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One body has been seen in the underwater wreckage of the plane that was carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson. A search on Sunday found the Piper Malibu plane on the seabed off Guernsey, almost two weeks after it went missing. The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed the sighting on Monday morning. It added it was now considering the next steps. The “substantial amount of wreckage” of the plane, which went missing on 21 January, was found on Sunday morning after a privately-funded search began. The flight had been carrying Argentine striker Sala, 28, and pilot David…

As Ghana joins the rest of the world to mark World Cancer Day today, Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), a non-governmental organization, is calling on government to pay special attention to cervical cancer, which is the second most common cancer in women living in Ghana. According to the NGO, available data suggests that about 3,151 new cervical cancer cases were diagnosed in Ghana in 2018, hence the need for more energies and investments to be channeled into initiatives to reduce the cervical cancer burden. “The annual number of cervical cancer deaths in Ghana is around 2,119, and as it stands,…

The Muslimah Mentorship Network (MMM) has launched a menstrual hygiene project dubbed, “Share a sanitary pad with a girl child”. The project was launched at the Madina Islamic School in Accra. Speaking on the topic, “The Importance of hygiene during menstruation,” Dr. Caryn Prempeh, a Medical Doctor and Public Health Advocate educated the girls on the importance of menstrual hygiene and the need to take it seriously. She taught them how to calculate their menstrual cycle and explained that the maximum number of days within a cycle is 28 days though it may vary with some people. Dr. Prempeh advised…

Former President Rawlings was at the 37 Military Hospital to see Yaro Ishawu[/caption] Former President Jerry John Rawlings says those who are bent on using violence to achieve their aims in life must be prepared to answer for their actions. The former President noted that very little attempt was being made to prevent violence by agents of the leading political forces within the country. At the 37 Military Hospital on Monday, after visiting Yaro Ishawu, a victim of the La Bawaleshie shooting incident last Thursday, Flt Lt Rawlings said: “By our actions and omissions, especially after 2008 we contributed immensely…

The Challenge Today’s graduate is faced with a huge challenge. Finding work after graduation can be a real challenge, especially if you don’t have any practical or on–the-job experience. The irony of the whole matter is that organisations are seeking to employ graduates with experience; but they are often not willing to give the inexperienced graduates the opportunity to gain experience. They don’t employ fresh graduates because they say, they don’t have experience; yet for fresh graduates to gain experience they must be given the opportunity to gain experience through internships and employment opportunities. I know this can be very…

The Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it will not recognise the Member of Parliament-elect, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, claiming the by-election was a “sham”. A by-election held last Thursday following the death of Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremateng Agyarko saw his widow Lydia Seyram Alhassan elected as his successor. But the NDC in the constituency in a statement Monday, February 4, signed by the constituency chairman, Aborbi-Ayitey Bismark, called for the annulment of the results, which gave victory to the New Patriotic Party candidate with approximately 69% of votes in her favour. According to the…

Ghanaian highlife and Afrobeats singer and songwriter Dennis Nana Dwamena, known in showbiz as Kidi, has revealed he does not mind if his woman is older. For the VGMA award-winning artiste, it does not matter to him if the woman of his life is at most five years older than he is. The 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) Best Highlife song winner disclosed to Johnnie Hughes on TV3’s New Day what matters most to him is how “compatible” his ideal woman is and the “chemistry”  between them. “We just need to be compatible, the chemistry needs to be there”,…

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has issued a warning to all its students, stating it will no longer tolerate crude and sexually offensive conducts, particularly from male students. Chancellor of the university, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II indicated lewd behaviours done in the name of traditions and culture is unjustifiable, hence such acts will not be entertained by the university authorities. “Lewd male students’ behaviour in the presence of female students in the name of culture and traditions is not justifiable under any circumstances,” the Asantehene said at a special congregation for Masters and Doctorate degree students…

Winner of the 2017 edition of TV3’s Talented Kidz, Erica Armah Bra-Bulu Tandoh, popularly known as DJ Switch, has been honoured by Roc Nation as part of its Black History Month celebration this year. This comes at the time when the youngster is already enjoying some global recognition for her talent, with her most recent famous appearance at the 2018 Goalkeepers meeting organised by Bill and Melinda Gates in New York. The event saw the talented kid display her art to the world and very much to the amazement of France president, Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron, and other high-profile global…

The Chairman of the National Peace Council has attributed the shooting incident which took place during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election to the lack of coordination on the part of security agencies. While voting was ongoing at the La Bawaleshie Presbyterian Basic School 1 Polling Station, some masked armed men besieged the residence of the NDC candidate in the election, Delali Kwasi Brempong, a few metres away from the polling station, and shot some persons allegedly in-house. The situation scared voters upon hearing gunshot sounds, and voting processes were halted for sometime until calm was restored. Gunshots fired to disrupt…