Kayayei, also known in English as Head Potters, have lauded the government’s plan to build a 600-bed hostel facility for them. A woman who described herself as a pioneer of Kayayei, Hajia Adiza, has said the news of the hostel was greeted with spontaneous joy from the head potters. She …
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I can’t speak on Australia Visa Scandal – Asiamah to Parliament
The Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, on Thursday, failed to answer questions from Mion MP Mohammed Abdul-Aziz who sought to find out when the Australian Commonwealth Games visa racketeering scandal report will be made public. In an answer to the question on the floor, Mr Asiamah stated his …
Read More »Ghanaian woes leave Bafana hopeful of walking away with points in Afcon qualifier
Ordinarily, Bafana Bafana might view a trip to Ghana for an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier with some trepidation. But right now, the fallout from a mediocre performance from the Black Stars at the Egypt 2019 Afcon in June and July would appear to make new Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki’s …
Read More »Chief imposes wedding tax in his village
No-one has got married in a village in Kano state, Nigeria, in the past four months after its chief imposed a wedding tax. Ado Sa’id, the chief of Kera village in north-west Nigeria, wants grooms to pay 137,000 naira ($377, £294). This is instead of the current custom of the …
Read More »Two children dead after being shot in farm at Kintampo
The Kintampo Divisional Police Command has started investigations into the death of two children at Krabonso-Adiambra in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region. The two died from wounds after they were shot whilst in a farm by an unknown person on Monday. The two, Gabriel Yinye, 10, …
Read More »Listen: Torture of 6-year-old boy an act of wizardry – MP
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Constituency, Mrs Freda Akosua Prempeh, has condemned the abuse of a six-year-old boy at Manhea in the Ga West Municipal District in the Greater Accra region. According to the legislator, the act was simply an act of wizardry because there are other …
Read More »Disburse Poverty Reduction Funds On Time; SEND GHANA Appeals To Government
SEND GHANA has appealed to government to make provisions for the release of social protection funds as it presents the 2020 Budget statement and Economic Policy on November 13 to prevent undue delays. Addressing the media at a press conference in Accra, the Deputy Country Director of SEND GHANA, Mr. …
Read More »Another Journalist Attacked In Kumasi, Equipment Seized
The chief executive officer of a private nursing school in kumasi of the Ashanti region, Afia Kobi Nursing school at Nhyieso, Owusu King has been arrested by the Manhyia Police command for physically assaulting an OTEC FM Reporter. The reporter, Oheneba Kwaku Atta (Apossor) was physically assaulted; equipment seized by …
Read More »Damba 2019: McDan ‘greets’ Mion Lana with Gh¢50,000
The Executive Chairman of McDan group, who is also the Gugba Naa of Tamale, Dr Daniel Mckorley has donated cash and assorted gifts worth Gh¢50 000 to the Mion Lana towards the celebration of the Damba festival. Present at the brief but impressive ceremony to make the presentation was Mr …
Read More »Budget 2020: We forgot Volta Region by ‘mistake’ -Osafo Maafo explains roads allocation mishap
Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has explained that government did not deliberately leave out Volta Region out of the 2020 budget roads allocation. In an interview on MyNewsGh.com’s sister platform Citi, Mr. Osafo Maafo said he has cross-checked with the Minister of roads who is currently in Japan and the …
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