The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched the Feed Africa Strategy which aims to transform African agriculture into a competitive and inclusive agribusiness sector that creates wealth and improves livelihoods in an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable manner. In order to achieve rapid agricultural transformation at scale, the Feed Africa Strategy has identified the need to […]
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Ghana international Baba Rahman has opened up about his possible return to the Black Stars after over a year’s absence. The 24 year old left back injured his knee during the 2017 AFCON and only regained full fitness in May this year when he featured for German side Schalke 04 on the final day of […]
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Australian police say sewing needles have been found hidden in an apple and a banana, amid a nationwide scare that has tormented the strawberry industry. Since last week, Australians in every state have reported finding needles concealed in strawberry punnets. Health Minister Greg Hunt has called it a “vicious crime” and ordered the nation’s food […]
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South Africa’s highest court has legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places. Cannabis is referred to as “dagga” in South Africa. Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted “Weed are free now” when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark ruling. In a unanimous ruling, judges also legalised the growing of […]
Read MoreGovernment has been called to stop giving allowances to both nurses and teacher trainees and invest such funds in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET). Professor Stephen Adei, Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), said “it is time to put the required emphasis on TVET because of its critical […]
Read MoreThe Vice President, Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia has hinted there are large deposit of oil and gold in the Northern part of the country which in the next decade, would be explored to the benefit of the people. According him, Northern region apart from the fertile lands, also is endowed with a lot of natural resources, […]
Read MoreThe Fourth National Policy Dialogue, on the Government’s flagship programmes, has been scheduled for September 24 and 25, at the University for Development Studies in Tamale. It will be on the theme: “Assessing Government’s Flagship Programmes – The Journey so Far.” The Dialogue, which is being organised by the Government in partnership with the Universal […]
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The 2018 VGMA Hiplife Song of the Year winner, Mujahid Ahmed Bello, also known in showbiz circles as Fancy Gadam, has assured fans of massive comeback, after a short spell of absence. Fancy, touted as the pride of the north has steadily risen through the Ghanaian music ranks with back to back hits song “Total […]
Read MoreVice president Dr Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia has admonished contractors working on the one village one dam project in the three regions of the North to speed up work before next farming season. According him the one-village-one-dam policy is only applicable to the three regions of the North, hence government has decided to start with ten […]
Read MoreA Tamale District court has freed Ernest Green, a nurse at the Damongo Catholic hospital who was at the center of a rape case involving an European tourist. The court presided over by His Worship Anthony Asaah discharged Ernest Green for want of evidence against him. The Attorney General’s department advised the court to discharge […]
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