Second Lady Mrs. Samira Bawumia has called on law enforcement agencies to prosecute perpetrators of child trafficking and forced labour in Ghana. According to her, it is not enough to sensitize people about the issue when perpetrators of child trafficking are not prosecuted for their crimes.
Some 160 communities nationwide benefited from Access Bank’s 2016 Employee Volunteering Programme (EVP) undertaken by about 1,300 staff. The feat marks an increase in the number of beneficiary communities from 136 in 2015, focusing on various social intervention initiatives such as education, health, environment, sports, arts and culture.
Reigning FA Cup champions Bechem United will face third tier side Young Wise as they begin the 2016/17 edition of the competition. The draw which was held at the GFA Secretariat on Thursday morning also threw up some interesting regional derbies for this round of the competition to be played between April 20-24, 2017.
A rainstorm is expected to hit the entire country on Thursday evening. Mr Michael Padi, Senior Meteorologist at the Ghana Meteorological Agency told the Ghana News Agency in an interview, that by weather indicators, the storm was expected at about 1900 hours.
Twenty-two final year students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) have been dismissed for hacking into the university’s grading system. The students are said to have paid a hacker between GH¢2000 and GH¢4000 to manipulate their grades for the 2015/2016 academic year in the university’s database.
Around the same time last season, Kumasi Asante Kotoko decided to let their head coach, David Duncan, step aside and his assistant, Michael Osei, take over, following strings of uninspiring performances from the team in the Ghana Premier League.
A new fashion label Aku+Vi targeted at the young and empowered modern woman was on Tuesday launched at the Untamed Empire Concept Store in Ridge, Accra. The fashion label derives its name “Aku” from a Wednesday born girl from the “Ewe” tribe in Ghana, and Vi to mean Vibrant; thus Aku+Vi comes to reveal a true reflection of our own uniqueness and self-awareness.
After making it five wins out of five matches, the Senior National Cricket team has emerged winners in the just ended ICC WCL Qualifier, Africa Region Qualifier tournament, held in Benoni, South Africa. The tourney which started on April 7, saw Ghana pitch its strength against Sierra Leone.
Ghanaian dancehall musician Shatta Wale has shared a video of his meeting with American rapper 50 Cent in the United States. The Dancehall King on Wednesday streamed live a Facebook video of the meeting with the "In da club" hit-maker" 50 Cent at the G-Unit office.
Twenty one people sustained various degree of injuries in an accident involving four vehicles at Adams, on the Cape Coast- Winneba road on Thursday morning. The accident said to have occurred around 8am recorded no fatalities. Eyewitnesses said an overtaking in curve caused the accident.
Hiplife artiste Kwaw Kese has revealed he sold some of his VGMA Awards at the weekend and still has other on the market in protest at the declining value of perhaps the biggest night in the music industry.
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is asking the Akufo-Addo government to pass a comprehensive law to serve as a long-term guideline for the disposal of public assets.
The former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has joined the United Soccer League side Phoenix Rising as a player and co-owner. The 39-year-old has not played since leaving Major League Soccer’s Montreal Impact in November but he has taken up the chance to join Phoenix’s “MLS expansion franchise ownership group”.
Here’s something you should know: most men are not averse to commitment, but they have to come to the decision on their own. Unfortunately, you can thwart a man’s desire for a long-term relationship with you if you try one of these three common “strategies.”
Everyone who has spent any time in the unpredictable world of dating has experienced an occasional misfire—a promising new relationship that suddenly fizzles without an obvious explanation. It happens. Romantic chemistry is fickle stuff at the best of times.
A number of Miss Earth beauty queens from various countries are expected in Accra to assist Miss Earth Ghana 2016, Deborah Eyram Dodor, launch a project she is spearheading dubbed ‘Trash In Bin Campaign’ on Friday, April 21.
Lawyers for a passenger forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight have filed an emergency court request for the airline to preserve evidence. David Dao was filmed being dragged off the overbooked flight at Chicago O'Hare airport, bloodied and screaming, in a video watched millions of times online. United Airlines said it would refund the ticket costs of all passengers on Sunday's
Shear Power Ventures, in partnership with the Rural Enterprises Programme (REP) and National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), is promoting equitable distribution of wealth in Ghana’s districts through proper implementation of the Local Economic Development (LED) policy.
Hundreds of Ghanaian football lovers will gather at the Junction Mall on April 22, with the hope of breaking the world record of the most accurate football passes. The record-breaking event is part of activities to mark the grand opening of West Africa’s largest sports store – Decathlon Ghana. The current world record of accurate football passes stands at 596 accurate passes and is held by members of the Qatar Petrochemical Company, (QAPCO).
Ghana defender Harrison Afful returned to training with his MLS club Columbus Crew on Monday after recovering from a nerve injury in his hand. The injury prevented Afful from travelling to face Chicago Fire on Saturday in a game they lost 1-0 but was sighted with a heavily strapped hand left hand during Monday's workout.
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