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Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated that creating job opportunities for Ghanaian youth and women is a top priority for the Nana Akufo-Addo government. In line with this, government is collaborating with its development partners to create the enabling environment for the establishment and growth of business and civil society groups with a view to opening up job opportunities. Dr. Bawumia made these remarks when Mr. Darren Walker, the President of the Global Ford Foundation, USA, paid a courtesy call on him at the Flagstaff House. “The priority of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government is to build the most business-friendly…

Tanzanian police have detained a pastor after two worshippers drowned while being baptised in a river near Rombo in the north of the country. The two victims were overwhelmed by the current of the River Ungwasi, a police spokesman has told the BBC. It is not clear how the pastor and the other worshippers involved managed to survive, the BBC’s Odeo Sirari says. They are members of a local church, Shalom, which is part of the charismatic Christian movement. Baptism in a river rather than in church is seen as a way of re-enacting the baptism of Jesus in the…

A three-day workshop on securing community land rights has opened in Accra, Ghana. The workshop is expected to bring together land commissions from across the African continent to exchange lessons on securing local communities and indigenous people’s land rights through statutory land tenure and its subsequent operationalisation. It expected to allow representatives of a critical mass of African land commissions leading land reforms in order to agree on an agenda for securing and realising the customary tenure rights of local communities, women and indigenous people. Minister of Land and Natural Resources John-Peter Amewu in a speech read on his behalf…

There seems to be tension and anger creeping within judges and magistrates with some of them threatening to go on strike over long-standing salary arrears not yet paid them. In an exclusive interview with TV3, President of the Judges and Magistrates Association Justice Victor Ofoe on Monday said they were engaged in a closed-door meeting to press on the Chief Justice to engage government on their demands. Members of the Association threatened to embark on an industrial strike starting Tuesday. However, the meeting with the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, had led to the suspension of that action. The President of…

General Secretary of the Concern Maize Farmers Association Hassan Suleman has predicted that Ghana may experience serious famine akin to what hit the country in 1983 if measures are not put in place to control the army worm infestation, which has engulfed some farming communities across the country.    According to Hassan Suleman, maize is a major component of diet for many people in Ghana and that people are going to suffer if the pest is not controlled. Fall armyworm has invaded most of the farming communities across the country, destroying food crops worth millions of Cedis. Following this, government…

The Country Manager for Google Ghana, Ms Estelle Akofio-Sowah, has charged businesses to constantly make use of social media platforms to tell their stories instead of allowing others to use it to tarnish their image. According to her, most Ghanaian businesses are not taking due advantage of social media to market their brands instead they sit unconcerned while other competitors or miscreants make good use of it to fabricate and publish negative stories about them that are indeed injurious to their survival. Speaking at a panel discussion on the topic ‘Corporate Organizations and Social Media in Ghana’ at the just…

Ghana’s prospective world boxing Champion, Isaac Dogbe, is scheduled to fight a WBO super bantamweight world title eliminator bout against Javier Nicolas Chacon on Saturday, July 22 at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra. Isaac Dogbe represented Ghana at the London 2012 Olympics but unfortunately was eliminated in the first round of the competition. The 22-year-old has incredible record after he began his professional boxing career. He has 16 fights to his credit and has not recorded any loss; he has 4 knockouts and 10 wins. Dogbe’s opponent Javier Nicolas Chacon, an Argentine, 36, has a total of 29 fights, recorded 25 wins,…

The Metropolitan Chief Executive of Cape Coast, Ernest Arthur, has paid a courtesy call on Richard Thomas, the Mayor of Mount Vernon, New York, United States of America. In what was to be a private visit, Mr Arthur ceased the opportunity to discuss bilateral relations and investment opportunities with the Mayor of Mount Vernon. The MCE revealed that his visit discussed investment opportunities in Cape Coast and how investors in America, especially Mount Vernon, can take advantage of. “I decided to speak to Thomas on investments and cooperation because our cities share commonalities. That is, our rich history. Thus, the…

A former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has described the notion by Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Mafo that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) capitation grant in the Ashanti Region to jeopardize the health status of the people living there as inciting and unacceptable. “It does not make sense to me one bit. Obviously, he will not be able to provide any logical reason for that comment,” Mr. Kwakye Ofosu reacted on TV3’s New Day hosted by Bright Nana Amfoh on Monday. The Senior Minister during the Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party…

R Kelly has been accused of holding young women against their will in an abusive “cult”, with several sets of parents coming forward to speak about the shocking claims. Three former members of the R&B singer’s entourage have also come forward and confirmed the parents’ claims of his controlling behaviour. Speaking to Buzzfeed, one was quoted as saying: “[Kelly] is a master at mind control… He is a puppet master.” According to the parents and former crew members, Kelly – who is currently on a tour of the US – keeps the young women at his rented homes in Atlanta…