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Bureau of Ghana Languages endorses Ahanta language orthography for use in schools
Posted on with No CommentThe Bureau of Ghana Languages has officially certified the teaching and learning of the Ahanta language in basic and secondary school after schools on Ahanta land, especially in the Ahanta West municipality. This giant achievement means the language can be … Read more →
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Airport reopening: Okoe Boye justifies $150 COVID-19 testing fee
Posted on | CommentA Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has justified the US$150 COVID-19 test fee to be paid by travellers arriving in Ghana by air following the reopening of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The KIA will on Tuesday, September … Read more →
Kenyan wins BBC Komla Dumor award
Posted on | CommentKenyan investigative reporter and TV anchor Victoria Rubadiri has won the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Rubadiri is a presenter with Citizen TV in Kenya, where she hosts the channel’s prime-time shows. She’s a multifaceted journalist in East … Read more →
US COVID-19 cases near six million
Posted on | CommentSummary The US nears six million cases of coronavirus, nearly a quarter of the world’s total Schools across Auckland reopen as New Zealand’s largest city emerges from lockdown Victoria, the epicentre of Australia’s recent outbreak, records 73 new cases – … Read more →
Ghana government responds to 10 allegations of “maltreatment of Nigerians”
Posted on | CommentThe government has responded to accusations made by the Federal Government of Nigeria regarding the harassment of its citizens (Nigerians) in Ghana. A statement signed by the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said the allegations made by Nigeria … Read more →
Ghanaian Economist gets top job at Bank of America
Posted on | CommentGhanaian born economist Bernard Mensah has been appointed president of International for Bank of America and is also a member of the company’s executive management team. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch International (MLI), Bank of … Read more →
Kids in KG, primary, SHS, JHS first-years to resume January 2021
Posted on | CommentAll nursery, kindergarten, primary, Junior High School (JHS) 1 and Senior High School (SHS) 1 students have had the rest of their 2019/2020 academic year postponed till January 2021. This was announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday during his … Read more →
Kotoka International Airport reopens to passenger traffic from September 1
Posted on | CommentGovernment has re-opened the Kotoka International Airport to international passenger traffic, after five months of closure. The airport was closed to international passenger traffic about five months ago as part of restrictions to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. … Read more →
Kidnapper & Taadi girl were friends – Witness
Posted on | CommentOne of the witnesses in the Takoradi girls kidnapping and murder case has confirmed that Priscilla Mantebea Koranchie, one of the four victims killed, was a friend to the first accused person, Samuel Udoetuk Wills, a Nigerian. The witness, Esther … Read more →
Jeff Bezos personal wealth now $200bn
Posted on | CommentAmerican billionaire and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has become the first person in the world to have a net worth of $200 billion. The world’s richest person, Bezos, is wealthier than he has ever been. He crossed a milestone … Read more →
Ban on phone use in SHS to be reviewed – Deputy Education Minister
Posted on | CommentThe Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has hinted that the government will ask secondary school authorities to review the ban on phones and other gadgets in senior high schools in … Read more →
Tamale children’s home Supervisor grabbed for allegedly stealing goats, sheep, provisions
Posted on | CommentThe supervisor of the Tamale Children’s Home, Madam Mawulorm Afelete has been arrested for allegedly stealing food items belonging to the children’s home. Some of the items are two goats , one sheep, smoked meat, two packs of oil , … Read more →
345,534 persons living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) 2019 HIV Sentinel Survey Report said Ghana recorded 19,000 new HIV/AIDS cases with an estimated 14,000 deaths in 2018. The Programme Manager of the National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, said in … Read more →
Trotro passengers to soon pay fares through mobile money – Vice President
Posted on | CommentDr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, has disclosed that ”trotro” passengers will soon be able to pay their transport fares from their mobile money accounts. The Mobile Money Payment Interoperability allows for the transfer of funds … Read more →
9 Injured in Tema explosion
Posted on | CommentA deafening explosion at the United Steel Company Limited on Monday, at the Freezone Enclave in Tema injured nine persons and destroyed property belonging to MND Metals Company Limited. The injured persons; six Ghanaians and three Indians working in the … Read more →
Free meal for JHS Students starts
Posted on | CommentFinal year Junior High School (JHS) students across the country today received their first free meal provided by the government as they prepare to sit for their exit exams in September. The children, numbering about 584,000 and 146,000 staff in … Read more →
‘World’s oldest man’ dies in South Africa
Posted on | CommentA South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116. Fredie Blom’s identity documents showed he was born in Eastern Cape province in May 1904, although that was never … Read more →
Opambour has this message for Mahama
Posted on | CommentThe General Overseer of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom, has made a passionate appeal to former President Mahama. The Kumasi-based man of God, popularly known as Prophet One, has urged the National Democratic Congress flagbearer not to respond … Read more →
Buhari’s nephew airlifted to UK over rumored COVID-19
Posted on | CommentAn 80-years-old nephew of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, Mamman Daura, has been airlifted to the United Kingdom (UK) for medical attention, local media reports in Nigeria say. Reports say Daura was flown to UK after experiencing respiratory difficulties. But reports … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo cuts sod for 1st ever waste plant in Sekondi-Takoradi
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday cut the sod for the construction of the Sekondi-Takoradi Solid and Liquid Waste Facility, which is estimated to cost 60 million Euros, in Asaakae in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) in the Western Region. … Read more →
Jacob Zuma in court for not paying child maintenance
Posted on | CommentFormer South African President Jacob Zuma has been dragged to court by one of his wives who is demanding maintenance money for her and her schoolgoing daughter. Zuma is reported to be opposing an application for maintenance by his estranged … Read more →
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