The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says, contrary to some assertions, Ghana is not a xenophobic State, and has no problems with fellow Africans living and working in the country. According to President Akufo-Addo, “there is no xenophobia in Ghana, we are not a xenophobic State. We are the pan-African nation that has opened its doors to …
A cannabis advocate, Nana Kwaku Agyeman, has rejected the widely held perception that all rastafarians or persons with dreadlocks smoke marijuana, claiming majority of those who smoke the substance are ordinary people. He told Johnny Hughes on 3FM’s Community Connect that rastafarians who smoke marijuana fall in the minority Ghana. “Majority of those who smoked marijuana a non-rastafarians; they are …
The Bosai Group, which happens to be the majority shareholders of the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) has made a passionate appeal to the ruling government to implement a long-term security solution that will prevent the Awaso Violence from occurring again in the future. The Chinese Investors lamented that if these things are not checked Investor Confidence in Ghana will obviously …
Carrying more fat on legs compared with the stomach protects postmenopausal women from heart disease, a study says. Women of a healthy weight with the highest risk of stroke or heart disease had the most belly fat and the least hip and thigh fat, the European Heart Journal research found. The scientists said “apple-shaped” women should try to lose belly …
Bosai Group, the majority shareholder of Ghana Bauxite Company (GBA) has addressed the meagre salary payment allegations levelled against them by some irate workers whiles clarifying that only interns receive less than the GH¢800 average salary of employees. On June 21, 2019, some angry workers at the Bauxite mining site in Awaso went on rampage after protesting for two days …
Planned Parenthood Association Ghana (PPAG), a not for profit organization, has taken the initiative to empower young adolescent girls to help them make right choices. The training, which targeted teenage mothers, was to sensitize them on their reproductive health and how to be economically independent. The training with funding support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was held in …
The Centre for Regional Integration in Africa (CRIA) has urged African countries to shift from the traditional approach to integration, which does not appear to fit with the African situation, to development integration agenda. Prof S.K.B. Asante, the Executive Director, CRIA said development integration encompassed cooperation among countries in a broader range of areas than just trade and trade facilitation …
Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, says the legislative arm of government doesn’t know yet how much the new parliamentary chamber to be constructed later this year will cost. Although he disclosed architectural firm run by UK based Ghanaian architect Sir David Frank Adjaye, Adjaye and Associate, came tops in a competitive bidding process ahead of two other firms to …
A Ghanaian woman is suspecting her 21-year-old daughter of poisoning her own father the day she returned from school. The woman who has been shocked and pained by the demise of her husband sent her story to Facebook’s David Papa Bondze-Mbir on condition of anonymity. She explained that her daughter, a university student, who hardly cooks the family meal, opted …
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have posthumously presented the late Kofi Annan with the 2018 ECOWAS Excellence Honorary Award for Distinguished Personalities for his immense contribution to the objectives of ECOWAS in the area of security, peace and socio-economic development. The presentation ceremony on Saturday, 29 June 2019 was part of the opening ceremony of …
