school hardly partake in teaching and learning. When GNA visited […] The post Ho

The scheduled presentation of the Mid-Year Fiscal Policy review has been postponed to July 29, 2019. The postponement was announced by Deputy Majority Leader, Adwoa Safo during the presentation of the business statement in Parliament for next week. The review was first set to come off on July 17, 2019. The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu […] The post Mid-year budget review postponed

No one is excluded, when it comes to the law, not even law enforcement officers are exempted from complying with the laws of the land. Thus it was no surprise that three men in uniform, a military officer, customs officer and police officer were arrested for indiscipline driving at the East Legon tunnel today. Citi […] The post #WAI: Military, customs, police

A lecturer with Planning Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University for Science and Technology KNUST, Dr. Camynta Baezie has said he is the best candidate to replace the current MP of Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency, Alban S. K Bagbin. Making a strong case for himself after submitting his nomination form yesterday, Dr. Camynta said his vast experience […] The post Camynta

Carol Mabinty Khanu, a twenty-six-year-old chef from Sierra Leone won the 2019 Jollof Competition in Washington, District of Columbia (DC). Liberia came second, Nigeria was third and Ghana took the fourth position in the competition which is in its third year. The programme which took place on July 6, 2019, at the Pupils Heart at […] The post Sierra Leone wins

Instagram is hiding the number of likes on posts in several countries, including Australia and Japan, in order to “remove pressure” on users. At the moment, Instagram users see a running total of people who have liked a post. In the trial, users will see a user name “and others” below posts. Instagrammers can still […] The post Instagram

A Nigerian imam, who saved 262 Christians from killer herdsman by hiding them in his mosque and home, has been honoured by the US government. Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, 83, received the International Religious Freedom Award alongside four others from Cyprus, Sudan, Brazil and Iraq. The imam had saved the Christians in Barkin Ladi area of […] The post US honours Nigerian

Italian police have arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob, reports AFP news agency. The arrests came in a raid across nine cities following a two-year investigation into prostitution rings and the drug trade, AFP adds. Police are quoted as saying they have destroyed much of the “Maphite” cult – a Nigerian criminal gang […] The post Italian police ‘bust

The lawyer for former South African President Jacob Zuma has said that he will “take no further part” in the inquiry that is investigating allegations of corruption during his administration. He denies any wrongdoing. On Wednesday, Mr Zuma complained that he was being “cross-examined”. The post Zuma withdraws from corruption inquiry appeared first on

Storm Energy Drink, a product of Kasapreko Company Ltd., has partnered Silverbird Entertainment Ghana Ltd. to premiere the much-anticipated photorealistic remake of Disney’s 1994 movie ‘The Lion King’ in Ghana. The movie which was premiered in Hollywood on July 9, is scheduled to be shown at the Silverbird Cinemas in Accra Friday, July 19, 2019. […] The post Storm

The Kasoa Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced two persons who poured acid on a Mobile Money vendor at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region to 20 years imprisonment. The two, Daniel Amoah and Yaw Danso were charged with conspiracy to commit crime to wit robbery and robbery. In March 2019, the two individuals went to […] The post Two jailed 20 years for robbery,

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The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, says the Akufo-Addo Administration is gambling with the country’s share in the global cocoa market sector following the agreement of a new minimum price with Cote D’Ivoire. Though the Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire relationship in cocoa marketing may be strategic, the Minority Leader argued that the differing contexts in the […] The post New