40% of World’s Urban dwellers lack access to potable drinking water- WHO
Statistics from the World Health Organization indicate that more than 55 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas and this is set to rise to 68 percent by 2050. Almost 40 percent of urban dwellers have no access to safely managed sanitation services and many lack access to adequate drinking water. Urbanisation continues […]
President Akufo-Addo speaks at Democrat Union of Africa Annual Forum in Johannesburg
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Ghana at the invitation of the Democrat Union of Africa (DUA) Annual Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa. President Akufo-Addo will deliver the keynote address at the Forum, which is scheduled to be held from the 26th to 30th April 2023, in Johannesburg. He was […]
Ed Sheeran denies copying Marvin Gaye song at start of New York trial
Source: BBC British singer Ed Sheeran has appeared in a New York City court to deny that his song Thinking Out Loud copied Marvin Gaye’s song Let’s Get it On. Heirs of Gaye’s co-writer argue that Sheeran, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Publishing owe them money for allegedly stealing the song. As the case […]
Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei to speak at GJA’s public lecture on May 3
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Justice of the Court of Appeal, His Lordship Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei, will speak at a public lecture to be organized by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, to commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD 2023). The global theme for 2023 WPFD is: “Shaping a future […]
UMB donates to Dagbon development fund
By: Murtala Issah The Tamale branch of the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), has presented a cheque of twenty thousand Ghana cedis (20,000) to the Dagbon Development Fund as the bank’s contribution towards the development of Dagbon. The branch Manager for UMB, Alhassan Abdulai, presented the cheque to the Overlord of Dagbon Ya Naa Abukari Mahama […]
Posterity will not forgive you- Kobby Kyei slams galamsey perpetrators
By: Roberta Gayode Modin Illegal mining activities have become a battle for Ghanaians to fight as it has led to the destruction of water bodies, and Ghana’s forests among others. In 2017, President Nana Akufo Addo pledged to put his presidency on the line to fight galamsey “If there is one right thing to be […]
Akufo-Addo’s claim of fighting galamsey was the biggest scam – NDC
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s claim of fighting galamsey was the biggest scam ever to be perpetrated on Ghanaians. The country’s largest opposition political party maintained that its stands on the fake galamsey fighting under the eagle eyes of Mr. Akufo-Addo-Bawumia led government have been vindicated […]
Harry Belafonte: Singer and civil rights activist dies aged 96
Source: BBC Harry Belafonte, the singer and actor who smashed racial barriers in the US, has died at home in Manhattan, aged 96. One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history, he scored hits with Island In The Sun, Mary’s Boy Child and the UK number one Day-O (The Banana Boat Song). But […]
Ralph Poku-Adusei organizes income-generating skills training for indigenes of Bekwai
By: Barbara Kumah Ralph Ralph Poku-Adusei, through his foundation, has organised an entrepreneurial and income-generating skills training programme for the indigenes of Amansie in the Bekwai constituency in the Ashanti Region. The 3-day intensive skills training programme by the Ralph Poku-Adusei Foundation (RPAF) started today, Monday, 24 April, and is expected to end on Wednesday, […]
Accra: ECOWAS Launches 4-Day Workshop to Review Youth and Sports Policies
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH A 4-day technical workshop on the Multi-disciplinary taskforce on the review of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Youth and Sports Policies and Strategic Action Plan has commenced in Accra. ECOWAS adopted its Youth and Sports Policies and Strategic Action Plan in 2009 and 2010 respectively. This move, according to […]
