Doctors in Ghana have been advised to adopt an innovative alternative means of surgery known as minimally invasion therapy in treating their patients. The President of the Ghana Society of Interventional Radiology Dr. Benjamin Dabo Sakordie who made the call explains that, minimally invasive therapy  has less complications and a short term recovery. Minimally – ...

The people of Ga Mashie will today celebrate the annual Homowo festival in Accra. Homowo which means “hooting at hunger” is usually preceded by a month long ban on noise making and drumming in the capital city, Accra. It begins with the sowing of millet by the traditional priests in May every year. The festival ...

Residents of Dunkonah, a budding community behind the plush West Hills Mall in Accra do not share in the excitement that the many patrons of the mall enjoy. The roads in Dunkonah has many potholes and is not traffic worthy. Motorists who ply this road struggle to keep their cars in balance because of the potholes and ...

The co-convener of the Fisheries Alliance, Richster Nii Armah Amarfio has said the Fisheries Commission is  working with the implementers of the Sustainable Fisheries Management Plan Project funded by the USAID, to bring all fishing activities in the country to a close for one month next year. This according to him is part of activities ...

Latest to add his voice to the ban of dance hall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah aka Shatta Wale from the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), is the ‘hip-dia’ man Sony Achiba. Sony Achiba has declared his intention to go on demonstration if Charter House, the organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards do not ...

Tamale based Non-Governmental Organization, Youth Empowerment for Life, (YEfL) has proposed the introduction of “one district-one library” policy for Northern Region. This follows damning reports of poor reading and spelling skills attributed to majority of basic school pupils in the Northern Region. The Centre for Active Learning and Development (CALID), an NGO, lately revealed that ...

Conor McGregor says Floyd Mayweather is “scared” in the build-up to their multi-million dollar fight on 26 August in Las Vegas. Mayweather, 40, said on Thursday that the bout “won’t go the distance”. Speaking at a media workout on Friday, McGregor, 29, said: “You know what I heard him say yesterday? Nothing. I saw a ...

Following the recent reports of some neglected Community-based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) compounds, the Health Ministry has downplayed suggestions the current government has abandoned  the CHPS project. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Robert Cudjoe said there the Akufo-Addo administration rather has plans to expand the project. “There are plans in place ...

Actionaid Ghana in collaboration with Songtaba has told staff of the Nanumba South District Assembly to value women’s work at a training. The sensitization was to create awareness of men and society to appreciate women’s work in the home. The sensitization is part of a five-year project that is being undertaken by Actionaid in collaborations ...

China’s President Xi Jinping has urged Donald Trump and North Korea to avoid “words and actions” that worsen tensions, state media says. Mr Trump and North Korea have been exchanging hostile rhetoric, with the US president threatening to rain “fire and fury” on the North. But China, North Korea’s only major ally, has been urging ...

The first batch of Ghanaian Pilgrims for the 2017 Hajj pilgrimage have finally left the Tamale Airport for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Four hundred and thirty out of 506 were airlifted to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Friday after the first flight scheduled for Thursday August 10 failed. Background Vice President, Dr. Alhaji ...

The Member of Parliament for the Tamale North constituency in the Northern Region, Alhassan Suhuyini has complained about conditions Muslims pilgrims in that part of the country are experiencing ahead of the journey to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2017 Hajj. According to him, there have been some robbery cases reported by the ...

The Member of Parliament for the Tamale North constituency in the Northern Region, Alhassan Suhuyini has complained about conditions Muslims pilgrims in that part of the country are experiencing ahead of the journey to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2017 Hajj. According to him, there have been some robbery cases reported by the ...

Apple increased its R&D investment to $2.94 billion in the third quarter of 2017, around 6.5 percent of the company’s total sales in the quarter. It is a large advancement on the past years, and shows Apple has a few things big planned in the coming years. The most talked about, at least by Apple ...

“There is an unbelievable contrast today in Africa: how can a continent with such an abundance of arable land, water and sunshine annually import food worth USD35billion? This must change,”Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The Ghana situation is not very different from this observation about Africa. The theme for FAGRO 2017(8th National ...