Motorbike robber gets 15 years imprisonment
A Koforidua Circuit Court presided over by Mrs Mercy Adei-Kotei has sentenced one Maduku Kwadwo to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour on two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime to wit, robbery. Kwadwo pleaded not guilty to the charges and the court in passing the sentence took into account the fact that he […]
Deborah Acquah: Ghanaian athlete sets new national long jump record
Ghanaian athlete Deborah Acquah set a new national record in the long jump on Saturday with a new mark of 6.81m to establish herself as the leading African jumper, but narrowly missed on an automatic qualification for the Tokyo Olympics. The 24-year-old Texas A&M University undergraduate broke compatriot Ruky Abdulai’s old record set in 2007 […]
Filmmaker Agyapong calls for more attention on road accidents
Ghanaian Filmmaker Samuel Whyte Agyapong has called on the media to create more awareness on safety on Ghanaian roads and reduce the attention they pay to less important subjects. The increase of road accidents become a major issue of discussion in the media circles after Ghana recorded 771 deaths from January to March 2021. He […]
Wiawso branch of GNAT acquires property
The Sefwi Wiawso Municipal branch of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has acquired two plots of land at the cost of ¢13,000 to enable the association to build its permanent offices. The branch, which has no office accommodation of its own, currently operates from rented premises. The Wiawso Municipal Chairman of GNAT, Mr […]
Technology, human factor can ensure success in remote working – Vodafone Director
The Director of Human Resources (HR) at Vodafone Ghana, Madam Hannah Ashiokai Akrong, has called on companies to strike the right balance between the human factor and technology to achieve maximum employee productivity while working remotely. She said empirical evidence from a variety of recently conducted surveys had shown that most companies that adopted a […]
Government urged to introduce preventive healthcare onto NHIS
The Senior lecturer, University of Ghana Business School, Dr Gordon Abekah–Nkrumah has urged government to introduce preventive health care programmes onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He said the aspect of preventive health care being placed on the NHIS would help manage the actual cost of delivering preventive care services which hospitals barely paid […]
Greater Accra Minister, Security Services embark on massive clean-up exercise in Accra
The Greater Accra Regional Minister and the Security Services have embarked on a massive clean-up exercise aimed at encouraging residents to help make the city clean. They essentially cleaned up the big drain from Kaukudi around Nima/Maamobi slums to Paloma on the Ring road Central. Mr Henry Quartey, the Minister, speaking at the event, said he […]
Subsidize Mental health drugs – patients send SOS to Government
Mental health patients have called on Government to subsidise the prices of antipsychotic drugs to make them affordable. They also suggested that the drugs be enlisted under the National Health Insurance Scheme “so that even the poorest” could have access to them. The appeal was made at a day’s training on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights […]
Motor rider killed after ramming into parked truck
An accident involving a motor bike and a timber truck on Begoro-Ahonam road has killed a 27-year-old man, raising public safety concern over increasing road traffic accidents in the Eastern Region. The man reportedly died after running into the stationary timber trailer loaded with five logs, the Begoro Police said. The police said they received […]
98 Togolese, Benin illegal immigrants rounded up in V/R
The police on Tuesday rounded up 93 Togolese and five Benin nationals who allegedly entered Ghana through unapproved routes in a compound house at Sokode-Lokoe, near Ho. The Volta Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) E. Oduro-Kwarteng said in Ho yesterday that the swoop on the suspects followed a tip-off. He said the […]
GPL: Inter Allies, King Faisal lock horns in relegation showdown
The 2020/21 Ghana Premier League (GPL) is getting fascinating at both ends of the league table. The bottom half of the table looks very congested with only nine points separating bottom placed Inter Allies and Aduana Stars who are 10th on the league log. Inter Allies would continue their quest to catch up with those […]
USDA, Ghana Poultry Project train young entrepreneurs
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), Ghana Poultry Project has held a mentorship and business boot camp for young entrepreneurs. The three-day project trained over 150 young entrepreneurs interested in the poultry business across the project’s three implementing regions – Greater Accra, Ashanti, and Bono. The boot camp marks the beginning of the 4th […]
Idriss Déby: Chad holds State funeral for president killed by rebels
The state funeral of Chad’s long-serving President Idriss Déby is being held after he was killed by rebels. Among the foreign leaders is France’s President Emmanuel Macron, for whom Chad is a key ally in the fight against jihadists in region. Friday’s ceremony saw a military march-past and a speech by his son, Gen Mahamat […]
2020 Volta Regional Best Cocoa Farmers receive awards
Cocoa farmers who excelled in the Volta Region in the 2020 National Farmers Day celebrations have received their award packages. The Awardees are Mr Allih Malik, Regional Best Cocoa Farmer, Mr Samuel Ameko, Regional Young Promising Cocoa Farmer, and Madam Barbara Ayiti, Most Enterprising Woman Cocoa Farmer. Each awardee received a motor king tricycle, set […]
