On March 20, 2017 President Jacob Zuma finally addressed the long-unresolved matter of land reform, a demand of thousands of black landless people whose properties were confiscated in the Apartheid era. In his State of the Nation address, President Zuma pledged to break up white ownership of business and land to reduce inequality. He […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo has paid glowing tribute to the founder and head pastor of the Glorious Word Ministry International Rev Owusu Bempah whose prayer he said contributed to his massive electoral victory in last December’s elections. Sounding biblical, the president said the election was fought against principalities and powers of darkness but he was convinced
The Amansie West district Education directorate has commenced a counseling session for parents in the area in order to curb a rising menace of child betrothing. Several parents, according to the Amanse West District Director of Education, Dora Atigbire, offer their underage daughters to older men on condition that they send them to school and
The breeding of Red Locusts and African Migratory Locusts in Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia is likely to affect food security in East and Southern Africa. According to Wikipedia, red locusts are large nomadic grasshoppers which are mostly found in Sub-Saharan Africa while the African Migratory Locust is mainly found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert and
A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Henry Kwabena Kokofu has indicated that he is not disappointed a post he was penciled to be assigned has been given to Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie. The former lawmaker last month was reportedly appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the Chief Executive
A project to minimize the misuse and waste of food in Ghana has been launched at the University for Development Studies UDS, Wa campus in the Upper West Region. Dubbed “Campaign Against Food Waste and Overeating”, the project is to encourage Ghanaians to make judicious use of available food at their disposal. Though there is
The hostess of the defunct popular women TV programme, Mmaa Nkommo, Madam Afia Ansaa Ampene, and her son have been dragged before the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a woman of GH¢265,988. In 2016, the TV host and her son, Stephen Kwabena, were alleged to have collected goods from a dealer of Nestle and
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has made strong case for development partners and the private sector to continue to invest in Ghana’s agricultural sector. Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto says Ghana’s agricultural sector has lots of potentials which he said have been left untapped, particularly by development partners and
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday admitted that his generation has failed Nigeria in their efforts at taking it to the ‘Promised Land.’ He, however, quickly added that what they missed out in growing the nation economically, they have been able to deliver in a united and stable country under a democratic dispensation. Obasanjo spoke in
