The Kokrokoo Charities Foundation has donated an incubator to the Lekzokuku Municipal (LEKMA) Hospital in Accra yesterday under its “Project 100 incubators” initiative. At an estimated cost of $10,000, the equipment is expected to ad­vance pre-term care at the facility to reduce neonatal deaths across the country. With an estimated 140,000 children born premature in … The post Kokrokoo

 Pension adminis­tration and super­vision has received a boost with the completion of the GH¢50 million Swit­zerland government State Secretar­iat for Economic Affairs (SECO) project. The 10-year project which start­ed in 2014 was sponsored by the Switzerland government. The project include the Risk-Based Supervision (RBS) System, which will enable pension corpo­rate trustees to send real-time in­formation … The post GH¢50m

 The Brong Ahafo Regional Football Association Chair­man, Raphael Gyambrah, has called on the government to put up a national stadium in the region hitherto known as Brong Ahafo. He said this to Citi Sports on the sidelines of a press soiree for the 2023 All Star Festival. This year’s edition runs from June 20-22 in … The post ‘Time for Bono region to have national stadium’

Officials of the Con­federation of African Am­putee Football (CAAF) arrived in Ghana yesterday to conduct final inspection ahead of the African Paralympic Games scheduled for September 3-12. The three-day inspection would be led by the Vice President of the World Amputee Football Feder­ation, Celeste Maria Do Rosario, together with the Vice President of CAAF, Mr … The post CAAF

Ghana’s U-23 nation­al team, the Black Me­teors, will soon leave Ghana for Egypt ahead of the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted in Morocco. The team started prepa­rations for the tournament on May 23 at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence at Prampram with 20 local-based players, but will travel to the North … The post Black Meteors to camp in Egypt ahead of

Danbort FC on Wednesday were crowned champions of the Zone Two Greater Accra Division 2 league at the Nungua Presby Park. The former division one side won the league with more than 12 points ahead of the pack, but still went ahead to beat RK 22 Football Academy 1-0 on the day of coro­nation to … The post Danbort crowned champions   appeared first on

 GOIL Plc has made a net profit after tax of GH¢123.89 million in the year 2022, up by 26 per cent com­pared to the year 2021. The Oil Marketing Company has as a result declared a dividend of GH¢0.056 to its shareholders. This represents an increase of 19 per cent compared to the year 2021. … The post GOIL plc increases profit, dividend to shareholders by 19%

The President of Global-Africa Trade Advisory Chamber (GA­TAC), Mr Dominic Oduro-Antwi, says GATAC is committed to support­ing local businesses in realising the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) while collaborating with various business chambers and organi­sations worldwide to achieve its objectives. Mr Oduro-Antwi disclosed this at the Global Africa Business dialogue in … The post We’ll

The Kofi Annan Interna­tional Peacekeeping Train­ing Centre (KAIPTC) has graduated its first female Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) student, Dr Rebecca Yakubu Akatue alongside 72 other graduates. The 11th graduation held on the theme, ‘Centring African Peace and Security Thought in a Multipolar World’ had students from Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, La Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and … The post KAIPTC

 All 45 traders at Circle in Accra who lost their goods to a recent fire outbreak have each been given a cash support of GH¢2,000 to en­able them to restart their business. The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, who made the presentation on Wednes­day said, in all, GH¢90,000 of the Korle Klottey Municipal Assem­blies … The post Victims

Richmond Mbelbicy, a four-year-old boy met his sudden death on Monday, after he was knocked down by a speeding vehicle, at Asante Akura, near Kpelema, in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region. The accident occurred when the boy attempted to cross the road. Investigators of the Motor Traffic and Transport Division (MTTD) of … The post 4-year-old boy killed by car at Asante

A businesswom­an, who recruited and trafficked a woman from Ghana to Kurdistan, Iraq, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by the Accra Circuit Court. Beatrice Ofori, convict, is said to have received $4,500 and $700 from an agency to recruit and traffic the victim to Iraq with the promise of securing her (victim) seamstress … The post Businesswoman gets 8 years for

 The Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 46-year-old farmer, Mohammed Salisu, to five years imprisonment in hard la­bour, for defrauding a teacher under the pretence of offering employment opportunities. Salisu pleaded guilty with explanation, but he was con­victed by the court presided over by Mr Alfred Kwabena Asiedu. Prosecuting, Assistant Su­perintendent of Police (ASP) Seth … The post Farmer

 The police have arrested four sus­pected kidnappers at their rented res­idence at Ntranoa, near Ankaful, in Cape Coast. One suspect, who allegedly disguised himself and entered a Mosque has reportedly been killed, while two others, including their supposed leader, believed to be in his 60’s, are, however, on the run. The police are said to … The post Police arrest 4 suspected

 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked officers of the Ghana Prisons Service to respect the rights of prisoners committed to prison custody under their care. That, he said would ensure the standards of Prisons Service were upheld in line with the laws of the land. President Akufo-Addo (middle)inspecting a parade Photo Anita Nyarko-Yirenkyi President … The post Respect

 The Ghana Revenue Author­ity (GRA) has partnered five organisations to tackle corruption in customs operations for enhanced revenue mobilisation and trade facilitation. The organisations are the Com­mission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Office of the Head of Civil Service, Committee of Freight Forwarders’ Association (CoFFA) and the World Customs … The post GRA,

An explosion inside a mosque in north-east Afghanistan has killed 11 people and injured 30. Reports say several local Taliban officials were among those killed or wounded. A local official said the blast happened during a prayer service for the deputy governor of Bada­khshan province, who was killed by a car bomb earlier this week. … The post Taliban officials targeted in

Iran has reopened its em­bassy in Saudi Arabia, seven years after the regional rivals’ severed diplomatic ties. Representatives of the Irani­an and Saudi foreign ministries attended the ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya reported. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Alireza Bigdeli, said it was a sign that co-operation was “entering a new era”. It comes three … The post Iran

At least three people have been killed in an earth­quake in the Haitian city of Jérémie, just days after floods left at least 42 dead. The 4.9-magnitude quake struck in the early hours of the morning, the US Geological Survey said. It came in the wake of torrential rains that have displaced more than 13,000. … The post Deadly earthquake kills 3 in flood-ravaged Haiti

The Ethiopian government has re­jected a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that alleges an “ethnic cleansing” campaign is under way in western Tigray despite a truce signed in November. The allegations are “not substantiated by evidence”, Ethiopia’s Government Communication Service said in a state­ment on Tuesday. “This distorted and misleading portrayal of the situation … The post Ethiopia