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At least 80 families in more than 40 houses were on Friday displaced by flood in the Sekondi–Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region. This followed four hours of torrential rain recorded in the metropolis. The main Eshiem to Manso road was blocked by the flooding water denying vehicles access to the road for several hours. “Myself together with some passengers got stuck here because the driver said he will not be able to cross to the other end due to the water level. We have been here for more than an hour. No car has been able to cross”, a…

All mobile SIM cards in the country will from January next year have to be re-registered in a new move by government to clean the current registration system, which has been characterised by fraud. Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful who announced this Monday said the re-registration exercise will begin from January 1, 2020 to the end of June 2020. Sim card registration in the country started in 2010 following a National Communication Authority (NCA) directive. The registration covered both existing and new subscribers of all sim cards from the various telecom operators in the country. “It is quite clear that the…

All mobile SIM cards in the country will from January next year have to be re-registered in a new move by government to clean the current registration system, which has been characterised by fraud. Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful who announced this Monday said the re-registration exercise will begin from January 1, 2020 to the end of June 2020. Sim card registration in the country started in 2010 following a National Communication Authority (NCA) directive. The registration covered both existing and new subscribers of all sim cards from the various telecom operators in the country. “It is quite clear that the…

Pollution could be making your bald by decreasing levels of crucial proteins for hair growth, scientists fear. For the first time, researchers have shown tiny toxic particles can damage chemical processes within cells that promote hair growth. This ‘could lead to baldness’, the scientists claim. However, further trials are needed because their studies were on human cells in the lab. Academics behind the research have now suggested people should spend less time exercising outdoors, if they want to avoid hair loss. The work focused on common air pollutants known as particulate matter (PM), which are emitted by car exhausts, industry…

Pollution could be making your bald by decreasing levels of crucial proteins for hair growth, scientists fear. For the first time, researchers have shown tiny toxic particles can damage chemical processes within cells that promote hair growth. This ‘could lead to baldness’, the scientists claim. However, further trials are needed because their studies were on human cells in the lab. Academics behind the research have now suggested people should spend less time exercising outdoors, if they want to avoid hair loss. The work focused on common air pollutants known as particulate matter (PM), which are emitted by car exhausts, industry…

An economist at New York University, Professor Yaw Nyarko says efforts are being made to reach out to more farmers in Ghana, through the use of technology. Prof. Nyarko who is the founder of New York University (NYU) Research Center for Technology and Economic Development (CTED) in Kumawu, Ashanti Region, said his ambition is to support Ghanaian farmers as well as attract more youth into the agriculture space through the introduction and use of smart technologies. Currently, CTED is working with about 300 smallholder farmers nationwide. Professor Nyarko was speaking to journalists following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s visit to…

An economist at New York University, Professor Yaw Nyarko says efforts are being made to reach out to more farmers in Ghana, through the use of technology. Prof. Nyarko who is the founder of New York University (NYU) Research Center for Technology and Economic Development (CTED) in Kumawu, Ashanti Region, said his ambition is to support Ghanaian farmers as well as attract more youth into the agriculture space through the introduction and use of smart technologies. Currently, CTED is working with about 300 smallholder farmers nationwide. Professor Nyarko was speaking to journalists following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s visit to…

The Ghana Rugby Women’s Sevens national team, the Ghana Eagles, were triumphant in Monastir,Tunisia when they won the 2019 Rugby Africa Women’s Challenge Trophy by beating Zambia by 21 to 14 points. According to Mr Herbert Mensah, President of Ghana Rugby, the achievement by the young and inexperienced Ghana Women’s Eagles was unexpected but a well-deserved recognition for all the hard work the ladies have put in over the last few years. “Our ladies Eagles have made Ghanaians proud and has built on the success of the men’s fifteens team who has won its competitions for the past consecutive two…

The remains of 28 out of 32 Kenyans who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March have been brought to Kenya. The victims’ families and state officials received the caskets which arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the capital Nairobi from Ethiopia. Flight ET302 crashed on 10 March shortly after take off killing all 157 people on board. A local journalist has shared a picture of the victims’ caskets being received. Pamela Asigi@pamela_asigi Remains of 28 out of 32 Kenyans who perished in the Ethiopian plane crash in March arrive at JKIA, set to be handed over…

Students of the Ghana Law School and members of the National Association of Law Students have petitioned CHRAJ to investigate the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander and his personnel for abuse of power and a violation of their rights. Protesting law graduates were brutalised by police personnel on October 7 during a protest march in Accra to petition President Nana Akufo-Addo to push for a scrap of the controversial entrance exams at the Law School, and generally open up legal education. Police fired rubber bullets and sprayed water on the law graduates from the various faculties across the country in…