The Paramount Chief of the Battor Traditional Area in the Volta Region, Togbe Patamia Dzekley VII, has been destooled. The destoolment of Togben Dzekley VII, also known in private life as Thomas Ametri, was necessitated by gross disobedience and the breach of customs and traditions of the Battor Traditional Area. According to the Paramount Stool … The post Battor Paramount Chief
The Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD) of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Thursday organised a day’s capacity building workshop on grant proposal writing for Sene East District at Kajaji in the Bono East Region. The workshop was aimed at strengthening the capacity of the district assembly and the decentralised departments … The post BIRD
The President of the Federation of Roller Sports Ghana, Mr Gameli Johnson Kportufe, has lamented the lack of financial support for six athletes ahead of the Africa Skate Games to be held in Cairo, Egypt this month. The tournament also serves as a platform for the athletes to qualify for the Olympic Games in 2024. … The post Roller Sports Ghana boss appeals to MoYS,
The Ghana Basketball Association (GBBA) will on December 12-22, hold the maiden National Basketball Championship in Cape Coast in the Central region.The 10-day event, under the theme rallying for development, would take place at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium Basketball Courts and the University of Cape Coast basketball courts.In all, 36 teams made up of male and female teams … The post GBBA
The Street Academy, a sports and culture non-governmental organization, will hold its annual special dinner on Saturday, December 10 at the Arts Centre in Accra. The event which marks the 25th edition will see over 100 students from various public schools in attendance. According to the Director of Street Academy, Ataa Lartey, it forms part … The post Street Academy to hold annual dinner
A Black Stars Management Committee member, Samuel Osei Kuffuor has called on the media to profess solutions to the problems confronting the team and not to take a swipe at the players. The former Ghana defender was addressing the media in Doha on Saturday following the team’s exit from the ongoing FIFA World Cup Qatar … The post We need solutions not unguarded criticisms
Huawei Ghana as part of its 2022 Women in Tech programme, has equipped 500 traders in a Financial Technology workshop to bring them up to speed with advanced technologies and enable them to transform their businesses digitally to suit current market trends. The training which was focused on helping female entrepreneurs and traders adopt technology … The post Huawei Ghana
Twenty Ghanaian journalists and media communicators were over the weekend awarded fellowship of the Media Capacity Building Initiative for Reporting on Disability (MCBIRD). The fellows, selected from over 100 applicants, received citations of honour for their contributions towards projecting the voices of marginalised groups especially Persons With Disability (PWDs) and promoting their inclusion in society. … The post 20
Former President Agyekum Kufuor has stated that one of the issues that he disliked about the constitutional provisions for what a head of state can do or not was to pick 50 per cent of his appointees from Parliament. “As a product of a political party, even for a president, it is not so easy to … The post Kufuor: I didn’t like idea of 50% appointees coming
The convener of Alliance for Women in Media Africa, Ms Shamima Muslim, has urged journalists to engage in dignified storytelling in order to honour the people they report on. She said that was because telling stories in a dignified manner sought to foster a common understanding of how storytelling could uphold the dignity of all … The post ‘Engage in dignified storytelling’ appeared
The government must strengthen interventions at tackling extreme poverty to help address the prevalence of child labour in the country, the Head of Child Labour Unit of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, Elizabeth Akanbombire, has urged. “Parents and households are in difficult times and even though we have the Free, Compulsory Universal Basic … The post Strengthen
MULTIPLE studies affirmed that ejaculation benefits the prostate by reducing the risk of cancer. On the contrary, the issue with multiple partners appears to cement with contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Hence, men should use condoms (Prof. Nyarkotey, 2022) to reduce their risk of infections I have taken with keen interest the many reports in our … The post Prostate
On Sunday 4 December 2022, I settled down to watch the excellent football matches that I knew the World Cup tournament of 2022 was about to serve up. But an item of news I read stole my interest away from the live matches about to be played, to those that had been played already. To … The post Of ‘Karma’ and ‘Dark Energy’ appeared first on
Fourteen people have died in South Africa after a flash flood in a river swept away worshippers taking part in a church ceremony. Some of the more than 30 congregants were standing on rocks in the river on Saturday when a torrent of water surged through, an eyewitness said. The pastor was saved after he … The post Worshippers swept away in river flash flood appeared first on
A group of doctors in Uganda caused a stir over the weekend after kneeling before long-time President, Yoweri Museveni, and asking him to stand for a seventh term. The 78-year-old leader has been in power since 1986. The next general elections are due in 2026. The doctors, representing the Uganda Medical Association (UMA), had attended … The post Kneeling doctors ask Museveni
Leaders of South Africa’s governing party are meeting to discuss President Cyril Ramaphosa’s future amid a corruption scandal that has led to calls for him to resign. He came to power pledging to tackle corruption but has now been caught up in his own crisis. An independent report said Mr Ramaphosa may have broken the … The post Fate of South Africa’s leader hangs
The Minority says they are completely opposed to the domestic debt exchange programme announced by the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, in Accra yesterday.The caucus wonders why Mr Ofori-Atta did not announce the details of the programme to MPs in the 2023 budget he presented to Parliament on November 24.Addressing a press conference in … The post Minority
Talks about Ghana going to restructure its domestic debts started emerging long before the government presented its Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the 2023 Financial Year to Parliament on November 24, 2022. For instance, Bloomberg, a media outlet, started talking about it in September, whereas one DrAnim-Prempeh wrote an article on it in the … The post Support government’s
Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was the hero, saving three penalties in the shootout, as Croatia edged past Japan after a 1-1 draw to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. •Croatia players mob goalkeeper Livakovic after his heroics Livakovic kept out the first two efforts before stopping Maya Yoshida’s kick, then Mario Pasalic converted the vital effort to … The post Livakovic’s
Portugal coach Fernando Santos blasted Cristiano Ronaldo‘s reaction to being substituted in Friday’s World Cup game against South Korea and refused to confirm whether the striker will play against Switzerland today. Ronaldo looked visibly frustrated when he was replaced in the 65th minute of the 2-1 defeat, with cameras catching the 37-year-old appearing to say, … The post Portugal
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