Mr Ridwan Abass Dawuda, the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Sissala East Constituency has appealed to delegates in the impending Parliamentary primary to exercise their franchise wisely to elect someone to carry their development ag…
Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74.
Mr Tesler started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s, at a time when computers were inaccessible to the vast majority of people.
It was thanks to his inno…
The Member of Parliament for Tema West in the Greater Accra Region, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has predicted a massive victory for President Nana Akufo-Addo in the December Presidential election.
"If you look at the huge things that thi…
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged Muslims to be key actors in Ghana's quest to achieve another milestone in conducting a peaceful election this year.
He said Muslims were major stakeholders in national development and m…
In the past, it was very difficult for music artists in Malawi to find a place where they could record their music, as studios were few and far between.
Just a decade ago, artists would have to wait for their turn to get the chance to u…
The Kpone –Katamanso health directorate in the Greater Accra Region has begun the 2020 National Inactive Polio vaccine (IPV) campaign across the Municipality.
The week-long exercise, is on the theme, "Protect your child from polio, get…
Mr-Emmanuel Hinneh, the Dormaa East District Director of National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has appealed to political party activists and supporters not carry offensive weapons and materials to any gathering, especially campaig…
Samsung has apologised after it accidentally sent an alert to thousands of devices overnight.
Affected devices received a notification from Find My Mobile in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Some customers complained on social me…
The District Census Implementation Committee (DCIC) for the 2020 population and housing census has been inaugurated with a call on members to give of their best to ensure a successful Programme.
Mr Anthony K. K. Sam, the Sekondi/Takorad…
You'll soon no longer find Adam Smith in your wallet or purse. The economist has been replaced as the face of the £20 note by artist JMW Turner.
The Bank of England said the new polymer £20 - which enters circulation on Thursday - is it…
The Ada West District Assembly has for the third time failed to elect a Presiding Member(PM).
Another election has been slated for the foreseeable future as more intensive consultations are being done among members.
In an intervie…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the exclusive constitutional responsibility of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile electoral voter register has not changed since 1992.
He said none of the registers compiled by the EC…
Lana Del Rey has cancelled her forthcoming UK and European tour dates due to illness.
The US singer had been due to perform in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham next week.
"Sorry to let everyone down so last minute but this …
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called on political heads at the regional and local levels to commit to firm Open Defecation (OD) targets.
They are also to work with Assemblies through Assembly Members to mobilise the ci…
Retail sales improved in January, increasing by 0.9% on the previous month, official figures show.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the amount of goods sold in Great Britain rose by 0.9%, after falls in the previous two mon…
The African Union has unanimously endorsed a Ghanaian, Dr Edward Kwakwa, as the sole African candidate for the position of Director General of the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
The decision was taken at a…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has cautioned Ghanaians against indiscriminate coughing in public, as the Service heightens surveillance to avert any possible outbreak of the coronavirus disease in the country.
"Spitting and coughing ind…
The Minority in Parliament Tuesday rejected the adoption of the Finance Committee's Report to approve US$23,983,033, being tax waiver on materials, plant, machinery and equipment by Platinum Properties Limited.
The materials would be us…
NIGERIAN media personality Uti Nwachukwu has jumped to Burna Boy’s defence after the singer was dragged on Twitter for bragging.
Burna Boy had said that he was the best artiste in Nigeria and also on the African continent.
The artist…
Should big tech companies like Amazon, Facebook or Google be forced to share the mountains of data they hold on its customers with smaller competitors?
The European Commission thinks that perhaps they should. It is part of suggested new…
Mr. David Kunta, the Adansi-Asokwa District Director of Health Services has stressed the urgent need for the construction of a district hospital for the area.
He said the emergence of complex health issues, coupled with the expansion of…
Airlines have warned of a severe financial impact as the coronavirus dampens demand for travel in Asia.
Australia's Qantas said the outbreak would cost it up to A$150m ($99m; £76m), while Air France-KLM estimated a hit of up to €200m (£…
Mr Henry Nana Boakye, National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on members of the Party's Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) to help secure victory for the Party during the 2020 general elections.
He said …
While access to the internet is still patchy across the African continent, the last decade has seen great strides in improving telecommunications in the region.
Nigeria in particular is one of Africa's largest telecom markets, benefitin…
The Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has stepped up educational campaigns to sensitize the people in the communities on the causes of fire and its attendant devastating effects.
The move is to help redu…
The Bank of Ghana is promoting a set of Sustainable Banking Principles for the banking industry, which requires them to ensure gender equity in their own organizations as well as gender-inclusive financial service delivery.
The Bank is …
The Juaben Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region, has failed to elect a Presiding Member (PM) after two voting attempts, supervised by the Electoral Commission (EC).
None of the two contesting candidates - Mr. Joseph Kwaku Asare, rep…
THE movie industry has generated attention over the last two weeks or more after the debacle involving actor Kofi Adjorlolo and the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG).
A lot of industry players, especially the actors, have been…
The Executive-Secretary of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr. George Sarpong, has appealed to Ghana's educational policy-makers not to phase out the double-track system.
"I suggest that we keep the double-track, and use the second…
The Veterinary Regulatory Unit at the Tema Port has been excluded from the joint inspection management system set up to prevent the importation of coronavirus infected products into Ghana.
Dr Stephen Bonnah, Head of the Veterinary Regul…
Mr. Vincent Ekow Assafua, Head of Public Relations, Ministry of Education and an aspiring candidate for the Tafo-Pankrono New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Primaries, has called for decent campaigns amongst contestants.
"We should…
The Ghana Health Service(GHS) has launched two new innovations to help improve medical care for children and help further reduce child mortality in the country.
The innovations are Point of Care (POC), a technics for early infant diagno…
The Ghana Beverage Awards (GBA) Committee, after receiving over 500 entries for the 2019 Awards ceremony, has officially closed nominations to the public and all beverage companies ahead of the event in March 2020.
The nominations, whic…
Mr Kweku Quansah, contesting the National Chairmanship position of the Convention Peoples' Party (CPP), has pledged to reinvigorate the Party by putting in place infrastructure to make it capable of winning the 2020 election.
He said th…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the distribution of cashew and palm seedlings under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme was to diversify the economy from its known cash crops for major dividend.
He said the Tree Crop…
President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed the sympathies and well wishes of his government and Ghanaians to the Chinese government over the outbreak of Coronavirus, which claimed over 1,800 lives with more than 60,000 people infected.
"To…
Participants at a two-day consultative workshop on the evaluation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) vision 2020, in Ho have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to sensitise the citizenry o…
Former Ireland lock Dan Tuohy said "the values that made me fall for rugby have nearly disappeared" as he retired from the sport because of injury.
The 34-year-old played 136 times for Ulster before joining Bristol in 2016. He sustained…
Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney says the organisation is looking to phase in cuts to funding for the Championship over two seasons.
Second-tier clubs say they are under threat after plans to slash their funding in the …
England head coach Eddie Jones has apologised for joking that a reporter must be thinking of "another half-Asian person" in response to a question at his news conference on Thursday.
Jones was asked about his meditation practises, havin…
Batsman Umar Akmal has been suspended from all cricket-related activity by the Pakistan Cricket Board under its anti-corruption code, pending an ongoing investigation.
Akmal, 29, has played for Pakistan 221 times across all formats.
…
Flanker Ross Moriarty and scrum-half Gareth Davies have been recalled to face France in the Six Nations as Wales coach Wayne Pivac makes two changes.
Moriarty replaces fellow Dragons back-rower Aaron Wainwright while Davies comes in for…
Ben Youngs says there is no "rivalry" between him and Willi Heinz despite the Gloucester scrum-half replacing him in England's team against Scotland.
Youngs, 30, began the Six Nations opener in France but was on the bench for the win at…
Australian dominance, Thailand's debut and Katy Perry - the Women's T20 World Cup gets under way on Friday, and there's loads to be excited about.
The 10 best teams compete in the 17-day tournament across Australia, with the final to be…
Mercedes believe a trick steering innovation which could give them an advantage in 2020 is within the rules.
Technical director James Allison said it "introduces an extra dimension for steering which we hope will be useful".
He said …
Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen was fastest on the second day of the first pre-season test, as Mercedes caused a stir with a new steering system.
Raikkonen headed Racing Point's Sergio Perez, Renault's Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull's Alexan…
Roger Federer will miss his fourth French Open in the last five years after having knee surgery on Wednesday.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee - which had been "bothering him for a little while"…
The National Sports Authority (NSA) and the International Games Committee (IGC), have inaugurated the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the 7th Africa Zone Two Senior Swimming Championship.
The championship slated for 5th – 8th March…
Former England rugby union international James Haskell will make his professional mixed martial arts debut on 16 May at Wembley's SSE Arena.
The 34-year-old will fight on the undercard of the Bellator promotion, with his opponent yet to…
Maxwel Konadu - Head Coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, has reiterated that the team’s young protégé, Matthew Cudjoe needs to be protected to fully develop into a mature player.
"He is still growing and we have to give him time to grow very…
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