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Waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has donated 10,000 cedis,  30 bags of rice and 20 boxes of cooking oil to the national chief Imam in support of this year’s Eid-Ul-Fit celebration. Presenting the cash and items, Deputy Managing Director of Zoomlion, Mrs Gloria Anti expressed satisfaction with the relationship that exists between the National Chief Imam and the Muslim community in Ghana and Zoomlion Ghana Limited. She said the kind gesture was also to celebrate the Chief Imam’s centenary birthday this year. Mrs Anti particularly commended the Chief Imam for his sustained prayers for the Executive Chairman of the…

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has provided clarity to the comments of President Akufo-Addo about the need for women in Ghana to be more dynamic in their activism for gender equality. The President Tuesday was on the panel of the 2019 Women Deliver Conference, a gathering of gender advocates in Canada, where he observed there was not enough activism from the female dominated population in Ghana. The President acknowledged women needed power but added they have to do more to get that power. But his comments were met with fury, especially from the feminist communities and groupings, who argued that…

Social media is already buzzing with Kobina Ansah’s new play, THE BOY CALLED A GIRL, set to happen in July. The playwright and director, whose previous works have delighted theatre lovers, is set to spark a lot more conversation with his new play with a controversial title. The I Want To Sue God! writer and director in his own words describes his new play as his “best work yet”. The eleven-cast musical stage play is a theatrical piece that is set to be staged on Saturday, July 20 at the National Theatre of Ghana. Like most of his plays, this…

It’s bad news for hipsters but men with beards harbour more germs in their whiskers than dogs carry in their fur, scientists say. The alarming news follows a study that found every sampled beard was crawling with bacteria, and nearly half had bugs that were hazardous to human health. By contrast, a number of dogs tested proved to have lower levels of microbes. Now men have been left bristling with fury, with claims that the results stem from pogonophobia – the irrational fear of beards. In the study, scientists wanted to discover whether there was a risk that humans might…

It’s bad news for hipsters but men with beards harbour more germs in their whiskers than dogs carry in their fur, scientists say. The alarming news follows a study that found every sampled beard was crawling with bacteria, and nearly half had bugs that were hazardous to human health. By contrast, a number of dogs tested proved to have lower levels of microbes. Now men have been left bristling with fury, with claims that the results stem from pogonophobia – the irrational fear of beards. In the study, scientists wanted to discover whether there was a risk that humans might…

A Ghanaian-born American Gospel artiste, Gilbert Myers, who has 15 years of experience in ministry, has expressed the desire to work with any Gospel musician with a good heart for God’s work. In an interview on the release of his latest song titled ‘Hidden’, Gilbert Myers made his intentions known. He disclosed his music philosophy is to use the scriptures in the Bible in all his songs because he believes they are the true and actual word of God. He has so far released three songs after his professional gospel music career began. In 2017, he released ‘Namo Tamo Bo’…

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, has said the only thing that can stop him from investigating and prosecuting corrupt Members of Parliament (MPs) and members of the executive will be for him to be impeached. According to the SP, MPs cannot be exempted in the pursuit of corruption as far as he remains  in office as the first Special Prosecutor. “The solution to gaining exception for Members of Parliament from investigation and possible prosecution for suspected corruption offences is to get the first Special Prosecutor out of office in a bi-partisan manner by impeachment or to allow the appropriate…

Niels Högel was caught in 2005 after injecting unprescribed medication into a patient photo: REUTERS[/caption] A former nurse has been convicted of murdering 85 patients at two hospitals in northern Germany and handed a life sentence. Judge Sebastian Buehrmann described Niels Högel’s killing spree as “incomprehensible”. Högel, who is already serving life for two murders, administered lethal doses of heart medication to people in his care between 1999 and 2005. He is believed to be the most prolific killer in Germany’s modern history. Prosecutors said he attacked patients in order to impress colleagues by subsequently trying to revive them. A…

Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah[/caption] It has emerged that a witness of the Attorney General, Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah was deeply involved in over US$268 million fertilizer deals through single-source for the 2011/12 cocoa season. That notwithstanding, the yield for that cocoa season rather dipped. In a bid to meet its own target of one million metric tonnes, COCOBOD applied and got approval from the Public Procurement Authority to single source the purchase of fertilizers from three companies in three tranches – February, June and November – in 2011 at the tune of US$264,495,688.53. In November, the same year, COCOBOD again secured approval…

The School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM), University of Ghana (UG) launched sandwich MPHIL and MSC nursing programmes on Friday, May 31, in Accra. The sandwich programme offers nurses and midwives the opportunity to work and school at the same time, without having much effect on productivity. Addressing the audience, the acting Dean of SoNM, Prof. Lydia Aziator indicated how important and timely the programe is. “The programme is as important as it is timely, particularly because nurses and midwives currently have profound challenges of securing study leave due to the disproportionate nurse-patient ratio. Ultimately, the sandwich programme in Nursing…