Actress Akorfa Edjeani advises ladies against exposing their body
Veteran actress and producer, Akorfa Edjeani has chastised young and upcoming ladies who expose their bodies. Speaking with host Johnnie Hughes on TV3’s New day Friday, the never aging fine actress expressed disappointment in the way and manner some young ladies dress, exposing sometimes their sensual parts. According to her, many in the society copy […]
Zylofon View launched to promote Ghanaian movies online
In its bid to help promote local content locally and internationally, Zylofon Arts Fund (ZAF) has launched an online cinema platform, Zylofon View, to help push that agenda. The platform, according to ZAF, will be an avenue for people to watch and buy movies from Ghana. Movies will also be premiered on the platform. Speaking […]
Ashanti Region Musiga inaugurates aged fund
The Ashanti Region division of Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), has inaugurated a new aged fund at the Cultural Center in Kumasi. The fund targeted at dealing with the plights of musicians from 60 and above, especially those battling illness. MUSIGA Ashanti would organize series of fund raising activities to enable the general public to […]
Government urged to increase Non-Formal Education budgetary allocation
PAMOJA Ghana, a network of Non-Formal Education Practitioners, has called on government to increase the Non-Formal Education (NFED) budgetary allocation to at least six per cent of the Education Sector Budget. Francis Gyan Adjei, a Leading Member of PAMOJA Ghana, said the Network was hopeful that government and policy makers would pay more attention to […]
NALAG given ultimatum to deliver motorbikes to Assembly Members
The National Conference of Presiding Members has given a three-week ultimatum to the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) to release motorbikes to assembly members across the country. A press release signed by Mr Amuyao David Narh, Chairman, Mr Mathew Mensah Atsrim, Secretary and all regional representatives, said the Conference would advise itself […]
Double track Education system rolls out today
The Double Track Education System kick starts today even though first year students of Senior High Schools go to school September 11. When the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced the start of the system, it certainly did not go down well with a lot of people. Policy Think Tanks like IMANI and ISODEC as […]
Libya reopens airport after close-down
Libya says it will reopen the capital’s only functioning airport, closed a week ago amid clashes between rival militias. Mitiga International airport says flights will resume starting today after a cease-fire was brokered to end the fighting which killed 66 people and wounded 187. The clashes in Tripoli erupted last week when militias from Tarhouna, a town south […]
I don't charge my friends to feature on their songs – Sarkodie
Rapper Sarkodie has revealed that he has never charged any of his friends in the music industry for a collaboration. In an interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, Sarkodie reacting to criticism about his criteria for collaboration with others noted that a lot of factors come to play. Hitz FM recorded! […]
Family of six feared dead after river sweeps away vehicle
A family of six are feared dead at Adagya in the Bosumtwi District of the Ashanti region after a vehicle they were travelling on was swept away by strong river currents. The driver of the vehicle is yet to be found and the police are yet to retrieve the bodies. Reports indicate that the family […]
Outbreak of diarrhoea kills 10 in Ethiopia, Holy water blamed
An outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has killed 10 people over the past two weeks and more than 1,200 people have the illness. Those affected are being treated at the main hospital in the regional capital, Mekelle. The authorities have put the spread of the disease down to unsafe drinking […]
GNAT calls for extension of reopening date for SHSs
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called for an extension of the reopening date for Senior High Schools. General Secretary of GNAT, David Ofori Akyeampong, said the extension will allow parents and students adequate time to prepare. Mr. Akyeampong who was speaking with an Accra based private station said the period between the […]
Bank Of Ghana revises office tenure of Chief Executive officers
The Bank of Ghana, has issued a directive to cap the tenure of all Managing Directors or Chief Executive officers of regulated financial institutions at four years. However, this is renewable only for two additional terms of four years each. The new directive, which takes immediate effect, also restricts the tenure of office of non-executive […]
Captain of Harambee Stars to miss Ghana match
Victor Wanyama, captain of the national football team of Kenya, the Harambee Stars, would not be available for the crucial Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), qualifier against the Black Stars of Ghana, due to injury. The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, Wanyama, according to information gathered by the GNA Sports, would not be available for the Group […]
Why Dogboe wants to unify the Super Bantamweight division
Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe, has within a short time written his name in letters of gold, so far as the history of Ghana boxing and sports is concerned. Dogboe, who won the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Super Bantamweight title, after beating Jesse Magdaleno and successfully defended it against Hidenori Otake of Japan, immediately called out […]
