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59 inmates of Nsawam Prisons enrolled in UCC’s Distant Learning Programme

Fifty-nine inmates of the Nsawam Prisons are pursuing various diploma programmes in Business and Education through the University of Cape Coast’s Distance Learning Programme. Twenty-seven of them are reading Diploma in Commerce, (Management and Accounting options), while the remaining 32 are studying Diploma in Junior High School Education (Science, Mathematics, …

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Former Western Regional Minister Esther Lilly Nkansah dies

Former Western Regional Minister, Esther Lilly Nkansah has passed on while receiving treatment at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi. The late Esther Lily Nkansah was a lawyer and the last Western Regional Minister to serve under the Rawlings’ administration from 1997 to 2000. In 2010, she was named in a 10-member …

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We’ll tackle growing indiscipline in Ghana – Queen Mothers

Leaders and Members of the Queen Mothers Foundation of Ghana have vowed to tackle the growing levels of indiscipline in the Ghanaian society. Addressing a ceremony at the La Palm beach hotel to celebrate the 21st anniversary since the formation of the Queen Mothers Foundation of Ghana, President of the …

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Hearts lose, Kotoko win on Day One of Ghana Premier League

Visiting Berekum Chelsea defeated Accra Hearts of Oak by a lone goal in their clash at the Accra Sports Stadium on Day One of the Ghana Premier League 2019/2020 season, sending supporters of Hearts baying for the head of their head coach, Kim Grant. The Hearts fans may have started …

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Momoni, the special one or the ‘stinking’ ingredient?

One could be misled by the nose and miss out on a delicious culinary journey in a Ghanaian environment because of the smell of a verritable food ingredient called momoni. The mighty momoni is Ghana’s answer to Swedish surstromming, Korean hongeohoe or and the Japanese Kusaya, although not as putrid …

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VIDEOS: Top 20 songs of 2019

Some songs which were released in 2018 still enjoyed rotation in 2019 prolly because they were too hot to be kicked out by the 2019 records or were released in the last quarter of the year, hence, their dominance in the subsequent year. Stonebwoy’s ‘Kpo Keke’ which featured Medikal, DarkoVibes, …

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Bantama A/G donates to Prisons, Kumasi Children’s Home

The Calvary Temple Assemblies of God at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis have donated household items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to the inmates of the Kumasi Central Prisons and Kumasi Children’s Home to support and put smiles on the faces of the less privileged in this festive season. The …

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AUDIO: Mahama explains why he came out to weed

Former President John Dramani Mahama has explained why he led a section of his security detail to clear overgrown weeds in front of the new Military Cemetery in Accra last month. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag bearer for the 2020 presidential election in an address to his supporters in …

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Free SHS Has Increased Enrolment By 69 Percent

The Free Senior High School Policy has increased enrolment in secondary schools by 69 percent within the last three years, Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said. “There was a lot of skepticism about whether we could actually implement the free senior high school education, but with conviction and determination …

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Video of Kantanka’s new airplane goes viral

Gorgeous ladies who serve in Kantanka’s new airplane. Kwadwo Sarfo Kantanka on today, December 29, has unveiled his latest products at his annual technology exhibition. The event was graced by Vice President, Dr. Bawumia as well as other member of parliament and other dignitaries. Since this new development by Kwadwo …

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Africa’s fake news of the year

A man raised from dead, an imposter as president, Jesus on a visit, or imminent attacks: The lines between reality and fiction were outrageously blurred on African social media networks in 2019. South Africa was the scene of a resurrection miracle, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have died …

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Truck bomb kills at least 90 in Mogadishu

At least 90 people were killed when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said, in the deadliest attack in more than two years. The dead included many students and two Turkish nationals, Somalia’s foreign …

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VIDEO: Wendy Shay & eShun installed as queen mothers

Popular female vocalist, eShun together with Rufftown Record’s music diva Wendy Shay, have been installed as Queen Mothers of Gomoa Afransi, a town in the Central Region. The ceremony took place earlier today during the annual Akwambo festival of the Chiefs and people of Gomoa Afransi Traditional Area.   Source: …

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West Africa’s new currency, the Eco: Rebrand or fresh start?

Many Africans cheered and applauded when Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara announced on Saturday “that, in agreement with the other West African Economic and Monetary Union Heads of State, we have decided to reform the CFA franc with the following three major changes: First, the name change of the currency …

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Ghana to drop the cedi for ECO – Government

Ghana will soon swap the cedi for the new single ECOWAS common currency, the eco when trading within the ECOWAS region. “We, in Ghana, are determined to do whatever we can to enable us join the Member States of UEMOA, soon, in the use of the ECO, a statement from …

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