Traditional rites for the union of Jeshurun Okyere and his bride, Christiana Ofori Onwon was held over the weekend at Ashalley Botwe, a suburb of Accra. Okyere is the host of Light on Live, the weekly early morning devotion program on Live 91.9 FM. The event was attended by Bola Ray, Chief Executive Officer of … Read more
About 6,480 farmers from six districts in the Northern Region have been provided with free certified seed starter packs at a seed and technology fair held at Sang in the Mion District. The fair, held on the theme ‘Getting Certified Seeds to Smallholder Farmers’, saw starter packs including maize, rice and soybean certified improved seeds … Read more
Ghana’s Chamber of Agribusiness Executives says armyworms have invaded farms in the Brong Ahafo Region and parts of the Volta north of the country, threatening the country’s food security. The Chamber has consequently asked the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to urgently intervene before the army worms invasion, which hit the country a week ago, … Read more
Veteran satirist and TV host, Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM) is pleading with Ghanaians not to judge comedian DKB harshly. Born Derrick Kobena Bonney, DKB became the talk of town after former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings walked out during his performance at the Easter Comedy show which took place at the Accra International Conference Center. … Read more
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFG) has impressed on the Ministry of Agriculture and key stakeholders in the sector to put in measures to curb the smuggling of fertilizer if government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ project will succeed. Under the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ project, 2.5million farmers will enjoy 50 percent … Read more
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFG) has impressed on the Ministry of Agriculture and key stakeholders in the sector to put in measures to curb the smuggling of fertilizer if government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ project will succeed. Under the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ project, 2.5million farmers will enjoy 50 percent … Read more
Former Deputy Minister for Tourism, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, says some aspects of the country’s cultural heritage should be left untouched by modernisation. “Even though culture is dynamic, some aspects of our culture should not be modernised for any gains,” she added. Ms Gomashie said this in an interview with the GNA, on her return from … Read more
Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, gave a damning verdict on Ghana’s King of Comedy, DKB, when she said his jokes were boring. On a day that DKB was the lead act on a stage shared at different times by other budding comedians, Nana Konadu stormed out of the Accra International Conference Centre unexcited and … Read more
Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, gave a damning verdict on Ghana’s King of Comedy, DKB, when she said his jokes were boring. On a day that DKB was the lead act on a stage shared at different times by other budding comedians, Nana Konadu stormed out of the Accra International Conference Centre unexcited … Read more
Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, gave a damning verdict on Ghana’s King of Comedy, DKB, when she said his jokes were boring. On a day that DKB was the lead act on a stage shared at different times by other budding comedians, Nana Konadu stormed out of the Accra International Conference Centre unexcited … Read more
The President, Akufo-Addo today launched one of his government’s biggest Agricultural sector intervention which he hopes will prevent any food shortages in the country. The project, “Planting for Food and Jobs” aims at also providing jobs for the job in the agricultural sector. The President has also pledged to construct one thousand metric tonne-capacity warehouses … Read more
Nigerian female pop star, Tiwa Savage’s estranged husband Tunji Balogun, popularly known as Teebillz, has expressed his regrets. Teebillz revealed that if he could turn back the hands of time, he would not do an elaborate wedding. He said the belief that men should always dominate every aspect of the marriage was incorrect. Teebillz was … Read more
Participants at an agricultural symposium in Accra have called for proper coordination of the programmes and policies in the agriculture sector. They said due to the multidisciplinary nature of the sector, all stakeholders must coordinate all agricultural and agricultural related activities to avoid poor coordination and implementation of policies. A panelist, Dr Akosua Darkwah of … Read more
Government has allocated over GH¢200 million for fertiliser subsidies for the 2017 farming season. This is the biggest subsidy allocation since the programme was instituted in 2008. Until this year, subsidy of GH¢176,746,000 provided in 2013 was the biggest. This year’s allocation of over GH¢200 million represents 50% reduction in the prices of fertilisers as … Read more
Massive agricultural production and rural industrialisation will go a long to curb rural-urban migration in Ghana, according to Deputy Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Sagre Bambangi. According to him, young men and women migrate from the northern part of Ghana to the South because of push factors like lack of employment opportunities. Answering questions … Read more
WOW Gospel musician O. J said his favorite song is my “Wedding Car” n it got featured in da Daily Heritage Newspaper… Much respect to u O.J. I really appreciate ur genuineness…. This “Wedding Car” song will worrrrrrrrrry paa… God is involved ???? A post shared by Dadie Opanka ???????????????????????? (@opankagh) on Join GhanaStar.com to … Read more
Government has expressed its commitment to the implementation of Ghana’s Beneficial Ownership Disclosure (BOD) project to help save the country from the scourge of widespread corruption and money-laundering. At a stakeholders’ workshop yesterday in Accra to establish a framework on the implementation of BOD in the Amended Companies Act, Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, in … Read more
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Rockson Ayine Bukari has pledged to work closely with traditional,religious leaders and non-governmental organisations, to abolish negative cultural practices that hamper the progress of women. Negative cultural practices such as denying women farmers’ access to fertile land, widowhood rites, child marriage and female genital mutilation are among some of … Read more
Deputy Attorney General nominee, Joseph Kpemka, has reiterated the government’s pledge to ensure that people implicated in corrupt scandals face the law. According to him, he will as part of his mandate ensure that the law is fairly applied even to government officials, to promote justice. “We are going to pursue with all the might at … Read more
A while back a gal I’m mentoring asked me if I’m ever “surprised” by anything Steve does. She probably thinks that after all of these years there aren’t many things we don’t know about each other. And she is partly right. But as I told her, sometimes there is a surprise, or several. And mostly, … Read more