Minority Warns Govt over move to handover mission schools
Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has warned the Akufo-Addo-led government to drop its plans of handing over mission schools in the country back to the churches or face legal action. Mr Mubarak...
View ArticleGhana makes inroads in fight against tropical diseases
Ghana has made significant strides and reached stages for the elimination of neglected tropical diseases, Dr Badu Sarkodie, Director, Public Health Division of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), said...
View ArticleUK FDA approves ‘trackable’ pill
US regulators have approved the first pill that can be digitally tracked through the body. The Abilify MyCite aripiprazole tablets – for treating schizophrenia and manic episodes – have an ingestible...
View ArticleDiabetes should not be a dirty secret
Many people living with diabetes are struggling with related emotional problems – an issue that needs support and recognition, a charity says. Diabetes UK surveyed 8,500 people about diabetes and how...
View ArticleStar Wars game U-turn after player anger
Games publisher, EA, has changed a rule in its Star Wars Battlefront II video game after a huge backlash. During the game, players have to obtain credits – either by buying them or through long hours...
View ArticleGhana misses out at 2017 AFRIMA
The 2017 edition of the AFRIMA took place over the weekend and the show was hosted by one of Africa’s greatest exports to the world, Akon. Although Ghanaian act, Becca, got nominated for the awards,...
View Article‘Most Ghanaian men are afraid of…’
Renowned marriage counsellor, Opanin Kwadwo Kyere, has described the average Ghanaian man as domineering and seeking to be more successful than their wives in order to maintain their superiority....
View ArticleObuobia’s ‘Pause For 3 Minutes’ nominated for award
Obuobia Darko-Opoku’s newly launched motivational series – Pause for Three Minutes – has been nominated for an award. Pause for Three Minutes, the unique inspiring bi-weekly show on Social Media, made...
View ArticleGhana to play Italy, Holland and USA in pre-World Cup friendlies
Ghana is likely to engage Italy, Holland and the USA in friendly matches to keep the team active before next year’s World Cup after failing to qualify for the tournament in Russia. The US Soccer...
View ArticlePrincesses not complacent – Basigi
Head Coach of Ghana’s U-20 female team (Black Princesses), Yussif Basigi, has indicated that his players will remain focused when they face Kenya in their second leg World Cup qualifier on Sunday. The...
View ArticleTeachers ‘saved pupils’ from killergunman
A gunman who killed four people on Tuesday in rural California fired into an elementary school but was stopped from entering by teachers, police say. Staff at Rancho Tehama Reserve School went into...
View ArticleGrace Mugabe ‘insignificant to Zanu-PF’
Nick Mangwana, a Zanu-PF representative in the UK, has told the BBC’s World Update programme that he has also received reports that First Lady, Grace Mugabe, is no longer in the country. Earlier an...
View Article2018 Budget: ‘Economy to grow by 6.8%’; But Minority insists these are...
Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced that government intends to grow Ghana’s economy by 6.8 per cent in 2018. According to him, the figure represents a 0.5 per cent increase, compared to...
View Article‘Everyday is sanitation day’ is good but…
WITHIN a space of five (5) years, the country has seen the launch of two sanitation campaigns. The first one was the National Sanitation Day, which was launched by the Mahama-led administration....
View ArticleTema records 1000 Diabetic cases yearly
OFFICER in charge of the Public Health Service Department at the Tema General Hospital (TGH), Madam Cynthia Asante, has disclosed that about 800 to 1,000 new cases of Diabetes are recorded at Tema...
View ArticleGEPA launches 1-District 1-Export product
Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has launched its one-District one- exportable product policy at Takoradi in the Western Region. With this policy, Ghana Export Promotion Authority seeks to...
View ArticleFree SHS impacts lives in Assin as hawkers return to the classroom
Notwithstanding the barrage of infrastructural challenges, apprehensions and frustrations that characterised the implementation of Government’s free Senior High School (SHS) policy, the story has been...
View ArticleNCA Shuts Down Radio Station At Dansoman
The National Communications Authority (NCA), has shut down a Radio station operating illegally in Dansoman, a suburb of Accra. Radio Dam, was allegedly broadcasting on 104.9FM, in a small room in...
View ArticleFemale Genital Mutilation Must End – First Lady
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called on stakeholders to as a matter of urgency take a unified decision to put an end to female genital mutilation. Speaking at a two-day International meeting on...
View Article2018 Budget: Special Prosecutor Office to crack whip
Special Prosecutor’s Office will be catered for following the passage of the bill,” Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has assured. He said the Attorney General will in 2018 operationalise its...
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