President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his government’s commitment to make agriculture the pivot of Ghana’s economic and social development. He noted that if Ghana was to make any meaningful change in the lives of the people, her efforts should be directed at agriculture, as the majority of people could only feel a change […]
Madam Vivian Kumah of the SOS Children’s Villages, Ghana has urged women traders to manage the little money they had for the establishment of businesses. She said they could use the little they had to grow their businesses by applying prudent financial management. Madam Kumah gave the advice when the SOS Children’s Village, Ghana extended […]
Madam Diana Fiati, the Project Coordinator at the SOS Children’s Villages – Ghana has advised traders and customers to always show mutual respect to each other in their transactions. She said they should see themselves as partners in business because ‘each one of you needs the other’. Madam Fiati gave the advice when the SOS […]
A 20-year old labourer, Kweku Asamoah, was on Wednesday remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for possessing quantities of dried leaves suspected to be narcotic drugs without lawful authority. Asamoah pleaded not guilty to the charge before the court, presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh, but was remanded to reappear on May 3, for trial. […]
Irish residential property prices at a national level rose by 10.7 percent in the year to February, according to new official figures on Wednesday. The figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed that in Dublin residential property prices increased by 8.3 percent in the year to February. Dublin house prices increased 8.1 percent whereas […]
For a U.S. killer who grabbed nationwide headlines after broadcasting a murder on Facebook, the act was a last message to a world he believed had wronged him, experts said. The nation was shocked earlier this week when a video appeared Sunday on the world’s most popular social media platform, which showed a gunman, identified […]
Fruit growers in Slovakia are facing extremely cold weather this week and are set to pull out all the stops in an effort to save their crops, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber spokesperson Jana Holeciova announced Wednesday. “Between 800 and 1,000 people will work in orchards during the next two nights. In order to save […]
After five months, all Dutch measures against the spread of avian influenza have been withdrawn, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Wednesday. Since November 9 last year, the ministry had imposed an indoor confinement and protection obligation for the whole of the Netherlands for all establishments that keep birds intended for the production […]
Protests have erupted across Turkey over the past three days against allegations of cheating in votes in a referendum that delivered the ruling party a victory and ushers in the controversial presidential system. Protests were reported in at least 20 Turkish cities, including the largest three, namely Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, in which thousands have […]
Zambia and Ghana on Wednesday signed a joint permanent commission for cooperation agreement meant to cement cooperation ties between the two countries. Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba signed on behalf of Zambia while visiting Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sherley Botchwey signed on behalf of her country after a meeting. The Zambian minister said the […]
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday launched a national agricultural program aimed at ensuring food security and creation of 750,000 jobs in both direct and indirect employment. Dubbed “Planting for Food and Jobs”, the campaign, which will be anchored on the pillars that will transform agriculture, the provision of improved seeds and supply […]
Morocco will get the first high-speed train in Africa in the summer of 2018, the national rail operator ONCF announced on Wednesday. The work on the TGV, “high-speed train” in French, has achieved 86 percent, said Mohamed Rabie Khlie, the director general of ONCF, during an international meeting on train safety held in the northern […]
The Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) that has been ravaging the critical staple crop across East Africa since 2011 is yet to diminish the passion of local smallholder farmers. Despite rollout of robust interventions to contain the disease, it remains a big threat to food and nutritional security in a region that is grappling with other […]
Riga International Airport aims to double its numbers and handle 10 million people a year in 10 to 20 years, the airport’s director for aviation services and business development Liene Freivalde said on Latvian public radio Wednesday. In recent years, passenger traffic at the Baltic states’ largest airport has been growing by two to four […]
Nigeria’s foreign spy chief Ayo Oke has been suspended after anti-corruption officers found more than $43m (£34m) in a flat in the main city, Lagos, the president’s office has said. Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into how the spy agency headed by Mr Oke came into possession of the money, his office added. Mr […]
Despite government’s seeming aggressive effort to stop the menace, some galamsey operators at Akrofusu in the Eastern Region seem unperturbed. The Assembly Member for the area, Kwaku Nyarko, who made this known to Citi News, lamented the effects of galamsey on water bodies and the environment as a whole. “At Akrofusu, nobody has surrendered and no […]
As the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), struggles to recover from its defeat in the 2016 elections, grassroots members of the party in the Ketu South Constituency in the Volta Region, have waded into the blame game by accusing Former President John Dramani Mahama and his wife, as being the major cause of their defeat. At […]
Various branches of the Apostles Revelation Society in the Ho Municipality, have had a joint church service in Ho to mark an end to the over decade schism in the church. The ARS Church is one of the biggest churches to have emerged from the Volta Region, with its headquarters at Tadzewu; a once pagan […]
Airtel Ghana, the Smartphone Network has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting quality education in Ghana through a ‘Back to School’ donation of educational supplies to pupils of Tanoso SDA Cluster of Schools and the Sokoban Methodist School in the Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Regions respectively. The donations are in line with the company’s bold ambition […]
About 544 excavators have been moved out of their hideouts at separate illegal mining sites, following the expiration of an ultimatum given illegal miners by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. According to the Minerals Commission, the excavators have been packed in the homes of their owners, and on the streets in some areas of […]
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