Day: July 31, 2025

Accra: Dr. Hugh Clement A. Brown, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, has initiated a defamation lawsuit against Mr. Kwame Baffoe, widely known as Abronye DC. The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party is facing a claim for GHS20 million in damages following serious allegations made on his online television platform, OHIA TV. According to Ghana News Agency, the allegations were broadcast on July 10, 2025, during a segment on OHIA TV’s ‘The Evidence’ programme. Mr. Baffoe accused Dr. Brown of engaging in fraudulent activities, including forging official documents, unlawfully authorizing the sale of forest

Kumasi: The Armed Forces Senior High Technical School (AFSHTS) in Kumasi has successfully qualified for the finals of the 2025 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ). With an impressive total score of 61 points, the team, represented by Ms. Lois Eshun, Ohene Adjei Talker-Davis, and Israel Hayford, surpassed the required 40 points during the regional qualifiers held in Kumasi. According to Ghana News Agency, this marks the 11th time AFSHTS has progressed to the national level of the NSMQ competition. Wesley Girls SHS also qualified with 42 points, while Konadu Yiadom Catholic SHS and Aduman SHS did not qualify, scoring

Accra: The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has engaged School Health Education Programme (SHEP) Coordinators and Environmental Health Officers in the Ashanti Region on food safety, as part of activities marking this year’s World Food Safety Day celebration. The initiative aimed to empower participants to effectively fulfill their supervisory roles in ensuring food safety in schools and public places, in line with the FDA’s mandate to protect and promote public health. According to Ghana News Agency, this year’s celebration, themed ‘Food Safety: Science in Action,’ underscores the vital role of science in maintaining food safety throughout the entire supply chain.

Kumasi: Proactif Global, a civil society organisation committed to youth empowerment and reproductive health education, is equipping young people in the Kumasi Metropolis with practical skills that are transforming lives and reshaping futures. The goal is to reduce the vulnerability of young people, especially girls, to HIV/AIDS and other sexual and reproductive health risks. According to Ghana News Agency, through its flagship initiative, the Skills Acquisition Programme (SAP), Proactif Global has trained hundreds of young people in a range of vocations, including the production of local drinks, pastries, and batik tie and dye. Upon completion, beneficiaries are supported to start

Accra: The Upper West Regional office of the National Peace Council has intensified its efforts in enhancing social cohesion and promoting peaceful co-existence in border communities by identifying and empowering community peace champions. The initiative, ‘Improving the Economic Resilience of Host Communities for Peacebuilding (Northern C´te D’Ivoire, Northern Ghana)’, is being implemented in the Zini and Kwapun communities in the Sissala West and Sissala East Municipalities, respectively. According to Ghana News Agency, the initiative is in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), with funding support from the U.S. Department of State.

Tamale: Hajia Lamnatu Adam, Executive Director of Songtaba, emphasized the need to invest in young women’s leadership, describing it as vital to inclusive and sustainable development. ‘It is time to invest in women’s empowerment. Young women deserve real seats at the table where policies are made. Their voices matter, and their leadership is critical to the transformation we all seek,’ she said. According to Ghana News Agency, she made the remarks at a regional consultative forum to promote inclusive leadership and amplify the voices of young women across northern Ghana. It was organised by Songtaba, a non-governmental organisation on the

Sekondi-takoradi: Friends of the Nation (FoN) has joined the Planning and Coordinating Unit of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in a city-wide monitoring exercise aimed at assessing the status of ongoing development projects within the metropolis. The monitoring exercise aimed to track the progress of infrastructure projects to determine their level of completion and identify any challenges, while also engaging with institutions to better understand their development needs. According to Ghana News Agency, these insights would help shape the Assembly’s next Medium-Term Development Plan for the period 2026 to 2029. Speaking during the exercise, Mr. Robert Amo, Programs Manager at