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Picking a name for your child can sometimes feel overwhelming. In addition to the possibilities of you thinking whether to go for a Christian/English name or a local/traditional name. It’s likely that friends and relatives will offer suggestions of their own – whether you want them to or not. You and your spouse might have difficulty in agreeing on a name as each person would prefer a particular name. There’s no right or wrong way to pick a name for your baby. The most important consideration is to choose one you love but when the name you love is bizarre…

Picking a name for your child can sometimes feel overwhelming. In addition to the possibilities of you thinking whether to go for a Christian/English name or a local/traditional name. It’s likely that friends and relatives will offer suggestions of their own – whether you want them to or not. You and your spouse might have difficulty in agreeing on a name as each person would prefer a particular name. There’s no right or wrong way to pick a name for your baby. The most important consideration is to choose one you love but when the name you love is bizarre…

Actress Tracy Boakye who has earned a heavy load of insults and criticisms for a sex scene in her movie Devil Between My Legs ever since it premiered in April this year believes she deserves praise instead. The actress who is being accused of having real sex with actor Samuel Ofori, who directed the movie said she must be given the thumbs up for creating a scene so close to reality that people believe it is real when it is not. “In fact, I think we should be proud that we acted realistically and it looked real and people actually…

The Electricity Company of Ghana would soon be compelled to install prepaid meters across the country to reduce the system and revenue losses bedevilling its operations and ultimately saddling it with debt. The power distributor is estimated to lose between 30 and 40 percent of expected revenue from the power it distributes, according to the World Bank, leading to huge debts that have hampered its operations. Speaking at the launch of the Direct Savings and Loans Company in Accra, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, indicated that financial institutions are carrying large debts on their books from the energy sector,…

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has begun a nationwide project to replace weak and corroded pipelines, starting from the Greater Accra region. The Head of Communications for the GWCL, Stanley Martey, in an interview with Onua news, said the move will improve the quality of water supply to the people. Currently, the company is replacing huge pipe lines in areas like Ministries, Makola, parts of Ridge, Parliament House, Accra Sports Stadium, Osu Kuku Hill and surrounding areas. Although, he was not able to give the exact cost of the project, he assured that GWCL will do  its best to…

Award winning musician Kofi Kinaata has appreciated 2nd runner up of TV3 Talented Kids Season 8 Christian Morgan for increasingly promoting his song ‘Time No Dey’ in the country. Christian and his management team embarked on a first ‘Thank You Tour’ to acknowledge some key personalities who supported Morgan during the reality show. The tour began from his school, the Cape Coast School for the Deaf and Blind where Morgan honoured the school with a citation while certificates were also awarded to his school mother Margaret Nketia and his ICT teacher Wilson Abugri for their spectacular attention paid to Morgan…

The Upper East regional branch of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) has sensitized 173 school children from various Junior High Schools in five districts in the Upper East Region and trained 185 patrons on peaceful coexistence, child protection and conflict resolution. This initiative was by the NCCE and supported by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). It was necessitated by the numerous protracted conflicts in the region over the years. The purpose was to inculcate in school children and their communities the need for peaceful coexistence. The Upper East region is on record to have several conflict prone…

Government will soon submit to Parliament, an amendment to the Public Financial Management Act, to set Ghana’s fiscal deficit at a maximum 5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the year 2018. The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who made the disclosure at the launch of Direct Savings and Loans Company in Accra on Thursday, said this was part of measures being undertaken by the Nana Akufo-Addo government to ensure fiscal discipline in Ghana. “We have to continue to take measures to deepen the fiscal consolidation and also to institutionalise the fiscal consolidation. At the end of the day, the…

Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. It happened at Demba Diop stadium in the capital, Dakar, at the end of the League Cup final between Stade de Mbour and Union Sportive Ouakam. Fighting started between rival fans and police responded by using tear gas, which led to panic, a stampede, and the wall collapse. Some fans were throwing projectiles including stones at others. Pictures circulating online appear to show people scrambling over a low wall amid clouds of gas. Local news agency APS reported that ambulances…