The Progressive Advancement for Women’s Advancement (POWA) has held its second forum with a call on female politicians to take advantage of social media and become more visible on the political landscape. Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, the Head of the Department of Communications at the University of Ghana (UG), who made the suggestion urged women in politics to take advantage of ...

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Ms Ana Lucia Arellano, Chairman of the International Disability Alliance has urged governments around the world to put in place a compliance policy on the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) She said the CRPD must be implemented in every place, “It should be implemented in every valley and on every mountain, in villages and in cities, ...

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed unhappiness with the Wa Polytechnic for the delay to change the institution’s name to Hilla Limann Polytechnic several months after the announcement was made. President Akufo-Addo in January 2018 renamed the Polytechnic to Hilla Limann Polytechnic following a recommendation by the governing Council of the Polytechnic who unanimously proposed to the Minister for ...

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CWG Ghana, a full-service Information Technology Company, has presented an award to Edwina Borteley Abam, for being the best graduating student in Computer Science at the University of Ghana for the 2016/17 academic year. The presentation is part of the Company’s annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. CWG Ghana has sponsored the best graduating student from the Computer Science Department ...

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Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Joseph Nii Ade Coker, has described Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George as mad. Chairman Ade Coker’s comment was a direct reaction to the MP’s assertion that the Greater Accra executives of the party are useless. The blunt-speaking MP also blamed the considerable election loss in ...

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The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is behind the leaked “fake” Kwesi Botchwey report to divert attention from the current difficulties in the country, General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said. He said on Tuesday that he doubted any member of the NDC was behind the alleged leakage of the report insisting ...

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A member of the Hare Krishna Movement, Jnana Chaksus Das, has attributed Bukom Banku’s 7th round technical knockout by Bastie Samir in last Saturday’s boxing to ‘too much sex.’ According to him, the controversial boxer who openly boasts of the number of women he has been sleeping with, does not have enough energy to concentrate on the fight as a ...

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Supporters of feuding executives of the New Patriotic Party in the Karaga constituency clashed Tuesday night vandalizing party installation, an alleged military van and invading a police station in a spread of violence that continues to rock the Northern region. The violence began Monday afternoon with an attack on the Youth Employment coordinator who is also the constituency youth organizer, ...

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Ten delegates out of the many who made if for the auditions have been outstanding in every way and come Saturday November 4th each of the ten would have to prove to the judges why they must be crowned queen for miss Malaika 2017. The variety of activity lined up for the night is guaranteed to get patrons glued to ...

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Actress Moesha Boduong has promised to bring home one Oscars before she leaves this planet called earth. The instagram sensation on Celebrity Ride With Zionfelix show disclosed that she has always wanted to be a public figure. According to the young lady, her dream was to be an actress so that the world can also know the talent God gave ...

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Head coach of Ghana’s Under 17 male football team, Samuel Paa Kwesi Fabin has revealed that he has been constantly tempted with bribes with the highest being an offer of $5,000 but he declined all such offers. In an interview with Accra-based Happy FM, coach Fabin disclosed that he was constantly approached by player managers, agents and club officials to ...

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Dr Kwabena Twum-Nuamah, Chairman of Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has called for the need for the Ghana Health Service to consider the issuance of appointments to some category of clients to avoid long queuing at healthcare centres. He attributed the long delays currently at the facilities to patients reporting at the same time at the facilities and urged the ...

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ECOWAS leaders have committed to fast-track measures leading to the creation and use of a single currency for the economic bloc by 2020. At the Fourth Meeting of the Presidential Taskforce on a common currency for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) that took place in the Nigerien capital, Niamey on Tuesday, the leaders pledged to ensure that the sub-region ...

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The Energy Commission has recognised the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) as a leader in the area of solar energy. The Commission has, in this regard, selected the University as the training centre for Solar PV Installers in the design, installation and maintenance of Off-grid and Grid-tied Solar PV Systems. Professor Harrison Kwame Dapaah, the Vice-Chancellor (VC), said ...

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Thompson Opoku Agyemang, unemployed and Maxwell Cobbinah, Transporter on Tuesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, accused of defrauding an Indian businessman of 40,000 dollars under the pretext of transporting gold bars to him in Dubai. The two however denied the charges of conspiracy to commit crime and defrauding by false pretenses. The third accused, Musah Nabie, a Sierra Leonean ...

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Mr Abdou Souleye Diop, Head of the African Commission and South-South Relations at the Confederation of General Enterprises of Morocco, says the African continent can only develop if Africans trust and work with each other to build it. He said it was important for Africans to trust each other if they were to build partnerships that will help the continent. ...

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