Hundreds of relatives, friends and sympathisers, from all walks of life, recently joined the chiefs and people of Okadjakrom in the Jasikan District of Oti Region, to install three traditional rulers. Mr Wilberforce-Wilbur Kwasi Obitrim was enstooled Gyasehene of Okadjakrom, the Twafo Division of the Buem Traditional Area. The 41-year-old technical officer of the Jasikan Districtoffice of the National Identification
One of Ukraine’s richest businessman has been killed with his wife in “massive” Russian shelling of the southern city of Mykolaiv. Oleksiy Vadatursky, 74, and his wife, Raisa, died when a missile hit their home overnight, Ukrainian media said. Mr Vadatursky owned Nibulon, a group involved in grain exports. He had also received the “Hero … The post Ukraine
One of Ghana’s medal hopefuls at the ongoing Birmingham Games, Shakul Samed, cuts a vastly devastated figure – following his suspension from the event, after testing positive for a banned substance. The light heavyweight boxer, nicknamed the ‘Sharp Shooter’ is said to have been deflated by the Commonwealth Games Federation Anti-doping and Medical Commission’s decision … The post Commonwealth
The Black Galaxies of Ghana put up another five-star display to ease past the Young Squirrels of Benin 1-0 in the second leg encounter of the 2023 Championship of African Nations (CHAN) qualifiers at the Stade Charles De Gaulles in Porto-Novo, Benin, on Saturday. Goals from Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, Mohammed Alhassan and skipper Gladson Awako … The post Galaxies see off Benin …to
Keyan’s Martin Tirop claimed his first major marathon gold after emerging victorious in the maiden Accra Inter-City Homowo Marathon held on Saturday. It was a sweltering, go-getting 21km race with hundreds of participants jostling for positions, but Tirop clocked an impressive 1:04:45 to become the first male athlete to win the marathon, dancing away with … The post Kenyan
Ghana’s featherweight boxer, Joseph Commey, is confident of winning a medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games at Birmingham after qualifying for the round of 16 stage of the competition. The debutant put up an impressive performance to secure a 5-0 victory over Republic of Kiribati’s Betero Aaree in their featherweight contest to record his second … The post Commey
Tamale City FC, Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs FC and Liberty Professionals FC will square off in a three-way all-play-all league format to determine the replacement of Ashantigold SC in the Ghana Premier League (GPL). In accordance with Article 78 of the GFA Premier League Regulations, the Football Association has announced fixtures for the play-off matches. … The post Tamale
Prudential Bank, a leading indigenous bank, has demonstrated resilience by posting strong growth results across all key financial metrics despite a challenging operating environment. The bank’s transformation agenda continues to deliver impressive positive results as pre-tax profit grew by 49.6 per cent from GH¢62.79 million in the first half of 2021 to GH¢ 93.97 million … The post Prudential
The Head of European Union, Europe and Americas Unit of the Ministry of Finance, Ebenezer Nortey, has appealed to development organisations and donors to support the Civil Society Organisation in Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development (CSO-RISE) to help create jobs and address poverty at the local level. According to him, the CSO-RISE was helping … The post Support
Accra Metropolitan Assembly under the District Development Fund has handed over a refurbished market shed number nine at 31stMakola market. The market which begun in 2020 would benefit about 665 traders including those selling on the streets. Addressing the media, on Friday, the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Accra, Ms Elizabeth Sackey said all major … The post AMA
The Executive Director of Healthy Liver Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, Alfred Yanful Ahenkorah has encouraged Ghanaians to take seriously the responsibility of testing to know their hepatitis status. “Not knowing your status will rather kill you and not the virus. People must understand that the Hepatitis viruses are silent infection which means one can live … The post Public
A total of 847 recruits on Friday passed out at the National Police Training School (NPTS) at Tesano, Accra, with a call on them to comply with the laws they enforced. They constituted the first batch of trainees in 2022 and were made up of 467 males and 380 females of which 179 were under … The post 847 police recruits pass-out at NPTS at Tesano appeared first on
At least 20 chiefs, Queen mothers, Dzaasetsemei and Asafoatsemei of Ngleshie Adanse Mantse We have been installed at a durbar in Mamprobi, Accra, on Friday It was aimed at promoting unity, peace and reconciliation within members of the clan. The event was also used to launch the strategic plan of the clan which were repentance, … The post 20 chiefs, queens others installed
Teachers and pupils from selected basic schools in the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) were on Wednesday educated on integrated plastic waste separation and management in their schools. It was organised by the Ecological Restoration Club, an NGO in collaboration with the assembly with funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Teachers and Pupils … The post LaDMA
Transparency with regards to public access to information on how the central government raises and spends public resources has improved, the 2021 Open Budget Survey (OBS) has revealed. Ghana scored 56 per cent out of 100 against 54 per cent recorded in 2019 in the transparency components of the survey, placing the country at the 45th position … The post Ghana
Teshie, a suburb of Accra, located on the southern coast of Ghana will host one of the biggest gatherings on the Christian calendar today when the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) opens its annual Greater Works Conference. Over the years, Greater Works has become a convergence point for members of the church as well as … The post GREATER WORKS CONFERENCE STARTS TODAY appeared
A gender and human rights advocate, Josephine Oppong-Yeboah, has called on all stakeholders to help increase enrolment of the girl-child in school to ensure inclusive development in society. She was of the view that in spite of the successes made so far in promoting girl-child education, some communities in the country continued to discriminate against … The post Let’s
Poised to strengthen the petroleum downstream regulator’s relationship with its peer regulators on the African continent, the Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has embarked on a working visit to Zambian Energy Regulatory Board (ERB). Dr Abdul-Hamid, accompanied by Ghana High Commissioner in Zambia, Ms Iddrisu Khadija together with some … The post NPA
About 661 students last Saturday graduated from the University of Ghana (UG) in Accra during the 2021/2022 academic year. The graduates from 44 countries comprise 103 PhD students, 530 Masters Programme Students from the four Colleges of the School of Graduate Studies and 28 undergraduate from the Dental and Medical School of UG They are … The post 661
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the government is committed to pursuing its industrial transformation programme, despite the economic difficulties the nation is going through. Ghana, like several other countries in the world, is going through economic difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. As a result, the government is in discussions … The post Govt
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