The auditorium of the grand arena of the Accra International Conference Centre in Ghana was abuzz with a sense of joy and fulfillment as a plethora of worthy personalities across the globe assembled to be honoured at this year’s Grow, Unite and Build Africa (GUBA) Awards with the winner of the GUBA Banking Excellence Award … The post GUBA
Angel Di Maria’s goal on Friday put Argentina on the verge of qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Qatar as Lionel Messi was on the bench for the 1-0 win away to Uruguay. Messi was only called upon by coach Lionel Scaloni to play the final quarter of an hour as he made his … The post Di Maria winner puts Argentina on brink of World Cup qualification
While Kylian Mbappe’s four goals in an 8-0 rout of Kazakhstan ensured defending champion France reached next year’s World Cup along with victorious Belgium, the Netherlands failed to join them Saturday after conceding two late goals. Belgium was less spectacular beating Estonia 3-1 at home but has an unassailable five point-lead over second-place Wales, which … The post France, Belgium reach
The son of Libya’s late leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, has registered as a candidate in the country’s first direct presidential election next month. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was once the heir apparent to his father, but his support for a brutal crackdown on protesters 10 years ago tarnished his image. Since that 2011 uprising, Libya has been … The post Gadafi’s
Over GH¢10 billion had been expended on Ghana’s COVID-19 response by June 2021, a news report carried by Accra-based Joy FM on Thursday, October 14, 2021 had indicated. It purports that, “in the last eight months of 2020, Ghana’s COVID-19 expenditure summed up to GH¢8.1 billion and from January to June this year, an additional … The post PUBLIC HEALTH
We read your articles on chemoprevention and breast cancer. Cervical cancer is another common cancer in women. Is chemoprevention applicable? Interesting feedback! Cervical cancer represents the second leading cause of death in women worldwide- about 569,847 new cases and 311,365 attributable deaths in 2018. The highest incidence is in low and middle-income countries, particularly in … The post POLYPHENOLS
Wonder Club, Accra Great Olympics survived a second-half scare to emerge 1-0 victors of their Ghana Premier (GPL) match-day three game against Legon Cities at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday. It was a game of two halves that was settled in the 20th minute by hit-man Maxwell Abbey Quaye, who tapped home a Philip … The post Olympics crack stubborn Cities appeared first on
Asante Kotoko maintained their winning spree in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) after securing a lone goal victory over Gold Stars at the Dun’s Park in Bibiani. Kotoko now have nine points from three matches and remain unbeaten in the GPL. However, they had to wait till the 55th minute to pick the opener and … The post Kotoko retain perfect start appeared first on Ghanaian
Hearts of Oak recorded their third stalemate of the campaign after being held 1-1 by Aduana Stars on match-day three of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday. Forward Kofi Kordzi’s 10th minute strike was cancelled by a late 80th minute penalty by Bright Adjei to deny Hearts their first win … The post Hearts still winless after three games appeared
Twenty staff made up of seven foreign interns and 13 local teachers have undergone a two-day in-service training and capacity building on modern teaching methods, culture and knowledge sharing in Accra on Saturday. Put together by the Street Academy, a sports and culture non-governmental organisation based in Ghana, the initiative was to understand the Ghanaian … The post Street Academy trains staff
Ghana’s representatives in the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League maiden competition, Hasaacas Ladies will slug it out with Moroccan giants, ASFAR Club in the first semi-final today at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo, Egypt at exactly 2.pm. The North African side booked a semi-final spot following a barren scoreline against log leaders Mamelodi Sundowns … The post CAFWCL
Chief Coach of Hasaacas Ladies, Yussif Basigi, has been voted as the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League, Egypt 2021 group stage Best Coach by the tournament’s Technical Study Group (TSG). Basigi led the Ghanaian ladies to top Group A with two wins and a draw, and will face Morocco’s ASFAR in the semifinal today. Basigi … The post Basigi voted best coach of group stage
Alhaji Shani Alhassan Shaibu, Northern Regional Minister, has shared President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s development agenda with the Northern Ghanaian Community in Jersey City, New Jersey in the United States. He, therefore, urged the Northern Ghanaian Community in New Jersey to take advantage of the government’s programmes and policies to partner with local and … The post N/R
The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has reiterated government’s commitment to prioritise the country’s security in the face of growing security threats in neighbouring countries. He said government was focused on ensuring that proper measures were put in place to protect the country’s borders to prevent any security threats. The Minister was speaking in … The post Govt
Ghana needs approximately $25.6 million to meet the 2022 United Nations High Level Meeting (UNHLM) targets on Tuberculosis (TB) The declaration, signed onto by Heads of States in 2018 contained a number of targets to treat at least 40 million people with TB by 2022; 3.5 million children with TB, 1.5 million people with drug-resistant … The post Ghana needs $25.6m to meet targets on TB
A total of 571,894 candidates are taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) across2,158 centres in the country. The Ashanti Region has the highest number of candidates of 111,432 with 55,829 being males and 55,603 females, 105,539 candidates are writing in the Greater Accra Region with 50,815 being males and 54, 824 … The post 571,894
The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has expressed the need for the government to address challenges facing the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy to ensure that it led to quality education that would help build a proper foundation for trainees. The Bishops said this in an eight-paged communique issued at the end of a … The post Catholic Bishops
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has urged parliament to handle its reports on the use of the country’s oil revenue dispassionately and without political considerations. This it said would allow the recommendations to inform policy formulation and improve the sector for national development. It said due to the partisan manner in which the … The post Handle
At least 250 selected journalists are to benefit from a Media Capacity Enhancement Programme (MCEP) annually. The programme facilitated by the Ministry of Information (MOI) in collaboration with the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA), Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), Private Newspapers Publishers Association (PRINPAG) and the Institute of Public Relations Ghana (IPRG) willl see the fees … The post 250
The National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) is committed to ensuring reforms to sanitise the pre-tertiary educational level, Executive Director of the authority, DrHaggar Hilda Ampadu, has assured. She said the move, apart from promoting standards and eliminating schools, which did not satisfy the basic inspectorate requirements, would also help improve learning and school performance. DrAmpadu … The post NaSIA
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