The Director of Finance, National Youth Authority (NYA), Lawrence Adzove, has asked the youth to step up the fight against corruption in their communities. He said corruption and its attendant negative effects remain obstructing factors on the country’s socio-economic development. That is why NYA has resolved to support the youth as chief custodians of the nation’s heritage and future, to [...] The post Youth
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in agriculture in the country have called on the government to increase investment in data collection, and adequately resource research institutions for reliable data and effective monitoring, to address constraints impeding agricultural sector growth. The CSO include the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana, SEND Ghana, Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana [...] The post Govt
The Power Queens club (PQC) of the Electricity of Ghana yesterday stocked the National Blood Bank (NBB) through a blood donation exercise. Held at the Shai Osudoku Senior High School in the Greater Accra Region, the gesture was geared towards stocking the country’s blood bank, to ensure there was sufficient blood to administer to patients during emergency cases. More than [...] The post Power
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has received donations from three companies towards the celebration of this year’s farmer’s day. Nanam Ventures, dealers in agricultural inputs, presented a cheque for GH?20,000, Bone Agro Chemicals presented 100 Knapsack sprayers, 100 rain coats, 120 wellington boots and oil extraction machinery all valued at GH?53,928, Interplast GH?30, 000.and GH?20, 000 worth of [...] The post
Director of the Centre for African Studies at the Peking University, China, Professor Anshan Li, has called on the government of Ghana to deal with any Chinese, who would engage in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, or flout other laws of Ghana. Responding to a question, he said he had heard that some Chinese engaged in illegal mining in [...] The post Govt urged to punish Chinese
Saudi Arabia sent a toxicologist and a chemical expert to its consulate in Istanbul after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed, a senior Turkish official has told the BBC. The Saudis admit the journalist was killed there last month, but their accounts have wavered on what happened. Turkish investigators believe he was choked to death and then dismembered. Two of his [...] The post ‘Expert sent
Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) spoke highly of China’s continuous commitment to reform and opening up on Monday, as they attended the inaugural import expo held in Shanghai. The expo, the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) on November 5-10, has attracted more than 3,600 companies from 172 [...] The post Heads
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has vowed to “break” swingeing sanctions re-imposed by the US targeting core parts of the economy. The Trump administration is restoring all sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal in a bid to pressure Iran. They will hit oil exports, shipping and banks, and make it difficult to do business with the oil-rich nation. US Secretary [...] The post Iran
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) recorded an increase in revenue from GH¢45 million in 2016 to GHc119 million as at September 2018, representing a growth of 164.40 per cent. The Authority further reduced its deficits from 27.50 per cent in 2016 to 6.47 per cent in 2018. Chief Executive of DVLA, Kwesi Agyeman Busia, said the [...] The post DVLA bags GH¢ 119 m appeared
THE Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwesi Amoako Atta, has directed the Department of Urban Roads (DUR) to take an immediate action to asphalt the road from Avenor to Neoplan Station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, in Accra. This follows an appeal by the drivers unions at a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Roads and Highways, yesterday [...] The post Minister orders
The national U-17 female team, the Black Maidens will this afternoon take on fellow World Cup participants, Cadet Lionesses of Cameroon in a final warm-up game at the Sorocaba City Stadium in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The game will afford Coach Evans Adotey the final opportunity to test his side’s battle readiness ahead of the tournament opener on [...] The post Black Maidens to face
Head Coach of the Black Queens Bashir Hayford says Saturday’s international friendly against the Shepolopolo of Zambia was an eye-opener for his team and will go a long way to help him sharpen the rough edges of the team ahead of the African Women’s Cup of Nations. The Queens threw away a 2-0 first-half lead to suffer a 3-2 defeat [...] The post Hayford: Zambia defeat a
The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) has declared Wasiru Mohamed champion after his bout with Isaac Sackey ended abruptly at the Bukom Boxing Arena, last month. Mohamed is now the new WBO Africa super bantamweight champion. According to the GNA Sports, the WBO after examining the video of the fight and other facts awarded the fight to Mohamed, who knocked out [...] The post Wasiru declared WBO champ appeared
Ethiopia’s national team will host Ghana in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Addis Ababa Stadium in Addis Ababa. The highly anticipated clash has been scheduled to come off on November 18, 2018. Kwesi Appiah’s charges need nothing short of victory to boost their qualification chances as they sit third in Group E behind Kenya and Ethiopia. [...] The post Ethiopia names
Moringa SCA SICAR, an investment firm that specialises in agroforestry projects, is to invest 5 million US dollars (GH?24million) in B-BOVID Limited, a Ghanaian company. This was after Moringa, originally from France, announced that it had taken a stake in B-BOVID to enhance and strengthen the company’s out-grower palm oil polyculture model aimed at engaging up to 4,000 farmers [...] The post Moringa
The Head of the Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has charged metropolitan, municipal and district coordinating directors in the Greater Accra Region to investigate and expel city guards and taskforce officers engaged in extortion and misbehaviour within their various jurisdictions. He further tasked them to call their city guards and taskforce officers to order and regulate their [...] The post Deal
The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Thomas Kwesi Quartey, has called for a concerted effort at crafting Ghana as the hub of Pan Africanism. According to him, the role of Ghana and Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah in championing the African Personality, which had been battered, mutilated and decapitated as a result of the Triangular Slave Trade cannot be [...] The post ‘Craft Ghana
The Entrepreneurship Training Institute (ETI) has held its eighth graduation ceremony in Accra. In all, a total of 418 students made up of 55 from the Business School with BSC Entrepreneurship, 363 from the Education School including 247 from the Regional Programme graduated while 280 fresh students matriculated to pursue various programmes offered by the university. The event was on [...] The post ETI holds
Dr Maame Yaa Bosuo Norman, a Chemical Engineer and Lecturer at the Fox Valley Technical College, Wisconsin, USA, has bemoaned the situation where a section of the society rated technical and vocational courses as second class and making it difficult for such institutions to make impact on the citizenry. “Technical and vocational training provides several avenues to develop as well [...] The post Don’t
The Principal of the Methodist University College, Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, has cautioned students on indecent dressing on campus. He said the University was a faith-based Christian institution and would no longer tolerate such immoral attires to lectures. “We will not encourage tight-fitting and transparent dresses, sleeveless tops and dresses that have bare backs exposing your breasts or belly all skirts [...] The post Students
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