What you eat before drinking alcohol can have a huge impact on how you feel at the end of the night — and the next morning.
In fact, picking the right foods before you indulge in an alcoholic beverage or two can help control hunger, bal…
The Upper East Regional Office of the Department of Gender, under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has organized a mentorship programme to educate adolescent girls on their reproductive health.
The event, which to…
Parents have been advised to make Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities their first point of call in schools before seeking for admission for their children.
Mr Kofi Nyiaye, the Proprietor of Bloomfield Academy, who gave the a…
Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has called on security agents in the Region to be disciplined and professional in the discharge of their duties to rationalize the public confidence reposed in them.
He urged the per…
Workout clothes? Check. Water bottle? Check. Breakfast? Um...
It's something that's been hotly debated by early morning gym-goers for years. And now a new study has finally solved the dilemma of whether to eat before or after you exerci…
Almost three out of every five public schools in Ghana (58 per cent) do not have access to drinking water supply facilities while 30 per cent do not have toilet facilities.
This translates into over 2.5 million school-going children bei…
The Ministry of Health (MOH) says it has redesigned and reviewed its current health architecture to adopt a people centred approach to attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
This would ensure that all Ghanaians have timely access to…
Nigerian authorities say they are working to shut down a fraudulent online investment scheme called Loom Money Nigeria that is particularly popular with young people.
Victims of the investment scam make an upfront payment than can range…
The disbursement of the Disability Fund, a three per cent package from the District Assemblies Common Fund, has in the last few years shifted from giving monies to beneficiaries to the provision of items that could harness their economic p…
The Regional Head of Human Resource (HR), Talent and Learning for Africa and Middle East (AME) at Standard Chartered, Mrs Millicent Clarke, has held an interactive mentoring session with some young women from Mentoring Women Ghana.
The …
The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), in partnership with the Gwakunda Engineering Services, a road constructing company, is reconstructing the Adenta-Frafraha-Dodowa road to ease the discomfort commuters go through on that stretch.
The ro…
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday called on government to show strong commitment to the Convention on the Right of the Child (CRC) to enhance child right protection.
This, the UNICEF said, would not only be a symbol…
These days, probiotics seem to be everywhere - touted in the soft-serve at your local fro-yo joint and the kimchi on your fancy-schmancy sandwich. But unlike with some other nutritional trends, there's solid research confirming probiotics'…
A delegation from the Liberian Board for Nursing & Midwifery have come to understudy Nurses and Midwifery Council of Ghana as its education and practice seem to be earning a global recognition.
The delegation is led by Mr Humphrey Gibbs…
To enhance rapid creation of new crop species, modern methods of biotechnology needs to be adopted, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), Ghana, has said.
Dr Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw, Coordinator of OFAB Ghana, noted that modern…
2019 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards Nominations Closing Date Extended
Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards recognise, honour and celebrate Women Entrepreneurs and Business …
I am so optimistic about Ghana making major positive gains by making small changes that people have often misinterpreted my passion for our dear country. Over the past few days I have been excited by the War Against Indiscipline (#WAI) ini…
Around one in seven of all babies worldwide are born with a low birthweight
More than 20 million babies were born with a low birthweight (less than 2500g; 5.5 pounds) in 2015—around one in seven of all births worldwide according to the …
The current media attention on rosewood being intercepted on the highways purported to be coming from the Sissala areas is causing discomfort among officials including the Sissala East Municipal Chie Executive (MCE).
"Anytime anybody is…
All primary school pupils in the country are expected to begin learning climate change and green economy subject areas at the beginning of the academic year in September this year.
As a result, the Environmental Protection Agency is exp…
The National Peace Council (NPC) in Upper West Region has requested to be included in the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) for better collaboration to improve security coordination and resolution of emerging conflicts.
They said the c…
Ghana in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has scaled up its school laboratory project, to support 50,000 farmers in four regions across the country.
The school laboratory project to be beginning this year is an in…
According to a new study published in the journal Cancer, the more aerobically fit you are, the less likely you are to develop lung and colorectal cancer.
People who were most fit were 77 percent less likely to get lung cancer and 61 …
COCOBOD has initiated a programme to establish a number of taskforce which would monitor and control the use of children as labourers in cocoa growing communities, across the country.
This is being done through the Cocoa Health and Ext…
PRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed the resolve of the government to ensure fairness and equity in the develop- ment of the newly created North East Region.
Instead of concentrating all regional institutions in the capi…
The Deputy Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Rev. Richard Ackom Quayson, has stated that the indiscipline being experienced in the country currently is the result of missed opportunities by …
MountCrest University College (MCU) has unveiled its policy of ‘’Learning for life for all’’ to encourage as many people as possible to go through tertiary education.
Addressing the 9th matriculation ceremony for 13 Bachelor of Law stud…
An ambulance driver who was arrested in 2017 for transporting cannabis with an ambulance van but jumped bail has been rearrested and brought to a Ho Circuit Court.
Sampson Azago, 25, was arrested in the company of Derrick Eto, 24 on J…
Good Governance Advocacy Group Ghana (GGAGG), a public governance institution, has given the government a one-week ultimatum to suspend the implementation of the Cargo Tracking Notes policy because it is not favouring stakeholders, especia…
The Overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, Nayiri Naa Bohagu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, has described the development initiatives undertaken by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in two years as unmatched in the history of the country.…
Waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has called on Ghanaians not to confer any seriousness on reports in the media which seek to tarnish the image of the company.
The story which emanates from the website www.myjoyonline.com…
The Twellium Foundation in collaboration with the national office of the Ahlu's-Sunnah wa'l-Jama'a (ASWAJ) will on Saturday, May 25, host finals of the second edition of the National Quran recitation competition at the Accra International …
Ghana and the State of Israel have resolved to solidify the already existing relations between them and further deepen those relations for the interest of their citizenry.
The two countries are currently negotiating to conclude th…
An investor company with special interest in assisting start-ups and business growth in the country has been launched in Accra.
Quick Angels Limited, a fully-owned Ghanaian company, has been set up to provide special business services, …
The Ghana Wildlife Society has called on Ghanaians to protect migratory birds from the harmful effects of plastics in Ghana.
The society has consequently appealed to the public to refrain from reckless disposal of plastics into the sea …
Sixty Persons Living with Disability (PWDs) have received support from the Fanteakwa North District Assembly in the Eastern Region.
The PWDs were given deep freezers, cocoa spraying machines, overhead water tanks, electric sewing machin…
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Ms Gloria Afua Akuffo, has recommended criminal investigations into the conduct of actors in the $200-million, 5,000-unit Saglemi housing project.
The Attorney-General’s advice was premise…
The Akufo-Addo administration has denied claims by the National Democratic Congress that it approved the recent importation of a large cache of arms into the country.
The opposition party in a recent statement raised the alarm that the …
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) chapter of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists last Wednesday started a sit-down strike action to press home their demand for a governing board for their mother association, among ot…
The Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) has presented a high density latex foam mattress and a piece of cloth to Ms Janet Donkor, a single mother who sacrificed a lot to save her son.
Her son, Richard Kusi Yeboah, 22, was diag…
National Security has assured the Christian and the Muslim communities of its preparedness to counter any terrorist attacks on places of worship.
The security apparatus will also work with church workers and private security men to en…
Human being is the most intelligent species on earth. We the humans have changed the world a lot and have done few incredible things which are no doubt impossible to perform by other living beings.
But in this post we are not going to d…
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) on Thursday participated in the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI's) Construction Industry Development Forum to highlight the need for the use of the Building Code.
The seminar, which assembled chi…
Mrs. Felicia Tuffour, a Senior Midwifery Officer at the Sunyani Municipal Hospital has advised pregnant women to sleep under treated mosquito nets to protect themselves and their unborn babies from mosquito bites and contracting malaria di…
A team from the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES), have visited the family house of the late Mr George Somuah Bosompem, the teacher who was assaulted by six teens leading to his death in the Asiakwa community of t…
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has awarded scholarships to 200 Ghanaian students (170 undergraduates and 30 post graduates) to study medicine in Cuban.
The GNPC is sponsoring them in conjunction with the Ministry of For…
All is set for the opening of the Eighth International "SHEROES" Forum to open in Accra on Thursday, May 16, for women leaders from three continents to address the pertinent issues informing low participation of women in leadership roles i…
The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), a civil society organization committed to educational development, has asked government to be circumspect in implementing the proposed Ghana Partnership Schools (GPS) Project.
"We…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, handed over two Toyota pick-up vehicles, and 39 each of motor cycles and desk top computers valued at 218,157.00 US dollars (GHC 1, 130,000.00), to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
The do…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a 12-kilometre Kpassa to Mama Akura feeder road in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region.
The GH¢14.4 million project is under the Road Fund and was aw…
