Six law students-three apiece from the University of Ghana, Legon and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have received scholarship from the Lebanese Community in Ghana. And in a brief cheque presentation ceremony at the Lebanese Embassy in Accra today, HE Maher Kheir mentioned that the gesture was to support the beneficiaries go the extra mile in …
Government through the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) has invited persons interested in participating in the Community Mining Programme to register with their respective Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) for concession. According to IMCIM in a statement dated June 10, 2019 and signed by its Chairman, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, in preparation to kick-start the Community Mining Programme, the …
Executive Director of Ghana National Service Scheme, Mustapha Ussif has noted that, 20 service personnel who were enrolled on the Poultry Entrepreneurship training this year will each receive an amount of GH¢20,000 to start up their own poultry farms. He further explained that, though the funding is not free, it is to help these young entrepreneurs to establish their dreams …
Dubai Cares, part of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, has announced that it will fund a three-year teacher training programme in Ghana to upgrade kindergarten education and enable KG schoolchildren to flourish in primary school. The programme valued at US$469,000 is in partnership with Sabre Education and is set to benefit 7,420 …
The caterer who allegedly served poor meals to pupils in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti region has been suspended, according to Coordinator for the National School Feeding Programme. Dr Getrude Quashigah said the decision to take action against Asantewaa Khadija of Ohwimase Anglican Basic School, was reached following reports that the meals she served to the pupils were found …
Ghanaian media personality Asi Dankwah popularly known in entertainment circles as ACY China has started a new program on Angel TV and Kumawood TV called “Eto Ekyire Afa” which natively means to revisit issues, customs, and cultural practices. The main aim of the program is to impart knowledge of previous practices of ethnic groups and traditions of the various tribes …
Glofert limited, a leading producer of fertilizer in Ghana, has established a state-of-the-art blending production plant at Asuboi near Suhum in the Eastern Region. The factory which will be commissioned in June 2019 under Government’s One District One Factory programme cost $4.5 million. An ultra-modern fertilizer blending plant installed by Glofert has the capacity to produce 2,400 metric tonnes of …
Father of dancehall artiste Shatta Wale, Father of dancehall artiste Shatta Wale According to him, his son was only relocating from his seat to join him at the VVIP section and not to attack Stonebwoy as perceived. He added that, in the process of Shatta getting to his side in the auditorium, one of his team members suggested to him …
Former President John Mahama has given his assessment of the country’s security situation, describing it as poor. “My assessment will be based on how Ghanaians feel and in my conversations with ordinary Ghanaians, they feel more insecure today than they did in the past. “There seems to be a spate of robberies, there are issues that didn’t exist before like …
The Sixth National Policy Summit, scheduled for May 26 and 27, will be focusing on discussions around the Fisheries and Sanitation sectors of the economy, Professor George Gyan-Baffour, the Minister of Planning, has announced. “Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals with Emphasis on Fisheries and Sanitation,” is the theme for the Summit to be held at the University of Cape Coast, …
