Day: September 18, 2024

General

AngloGold Ashanti trains 15 ladies in dressmaking

Fifteen out of twenty young ladies who were enrolled onto the AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine is four-year Girls Apprenticeship Programme in dressmaking have graduated with accreditation from the Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association (G…

General

Over 12,000 kilometres added to Ghana’s road network since 2017 – Asenso-Boakye

The current administration under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has added a total of 12,830 kilometres to Ghana’s road network as of December 2023, Mr. Francis Asenso-Boakye, the Minister for Roads and Highways, has stated.

General

COCOBOD’s NASPA Launches Campaign to Promote Health, Economic Benefits of Cocoa

The National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has launched a cocoa consumption campaign aimed at educating Ghanaians on the health benefits of locally produced cocoa products.

The campaign, dubbed ‘Market Infl…

General

Forestry Service Department lauds implementation of EU-LEAN Project

Mr Dickson Adjei Sakyi, Bono East Regional Manager of the Forestry Service Department (FSD) of the Forestry Commission has lauded the implementation of the European Union’s Landscape and Environmental Agility Across the Nation (EU-LEAN) project to re…

General

Chemical exposure kills nine million, cripples 86 million globally – Prof Kirk

Approximately nine million people died and 86 million crippled annually across the globe, due to chemical exposure, Professor Kirk Semple, the Director of International Research, Lancaster University, United Kingdom has said.

He said chemical exposu…

Sports

President Akufo-Addo terminates appointment of NSA Boss

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revoked the appointment of Mr. Dodzie Numekevor as Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA).

Numekevor, who took over from Professor Peter Twumasi in February 2024, has faced widespread critic…

Politics

We are open to engage NDC on voters register concerns – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended an invitation to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for further engagement to address concerns about the credibility of the voters’ register.

While confirming receipt of a petition from the NDC after it…

Politics

Five political parties commit to gender transformative policies

Five political parties have pledged to promote gender and social transformative policies to improve the lives of women, children, and people with disabilities.

They are the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Conve…

Politics

NDC supporters burn lorry tyres while presenting electoral petition to EC

Some supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper West Region, have burnt lorry tyres at the Upper West Regional Electoral Commission (EC) office, while their leader presented an electoral petition to the Commission.

The present…

Politics

Agona Duakwahene calls for violence free elections

Ghanaians, particularly the youth have been urged to desist from violence, chaos, and intimidation likely to mar the beauty of the upcoming general elections.

The Krontihene of Agona Nyakrom Traditional Area, Nana Kojo Amoakwa V, who made the call, …