860Former President John Dramani Mahama has entreated Christians to demonstrate the virtues of their faith by loving their neighbours and sharing what they have with them. That, he said, would help relieve the people of some of the prevailing tribulations in contemporary Ghanaian society. Mr Mahama was speaking at a thanksgiving service by the Evangelical […]
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Chief, two others allegedly shot dead by unknown assailants
1,088 Nana Meebo, chief of Borae Ahenfie, and two persons have been allegedly shot dead by unknown assailants at Borae Ahenfie, a farming Community, in the Krachi Nchumuru District of the Oti Region. Some 14 people have been arrested in the connection with the shooting incident and are assisting the Police in their investigations. Mr […]
Five (5) Dead, 18 Injured As Shooter Opens Fire In Gay Club
717 A shooter opened fire in a gay nightclub late Saturday, Nov. 19, killing five people and wounding 18. Lt. Pamela Castro of the Colorado Springs Police Department said police received a report of a shooting at Club Q at 11:57 p.m. Castro said there was one suspect who was injured and was being treated. She […]
NDC’s Obed Opintan unveils customized safety vest ahead of 2024 polls
705 An aspiring National Deputy Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Obed Opintan, has outdoored a customized party vest for elected regional and constituency executives as well as deputy youth organizers across the country. The vest, which has become the talk in the NDC as a good initiative, was designed and donated across the length […]
Kwabena Agyepong ends tour of NPP’s diaspora chapters ahead of flagbearership race
591 Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, has ended his tour of the diaspora chapters of the party, reiterating his desire to rejuvenate the party’s grassroots. “I want to cure the disconnect. The party and government belong to them, and they must own and feel part of it.” “My mission is […]
UCC was established to exclusively train science teachers – Kojo Yankah
692 The Founder of the African University College of Communications (AUCC), Kojo Yankah, has been explaining the purpose for which the University of Cape Coast was established and its transformation over the years. The renowned educationist, speaking to Samuel Attah-Mensah on FootPrints on Citi TV said the University of Cape Coast was specifically established in […]
Kumasi Academy wins the maiden edition of the STEMNNOVATION contest
1,218 The Kumasi Academy Senior High School last Friday put up a spirited fight to score 24.6 points to beat Pope John Senior High and Seminary and the enterprising Worawora Senior High School to win the maiden edition of the STEMNNOVATION contest. For emerging winner, Kumasi Academy SHS took home a trophy, a laptop, a […]
Reduce E-levy charge from 1.5% to 0.1% – Momo agents to go
790 The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana is calling for a reduction in the 1.5 percent electronic transfer levy rate to 0.1 percent in the upcoming 2023 budget presentation. The 1.5 percent levy which was introduced in the 2022 budget forms part of the Government’s efforts at raising revenues locally. But Momo transactions have […]
Ghana:1.2 million children not attending school
2,312Statistics from the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) reveal that 1,215,546 children of school-going age (4 to 17 years) in Ghana are not attending school. Out of that number, almost one million (942,427) children have never attended school. The Savannah Region has 43.2 per cent of children who have never attended school which is […]
Mark Kevor elected as NDC’s Eastern Regional Chairman
817 A former Eastern Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mark Oliver Kevor has been elected to lead the party as its Chairman in the region for the next four years. Mark Oliver Kevor beat stiff competition from four other aspirants including the incumbent chairman, John Owusu Amankra, the vice chairman, William […]