Reverend Mrs Patricia Akpene Tegbe-Agbo, the National Coordinator of the Women’s Ministry of the Global Evangelical Church (GEC), has asked women, particularly Christian women, to be peace ambassadors before, during and after the 2024 general electio…
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has released the list of award nominees for the 28th edition of the annual GJA Awards. The awards ceremony slated for Saturday, September 28, 2024, at the Accra International Conference Centre will celebrate journalists who distinguished themselves in 2023. The nominees were selected from 36 categories, including the ultimate award winner, P. A. V. Ansah Journalist of the Year, Best Female Journalist of the Year, Most Promising Journalist of the Year, Best Student Journalist of the Year, and the Akoto Ampaw Award for Democracy and Good Governance. Mr George-Ramsey Benamba, Chairman of the GJA Awards
The Women’s Wing of the Islamic Mission Secretariat (IMS) has donated sanitation improvement items to the Suntreso Government Hospital in Kumasi. The items included several waste bins, tissue papers, diapers, sanitary pads, mobs, buckets, brushes, and detergents. They cleaned and scrubbed the special male and female wards of the hospital too. They also donated assorted food items to the inmates at the Asuofia Prisons in Kumasi. According to Hajia Mariam Suleiman Nketia, the General Secretary of the IMS, the donation formed part of their social responsibility in giving back to society, as the Wing held its 26th Annual General Conference
African and European organizations focused on research and innovation in sustainable agriculture, along with various stakeholders, have convened in Accra to discuss strategies for expanding innovations in agricultural and food systems.
The Developme…
Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, has started a nationwide tour of fishing communities to support fisher-folks with some items.
The items are wire mesh, basins, rice, oil, tin fish, and tomatoes.
Mrs Koo…
Oliver Barker-Vormawor, Convenor of the Democracy Hub, has been admitted to the Police Hospital for medical care alongside another individual. According to a police news brief, Barker-Vormawor was transferred for treatment following complaints of ill health on Tuesday. Doctors assessed the situation and decided to admit him for treatment. Fanny Otoo reported to the police on Tuesday that he was feeling unwell while the suspects in her case were being prepared for court. The brief indicated that he was taken to the Police Hospital in Accra, where doctors provided immediate care and subsequently admitted him for further treatment. It also
Residents in the Accra suburbs of Lapaz and Nii Boiman have expressed concern about consistent stench that had engulfed their environment which could lead to an epidemic. Most alarming was how cooked food was being sold to the public from positions very close to the stench exuding gutters with the potential outbreak of environmental related diseases such as cholera and typhoid. Mr Emmanuel Tei, a resident of Mouldkrom, near Lapaza expressed this sentiment in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), after a clean-up exercise in the area organised by Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources to commemorate the