The New Patriotic Party NPP in the Northern Region has called on former President John Mahama to render an apology to Northerners for what they described as deceit and lies by the Former President during his 5 days tour of the Northern region. They accused the former President of recklessness and economic mismanagement that thwarted […]
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Canoe operators at Nawuni, have lamented that lack of life jackets for passengers on the Volta Lake is exposing their livelihoods and passenger safety to danger. According to canoe operators, lives of passengers were seriously at risk, due to the unavailability of the life jackets, and that rescue operations might be fruitless if nothing is […]
Read MoreGhanaian midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has disclosed that racism was one of the reasons why he left German side Eintracht Frankfurt to join US Sassuolo in Italy in the summer. Boateng had an outstanding campaign with Eintracht Frankfurt after helping them clinch the DFB Pokal at the expense of Bayern Munchen. The 31-year-old decided to leave […]
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The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to campaigners against rape in warfare Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege. Ms Murad, 25, is an Iraqi Yazidi who was tortured and raped by Islamic State militants and later became the face of a campaign to free the Yazidi people. Dr Mukwege is a Congolese gynaecologist who, […]
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US President Donald Trump has tweeted that his wife Melania Trump “is doing really well in Africa”. “The people love her, and she loves them! It is a beautiful thing to see,” he tweeted: Mrs Trump flew into Kenya on Thursday evening, after visits to Malawi and Ghana. An entire terminal at Kenya’s main international […]
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Executive Director for Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa has admonished government and other stakeholders to pay more attention to women in agriculture in order to bridge productivity gap that exists between them and their male counterparts. According to her, women in agriculture do not receive adequate support in their quest to feed the nation, […]
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Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in the Northern Region have called on government to make information on policies and programmes it has initiated available and accessible to the citizenry. The CBOs said details on government borrowings as well as the free senior high school and the double track systems for examples, should be made transparent, with […]
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Thirty-eight year old Nicolas Mawunyo Gborse, an English and History Tutor at the Bishop Herman College, Kpando, in the Volta Region, has been adjudged Ghana’s Most Outstanding Teacher, during this year’s Ghana Teacher Prize Awards and 24th edition of the World Teachers Day. He received a three-bedroom house worth GH¢ 180,000, a GH¢ 500,000 life […]
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Three pupils have been killed after being struck by lightning in Uganda’s north-western district of Yumbe. Ugandan Red Cross Society spokeswoman Irene Nakasiita confirmed that the pupils aged between 9 and 10 died on the spot at Mungoyo Primary School when the lightning struck on Wednesday. The total number of children affected is 75 and […]
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Six rescue divers have drowned while trying to save a teenager from a disused mining pool in Malaysia. They were searching for a 17-year-old boy who is thought to have fallen into the body of water while fishing with his friends on Wednesday. Authorities said the divers became caught in a “whirlpool” and sudden strong […]
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