Mastercard Foundation Scholars assist Bosomtwe-Oyoko Community Day SHS
The Bosomtwe-Oyoko Community Day Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region, has received educational materials and dustbins to enhance academic work and environmental-sanitation. The items, including exercise books, pens and notepads were donated by the Mastercard Foundation Scholars of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Scholars studying under the 3+1+1 […]
Women’s Premier League: “We didn’t play our best football”- Hassacas Coach
Head Coach of Hassacas Ladies, Yussif Basigi has admitted that, his charges were not on top of their game when they played as guests to Soccer Intellectuals in Match-Day One of the National Women’s League. The match ended 2-1 in favour of Hassacas Ladies, courtesy two goals from Veronica Appiah to secure the maximum points […]
President Akufo-Addo opens 72nd New Year School
This year’s New Year School opens at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana today and will run for only two days, the Coordinator of the New Year School and Conference, Mr. Godfred Akpanya, has said. He explained that the university almost cancelled the 72-year-old annual event, which had always run for over a […]
COVID-19: Ministries enforce protocols
Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the national capital, Accra, have become rigorous in the enforcement of COVID-19 safety protocols following reports of upsurge in active cases in the country. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his update number 22 on measures taken against the spread of the pandemic, said there had been an upsurge in […]
FDA destroys unwholesome products in C/R
The Central Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has disposed of unwholesome goods worth GH¢214,000. The items which included food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, chemical substances and mechanical devices were disposed of at the Nkanfoa landfill site last Friday. The goods, all weighing about 2.3 tons, were seized from routine market surveillance activities […]
Government will force another lockdown if necessary- President Akufo-Addo
Government will be compelled to put the country under a lockdown if Ghanaians do not adhere strictly to protocols to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned. In a televised national address Sunday night, the President said the country was witnessing an uptick in COVID-19 infections, a situation […]
Morocco to host 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations
Morocco has been designated the host of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said in a statement on Friday (January 15) evening following an executive committee meeting held in Cameroon’s capital city of Yaounde. Morocco replaces Congo, who withdrew prematurely as host in 2019 because of the government’s […]
President instructs IGP to enforce law on mask wearing
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to ensure the “rigorous enforcement” of the law on mask wearing at all public places. The directive includes persons in public transport. “They are also to ensure the closure of all night clubs, pubs, cinemas and beaches that may be operating in […]
Traders, transport operators urged to strictly observe COVID-19 protocols
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked traders at market centres, commercial transport operators and public sector workers to conduct their activities with strict adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols. “The wearing of masks in these places is mandatory. Regulatory agencies will undertake random checks to ensure conformity with COVID-19 rules. Should any facility or institution […]
Indonesia earthquake: Sulawesi hospital among collapsed buildings
Rescuers are searching through the rubble of a partially-collapsed Indonesian hospital after an earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi, leaving at least 34 dead. The 6.2-magnitude quake on Friday morning came just hours after an earlier, smaller tremor. Hundreds of people were injured and thousands displaced by the quake. Indonesia has a history of devastating […]
Celebratory, commemorative events precede Rawlings’s burial
Series of activities have been lined up to celebrate and commemorate former President Jerry John Rawlings ahead of his interment on Wednesday, January 27, this year. The activities, which will start from Friday, January 22, in the Anlo State, are made up of celebratory and traditional events. A caretaker Minister of Information, Mr. Kojo Oppong […]
Fomena MP declares intent to side with NPP caucus
The Independent Member of Parliament for Fomena Constituency, Mr. Andrew Asiamah Amoako has associated himself with the New Patriotic Party’s caucus in the eighth Parliament. Mr. Amoako made this known in a letter written to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, on Wednesday (January 13) in Accra. The MP, who is also the Second […]
Election Petition: Supreme Court to hear Mahama’s motion today
The Supreme Court will today, Thursday January 14, 2021, hear a motion of former President John Dramani Mahama, praying for leave to amend the election petition he filed challenging validity of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as the winner of the December Presidential Election. The Former President is praying the Court to correct an error […]
Heavy security at Supreme Court as election petition hearing kicks off
Scores of police and military personnel have massed up at various points of entry to the Supreme Court complex as the hearing of the presidential election petition filed by former President John Mahama gets underway. Two police personnel each have also been stationed at both entrances leading to the Supreme Court where the hearing will […]
