Football legend Gariba goes home
Former Asante Kotoko and the Black Stars great Abukari Gariba has been laid to rest in Kumasi after a short illness. He was 81. The late Gariba was buried at the Tafo cemetery after afternoon prayers at the Central Mosque at Asawase, Kumasi on Sunday, January 24, in line with Muslim tradition. The deceased paid […]
African Youth Climate Hub calls for start-up applications
The African Youth Climate Hub (AYCH), an African Youth climate platform, has formally called for application to its Climate Start-up Incubation Programme towards promoting sustainable development. AYCH, as a partnership between the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, OCP Group and YOUNGO (Children and Youth Constituency to United Nations Framework Convention […]
Asante-Akim Central Assembly presents school furniture to education directorate
The Asante-Akim Central Municipal Assembly has presented 580 mono and dual desks to the Municipal Education Directorate for onward distribution to deserving schools in the Municipality. Funded from the Assembly’s share of the Common Fund, the furniture will help address the furniture deficit in various schools and also facilitate effective academic work in the Municipality. […]
Buipe: 13-year-old boy burnt to death
A 13-year-old boy in the early hours of today (Friday, January 22, 2020) met his untimely death when an electronic shop he was sleeping in caught fire and burnt him to death at Buipe, the capital of the Central Gonja District in the Savannah Region. The deceased whose body was burnt beyond recognition has been […]
UK in push for equitable vaccine supplies
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has called on high-income countries to support global access to Covid-19 vaccines. Speaking in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, at the start of his visit to East Africa, Mr Raab said the UK had provided £500m ($684m) to aid the distribution of vaccines across the world through an initiative dubbed Covax. The […]
Nose mask wearing: Police arrest 282 in two days
A total of 282 people have been arrested by the Police, in two days for not wearing nose masks towards containing the spread of COVID-19. The Accra Regional Police Command recorded 97, followed by Ministries, 66, Baatsona, 50, Teshie, 30, Madina, 23 and Tesano, 16. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of the […]
COVID-19: Ghana confirms six more deaths
Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll surged to 358 from a previous 352 after six new deaths were confirmed by the Ghana Health Service on Tuesday. The latest update as provided by the country’s health management body, via its COVID-19 designated website showed a further rise in the country’s active cases to 2,174 from a previous 1,924, as […]
Reopening of schools: 80% of early childhood centres ready
About 80 per cent of school proprietors, have stated their preparedness to protect themselves and their pupils against COVID-19 when schools reopen. A study conducted by the Centre for Learning and Childhood Disabilities (CLCD) said a high percentage of teachers (61.2 per cent) and proprietors (81 per cent) said they were ready to resume academic […]
Stakeholders call for collective efforts to ensure students’ safety
Teachers and Parents in Cape Coast have called for collective efforts to ensure students’ safety amidst the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. They expressed concern with some expected challenges to be encountered following President Akufo Addo’s directive for schools to reopen amidst the COVID-19 in his 21st address to the Nation on […]
GHS okays wearing of nose masks under supervision for KG pupils
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is safe for kindergarten pupils to wear nose mask as school resume today. It said even though WHO advises that children under five years should not be required to wear nose mask, the Service believes they can wear it under supervision. Deputy Director of Public Health of the […]
Ghana women’s premier league restarts after 10-month break
After a 10-month break due to COVID-19, the 2020/2021 Ghana women’s premier league kicked off across the country, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced on Friday (January 15). “It’s an exciting time for stakeholders of women’s football in Ghana as they get set to usher in the new season. The wait is finally over and […]
Hearts beat Eleven Wonders 2:0 to secure top four spot
Accra Hearts of Oak maintained their momentum under Serbian Coach Kosta Papic as they beat Techiman Eleven Wonders by two-goals-to-nil at the Accra Sports Stadium in Week 9 of the Ghana Premier League. The Phobians, determined to pick the maximum points, dominated play right from the start of the match. With 11 minutes on the […]
Cameroonian President discusses football development with FIFA president
Cameroonian President Paul Biya on Friday held discussions on football development with FIFA president Gianni Infantino. “Delighted to meet with Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA before the start of the 6th edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN). We discussed the overall development of football in Cameroon and the world,” Biya said in a tweet […]
Tarkwa Municipal Hospital gets Breast Care Unit
The Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Hospital has established a Breast Care Unit through the support of AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine to help in the screening and treatment of people living with breast cancer. After renovating a place for the establishment of the unit, Iduapriem Mine further provided 32 essential medical items for the effective functioning of […]
