The government of Ghana will construct one hundred new artificial pitches by the end of the year 2024. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced the government decision during the official commissioning of the newly constructed Borteyman Sports Complex on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Speaking at the ceremony, Akufo-Addo first highlighted …
Read More »FULL TEXT: John Mahama outlines detailed plans for 24-hour economy
THE MAHAMA 24-HOUR ECONOMY POLICY FOR GHANA’ SPEECH BY HE JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA AT THE 9TH GHANA CEO NETWORK BUSINESS COCKTAIL Thank you, and good evening, my dear brothers and sisters, Captains of our industries, Chief Executives, Ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to have a second opportunity to join …
Read More »Russia plans visa-free regime with African countries
Russia claims to be pursuing an integrative multipolar relations with friendly countries around the around, including those in Africa. But Russia is still not a popular holiday destination for Africa’s political elite, corporate business leaders and middle-class. The politicians and corporate business leaders highly prefer to spend their vacation in …
Read More »ECOWAS army chiefs to meet in Ghana amid Niger intervention plans
Army chiefs from across the West African economic and political bloc, ECOWAS, are scheduled to meet in Accra later this week. According to a BBC report, the meeting is reportedly to discuss a possible intervention in Niger, where a junta held a coup last month. Their last meeting was in …
Read More »MoH denies reports of plans to halt Zipline delivery service
The Ministry of Health has denied claims that it has plans to halt Zipline drone delivery services. The denial comes on the back of reports in some sections of the media that the Helth Minister, Kweku Agyemang-Manu during a meeting with management of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday, …
Read More »There are plans to assassinate Gbadebo Vivour- Bode George claims
With the governorship election slated for Saturday, March 11, Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has alleged that there is a plot to assassinate the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour ahead of the polls. George who is an elder statesman made the …
Read More »Family of Thomas Sankara boycotts burial plans
The remains of late Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara are to be buried where a memorial to him already stands, but his family is boycotting the ceremony and says the site is “inadequate for all the burden it contains”. “We believed and continue to believe that it is fundamental that a space …
Read More »Zambia plans to sell controversial presidential jet
Zambia’s leader has said he plans to sell the presidential jet his predecessor bought in his last months in office in controversial circumstances. Hakainde Hichilema said he wants to recover $193m (£160m) that was spent to buy the Gulfstream 650. “We do not support that extravagance, because we could have …
Read More »Ghana’s tallest man reveals plans to get married and have children
Sulemana Abdul Samed, nicknamed “Awuche,” has earned the tag as Ghana’s tallest man as he stands 9.6 feet tall. Awuche, who hails from Gambaga in the North East Region, has disclosed plans to settle down and raise a family. Speaking on BBC News Pidgin in October this year, he said: …
Read More »Akufo-Addo announce plans to convert Kwadaso Agriculture College into university
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced plans by government to convert the Kwadaso Agriculture College into a University. Established in 1922, the Kwadaso Agriculture College has over the years trained more than 75,000 persons. Despite the institution serving as one of the pillars in training more agriculturists, it is bedevilled with …
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