The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has paid a working visit to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to inspect an ongoing project being funded by the Rebecca Foundation. The Mother and Baby unit of the hospital which is 70% complete is expected to curtail the rate of maternal deaths in the Ashanti region. Mrs Rebecca … Read more
In taking her fight against cancer to a whole new level, the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has pledged to mobilise resources to build a cancer treatment centre in Ghana. Recall that Rebecca Akufo-Addo is currently building a Cancer Children Hostel at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra. According to Mrs. Akufo-Addo, the cancer treatment centre … Read more
The First Lady , Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has pledged to mobilise resources to build a cancer treatment centre in Ghana. This, she said, would be done with support from the Forum of African First Ladies Against Cancers. The First Lady made the pledge when she accepted a challenge by OAFLA to members to build a … Read more
KATH detains baby with mother -A mother and her one-and-a-half year old baby are still on the look out for a helper who will come to their aid by paying their bills at yhe Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) The woman’s child Stephen Otchere has been detained at KATH over her failure to foot the bills. … Read more
Ghana’s maternity leave -Nursing mothers need up to five months to recuperate as well as bond better with their infants, so says the First Lady of the country Rebecca Akufo-Addo. The first lady’s call for maternity leave extension is in line with provisions of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maternity Protection Convention which Ghana is a … Read more
A group of queenmothers from the Volta Regional Queens Council on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo at her Ridge office. The courtesy call was to commend Mrs Akufo-Addo on her various undertakings as First Lady and seek her support in addressing some of the challenges faced by women and children … Read more
The First Lady’s #SaveThemNow movement was inspired by a media documentation that exposed the deplorable and pathetic state of health care at the KATH maternity ward. Founder and Leader of the Kristo Asafo Mission, Apostle Dr. Ing. Kwadwo Sarfo donated GHC500,000 towards the Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s KATH maternity and child care project. Apostle Sarfo said the … Read more
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has given his sister-in-law $60,000 (£46,000) as a birthday gift, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports. It says that the gift was to thank Junior Gumbochuma, who is the first lady’s eldest sister, for helping to Mr Mugabe’s children. Mrs Gumbochuma is a pastor and the Herald reports that the president used the … Read more
It may be a mere coincidence when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last week during his encounter with some selected journalists in Accra hinted that his government will do a thorough research on alleged corrupt appointees of former President John Dramani Mahama before proceeding to court for any prosecution. But Today can report that even before the … Read more
First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, says innovation is key to solving real and difficult challenges facing the country and its people. She made the statement at the African Innovation Foundation’s (AIF’s) annual innovation prize for Africa (IPA) which started on Monday, July 17, 2017 and ended yesterday in Accra. In her address, the First Lady mentioned … Read more
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has urged all Africans to help create and promote innovation in communities in a bid to solve real and difficult challenges facing the continent and its people. The First Lady made this call on Monday while addressing the Africa Innovation Foundation (AIF)’s 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) taking place in … Read more
The Kokrokoo Charities Foundation, has presented two incubators worth $20,000 to the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo Addo towards her “Save a Mother Save a Child.” Mr Kwami Sefa Kayi, founder of the Kokrokoo Charities Foundation and host of the Kokrokoo Morning Show on Peace FM, who presented the incubators to the First Lady, said … Read more
Pupils from the school for the deaf and blind in Mampong and Akropong in the Eastern Region were overwhelmed with gratitude when First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo on donated items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to the institutions. The items which included mattresses, dining tables and chairs, sanitary pads, clothes and provisions were to help the … Read more
Actress Zynnell Zuh was the center of attention when she attended an event ‘Glam Africa Ball‘ held recently to raise funds to care for children suffering from Autism. Her low plunging dress showing almost all of her breasts got people talking. JULY!!! Happy new month and a happy republic day Fam!???Two nights ago at the Glam Africa ball … Read more
Nigeria’s first lady has warned the “hyenas and jackals” will be banished in a cryptic Facebook post apparently aimed at her husband’s officials. Aisha Buhari’s comments seem to be directed at powerful ruling party politicians, said the BBC’s Naziru Mikailu, in the capital Abuja. They appear to be suspected of manoeuvring for presidency or deputy … Read more
US President Donald Trump heads Saturday into the final day of a fractious and violent G20 summit in Germany at odds even with America’s traditional Western allies. Negotiators from the world’s 20 top economies were expected to have worked all night trying to hammer out a final summit statement that at least gives the impression … Read more
Donald Trump pressed Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday on allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election in their eagerly-awaited first face-to-face talks, according to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. “The president opened the meeting with President Putin by raising the concerns of the American people regarding Russian interference in the 2016 … Read more
First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo today visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the level of work and activities undertaken at the plant. During the tour, Mrs. Akufo-Addo expressed her excitement about the existence of such a project considering the fact that a population of about 4 million only … Read more
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo on Thursday visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the project. She pledged her support for current activities ongoing at the plant. The First Phase of the Lavender Hill project which is a partnership between the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and Danida is being constructed with … Read more
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called for the need for a resolute and cooperative leadership comprising the family, community, educationists, health professionals and religious leaders in Africa to help in addressing adolescent reproductive health on the continent. This according to her, would “certainly position Africa to achieve its demographic dividend”. The First Lady … Read more