FORMER Vice-President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Fred Pappoe, has said that the Normalisation Committee has too much on their hands and may struggle to complete their work within the six-month mandate given to them by FIFA. The Ghana Premier League was suspended indefinitely after the airing of the investigative piece by journalist Anas Armeyaw Anas where some officials [...] The post ‘Normalisation

JAYEE University College (JUC) has emerged winners of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organiation (UNESCO) IDUS Inter-Tertiary Games which ended last week at the Wesley Grammar Senior High School in Accra. JUC football team, started the competition as one of the favourites and proved their worth by ‘destroying’ all their opponents to clinch the ultimate trophy. The winners [...] The post Jayee

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has started a mass inspection and registration exercise which will run from October 8, 2018 to December 7, 2018. Speaking at the commencement of the exercise, the Deputy Director-General, Operations & Benefits Mrs Laurette Korkor Otchere, stressed that it was the right of every working person in Ghana to have their employers pay their monthly social [...] The post SSNIT

The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its partners are working together to increase Ghana’s utilisation of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). AGOA accords sub Saharan African countries the opportunity to export over 6,500 products on a duty-free and quota-free basis. Over the years, Ghana had not been able to derive much benefit from AGOA, hence the [...] The post GNCCI

Yara Ghana Limited a leading name in the fertilizer industry in Ghana has donated quantities of fertilizer products to two women farmer groups in Ghana. The donation forms part of the Yara Group CEO Gift to women farmers in Africa which is an annual donation made by the CEO of Yara International to women farmers in Africa. The donation this [...] The post Yara Ghana supports women

The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) in partnership with the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) and Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) – Customs Division has rolled out the electronic issuance of Certificate of Origin documents to fully automate the processes in the trade facilitation space. This new module is made available on the electronic Ministries, Departments and [...] The post GCNet

The Kwahu West District, represented by Ms Martha Lola Frimpong and Lydia Akoto Bamfo of St Anthony and Nkawkaw Presbyterian JHS respectively, has won this year’s edition of the Eastern Regional Reading and Spelling Competition, organised by the Ghana Library Authority (GHLA). In a keenly contested competition, Kwahu West beat eight other districts with 60 points to become the winners [...] The post Kwahu

Kharis Movement, a Christian religious group has been launched at the University of Ghana as part of efforts to bring students closer to Christ. The Movement following the launch will hold its first conference in February at the University of Ghana before moving to other schools across the country to share the gospel with students and broaden their minds on [...] The post Movement to draw

A group of students of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has implemented innovative social initiatives aimed at addressing problems facing communities surrounding the University in Tamale. The initiatives implemented included working on community-led total sanitation by providing household toilets, the provision of potable water for a deprived community, construction of a community durbar ground and the provision of security [...] The post UDS

Former headmaster of Bueman Senior High School (SHS), Nana Gordon Kofi Ansah, single-handedly renovated the E.P Junior High School (JHS), at Okadjakrom in the Jasikan District of the Volta region. Inaugurating the rehabilitated school block, the Jasikan District Director of Education, Dr Nicholas Darko, commended Nana Ansah for his contribution to the development of education, and urged individuals and organisations [...] The post Renovated

Cities Alliance, an International nongovernmental organisation (NGO) based in Brussels is in the country to partner cities and support them to deliver sustainable development to improve lives of urban dwellers through integrated and innovative solutions to end poverty. The initiative is being piloted in two assemblies in the Central Region, namely Cape Coast metropolis and Agona West municipality to be [...] The post Cities

Kofi Ofori, the Chief Executive of Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly has observed that the strength of the assemblies determines the extent to which they can effectively and efficiently impact on the lives of the citizenry. He said the Assemblies should pursue systematic approach towards maximising revenue potentials in order to transform communities. Speaking at the 2018 First Ordinary Meeting of [...] The post ‘Strength

A former Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Baba Jamal, has observed that Metropolitan Municipal District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) contesting Members of Parliament (MPs) disorganised the way to deploy resources hence the defeat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 elections. He bemoaned the way parliamentary candidates were selected, everybody involvement in the voting process to elect delegates [...] The post MMDCEs

Cameroonian President-elect Paul Biya expressed gratitude to Cameroonians on Monday after he achieved an overwhelming victory by winning 71.28 per cent of the votes.   “Dear compatriots in Cameroon and the diaspora, thank you for your renewed and large confidence. Let us now join in taking up, together, the challenges that confront us in ensuring a more united, stable and [...] The post Pres

Mahama Ouedraogo, African Union (AU) Director of Human Resources, Science and Technology Department, on Monday called for concerted efforts in harnessing the continent’s burgeoning youth population as a positive imputes toward development.   “Youth development is fundamental if Africa is to achieve its mission of an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic [...] The post ‘Africa

The only free ambulance service in Somalia’s capital is under threat of closure and is having to use fewer vehicles, its founder has told the BBC. Aamin has a fleet of 16 ambulances but can now only afford to operate 10 on a regular basis in Mogadishu, which suffers regular bomb attacks. “If the service stops it will be difficult [...] The post Vital ambulance service faces

TODAY, Ghana joins the world to celebrate the 73 years existence of the United Nations Organisation, (UN) with a flag raising ceremony at the forecourt of State House in Accra.   Exactly 73 years today, October 24, 1945, the UN charter was adopted at San Francisco, California, in the United States of America, after the end of the Second World [...] The post THE UN @ 73 AND ITS RELEVANCE TODAY!

A former United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord Paul Boateng, has reiterated the need for the establishment of a National Sanitation Authority to enhance sanitation services delivery and improve the capacity of providers. The authority, he said would further coordinate all programmes and activities as well as support development partners in addressing sanitation challenges in the country. [...] The post Ghana

The High Court hearing the National Communications Authority (NCA) $4 million financial loss case, yesterday asked the prosecution to furnish a document in its custody to defence lawyers, to enable them to complete cross-examination of a witness. The former Director General of NCA, Mr. William Matthew Tetteh Tevie, and four others, have been accused of causing $4 million financial loss [...] The post NCA

A prosecution witness said that no forensic test was conducted on a plastic cup and a gallon allegedly containing acid, found at the crime scene, where Adam Mahama, former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was allegedly murdered. Detective Chief Inspector Augustine Nkrumah of the Homicide Unit of Ghana Police Service, who testified as the 14th [...] The post Adam