The World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, is expected to pay an official visit to Ghana. The five-day visit begins on Saturday, April 21 and will provide an opportunity for the Regional Director to get acquainted with efforts, successes and challenges associated with the health and well-being of Ghanaians. The WHO … Read more
The Central regional director for the National Sports Authority Osafo Agyei has stated that his outfit have not received any request from Hearts of Oak to use the Cape Coast Sports Stadium as their home venue for the 2017/18 Ghana Premier League. The communications director of Hearts of Oak, Kwame Opare Addo indicated last week … Read more
The Western Regional Office of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) continue to record high rates of non-maintenance of children in some districts. Nana Jomfoah Amua-Sekyi, CHRAJ Regional Director, who made this known to the Ghana news Agency (GNA) in an interview in Takoradi, said last year the Enchi district recorded the … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo will later this morning deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) to Parliament. The address is an obligation which enjoins the President to account to the nation through Parliament at least once a year, in line with Article 67 of the constitution. President Akufo-Addo is therefore expected to account for … Read more
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu has told the Minority to seek redress at the courts if they believe President Akufo-Addo erred in law in suspending the Upper West Regional Minister, Sulemana Alhassan. His call comes after the Minority challenged the legality of the President’s decision to suspend the regional minister rather … Read more
About 30 journalists from 25 West and Central African countries have undergone capacity training on a new HIV Catch-Up Plan for the region where 4.7 million people living with HIV are not receiving treatment. Dubbed “Informing the Messengers”, the regional workshop organized by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), saw the selected journalists … Read more
Two workers of the Ghana Health Service in the Volta Region have been picked up by the Police in Ho for forgery. Bright Paul Yebbi, 32, a former National Service Person and Panidas Fordjour, 33, who were working in the Human Resource Department of the Service allegedly forged the signature of Dr. Joseph Teye Nuertey, … Read more
SAVE-Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has presented 50 mobile devices to the Upper West Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to assist in tracking basic school teacher absenteeism. The android devices, which were purchased at the cost of GHc30,000.00, forms part of the implementation of the “Improving Learning Outcomes through ICT and Evidence … Read more
Residents of Tamale and its suburbs were thrown into a state of panic Tuesday afternoon as a heavy down pour that lasted for over two hours culminated in life threatening flooding in the area. The Tamale flooding saw many communities of the metropolis submerged in flood, with lives [humans and livestock] and valuable properties, including houses … Read more
Two persons have been confirmed dead following floods which affected some communities in the Tamale Metropolis, July 25, 2017. One of deceased has been identified only as Hajia, with the other said to be a basic school pupil. The remains of Hajia have been moved to the Tamale Teaching Morgue, whereas the missing school child … Read more
The Western Regional office of the Veterinary Service of Ghana has killed an alsatian dog after establishing it poses serious threat to human life. The dog in question attacked and bit Bismark Adzie, a 6 year old class one pupil to death on June 20, 2017 at New Amanful in the Ahanta West District of … Read more
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), is on a nationwide campaign against political vigilantism which is gaining notoriety in Ghana’s political environment. CODEO and other like-minded civil society organizations after the 2016 general elections, advocated the need for total disbandment of identified political vigilante groups. These groups are affiliated to the two major political … Read more
Thirty-five people have died in the past year from measles outbreaks across Europe, the World Health Organization has warned. It described the deaths – which can be prevented with vaccination – as an “unacceptable tragedy”. A six-year-old boy in Italy was the latest to die from the infection. More than 3,300 measles cases have been … Read more
A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross said Monday as the war-torn country reels from disease as well as the threat of famine. The International Committee of the Red Cross said the cholera epidemic “continues to spiral out of control” since it erupted in April. “Today, over 300,000 … Read more
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has issued a one-week ultimatum to the New Juaben Municipal Director of the National Health Insurance Authority, Kwadwo Gyeke Darko, to vacate his post or risk ejection from his office. The caution was issued by the Eastern Regional Director of Communication for the NPP, David Prah, on Kingdom FM, … Read more
Two decades of attacks on Rwanda’s opposition, journalists and rights groups have created a “climate of fear” ahead of next month’s presidential election, Amnesty International warned Friday. “Since the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) took power 23 years ago, Rwandans have faced huge, and often deadly obstacles to participating in public life and voicing criticism … Read more
A fifteen-member Girl-Child Education task-force has been inaugurated in Cape Coast with the responsibility to champion girl-child education in the region. The team would among others provide education and training to young girls to increase enrollment, retention, performance and transition into higher levels of education. It has also been tasked with the responsibility of providing … Read more
The National Service Scheme -NSS is a constitutional mandate for all newly qualified Ghanaian university graduates. The scheme is organised for individuals under the age of 40, who have graduated from accredited tertiary institutions; these graduates are required under law to do a one-year national service to the country. Ghana sees up to tens of … Read more
Uche’s real journey had yet to begin but he had already spent four days in the northern Nigerian city of Kano after travelling on public buses and potholed roads from Imo state in the southeast. He planned to go to Agadez, a transit town on the southern edge of the Sahara desert in central Niger, … Read more
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Upper West Region, has despite the odds achieved most of its key performance targets for 2016. With hard work, determination and commitment, the Scheme grew its active membership in the region by six per cent, from 459,270 members in 2015 to 486,030 members in 2016. Mr Abass … Read more