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PHOTOS: Day-old-baby found near girls’ dormitory of Pong-Tamale SHS

A day-old-baby girl has been found in a bush close to Pong-Tamale Senior High School’s (SHS) Girls’ Dormitory in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region. A 14-year-old boy is reported to have found the baby with the mother yet-to-be identified. The baby has since been admitted at Pong-Tamale Clinic …

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Unemployment and conflict: how COVID-19 has affected women in Morocco

In Morocco, most women's lives, choices and mobility are controlled by men. – Source: FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images Across the world, COVID-19 has completely disrupted lives. This includes the activities and social affairs within households. I wanted to explore how exactly it had affected gender roles, and the relationship …

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  Harruna Attah writes: A surfeit of dodgy honorary doctorates!

I must come clean: I love honorifics. Anything that imparts or implies respect must be cherished. I cherish my Alhaji, Ambassador and MOV and flaunt them proudly. Ambassador (Actually High Commissioner) was earned when I served my country in Namibia and Botswana as envoy from July 2014 to January 2017, having …

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Akufo-Addo spends Ghc2.8m on private jet to Paris, Johannesburg – Ablakwa alleges

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has alleged that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo spent a whopping Ghc2.8m on a private jet on his recent trips to France and Johannesburg. In a piece on his Facebook page, the ranking member on the Foreign Affairs Committee of …

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JB Danquah’s murder: Defence lawyer detained at SSNIT Hospital

The lead lawyer for Daniel Asiedu, the accused person in the murder of the late Abuakwa North MP, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu has been detained at the SSNIT Hospital for ill-health. Berrel Sunkwa Mills, a junior lawyer with Mr Danquah informed the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over …

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14-month-old Kenyan needs the world’s most expensive drug to stay alive

14-month-old Kenyan Ayah Lundt was born healthy and hitting all the developmental milestones as the months went by. Her parents noticed things were off from when she was nine months and now they are racing against the clock to raise over $2 million to cover treatment for a rare degenerative …

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Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu clashes with Haruna Iddrisu over govt appointments

• Haruna Iddrisu cannot comprehend why govt has not appointed boards of the various statutory bodies of state-owned enterprises • He asked if govt does not have the men, he should let them know • But Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu disagrees and said the NPP govt has the men Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader …

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Sam George backs Twene Jonas

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Samuel Nartey George has thrown his support for social media influencer Twene Jonas for speaking the hard truth on the fight against galamsey. In an exclusive interview with Giovani Caleb on the 3FM Drive on Wednesday, May 25, National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP backed the ‘Glass Nkoaa’ …

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You have two months to remove your sirens – Henry Quartey warns Ministers, deputies, others

• President Akufo-Addo has directed his ministers, deputies and some appointees to stop using sirens • The Greater Accra Regional Minister has given persons who own cars with sirens two months to remove them • He also announced plans to regulate the use of sirens Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra …

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AU Day: Blakk Rasta marches against ‘irresponsible’ African leadership

Radio presenter and musician Blakk Rasta has embarked on a peaceful one-man march in Accra to preach against what he describes as “bad leadership” and its attendant implications. On the occasion of this year’s Africa Day celebration marked on Wednesday, May 25 2021, the ‘Barrack Obama’ hitmaker, known in real life as …

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