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A Ghanaian teenage girl is spearheading an educational initiative to help bridge the “ability to read” gap between children in rural and urban schools. Samantha Boateng’s Read to Lead Foundation has launched a reading project designed to provide libraries in several rural areas in the country. TV3’s Benjamin Aidoo reports for instance that children of Asuadei in the Ahafo Ano South District of Ashanti Region have little access to reading materials outside of school. With high illiteracy rates among parents, there is little encouragement or emphasis on the importance of reading. But with support from partners in the US, Read…

A wallet containing some items belonging to the mistress of the just-ended National Science & Maths Quiz, Dr. Elsie Effah Kauffman that got stolen together with her bag has reportedly been found. The wallet had no money in it when it was found on the premises of the University of Ghana, a sister to Dr. Effah Kauffman, Belinda Yaa Dankwaa Effah confirmed in a Facebook post on Saturday. Dr. Kauffman’s drivers’ license and ATM cards were found in the wallet, she said. They are however yet to identify the person who dropped the wallet there. “Update from NSMQ Mistress’ stolen bag:…

The United States of America on Saturday beat Ghana’s Black Stars 2-1 at the Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in Connecticut in a friendly match. The match was a preparatory game for the Stars and Stripes towards the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup to be held from July 7 – 26. Ghana’s coach Kwesi Appiah had disclosed that the match formed part of his preparations towards the resumption of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Saturday’s match was well attended as the over 46,000 capacity stadium was filled by more than half of fans of both teams. USA opened the…

It was all fun and excitement at this year’s 3FM Jollof War as three countries that have been laying claims to preparing the best jollof battled it out in the kitchen. These countries are Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. Carefully selected contestants from the three countries put in their all to prove to the world that indeed they held the keys to the jollof kingdom with their various approach to jollof rice preparation . Patrons who thronged the premises of TV3 where the contest was held on Saturday were treated to some good tunes from Adina, Eshun and a reggae dance hall…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has stressed on the importance of breasts, saying they are one very important part of the body which is appreciated by men. He disclosed this during a courtesy call on him at his residence by Yaba, the winner and current beauty queen of Ghana’s Most Beautiful 2016 (GMB), to officially inform the former president about the launch of her foundation which took place on Wednesday June 28, 2017 at the La Palm Royale Beach Hotel. The Foundation called Ekpoliaku, which means a virtuous woman, will seek to champion the cause of women empowerment with much attention on…

Whether ex-president John Mahama should be returned as NDC’s 2020 presidential candidate appears a herculean task for the party to surmount, and it is such a tightrope Ambassador Victor James Gbeho would dare not walk. The opposition party is seemingly divided, as one faction opposes the idea of putting him up in the next general elections, whilst the other still holds a firm belief the former president is NDC’s best bet. In his diplomatic self, Ghana’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations would not give in to incessant pressure from Winston Amoah, host of TV3’s Hot Issue, to take…

One day he’s all over you Sending you messages. Calling you in the mornings to ask how your night was and asking if you dreamt about him. In the afternoon, he’ll call to ask what you had for lunch. Then in the night, after exchanging series of text messages, he’ll call to wish you sweet dreams and tell you to dream about him. He simply floods your life with love and attention. Then you begin to like him—you begin to fall for him. You begin to see him as that guy who deserves your attention. You begin to flow with…

One day he’s all over you Sending you messages. Calling you in the mornings to ask how your night was and asking if you dreamt about him. In the afternoon, he’ll call to ask what you had for lunch. Then in the night, after exchanging series of text messages, he’ll call to wish you sweet dreams and tell you to dream about him. He simply floods your life with love and attention. Then you begin to like him—you begin to fall for him. You begin to see him as that guy who deserves your attention. You begin to flow with…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says an important ingredient in a functioning military in a democracy is to ensure that the military is insulated from partisan politics. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we must all be grateful to the Almighty that there is now a firm and widespread consensus in our country that the military takes its powers from the elected civilian government.” It is for this reason, the President stressed, that all Ghanaians must guard against the politicization of the military by political parties. “To borrow a term from a famous British Prime Minister, the greasy…

Enterprise Group Limited (Enterprise Group) has informed the Ghana Stock Exchange that South Africa’s largest insurer Sanlam Ltd has sold its US$ 130 million stake in the company. Sanlam Emerging Markets Proprietary Limited, a subsidiary of the Sanlam Group, acquired the 40 percent stake in Enterprise Insurance in 2014. Enterprise Group has also announced a new strategic partner in place of Sanlam in three of its subsidiary companies: Enterprise Life, Enterprise Insurance and Enterprise Trustees. Enterprise Group will retain its majority stake in each of these subsidiary companies, a statement posted on the group’s website said: “The new strategic partner…