Providing the youth with the needed skills will reduce the growing unemployment in the country, the Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative for Employment (YIEDIE) Project Director, Mrs Vera Kafui Mills-Odoi has said. She said having skills especially in the construction sector, which is projected to generate one million new jobs in Ghana by the year 2020, would address the employment [...] The post Providing
Global technology powerhouse, Siemens, has renovated the Prestoncrest house, an all-girls home, at the Village of Hope Orphanage in Gomoa Fete, Central Region, in fulfilment of a pledge made earlier this year when a combined team from Siemens Ghana and South Africa, visited the orphanage. The Siemens team pledged to refurbish Prestoncrest house, one of 7 residences at the orphanage [...] The post Siemens
The Ghana Education Service (GES), with the support of the World Bank and the Ministry of Education, has organised a five-day workshop at Tesano in Accra for mathematics, science, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teachers of some senior high schools in the country. Opening the workshop, the Deputy Minister of Education (in charge of General Education) and the [...] The post GES
BIC has donated 100,000 evolution pencils to the USAID Early Grade Reading Programme to be distributed to needy pupils across the country. Following the gesture, thousands of pupils are expected to receive the pencils from the USAID partnership programme to enhance education by increasing the availability of quality materials to improve teaching and learning in over 7,200 schools. Country Business [...] The post BIC
The Krachi East Municipal Assembly will soon initiate programmes to sensitise parents, opinion leaders and communities on the importance of girl child education. Mr Patrick Charty Jilima, Krachi East Municipal Chief Executive, who disclosed this said the move would help reduce the incidence of child marriage, teenage pregnancy and school dropouts from 37.3 per cent in 2016 to 15 per [...] The post Krachi
Adam Bonaa, a security expert has observed that the government cannot disband vigilante groups in the country, though their activities have dire consequences and negative implications for national security. “Vigilante groups have no registered numbers, they do not have a permit or residential address you can trace and we don’t know their leaders as well, how can you disband it,” he [...] The post Adam
A flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kweku Ricketts- Hagan has assured his sympathisers and well wishers who are asking him to step down from the presidential race in order not to be killed that he is up to the task. This appeal is due to the fact that two Fantes in the presidency have lost their lives. [...] The post Ricketts-Hagan: I can’t be intimidated appeared
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Disciplinary Committee has upheld a petition against Elvis Banoemuleng Botah for misconduct, suspending him indefinitely with immediate effect. Until his suspension on September 9, 2018, he was the Constituency Chairman of Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency. “Your suspension follows the outcome of the Disciplinary proceedings, following a petition brought against you by two concerned members of the party [...] The post NPP
A former Brong-Ahafo Regional Women Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nana Adwoa Takyiwaa II, has challenged persons seeking to lead the party as its flagbearer to focus on their campaigns devoid of attacks. According to her, it is within the democratic rights of such persons to contest former President John Dramani Mahama who has officially declared his intention [...] The post ‘Stop attacks
The National Conference of Presiding Members has given a three-week ultimatum to the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) to release motorbikes to assembly members across the country. A press release signed by David Amuyao Narh, Chairman, Mathew Mensah Atsrim, Secretary and all regional representatives, said the Conference would advise itself should NALAG fail. It expressed worry about [...] The post NALAG
Professor Emmanuel Danquah, a lecturer at the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has urged the government to reconsider its intention of giving out the Atewa Forest for bauxite mining. He cautioned that the nation risks suffering long-term disadvantages if it proceeds to mine bauxite in the Atewa Forest. Prof Danquah [...] The post Reconsider
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Saturday welcomed recent positive developments in the Horn of Africa amid improved relations among countries in the region. The continental body chairperson’s positive remarks regarding the Horn of Africa region followed optimistic agreements as well as discussions that involved various countries in the region. Amid the [...] The post AU
An armed group has stormed the Tripoli headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Libya. Security forces clashed with the armed men at the landmark building in the centre of the city, and blasts and gunfire could be heard, witnesses say. A security official at the site said at least two staff members and two gunmen have been killed [...] The post Gunmen storm Libya’s oil corp appeared
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 75 former members of Muslim Brotherhood to death over their involvement in the armed sit-in in Rabaa five years ago, official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported. According to the report, 44 defendants attended the trial, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders Essam El Erian, Abdel Rahman al-Barr, Mohamed Beltagy and Safwat Hegazi, while 31 [...] The post Egypt
A motor rider and a pillion died after their motorbike crashed with a Benz bus on the Bimbilla–Wulensi main road in the Nanumba South District. The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mohammed Yussif Tanko who disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times in an interview yesterday, said the two died on the spot. [...] The post 2 die in motor accident
Six people including two women were early yesterday morning, arrested for open defecation by the environmental sanitation taskforce of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA). All the six have been slapped with a spot fine of GH¢200.00 each and failure to pay would result in prosecution at the courts. Two people, Kweku Badu and Addai Owusu, were arrested at Kojokrom, Ebow [...] The post 6
All descendants of the Tenge-Dzokoto-Gligui Royal Family (maternal and paternal) are invited to their Mega Family Congress. Date: Saturday, September 15, 2018. Venue: Arts Centre, Accra. Time: 10am. All must endeavour to attend with spouses and children above 18years. Signed: Dr Victor Dzokoto. The post Tenge –Dzokoto-Gligui Royal Family Congress appeared first on
A teacher who was knocked down by a four wheel drive while riding his motorcycle has appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to intervene in the matter and ensure that the case is sent to the court. The teacher, Mr. Samuel Buabeng, said the accident occurred on March 7, 2016 and as at September, 2018, the Akyem Tafo [...] The post Teacher sends SOS to IGP appeared first on
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