Torrential rains over the past week in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region have destroyed several farm lands at Yarigu, cutting off link roads to other nearby communities. Apart from the damage caused to food crops like maize, rice, beans, okra, and groundnuts, the rains washed off …
Read More »GES postpones 2020/2021 academic year for Basic Schs&SHS to Jan 2021
The Ghana Education Service (GES) according to the President of Ghana has postponed the 2020/2021 academic year to January 2021. This was made known by the President of Ghana in his 16th address to the country. This according to the President is to ensure that the Service works on proper …
Read More »Second-Year SHS, JHS Students Resume On October 5
Second-year Junior High School and Senior High School students will be returning to school on October 5. This follows relevant consultations by the Ghana Education Service, according to President Akufo-Addo. “With Junior High Schools operating with class sizes of thirty (30), and Senior High Schools with class sizes of twenty-five …
Read More »President of Concerned Small Scale Released After NDC Protest
President of the Concerned Small Scale Miners Association, Michael Kwadwo Peprah, who was arrested by the Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service, has been granted bail. Mr. Peprah was arrested on Saturday, August 29, 2020, in Kumasi for allegedly causing fear and panic with a Facebook post. He …
Read More »PLAYBACK: Akufo-Addo’s 16th address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is addressing the nation on the measures his government is taking to combat the spread of the novel Coronavirus among Ghanaians. Today’s address is the President’s 16th update since Ghana recorded its first two cases of COVID-19 in March, 2020. In today’s address, the President is expected to announce the opening …
Read More »Kotoka International Airport to be opened on September 1 – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced the reopening of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) from Tuesday, September 1, 2020. This is after a thorough work by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health. Akufo-Addo made this known during …
Read More »Woman, 22, found with multiple stab wounds in boyfriend’s home
A manhunt is underway for suspects responsible for the murder of a 22-year-old woman in Mutsha Khwekhwe Location, Limpopo, on Saturday night. According to police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, residents alerted the Levubu police in the Vhembe District about the incident. “On arrival, they found the lifeless body of the …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Akufo-Addo’s 16th address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is addressing the nation on the measures his government is taking to combat the spread of the novel Coronavirus among Ghanaians. Today’s address is the President’s 16th update since Ghana recorded its first two cases of COVID-19 in March, 2020. In today’s address, the President is expected to announce the opening …
Read More »Meet the entrepreneur who quit law school to start the biggest charcoal factory in Ghana
In Africa, many parents often hope their children will grow up to be doctors, engineers, lawyers, or bankers. Only a few parents support their children’s entrepreneurial skills or their desire to work in the creatives. Sulley Amin Abubakar, now the owner of the “biggest charcoal producing company in Ghana” and …
Read More »Is the coup making a comeback in Africa?
Democracy is the norm across the continent, but soldiers are still seizing power The coup is back in Africa. Last week, soldiers in Mali overthrew the unpopular president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, completing the west African country’s second coup in eight years. In Sudan, in April last year, after months of …
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