The Conference of Democratic Analysts (CoDA), has called on the former Member of Parliament for the Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu to consider contesting for the position of General Secretary in the upcoming internal primaries of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to CoDA which is a pro-NPP policy think tank, its independent survey [...] The post Dr
Security expert, Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning has cautioned government against the use of brute force in resolving the farmer-nomadic herdsmen crisis in the country. Dialogue and a soft approach with the cattle herders may prove a more sustainable solution to the menace, the Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training [...] The post Don’t
Government is to consider the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) under its flagship “Planting for Food and Jobs” (PFJ) programme, the Deputy Director for Crop Services at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Solomon Gyan-Ansah, has hinted. According to him, the number of beneficiaries under the programme kept increasing by the day and the reliance on “conventional seeds” [...] The post Govt
The Ashaiman branch of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) has expressed concern that several pupils from the Tetteh Ocloo State School for the Deaf, in Adjei Kojo, constantly cross the Accra-Tema motorway after school on their own. They expressed fear that the pupils who cross the road and have hearing impairment, are at risk and put their lives in danger [...] The post GFD
Madam Leticia Ackun, Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the government to sustain the success chalked by the implementation of “tippy tap” in the Volta Region and replicate it nationwide. She noted that the “tippy tap”; a simple device made of assembled local materials to improve sanitation in schools had caught up with [...] The post 3,900
ANTHONY Joshua has warned Joseph Parker that no man will stop him from fulfilling his dream of becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. The two fighters came face-to-face for the first time on Tuesday as they kicked off the promotional tour for the March 31 showdown. Before the fight was announced Parker’s team sought to highlight perceived weaknesses [...] The post No
BRAZILIAN World Cup winner Ronaldinho has formally confirmed his retirement from football, more than two years since his last appearance as a professional, reports in Brazil said on Tuesday. The 37-year-old former Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona star, a key member of the Brazil side which won the World Cup in 2002, last played in 2015 during a brief stint with [...] The post Ronaldinho retires from
Akuley Shoe Factory, one of Ghana’s indigenous and biggest shoe factories is in dire need of financial support to come back to life. The factory, known for its quality Adidas football boots, bags, and general shoe and leather works in the 1970s folded up in 2008 due to financial stress and now a pale shadow of itself. This came to [...] The post Akuley Shoe Factory cries for help appeared
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Construction Sector has appealed to the government to abolish payment made by the private sector for the use of national service personnel. The current situation, it said, was making it difficult for the players in the private sector to request for the services of national service personnel and had shut the door to [...] The post Abolish
The Trust Emporium Sports Limited (TESL) in collaboration with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and ETC Polska Group of Poland have presented boxing equipment to four entities. The gesture was to boost the development and promotion of boxing in the country from the juvenile level to the professional ranks. The beneficiaries – Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), Ghana [...] The post TESL
Baby Jets Promotions Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Samuel Anim Addo has indicated the team has its sights fixed on IBO champion, Emmanuel ‘Game boy’ Tagoe’s unifying the lightweight division. “That is our main agenda for 2018. We want to unify the lightweight division. Our focus now is to defend the IBO title and go ahead to annex the WBO or [...] The post ‘Game boy’ eyes
The President, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has tasked the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah to take a look at the Brazil 2014 World Cup report and consider the implementation of its recommendations. In response to a question posed at yesterday’s interaction with the media at the Flagstaff House in Accra, the President indicated that he has not [...] The post MoYS
The Medical Superintendant of the La General Hospital, Dr Ebenezer Oduro- Mensah has called for the expansion of the hospital to serve the growing population. He also expressed the need to retool the facility with bed and medical equipment to monitor patient recovery and make health care much better to residents at La community and its environs. Dr Oduro-Mensah said [...] The post La General Hospital
GERMANY is studying a proposal to rehabilitate the Volta Regional Museum in Ho at a cost of 50,000 Euros. The anticipated project includes conveying German relics from Adaklu and other German colonial sites to the museum which has not undergone any form of rehabilitation for more than four decades. Pursuant to that, the German Ambassador, Mr. Christoph Retzlaph paid a [...] The post V/R
The plane hit the crow during take-off, causing a ‘technical problem’ A crow has forced a plane in Burundi, packed with hundreds of soldiers, to return to the international airport in the capital, Bujumbura. The plane hit the crow during take-off, causing a “technical problem” which forced it to abort its flight to Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, sources at the airport [...] The post Crow
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, whose National Super Alliance (NASA) contests the results of October’s re-run election, has defiantly vowed to inaugurate himself the “peoples” president’ at the end of January if there is no dialogue beforehand with President Uhuru Kenyatta. In an exclusive television interview Tuesday with VOA’s Swahili Service, Odinga denied criticism the threat to hold his own [...] The post Kenya
A 12-year old Fulani girl was in the early hours of Sunday murdered in a cold blood by an unknown person at the outskirt of Gomoa Ekwamkrom, near Agona Swedru in the Central Region. Miss Ajula Sumaila, was said to have been sent by her father, Sumaila Omaro, a Fulani herdsman leaving in the outskirts of Gomoa Ekwamkrom at about [...] The post Girl, 12, murdered at Gomoa Ekwamkrom appeared first
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