The Finland Embassy in Ghana has partnered Nokia and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) to launch the Africa Codebus training program for young children in some selected schools in Accra. The 4-day training event, which is currently underway at MEST is geared towards training the young pupils in internet coding and other adventures … Read more
The new Police Commander for the Tema Region, DCOP George Tuffuor, is promising to bring the armed robbery menace in the region under control through the adoption of stringent security measures. DCOP Tuffuor is seeking to achieve this feat with the help of the public, noting that modern day policing require an all hands on … Read more
The two are expected to hold bilateral talks at the presidency, the Flagstaff House. The talks are “aimed at boosting the already strong bilateral relations that exists between Ghana and the United Kingdom,” a statement from the Office of the President said. Other matters of mutual interest will also be discussed. This is the first … Read more
Citi Business News can confirm that Government is considering extending Ghana’s program with the International Monetary Fund(IMF). Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei who confirmed the move to Citi Business News said Government is seeking to extend the Extended Credit Facility program with the IMF to December 2018. According to him, even … Read more
Citi Business News can confirm that Government is considering extending Ghana’s program with the International Monetary Fund(IMF). Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei who confirmed the move to Citi Business News said Government is seeking to extend the Extended Credit Facility program with the IMF to December 2018. According to him, even though … Read more
Coach of Elmina Sharks, Kobina Ammisah, has cautioned his players to be wary of defending league champions, Wa All Stars, when they clash with them in their first league match of the season in the Ghana Premier League (GPL). Wa All Stars lost woefully in their first attempt in the CAF Champions League against Libyan … Read more
Ghana has opened its second and final round of arguments at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany, and is reproaching Cote d’Ivoire for deliberately turning a blind eye to Ghana’s erudite legal arguments. According to Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire stuck to its old arguments last week because it did … Read more
Western Regional Director of Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Rev. Dr. Peter Azumah, Issaka, has lamented that his outfit was bedeviled with infrastructural and human resource problems, which was making it difficult for them to carry out their duties. He mentioned that the lack of office space, patrol boats and inadequate technical staff members to police … Read more
A Pakistani court banned public and online celebration of Valentine’s Day nationwide on Monday. The move came after private citizen Abdul Waheed filed a petition with the Islamabad High Court, calling the holiday un-Islamic. Valentine’s Day has become a source of contention in Pakistan in recent years. Although it is popular on social media and … Read more
They come from a tropical country better known for palm-fringed beaches and big-wave surfing than winter sports. But Indonesia’s plucky ice hockey team hopes to defy the odds when they skate into a major international tournament for the first time at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo next week. The players are part of the … Read more
The jail sentences have sparked fury among doctors The jail sentences have sparked fury among doctors The jail sentences have sparked fury among doctors The jail sentences have sparked fury among doctors The doctors union in Kenya says doctors in private and faith-based medical organisations are to join striking public doctors in protest at the … Read more
A former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said the massive improvement in educational infrastructure by the previous NDC government, will facilitate the new government’s plan to roll out the free Senior High School (SHS) programme. According to him, the Mahama administration invested millions of dollars in expanding infrastructure in the education sector, … Read more
Members of the special forces are rarely seen in public and considered loyal to the government Six journalists are expected to appear in court in Ivory Coast, charged with spreading false information following a mutiny last week by more than 2,000 soldiers demanding bonus payments. The journalists – who work for three opposition newspapers – … Read more
Indonesian Muslim school students staged a protest against Valentine’s Day on Monday, denouncing what they said was a Western celebration that encourages casual sex. While teenagers in many countries treat the day as an occasion to declare love for their classmates, in the Indonesian city of Surabaya it was a different story as students from … Read more
Today, February 13, 2017, marks the 6th year of World Radio Day (WRD) under the theme, “Radio is You.” A statement issued on Monday, February 13, 2017 by the United Press for Development, called on members of the radio and media fraternity to personally observe high level of professionalism and media ethics in the delivery … Read more
Sadio Mane’s uncle says he fears for his family’s safety following his nephew’s missed penalty at the Africa Cup of Nations, which saw Senegal crash out at the quarter-final stage. Sana Toure said that a 4×4 bought for him by his nephew, who is Africa’s most expensive player, was vandalised and that his home was … Read more
Sadio Mane’s uncle says he fears for his family’s safety following his nephew’s missed penalty at the Africa Cup of Nations, which saw Senegal crash out at the quarter-final stage. Sana Toure said that a 4×4 bought for him by his nephew, who is Africa’s most expensive player, was vandalised and that his home was … Read more
Cocoa prices are currently pluming multi year lows, with New York prices below $2,000 a tonne, a level they have only fallen below for one brief period in the last eight-and-a-half years. Pressure on prices is coming from resurgent West African production, at a time of supressed demand. But analyst Judith Ganes-Chase warned that the … Read more
The World Bank Group has called on the government of Ghana to, as a matter of urgency, tighten its consumer protection standards to promote the health, safety and security of consumers. According to the World Bank Group’s Senior Director of Global Practice on Trade and Competitiveness, Anabel Gonzalez, Ghanaian authorities must dedicate serious attention to … Read more
The Country Director of Stallion Group, Mr Mahesh Mahtani, says Ghana has the potential to become West Africa’s auto manufacturing hub. He, therefore, urged the government to put in incentives that would attract auto manufacturing companies into the country, which was West Africa’s third biggest economy. In an interview with the Daily Graphic, Mr Mahtani … Read more