COCOBOD unhappy about women share of cocoa profits
The Ghana COCOBOD has expressed worry that women farmers in the country do not receive an equal share of profits from cocoa income, despite their significant contributions towards the growth of the nation’s cocoa sector. Mrs Faustina Elikplim Aberor, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Extension Officer, Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) of […]
Fiapre Traditional Council takes steps to protect water bodies
The Fiapre Traditional Council in the Sunyani West Municipality has taken steps to protect streams in the town from pollution and contamination. The Council has therefore started desilting streams in the area, including; ‘Atta Dei Kofi’, a stream which was polluted by some individuals with waste water through directed pipelines from their houses. Speaking in […]
Vodafone hands over computer lab to Ofankor M/A School
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation has handed over a computer lab to the Ofankor M/A Basic School in the Greater Accra Region to help in the teaching and learning of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The handing over forms part of programmes on the calendar of the Foundation to climax the 12th anniversary of its kindred projects […]
Two jailed 26 years over attempted robbery
Two persons, who attempted to rob a shop owner at the Kaneshie Social Welfare area have, been sentenced to a total jail term of 26 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Chardi Nkrumah, a 28-year-old cleaner was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in absentia whiles his accomplice, Emmanuel Yartey, was sentenced […]
Plan Int-Ghana trains young girls in liquid soap making
Plan International-Ghana (Int-GH), central programme unit, has organised a four-day training in Liquid Soap and Disinfectant making for over 25 young girls from its partner communities in Central Region. The girls were drawn from Ekumfi, Agona East, Gomoa East, Agona West, Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, Awutu-Senya, Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese districts, Effutu and Mfantseman Municipalities. The beneficiaries were taken through entrepreneurial […]
Ghana National Fire Service debunks any protocol recruitment
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has said it is not conducting any protocol recruitment and that the public should ignore such recruitment on social media. “The attention of Management has been drawn to a protocol recruitment scam on Facebook purporting that the GNFS is recruiting people into the Service. We are not conducting any […]
Inflation rate for April 2021 stays at 8.5%
The year-on-year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 8.5 percent in April 2021. This rate of inflation for April 2021 is the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the twelve-month period, from April 2020 to April 2021. The monthly change rate for April 2021 is 1.5 percent. […]
MP for Agotime Ziope urges Muslims to pray for peace for nation
The Member of Parliament for Agotime Ziope Constituency Charles Agbeve on 12th may, 2021, presented bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil and assorted drinks to the Kpetoe and Ziope Muslim Communities in the Constituency. He used the opportunity to appreciate the peaceful atmosphere that existed between Muslims and others in the Constituency. The MP […]
Speaker Bagbin calls for new leadership to deal with threats of neo-colonialism in Africa
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S. K. Bagbin, has called for a new leadership that can effectively deal with the threat of neo-colonialism on the African continent. He observed, 60 years after the continent was liberated from colonial rule, Africa remains at the mercy of the super-powers of the world, some of whose activities pose […]
Coalition of Muslim organisations asks GES to sack Headmistress of Wesley Girls SHS
Coalition of Muslim organisations, Ghana (COMOG) has called on the Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education and other stakeholders in The Education Sector to remove the Headmistress of Wesley Girls SHS from the school to avert religious conflict in The Country. The COMOG at the news conference religious discrimination by ‘some schools and institutions in […]
Academic City holds Diversity Day to deepen understanding of African Culture
As part of efforts to promote and deepen the understanding of the African culture among the youth, Academic City University College has organized a programme dubbed “The Diversity Day”. This year’s event which is a student-led initiative was on the theme ‘Breaking the Stereotype’. The one-day event aimed to celebrate and appreciate the different African […]
Chief breaks ground for multipurpose Nkawkaw Palace
Nana Effah Openamang III, the Chief of Obomeng, and his elders have broken the ground for the construction of a 900,000 Ghana cedis state-of-the-art palace at Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The multipurpose palace, expected to be completed within 12 months, would replace the dilapidated palace structure, which had been […]
Kpando MP pays special visit to Children born on Mother’s Day
Member of Parliament for Kpando, Della Sowah in The Volta Region has paid a special visit to Children born on Mother’s Day. During her visit she gave a special gift for all children born on Mother’s day in the Kpando Municipality. Working with Miss Tourism Ghana, Mrs. Sowah visited the Margaret Marquart Hospital and interacted […]
MoYS inaugurates 10-member International Games Committee for Ghana’s national teams
Mustapha Ussif, the Minister of Youth and Sports (MOYS) has inaugurated a 10-member International Games Committee (IGC) to oversee the management and preparation of Ghana’s national teams for international competitions. The inauguration was held on Monday, May 10 at the conference room of the Ministry. The 10-member committee would be chaired by the Chief Director […]
