Tag: March 27
Education Minister calls for calm on Achimota School admission saga
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged calm among Ghanaians as they discuss Achimota School's conditional admission of two Rastafarian...
Ghana to participate in PISA next year – Minister
The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, says Ghana is poised to participate in next year’s edition of the International Students Assessment...
RMU calls for continuous partnership with governments of Member States
Professor Elvis Nyarko, Vice Chancellor, Regional Maritime University (RMU), has called on governments of Member States to continue to partner with the University to...
Uganda completes distribution of 27.5 million nets in renewed fight against malaria
Uganda's ministry of health has completed an eight-month nationwide distribution of insecticide treated mosquito nets in a renewed fight against malaria.
Emmanuel Ainebyoona, spokesperson for...
Egypt and United States diplomats discuss efforts to revive talks over Ethiopia’s Nile dam
Egypt's Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Sanad Loza held talks on Saturday with U.S. special envoy for Sudan Donald Booth on efforts...
Somali speaker adjourns session amid sharp differences
Somali parliament speaker Mohamed Mursal was forced to adjourn a session on Saturday as chaos rocked the House following sharp differences among the lawmakers...
Fox News faces lawsuits for alleging 2020 election fabrications
America's media network Fox News is facing a lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems for allegedly spreading and reinforcing lies about the results of...
Shelter Afrique eyes US$1.1 billion bond to fund low cost housing in Africa
Pan-African housing development financier Shelter Afrique on Friday announced that it is seeking to raise 121 billion shillings (about 1.1 billion U.S. dollars) through...
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights intervention launched at Jirapa
The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) has initiated a project to create sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence awareness among young girls,...
United States partners GAF to build pre-deployment training capacity
The United States Embassy has partnered the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to build a pre-deployment training capacity for the Bundase Training Camp in the...
Christians in Ghana observe Palm Sunday today
Christians in Ghana will join others around the world to celebrate Palm Sunday today, March 28, in commemoration of Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into...
Let’s work together to end maritime crime – CDS
Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), has charged the Ghana Navy and its counterparts across the sub-region to cooperate...
Fire guts Sunyani timber market
Fire has razed to the ground the Sunyani Timber market in the early hours of Saturday, destroying personal properties and industrial machines running into...
Ghanaian women-owned enterprises to benefit from Retail and Online marketplace
The Ghana Enterprise Agency (GEA), formerly NBSSI, and the Mastercard Foundation have announced a partnership with Lokko House Limited, to create a retail shop...
Minister to formulate Stakeholder Consultative Committee
The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council intends to formulate a Stakeholder Consultative Committee at the Regional Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies.
Mr Henry Quartey,...
Learning institutions should encourage socio-cultural acceptance – KNII
Institutions of learning should ensure that while enforcing discipline, students are also taught to accept the socio-cultural and religious beliefs of each other, said...
l will execute to the fullest the charge of making Accra work- Henry Quartey
Mr Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, has outlined some strategies to guide his efforts to make ‘Accra Work.’
The strategies include dealing...
Methodist Education Unit marks week with clean-up exercise
The Upper West Regional Methodist Education Unit (MEU) on Saturday organised a clean-up exercise at the Wa Naa's Palace as part of activities to...
Serious Klein is setting a new standard with his out of this world EP...
Ghanaian-German rapper, Serious Klein is proving why consistency matters with the release of his six-song EP, ‘’Ludus’’, via Guin Records and Family Tree. ‘’Ludus’’...
Ghana Card and TIN required for Business registration – Registrar-General
The Registrar-General's Department (RGD) says effective Thursday, April 1, 2021 all clients registering new companies should provide both their National Identification Number (Ghana Card)...
40 pregnant teens receive entrepreneurial skills
Mine Builders Africa (MBA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), under the auspice of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovative Programme (NEIP), has organised intensive vocational skills...
Training of LPG attendants critical in granting permit-EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has tasked operators in the LPG value chain to ensure constant knowledge building to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
"You...
Kadjebi begins vaccination of some 496 health workers
The Kadjebi District Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has begun the vaccination of 496 workers who are at higher risk of contracting...
No way for illegal mining in Assin North – DCE
Mr Charles Ohene Andoh, Acting District Chief Executive (DCE) for Assin North, says the Assembly will collaborate with stakeholders to stop illegal mining activities...
Ghana appeals to Japan for UN Security Council bid
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has requested Japan's support in Ghana’s bid for a non-permanent seat on...
Azamati smashes national record to book Olympic spot
Ghanaian sprinter Benjamin Azamati will represent Ghana at this year's Tokyo Olympics.
Azamati became the third Field and Track athlete to qualify for Tokyo Games...
Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly donates furniture to Education Directorate
The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly (TNMA)has donated 180 metal dual desks to the Education Directorate to enhance teaching and learning.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr...
Ghanaian sculptor receives international attention for promoting rights of persons with disability
Yajim Amadu, a Ghanaian based in the United States, is receiving international attention for using sculpture to change perceptions about disability.
Amadu, who went to...
Muslim leaders call on GHS to intensify COVID-19 vaccine education
Muslim leaders have called on the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to scale up education on the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Vaccine to clear public misconception...
Accidents in Ghana on the rise – MTTD
The police have called for sanity on the roads to help decrease the carnage as records show that accidents in Ghana have increased over...