Ebola in DR Congo is now affecting newborns, UN says
The UN says Ebola in DR Congo is now affecting newborns. In an update published this week, the UN health agency reported 36 new confirmed cases of Ebola, including seven in newborn babies and infants younger than 2 years old. Six cases were reported in children aged between 2 and 17 and one case was […]
Black Queens exit AWCON 2018 after 1-1 draw
Senior National female football team, the Black Queens have exited the Total 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations AWCON tournament after a 1-1 draw with Cameroon at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Queens needed to either win or draw their game and hope for a victory for Algeria against Mali to get a ticket to […]
Players in educational sector urged to pay more attention to basic level education
Stakeholders in the Educational Sector have been charged to pay more attention to basic level education to build a strong foundation for students. Speaking at the launch of the National Juniors Challenge in Accra, the Executive Director of National Juniors Challenge, Wisdom Larry Quarme-Doe noted that a stronger basic educational background promotes the critical thinking […]
Information Ministry launches 5th National Policy summit
Improving the performance of State Owned Enterprises will be the anchor of the 5th National Policy to be held on the 10th of next month in Takoradi. Government is keen on transforming the public sector to match up with their counterparts in the private sector in the area of expertise, human resource and delivery, hence […]
Don't put up candidate for Agyarko’s seat – Ras Mubarak to NDC
MP for Kumbugu, Ras Mubarak is urging his party, the NDC and all other political parties not to put up a candidate to contest the Ayawaso West Wuogon seat which has become vacant following the death of the sitting member, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko. Mr. Mubarak says there should be a convention among the parties that […]
Government engages six diplomatic corps to deepen relations, trade
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has engaged six Diplomatic Corps to discuss ways of deepening bilateral relations and increasing trade and investment. Discussions at the meeting centered on ratifying the Continental Free Trade Area Agreement to help increase trade among African countries. The four missions included the Dean of […]
Reactivate abandoned projects- ICU to gov't
The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union, ICU, has challenged government to reactivate the Pawlugu Tomato and Zuarungu Meat Processing Factories and other industries dotted across the country before establishing new ones. This would create employment for the teeming unemployed youth in the country. The ICU Deputy General Secretary in Charge of Operations, Morgan Ayawine stated […]
Re-engineer traffic systems along Tema beach road- Chief
The Developmental Chief of the Tema Traditional Council, Nii Adjei Kwabla has appealed for the re-engineering of traffic systems along the Tema beach road stretch. According to him, the Tema beach road stretch faces numerous traffic congestion challenges and its undesirable consequences; hence the need for MPs and other stakeholders to take a second look […]
Ugandan orders military to protect Chinese businesses
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the army to protect Chinese companies following a spate of thefts. Addressing a group of 120 Chinese investors on Wednesday, Mr Museveni announced increased patrols and CCTV installation in industrial parks. China has significant investments in Uganda but businesses have lost large sums of money in robberies. The government […]
One ambulance, one constituency being held up by procurement challenges- Minister
The Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson says the Akufo-Addo administration’s promise of one ambulance per constituency is being held up by procurement challenges. Though Vice President Dr.Mahamadu Bawumia said procurement processes begun in April 2018, there has been little progress in the bid to improve Ghana’s dire Emergency Response Service. The 275 […]
Kete in Krachi West District okays Oti Region
The Chief and People of the Kete Community in the Krachi West District of the Volta Region have pledged their support for the creation of the Oti Region. Addressing journalists in Accra, the Chief of the Community, Major Abu Safiano Baba reiterated the need for the creation of the region. He said the decision for […]
Calls for training and licensure of Directors and Board members of Institutions
The Institute of Directors, Ghana, IOD-GH, is calling for a licensure regime where Directors and board members of entities would have to be trained and certified before being offered appointments to corporate organisations. This has become necessary in view of recent happenings in the financial sector especially where bad corporate governance has been identified as […]
Lagos state in Nigeria lifts school hijab ban
Girls in the Nigerian State of Lagos are now allowed to wear a hijab to school. The Muslim headscarf has been at the centre of a row in the State since 2014 when a Lagos high court banned them in schools. The decision was overturned on appeal two years later, but the State then took […]
African Leaders Urged To Do More To Control Meningitis
African governments are being urged to do more to control meningitis, especially in the region that stretches from Senegal in the West to Ethiopia in the East. A paper published in the medical journal, Lancet Neurology, found that while significant progress had been made towards controlling the disease worldwide, the so-called “meningitis belt” in sub-Saharan […]
