Mr Kofi Osei-Ameyaw, Director General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), said the authority would expand its base of revenue mobilisation through new technologies and innovations. He said the NLA would further strengthen the country’s lottery laws to promote and justify the confidence reposed in the Authority. Mr Osei-Ameyaw made the remarks at the opening […]

Student population of Ghana Technology University has climbed to nearly 8,000 in 2017 from less than a cohort of 100 when the College was established some decade ago, College President Professor Osei Kofi Darkwa said. Professor Darkwa attributed the growing population to innovative and industry relevant courses introduced by school authorities in recent times as […]

Mr. Thomas Appiah-Kubi, a tutor at the Saint Monica’s Senior High School (SHS), has received unanimous endorsement by the Asante-Mampong Municipal Assembly as Municipal Chief Executive (MCE). All the 46 members voted yes for him in an election supervised by the Electoral Commission (EC). On hand to observe how things went, were the Ashanti Regional […]

“C4C” Homeopathic Hospital has opened another branch of the hospital at Kade, bringing to nine, the number of facilities, it has been operating across the nation. Dr. Michael Kojo Kyeremateng, President of the “C4C” Group of Companies, said it was now employing about 2000 health workers. They include newly graduated registered nurses, medical assistants, medical […]

It looks like luck has befallen on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominees for the positions of Municipal and District Chief Executives in the Upper West Region. So far, one Municipal and four District Chief Executives have been approved by the various district assemblies with each of them winning with a 100 per cent vote […]

Alhaji Issahaku Ibrahim, a Focal Person of Citizens Monitoring Committee at Savelugu in the Northern Region, on Tuesday disclosed that corruption perception in the Savelugu Municipality has increased in the last 12 months. According to him, the citizens in the Municipality observed that the Assembly and other anti-corruption institutions were not making efforts to fight […]

The President and Spiritual leader of Tijaniyya Muslim Council of Ghana is in the northern part of Ghana associating with people and impacting knowledge in them. Sheikh Abul-FaidiAbdulai Ahmad Maikano has been combing cities, towns and villages propagating Islam and Sufi order of Tariqa Tijaniya. The various places he visited includes Tamale, Kunbungu, Savulugu,Diare, Kparugu, […]

Mr Habib Saad, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfrom, has urged drivers to be extra careful and tolerant whilst driving to avoid accidents. He said the spate of accidents in the country was alarming and stakeholders must find a way of curbing the situation to avoid losing precious lives. Mr Saad gave […]

Sekyere Afram Plains, one of the most deprived and hard-to-reach districts in the Ashanti Region, has been selected to benefit from the Comprehensive Basic Education (CBE) project, which has been providing opportunity for out-of-school children to enroll in the formal education system. The project is being implemented with assistance from the United Kingdom’s Department for […]

The Chiefs and people of Ga Mashie on Monday performed the rites to impose a ban on drumming and noise-making in Accra. The month-long ban, which starts from May 8 to June 8, 2017 precedes the annual celebration of the Homowo festival of the Ga-Dangme indigenes in the Greater Accra Region. Nii Okai Oseahene V, […]

The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (KEEA) Municipal Chief Executive, Nana Appiah Korang has vowed to make sanitation an urgent priority of the Assembly under his watch. Sanitation bye laws of the Assembly would be strictly enforced to curb the increasing spate of indiscriminate disposal of waste in the municipality. He had subsequently, tasked heads of sub-Municipalities and environmental […]

Somalia is facing prolonged drought which has left 6.7 million people — more than half the population of the country – in need of humanitarian assistance On the eve of the London Somalia Conference, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called today for further scale-up of the humanitarian response in Somalia and strengthening of the partnership […]

SAP has announced the launch of its SAP Rural Sourcing Management solution connecting smallholder farmers and suppliers in rural areas with the supply chain of global agribusinesses and consumer products companies. SAP Rural Sourcing Management is an integrated, cloud-based solution running on SAP Cloud Platform. This solution enables Agribusinesses as well as Consumer Products companies […]

Assembly members at the Asunafo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, on Tuesday confirmed Mr Osei Bonsu, the President’s nominee as the District Chief Executive. He had overwhelming votes of 100 per cent, in the election, which was conducted and supervised by the Electoral Commission at Kukuom in the Brong-Ahafo Region. An Educationist and the […]

Seed for Economic Empowerment of the Vulnerable (SEEV-Ghana), a non-governmental organisation, has organised a two-month capacity building programme in basket weaving for Women with Disabilities (WWDs) in the Upper East Region. The Project, dubbed “Strengthening the Capacity of Women with Disabilities through entrepreneurship training and innovative basket weaving skills,” was sponsored by the Abilis Foundation […]

Liberace’s unparalleled musicianship and over-the-top flamboyance made him the highest-paid entertainer in the ’70s. He was the embodiment of glitz and outrageous showmanship but in the new issue of Closer Weekly, his friends reveal another side of the star that only those close to him saw. “He treated us like family,” adds Zola Luckie, the […]

Enos Kwame Adepa, the head coach of Wa All Stars, has said, he is pleased with his side’s first round performance amidst the challenges they have been through. In an interview with GNA Sports, Coach Adepa stated that, it is always tough to have a better season, as a defending champion but Wa All Stars […]

Management of Kumasi Asante Koto has confirmed Stephen Polack as the new head coach for the club, until the end of the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League. Mr. Yaw Boafo, Head of Legal Affairs confirmed this a brief interaction that “although contract papers are yet to be signed, Kotoko and the English man have reached an […]

Cut-off communities across Europe pay more for electricity with greater cost to the environment because their tricky locations force them to rely on diesel generators. But researchers have now found a way to supply them cheap, clean renewable energy by collecting and storing renewable energy from their mobile phone base stations. It could bring cheaper, […]

The youth in Ahodwo, near Besease in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District, have appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to cause an investigation into the brutal and savage attack on the residents by a group of heavily armed policemen and to punish those found to have misconducted themselves. They alleged that their chief, Nana Broku […]