The second edition of the Agricultural Innovation for Africa (AIA) confer­ence will be held in Accra. The conference seeks to bring together diverse players in the agricultural sector to chat a way forward for the industry. Being organised by the Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC) and its  the next administration should reduce the current fiscal rule … The post Second

 The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has recom­mended that the next gov­ernment should contemplate the implementation of windfall taxes on thriving sectors such as extractives, banking, telecom­munications, and Information and Communication Technology firms in order to bolster the nation’s tax revenue. The economic think-tank said, this measure was essential for improving the country’s revenue collection … The post ‘Impose

The Accra Circuit Court Nine has grant­ed a travel consultant GH¢100,000.00 bail with two sureties for allegedly defrauding a tour operator of $15,000.00. MargiusAdjei, 47, is accused of taking the money, equivalent to GH¢225,000.00, from a travel and tour owner under the guise of obtaining Nicaraguan visas for his clients. Adjei pleaded guilty with an … The post Travel

 A 55-year-old man alleged to have stolen a goat at KpareKpare, a farming community near Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, has been paraded through the township carrying his booty. Abalo Kwesi, the suspected thief, was made to carry the goat on his neck in the full glare of the residents … The post Goat thief paraded through community carrying booty appeared

An “alarming number” of 400 dogs are thought to have died over the past month in Zambia after eating contaminated maize and humans could be at risk too, the country’s health minister has said. Elijah Muchima announced that approximately half of the 25 samples taken from mill­ing companies were found to contain exceedingly high levels … The post Contaminated maize

Man­chester City mid­fielder, Phil Foden, has won the Professional Footballers’ Asso­ciation men’s player of the year award, while Chelsea winger, Cole Palmer, was named young player of the year. It is the first time since the 2009-10 campaign that both men’s awards have gone to English players. Wayne Rooney and James Milner won the player … The post Foden, Palmer shine at PFA awards appeared first

 A former African Union (AU) Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao, has called on Africans to change non-perform­ing leaders or those who misuse the natural resources of their countries. Similarly, she said, leaders who implement policies that are det­rimental to the development of their countries and the continent should not be given … The post Africans urged

 The National Media Commission (NMC) inaugurated the newly constituted nine-member board of Graphic Communi­cations Group Ltd. (GCGL) on Tuesday. The board is chaired by Ebenezer Asante Sefa, with Yaw D. Oppong, Kyei-Brobbey Ishaq, Dr Rod­erick Emil Larsen Reindorf, and Prof. Kofi Afranie as members. The remaining members are Nana Ama Poku, Dr Gilbert Tietaah, Juliet … The post NMC chairman swears

The Upper West, Upper East, and Volta Regional Co­ordinating Councils (RCCs) have taken delivery of road maintenance equipment under the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP). Launched last month by Presi­dent Akufo-Addo, DRIP aims to expand road network coverage, increase accessibility, enhance mobility, and improve economic activities at the local level. The RCCs will hand over … The post Govt

The Council of Sci­entific and Industrial Research (CSIR) yes­terday received support from First Bank for its ambitious Endowment Fund. Aiming to raise $20 million dollars over the next five years to enhance scientific development in the country, the council received 50,000 to fund scientific research. The Endowment Fund established by the CSIR serves as a … The post First Bank donates

There has been a con­trolled explosion following the discovery of a suspected World War Two bomb, in New­townards, County Down. The 500kg (1,100lb) munition was found at a building site at the Rivenwood housing development last Thursday. Four hundred nearby homes were evacuated on Saturday with residents told they could be out of their homes … The post Controlled explosion at Newtownards WW2

The bodies of six hostages being held by Hamas have been re­trieved from an “underground tun­nel route” inside the Gaza Strip, Israel’s military has said. A statement from the Israel De­fense Forces (IDF) said the bodies of Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Chaim Peri and Brit­ish-Israeli Nadav Popplewell were recovered from the … The post Six

 Eight police officers in Kenya have been sus­pended on suspi­cion of helping a suspected serial killer escape from custody, police have said. In July police said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha had confessed to the murders of 42 women, including his wife, since 2022. Mr Khalusha’s lawyer denied the claim, saying his client had been tortured to … The post Kenyan police accused

Gabon’s interim president who seized power in a coup a year ago has barred mem­bers of his transitional government from holidaying abroad. Gen Oligui Nguema has also limited government officials to a maximum of one week of holiday leave. These new restrictions were announced on state television, after he toured the country to listen to … The post No foreign holidaying for Gabon government

Thierry Henry has re­signed from his position as France Under-21s manag­er after leading his country to a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics. The 47-year-old signed a two-year deal to manage the side in 2023. Henry led the under-23 side on home turf at the Paris Games, where France lost the final 5-3 to Spain … The post Henry steps down as France U-21 boss appeared first on Ghanaian

 World number one, Jannik Sinner, has been cleared of any wrongdo­ing after twice testing positive for a banned substance in March. The Italian tested positive for low levels of a metabolite of clos­tebol, a steroid that can be used to build muscle mass, during Indian Wells. A further sample taken eight days later also tested … The post Sinner cleared after testing positive for banned

Armand Du­plantis and Letsile Tebogo headline a raft of Olympic champions who will descend on Lausanne for the first Diamond League meeting since the end of the Paris Games. Some 18 current Olympic or world champions will be present in the Swiss city for Thursday’s meet, coming just 12 days after the last of the … The post Duplantis, Tebogo headline Lausanne Diamond League meet appeared

 Alhaji Moham­med Haroon, a principal educa­tion consultant based in Tamale in the Northern Region, has been named among the list of 10 outstanding educationists on the continent, for the 2024 Afri­ca Education Medal, in recognition of their work in transforming education on the continent. Alhaji Haroon, popularly known as ‘Cambodia’, is a retired edu­cationist with … The post Ghanaian

ARYNA Sabalenka won her first title since Janu­ary’s Australian Open by powering past Jessica Pegula in the final of the Cincinnati Open. The Belarusian needed 76 min­utes to wrap up a 6-3 7-5 victory for the 15th title of her career and her sixth at WTA 1,000 level. The result ended a nine-match winning streak … The post  Sabalenka wins first title since Australian Open appeared

 Ghana’s population is projected to increase by 20 million from now to 2050, bringing the number of persons in the country to about 53 million in the next 26 years. Currently, the country’s population stands at 33, 007, 618 million, which is 1.07 times of that of the 2021 population figure estimated at 30.8 million. … The post Ghana’s population to hit 53m by 2050 …population