Some 226 young farmers were between 2019 and 2020 made to undergo training in modern agriculture practices under a youth agriculture programme dubbed Youth Agri-preneurship Development Programme (YADIS) in the Sissala East and West Districts of the Upper West Region. The farmers
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Accra Hearts of Oak, Mr Frederick Moore, has appealed to corporate Ghana to support football clubs due to the drastic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the pandemic has exposed the clubs’ financial capacities and they needed to be supported to run effectively as they look
The Presidential team on the COVID-19 met key stakeholders in sports in the country at the Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday, May 21, to discuss issues bothering on the possibility of re-opening sporting activities in the country. Led by Prof. A. Asamoa Baah and Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, the team solicited ideas,
Owner of Division One League (DOL) club, Planners Athletic Club (formerly known as Okyeman Planners), Mr George Afriyie, has said the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and government must think about ways to make the sport more viable after COVID-19. He said the COVID-19 pandemic which has halted football for sometime
THE Deputy Sports Minister has revealed that the former Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, is being engaged on his salary arrears. Speaking on Joy News’ ‘Beyond the Lockdown’ on Sunday, Perry Okudzeto said government still owed the former coach because of some issues that came up before the termination of his contract with the Ghana … The post Sports
Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara has been ruled out of today’s Bundesliga top game against Borussia Dortmund after failing to recover from a muscle injury, Bayern coach Hansi Flick said on Monday. The playmaker had already missed Saturday’s 5-2 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. “Thiago did
Odion Ighalo will reportedly leave Manchester United this week as the Chinese Super League targets a return to action in June. The striker moved to Old Trafford on loan in January with United short of options up front after Romelu Lukaku left last summer. Ighalo, a boyhood United fan, endeared himself to Red Devils
Coronavirus has indefinitely postponed the Chinese Super League (CSL) season but it has given the national team time to bond under Coach Li Tie, the side’s goalkeeper Yan Junling said on Monday. China are approaching the end of a two-week training camp in Shanghai and on Tuesday will face CSL side Shanghai Shenhua behind closed … The post ‘China’s football
The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of TUC (GHANA) has started work on a six-storey hospitality complex at East Legon, in Accra. The project estimated at GH?31,000,000, is being funded by the TEWU Fund and it is expected to be completed in 36 months. The TEWU Hospitality
The Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC), has called for the speedy implementation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Veterinary Pharmacy Protocol in the country. The group, which is an umbrella organisation of women poultry value chain actors, believe that supporting the implementation
A national survey that aims to track and access the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on small, medium and large scale establishments operating in the country begins today. The exercise that ends on June 20, is being conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the … The post COVID-19 Business Tracker
The Yoruba Council of Chiefs in Ghana and six institutions, yesterday donated a total of GH¢375,000 to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund established by the government to cater for the poor and
The Radiology Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has procured a new mammography from Africana Healthcare. The 1,900,000 Euro device is an X-ray that detects and diagnoses breast disease in women. The head of the department and consultant radiologist at KBTH, Dr Klenam Dzefi-Tettey, said the new machine would help curb breast cancer … The post KBTH gets new mammography appeared
Ghana’s COVID-19 recoveries has increased from 1,998 to 2,070 following the declaration of 72 more people free of the virus. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the country has also recorded 125 new cases of the disease increasing the national case count to 6,808. Per the service’s update yesterday, 67 of the new cases … The post Ghana’s COVID-19 confirmed cases
The Executive Director of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has downplayed the Electoral Commission’s (EC) justification for the compilation of a new voters’ register. The EC is preparing to compile a new register over claims that the existing one is not credible enough for the polls. Director of Elections
The first of five Iranian oil tankers heading to Venezuela to help ease fuel shortages entered the country’s waters, encountering no immediate signs of US interference amid a diplomatic standoff. Amid heightened tensions over what Venezuelan authorities described as threats from the United States, the
President Donald Trump on Sunday suspended travel from Brazil, which has emerged as a major new hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said. Non-Americans who have been in Brazil in the 14-day period prior to when they seek admittance to the US cannot come to America, said White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. Trade is not affected … The post Trump
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has started the process to release up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners as a “goodwill gesture”, his spokesperson said, in a move that came after the government welcomed the armed group’s surprise announcement of a three-day ceasefire during the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The decision
Libya’s internationally recognised government has made new gains on the outskirts of the capital, Tripoli, capturing three military bases from renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA). In a statement on Saturday, military spokesman Mohamed Gnunu said the
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