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President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has been named as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate by the World Food Prize Foundation. “I am proud as the Governor of Iowa State to proclaim Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate,” Governor of the State of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, announced. Accompanied by Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, and John Mahama, former President of Ghana, Adesina took to the podium to receive the award – the world’s highest recognition for food and agriculture. Under President Adesina’s leadership, the AfDB is accelerating agricultural development through its…

National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party, Kamal-Deen Abdulai and two others escaped unhurt in an accident Sunday afternoon in the Upper West Region. Mr Kamal-Deen who had visited some party executives, was returning to Wa from Nandom when the accident occurred at about 1:00pm between Hamile and Nandom. A stray animal was said to have crossed his 2017-registered Toyota Landcruiser, and in an attempt to avoid hitting the animal, the vehicle veered off the road into a gutter along the road.“My driver was trying to dodge and the vehicle veered off. We were just lucky, all of us…

Scores of passengers were injured Monday morning when one of the coaches of an Accra-bound train from Tema derailed at Achimota in Accra. The accident occurred at 7:40am just when it took off from the Achimota Train Station where it made a stopover to pick some passengers. Acting Area Manager of the Ghana Railway Company, Abraham Wood, who was aboard the train at the time of the accident said there were about 500 passengers on board. He said the injured were immediately removed and rushed to the Achimota Hospital for medical attention. Though he could not tell what caused the…

Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has asked government to ensure there is value for money in all its procurement dealings. He said procuring items using certificate of urgency does not mean there should not be a value for money assessment by government before entering into any contract. Rev, Ntim Fordjour was commenting on the 510 million-dollar AMERI power deal signed by the government in 2015; a deal that has been described as questionable which the Majority members of parliament are seeking to have it cancelled. The Adansi Asokwa MP, Kwabena Tahir Hammond filed a motion…

Over 500 science and agricultural students of the Begro Senior High School in the Eastern Region are unable to have science practical lessons as contractors have abandoned renovation work on a Science Resource Centre. Rehabilitation work which was expected seven years ago, with allocation from the petroleum revenue, was not finished, leaving the facility in a sorry state. The facility served students of Begro SHS, Nsutam SHS and Osino SHS  in the East Akyem District. Windows, doors, roofing which were removed to pave the way for the rehabilitation has not been fixed. Equipment and chemicals packed for safe keeping to…

Doctors and medical staff at the Binde Health Center in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of the Northern Region are calling for emergency rehabilitation of the facility to fix some structural defects and obsolete equipment. Authorities say the facility lacks some essential medical logistics something that is affecting healthcare delivery in the area. Three anesthetic machines at the health Center have broken down while heamatocit machine in the laboratory as well as the only ambulance have all become obsolete. It also lacks a blood bank. The Binde Health Center was originally constructed as a specialized hospital by a philanthropist in 1996 and…

Organisers of RTP Awards say Swedru-based artiste, Patapaa Amistry, is satisfied with the amount of money being paid him to perform at this year’s awards night at the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday. Patapaa has been named and advertised as a supporting act for the event which would see Ebony Reign perform as the headline artiste. Reports last week suggested organisers of the event were offering the artiste GHC1,000 as performance fee; an amount his team and Ghanaians considered to be an insult to Patapaa whose ‘One Corner’ hit song has been ruling the airwaves. But these reports, according…

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says he will not recognise a win by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday’s scheduled election rerun, as a political crisis gripping the East African country shows no sign of ending. Odinga pulled out of the race earlier this month after claiming opposition demands to overhaul the country’s election body had not been met. “As far as we are concerned, this is not an election,” Odinga told the Nation newspaper on Sunday. He also ruled out contesting the outcome of the vote in court, in line with his party’s position that the upcoming vote will not…

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After choking on her own words a number of times, it was visibly a frightened moment for Baaba from the Central region, as she stood by another possible evictee, Volta regional representative, Edem. But it was Baaba’s prayers that got answered, and that mercy was extended to Edem as the two join the already saved four. Yes, for two weeks running Ghana’s most watched reality show on TV, Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB-2017)on TV3 recorded no eviction. Having bonded for weeks, it is a painful thing to lose a member of the team. After each has performed, the contestants were therefore…