Tokyo Olympics: Guinea withdraw on eve of Games over Covid fears
The government of Guinea has decided not to send any athletes to the Tokyo Olympics over Covid-19 fears, two days before the Games’ official start. The Guinean delegation, which had yet to travel, was to feature five competitors – one apiece in athletics, judo and wrestling while two were set for the athletics programme. “Due […]
Immigration Officers schooled on tackling border security challenges
The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has held two separate capacity-building workshops for its frontline officers in the Western Region. The workshop, attended by 50 selected GIS officers, is the third phase of the implementation of the Strengthening Border Security and Migration Management in Ghana (SMMIG)and the Strengthening Border Security (SBS) […]
Birim Central GES unveils reading and spelling competition
The Ghana Education Service (GES) in Birim Central Municipality in an effort to improve cognitive skills of school children, has started a reading and spelling contest with a call for support to help regularise it. The Ghana Library Authority is supporting the on-going week-long exercise in circuits A, B, C and D, covering six public […]
Glico Insurance supports Hasaacas Ladies with 150,000 insurance package
Glico Insurance, an insurance company has supported Women’s Premier League club, Hasaacas Ladies FC with an Insurance package worth GHc150,000 as the team embarks on the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Women’s Champions league zonal qualifiers. Hasaacas Ladies would l be playing in the CAF Women’s Champions league zonal qualifiers in Cote D’ Ivoire this […]
Netflix to include mobile games for subscribers
Netflix has confirmed that it will include video games as part of subscription packages at no extra cost. In a letter to investors, it said it was in the early stages of expanding into games and those for mobile would be added to the platform first. “The time is right to learn more about how […]
Tanzanian opposition leader arrested – Chadema
Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has been arrested, his Chadema party says. He was in his hotel room on Tuesday night in Mwanza, in the north-western region where he was attending party meetings, when he was detained. Officials from Tanzania’s main opposition party say they have not been able to establish where Mr Mbowe is […]
‘I saw Kaaka’s brother dragging him to bathroom’ – Witness
A witness in the ongoing hearing by the Ministerial Committee probing the Ejura killings has told the Committee she saw the elder brother of Kaaka, one Baba Iddi, dragging him (Kaaka) to the bathroom the night he was attacked. Sadia Fuseini, the witness, a tenant in Kaaka’s house, said she heard a loud sound moments […]
Ashanti Region: Deteriorating classroom blocks hampers academic activities at Brofoyedru
Academic activities at the Brofoyedru and Apantubuom communities in the Bosome-Freho District of the Ashanti Region have been hampered due to the deterioration of classroom blocks. For almost eight years, the situation had lingered on in the two farming communities, to the disadvantage of the academic work of pupils. At Brofoyedru, the Kindergarten (KG) block […]
Maj. Mahama: Defence challenges Baba Yaro status as independent witness
An accused person in the mini trial involving 14 alleged murderers of Major Maxwell Mahama, is challenging the status of Mr Baba Yaro, an independent witness, in the trial. Mr Augustine Obour, Counsel for Kwamee Tuffour, told the Court presided over by Madam Mariama Owusu, a Justice of the Supreme Court, sitting as an additional […]
One dead, eight others injured in an accident at Gomoa Otsew
One person died instantly and eight others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred last Sunday, July 11, at Gomoa Otsew near the Winneba junction on the Accra-Cape Coast Highway. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr. Moses Osakonor of the Apam District Police Command told the Ghana News Agency that the accident […]
