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 […]
