Tag: March 10
Death ‘hanged’ on the neck
A GNA Feature by Prosper K. Kuorsoh
Despite its important religious significance for Muslim women especially the married ones, the veil (Mayafi) is also increasingly...
Government urged to provide women with stimulus support
Opanyin Maame Akua Benyah, the President of the Dansoman Methodist Circuit Women’s Fellowship of Mt Olivet has called on the government to provide and...
Ghana must criminalise homosexuality – Apostle
Apostle Kadmiel E.H. Agbalenyo, the Founder and Leader of the Seventh Day Congregation of Theocracy has called for a law to criminalise homosexuality in...
Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of Accra-Labone donate to Labone SHS
The Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of Accra Labone have donated a 500-litre Poly tank and waste bins worth Ghc 3,000.00 to the Labone Senior...
Some 22,000 household latrines constructed under WASH for Health project
WASH for Health, a five-year sanitation project implemented by non-profit Global Communities has constructed more than 22,000 household latrines in the country.
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China’s top political advisory body wraps up annual session
China's top political advisory body concluded its annual session on Wednesday afternoon, calling for concerted and unremitting efforts toward realizing the Chinese Dream of...
Biden’s massive relief package poses risks to emerging markets
Emerging markets could become a casualty of the 1.9-trillion-U.S.-dollar COVID-19 relief bill passed by U.S. Congress on Wednesday, as rising U.S. bond yields are...
COVID-19 variants: Concerns raised in Japan over allergic reactions to Pfizer jab
Japan's health ministry reported Wednesday a further eight incidents of people experiencing severe allergic reactions after receiving a COVID-19 jab, with the minister in...
U.S. states and White House at odds over lifting COVID-19 restrictions
Some U.S. states governors are at odds with the White House, opening up their economies and lifting mask mandates to the chagrin of U.S....
Ivory Coast PM Hamed Bakayoko dies at 56 in Germany
Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire Hamed Bakayoko died at 56 in Germany on Wednesday, according to a government statement.
"I am deeply saddened to announce...
Gambian president and cabinet take COVAX vaccine injection
Gambian President Adama Barrow, Vice President Isatou Touray, and several cabinet ministers received COVID-19 injection on Wednesday at the State House in Banjul, following...
Nigeria’s economic hub fumigates 26 live-bird markets against avian influenza
Authorities in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub have commenced two-week decontamination of 26 major poultry markets in the state against the resurgence of avian influenza...
Kenya eyes more tourists from Europe
Kenya's tourism marketers said Wednesday they are expecting more tourists from Eastern Europe following the arrival of the first chartered flight from Romania.
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Export markets could drive growth of Kenya’s pharmaceutical industry
Export markets could drive the growth of Kenya's pharmaceutical industry, says a report released on Wednesday by the International Finance Corporation, a private sector...
Volta Chiefs and farmers call for expansion of Aveyime and Fieve Rice projects
Chiefs and leaders of farmer-based organisations from the Tongu areas in the Volta region have appealed for the revamp and expansion of the Aveyime...
Fourteen health personnel have succumbed to COVID-19 – GHS
A total of 3,656 healthcare providers have so far been infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with 14 of them succumbing to the disease,...
Zonta Club and UN urge all to challenge status-quo unfavourable to women
The Zonta Club in partnership with the UN, has called on Africans and the world at large to challenge the happenings that are unfavourable...
No Ghanaian will be punished for refusing COVID-19 vaccines
The attention of the Ministry of Information has been drawn to a false publication by a number of reputable online portals and newspapers to...
Lands Minister holds consultative meeting with vetted regional ministers
M Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, on Wednesday, held a consultative meeting with regional vetted ministers.
The meeting...
Hope Abound for Women and Children organises COVID-19 Vaccine awareness for Kayayei Girls
Hope Abound for Women and Children (HAWC), a feminist Non-Governmental Organization has organized COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Awareness sensitization for Kayayei Girls...
Ebony’s driver remanded into prison custody
The driver in-charge of the vehicle that caused the death of the hiplife artiste, Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, alias ‘Ebony’, has been remanded into prison...
Former GAA President endorses Ben Nunoo Mensah for another term
Mr. George Lutterodt, former President of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has said, the incumbent president of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Mr. Ben...
GNPC Ghana’s Fastest Human to return on March 20
The 2021 edition of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) will bounce back after it was suspended last year following the COVID 19 pandemic.
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Parliament begins debate on 2021 SONA
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin at the beginning of the debate on the 2021 message on the State of the Nation on Wednesday, cautioned...
Female artistes need more attention in the industry – Fantana
Ghanaian Afrobeats star Fantana says female artistes should be given much attention in the music industry as she feels they have the capabilities of...
Fosu College of education Matriculates 460 Students
The 2020/2021 academic year batch made up of four hundred and sixty (460) students have been matriculated into the Foso College of Education.
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Tema General Hospital encourage mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding
Nurses from Tema General Hospital have appealed to lactating mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding for their babies below the ages of six months.
Madam Felicia...
Ninety-five percent of irregular migrants are unable to reach Europe-GIS
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Wednesday cautioned youth in the country to desist from migrating through irregular routes to Europe to save their...
DV Coalition issue statement on the death of Lilian Dejoe
The National Coalition on Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana (DV Coalition), on Wednesday issued a press statement on the death of Lilian Dedjoe, who...
Police prevents unlawful construction of speed ramps at Bilinsa
The Builsa North Municipal Police Command in the Upper East Region has prevented the youth of Bilinsa from constructing speed ramps on portions of...