Oguaa host Maiden Osabarimba Royal Awards
The maiden Osabarimba Royal Awards which was inaugurated in January 2020 but was put on hold as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, was held at the plush Ridge Royal Hotel Cape Coast. It was designed by the Ridge Royal Hotel in collaboration with the Oguaa Traditional Council to celebrate and honour […]
China takes new foreign investment top spot from US
China has overtaken the US as the world’s top destination for new foreign direct investment, according to UN figures released on Sunday. New investments into America from overseas companies fell by almost half last year, leading to the loss of its number one status. In contrast, UN figures show direct investment into Chinese firms climbed […]
Football legend Gariba goes home
Former Asante Kotoko and the Black Stars great Abukari Gariba has been laid to rest in Kumasi after a short illness. He was 81. The late Gariba was buried at the Tafo cemetery after afternoon prayers at the Central Mosque at Asawase, Kumasi on Sunday, January 24, in line with Muslim tradition. The deceased paid […]
African Youth Climate Hub calls for start-up applications
The African Youth Climate Hub (AYCH), an African Youth climate platform, has formally called for application to its Climate Start-up Incubation Programme towards promoting sustainable development. AYCH, as a partnership between the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, OCP Group and YOUNGO (Children and Youth Constituency to United Nations Framework Convention […]
Asante-Akim Central Assembly presents school furniture to education directorate
The Asante-Akim Central Municipal Assembly has presented 580 mono and dual desks to the Municipal Education Directorate for onward distribution to deserving schools in the Municipality. Funded from the Assembly’s share of the Common Fund, the furniture will help address the furniture deficit in various schools and also facilitate effective academic work in the Municipality. […]
Buipe: 13-year-old boy burnt to death
A 13-year-old boy in the early hours of today (Friday, January 22, 2020) met his untimely death when an electronic shop he was sleeping in caught fire and burnt him to death at Buipe, the capital of the Central Gonja District in the Savannah Region. The deceased whose body was burnt beyond recognition has been […]
UK in push for equitable vaccine supplies
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has called on high-income countries to support global access to Covid-19 vaccines. Speaking in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, at the start of his visit to East Africa, Mr Raab said the UK had provided £500m ($684m) to aid the distribution of vaccines across the world through an initiative dubbed Covax. The […]
Nose mask wearing: Police arrest 282 in two days
A total of 282 people have been arrested by the Police, in two days for not wearing nose masks towards containing the spread of COVID-19. The Accra Regional Police Command recorded 97, followed by Ministries, 66, Baatsona, 50, Teshie, 30, Madina, 23 and Tesano, 16. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of the […]
COVID-19: Ghana confirms six more deaths
Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll surged to 358 from a previous 352 after six new deaths were confirmed by the Ghana Health Service on Tuesday. The latest update as provided by the country’s health management body, via its COVID-19 designated website showed a further rise in the country’s active cases to 2,174 from a previous 1,924, as […]
Reopening of schools: 80% of early childhood centres ready
About 80 per cent of school proprietors, have stated their preparedness to protect themselves and their pupils against COVID-19 when schools reopen. A study conducted by the Centre for Learning and Childhood Disabilities (CLCD) said a high percentage of teachers (61.2 per cent) and proprietors (81 per cent) said they were ready to resume academic […]
