The Head of Brand Communications Quick Angels Limited, Veronica Ofosuhemaa Owusu Ansah, a savvy communications strategist, has been adjudged the 4th Finalist in the Multinational/Pan African Positive Role Model category of this year’s prestigious Gender Mainstreaming Awards. The event saw talents and their outputs from across the continent slugging it out for a spot and … The post VERONICA

Kenya’s Chief Justice Martha Koome has admitted that corruption remains a menace in and out of the judiciary, terming it “a national embarrassment”. Ms Koome told the BBC she was concerned that the prosecution of cases involving corruption and embezzlement of public funds was taking too long. The judiciary has long been marred by claims …

Somalia’s two most powerful leaders were locked in a deepening standoff on Wednesday after they named different men to head the politically unstable Horn of Africa nation’s intelligence service. The open row between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, nominally over a murder investigation, marks an escalation of months of tensions …

China’s Sinovac Biotech will trial its COVID-19 vaccine in children and adolescents in South Africa as part of a global Phase III study, Sinovac and local partner Numolux Group said on Thursday. The study will evaluate the efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of the CoronaVac vaccine on children and adolescents aged 6 months to 17 years, …

Alarms were triggered on board the International Space Station (ISS) after the crew reported smoke and the smell of burning plastic. The incident centred on the Russian-built Zvezda module which provides living quarters, Russian media report. The ageing space station has suffered a number of failures over the years and a Russian official recently warned …

Some 200 people, including Americans, have flown out of Kabul in the first such operation since US forces left the country. The Qatar Airways charter flight is now en route to the Qatari capital Doha, with a second flight due on Friday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged help with evacuations during a recent …

At least 14 people have been killed in a fire at a makeshift hospital treating COVID-19 patients in North Macedonia. Footage shared on social media showed a building in flames and a thick cloud of black smoke billowing into the air near a main road in the city of Tetovo. Firefighters put out the blaze …

Effective Thursday, September 30, 2021, the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) in collaboration with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) will embark on an operation to remove unprescribed lamps on vehicles. The operation would be joined by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service and representatives of transport operators. …

The Director of the Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Professor Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, has urged the government to invest in archaeological work to help provide documented information on the country’s past. She said archaeological information was critical for development, and provided insights into a country’s past, which could serve as source of revenue generation for …

Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) of the Ministry of Education on Wednesday held the 55th International Literacy Day, at Techiman, the Bono East regional capital. It was held on the theme “Complementary education for human development in COVID -19 era: The role of digital literacy”, with focus on the role of educators and changing teaching structures. …

The Ministry of Energy yesterday presented quantities of LED bulbs to Vice Chancellors of a number of public universities in Accra to improve the lighting system on campus. The items included 7,571 pieces of 150watts LED street lights, 12,801pieces of 13watts LED bulbs, 10,720 pieces of 9 watts LED, and 7,820 pieces of 6 watts …

The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) Ghana has backed the call made by the National Labour Commission (NLC) to appoint permanent Commissioners to the NLC This would enable the Commission to adjudicate on labour-related issues brought before it on daily basis, so that justice could be dispensed to aggrieved parties promptly. “The call by …

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has tasked the board and management of Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC), to prioritise the involvement of the private sector to accelerate the development of an integrated iron and steel industry for the country.  According to him, the role of the private sector as …

An Inspector of the Counselling Unit of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), Theophilus Ayi Anang, has been awarded by the Melcom Group of Companies to celebrate his outstanding  policing and services to the country. He received a refrigerator fully stuffed with assorted drinks, milo, biscuits, and milk, among other items. Presenting the award to him …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday inaugurated a GH¢10 million a cassava and yam processing factory, CH Global Limited, at Adonkwanta in the Krachi East District of the Oti Region under the government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative. A wholly Ghanaian-owned establishment, the facility is projected to process an average of 120 tubers of yam per hour, resulting …

The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, has urged stakeholders in the region to support efforts put in place to address high rate of road accidents in the region especially, on the Accra-Cape-Coast-Takoradi highway. The Regional Coordinating Council, she explained, was concerned about the rate of road accidents and its attendant fatalities. Mrs Assan …

A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Emmanuel Nii Ashie Kotey, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Governing Council of the Presbyterian University College. Justice Kotey, an old student of the St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School, graduated from the University of London and the University of Ghana, is expected to bring …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr Kingsley Nyarko, has admonished the youth to show seriousness and opportunities to enable them to take up leadership roles to become self-reliable. That, he explained, would create more employment opportunities leading to self-sufficiency in the wake of unemployment in the country and …

Dr Noagah Bukari, a research fellow at the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Cape Coast, has called for consensus-based democracy, where the majority and minority agree on issues for the common good of society. He explained that the current democratic governance was not responding to the needs of the citizenry and a …

The Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has warned leadership, members and supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) against not achieving breaking of the eight years of political cycle if complacency sets in their campaign before and during the 2024 polls. “We must not allow complacency to derail our forward march to break the jinx or …