Author: Krobea

More than 40,000 hybrid oil palm seedlings are expected be distributed to about 500 farmers in the Mpohor District of the Western Region. The distribution of the seedlings, which is an initiative under the Tree-Crop Module of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) through the Mineral Development Fund is meant to create more employment and to facilitate development, particularly at the local level. It is being implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in collaboration with the Local Government Ministry across the country. It forms part of government’s plan to provide additional revenue to farmers in mining…

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Jean Adukwei Mensa has urged Ghanaians to disregard assertions within some quarters that the new voter registration exercise is aimed at disenfranchising a group of voters. She insisted that the rationale behind the exercise is not to achieve anything like that. “On the contrary, it is to ensure that all our citizens who qualify are accorded the opportunity to register and cast their votes,” Mrs Mensa said on Monday, June 29. She was addressing journalists on the eve of the nationwide voter registration exercise. The exercise starts at 7:00am and ends at 6:00pm…

GhanaWeb has spearheaded the creation of online election polls in Ghana with the launch of the Ghana Election Poll in June to gauge opinions and perceptions of Ghanaians on the most pressing political and economic issues, as well as current events leading to the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. This scientific poll is powered by GhanaWeb and the Africa Consumer Panel which is a cooperation between the digital publisher Africa Business Communities and renowned market research firm MSI-ACI. The Ghana Election Poll solicits answers from Ghanaian adults aged 18 years and older who are living within or outside the borders…

Ghanaian international Majeed Ashimeru has won his first Austrian league title with FC Salzburg. The 22-year-old told TV3 he is elated to win the league with the team and hopes to do more. “It is my first league title in Europe and for me it feels really good and I know there is more to come but the first title is always a proud moment and I will never forget this day, it’s a good time for my teammates and I.” The midfielder says winning Die Mozartstadter’s 14th league title was special because of everything around Covid-19, and how it…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has heaped praises on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for their performance after just three-and-a-half years in government. He said their telepathy is worth-emulating, hoping they will get four more years to add on to their achievements so far in government. The former president was speaking over the weekend at the acclamation of the president by the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Aside that formality, Dr Bawumia was also overwhelmingly endorsed by the Council to partner Nana Akufo-Addo yet again into an election. It is going…

A Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has described as “unfortunate”, “reprehensible” and “deplorable” comments made by former President John Dramani Mahama after the Supreme Court judgement on the new voter register. The renowned lawyer said Mr Mahama’s reaction should be condemned by all well-meaning Ghanaians as it is an attack on the judiciary. For him, as a statesman, the former president should have chosen his words carefully, and probably taken a cue from what current president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said in 2013 after the Supreme Court judgement on the election petition. Mr Dame was speaking on The Key…

The journey to crown a new queen for Ghana’s most celebrated beauty pageant kicked off Sunday with glamour, style, and class. Now the reference point for beauty pageants, TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) reality show launched again Sunday night in a very colourful ceremony live on TV. This year, 16 beautiful, eloquent, and talented ladies, representing all the 16 regions of Ghana, are eying the most sought after crown when it comes to pageants in Ghana. Meet the 16 contestants: Region: Upper East Name: Dobil Mmabil Talata Sandra Stage name: Talata Education: Graduate of Koforidua Technical University Age: 22 years…

The journey to crown a new queen for Ghana’s most celebrated beauty pageant kicked off Sunday with glamour, style, and class. Now the reference point for beauty pageants, TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) reality show launched again on Sunday, June 28, 2020 in a very colourful ceremony live on TV. This year, 16 beautiful, eloquent and talented ladies, representing all the 16 regions of Ghana, are eying the most sought after crown when it comes to pageants in Ghana. For the past 14 years, Ghana’s Most Beautiful has been the torchbearer when it comes to using beauty to project Ghanaian…

Ghana has now recorded a total of 17,351 positive cases of coronavirus, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated. He indicated, however, that 12,994, representing 75 per cent of the total cases, have recovered. “This means that, currently, we have 4,245 active cases, having conducted 294,867 tests, one of the highest on the continent,” President Akufo-Addo said in his televised address to the nation on Sunday, June 28. “Thirty persons are severely and critically ill, and we have a total of 112 sad deaths, constituting 0.6 per cent of positives, as we maintain one of the lowest death rates in…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to put an immediate end to the “war” he has declared on the people of Volta, Oti, Upper East and Upper West regions. This follows the heavy presence of armed security officers in the above-mentioned border regions. For the former president, the deployment of armed security officers to the border regions is against the oath President Akufo-Addo swore to the people of Ghana on January 7, 2017. In a statement issued by his Special Aide Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Mr Mahama said the deployment of troops to the regions…