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Many parents and kids have welcomed the prevalence of kids’ salons in the country as most appropriate and convenient for children. Parents have therefore shifted their attention from the traditional adults and unisex salons to kids’ salons. The sudden interest for kids’ exclusive salons is due to the special attention children get in the salon and its affordability. It has also become a lucrative business venture for salon owners. Sally Nkrumah owner of Pamper Me Kids Salon at East Legon, says there is demand for kids’ salon because parents have become more concerned with the comfort of their kids as…

Many parents and kids have welcomed the prevalence of kids’ salons in the country as most appropriate and convenient for children. Parents have therefore shifted their attention from the traditional adults and unisex salons to kids’ salons. The sudden interest for kids’ exclusive salons is due to the special attention children get in the salon and its affordability. It has also become a lucrative business venture for salon owners. Sally Nkrumah owner of Pamper Me Kids Salon at East Legon, says there is demand for kids’ salon because parents have become more concerned with the comfort of their kids as…

The Institute of Public Relations – Ghana, has offered to join the media campaign against illegal small scale mining in the country, popularly referred to as galamsey. READ: Ghana’s media unite to fight illegal mining Considering the role of effective communication in campaigns, IPR – Ghana says it intends to use its communication expertise to bring about attitudinal change, help in policy formulation, implementation and review processes needed to make the necessary impact in the campaign against galamsey. A statement issued by the professional body said “the peculiar case of the involvement of Chinese and other foreign nationals should be…

Telecom giant, MTN Ghana, has issued notice to its Mobile Money customers asking them to follow through some steps to be exempted from receiving interest on their mobile money account if they so wish. MTN Mobile Money is a fast, simple, convenient, secure and affordable way of transferring money, making payments and doing other transactions using a mobile phone. Per paragraph 10(5) of the Bank of Ghana Guidelines for E-Money Issuers in Ghana (2015), operators of mobile money are required to pay not less than 80 per cent of the interest accrued on the pooled money to subscribers. Since September…

Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko player, Ntow Gyan, has declared his intension to assist Frimpong Manso to succeed in his new role as manager of the Porcupine Warriors. He said the appointment of Frimpong Manso was a good one hence his resolve to assist him whenever necessary “Its good Frimpong Manso has been appointed. I am ready to help him… I am prepared today if management calls me, I will pack my belongings unto my motorcycle and set off to Kumasi,” he told Accra-based Onua FM. READ: Kotoko sack coach Zdravko Logarusic The former Wa All Stars trainer said the dismissal…

Small scale farmers in the Sissala East and West district of the Upper West Region have been empowered to adopt a newly introduced fertilizer to increase production. The new fertilizer, with an improved Slow Release Technology, contains 25 per cent of Nitrogen per bag. About 600 farmers drawn from selected communities in the Sissala East and West districts have been empowered on best agronomic practices to increase maize production in the area. The Sissala East district is currently the leading producer of maize and cotton but most farmers still do not adopt best agronomic practices especially on fertilizer application. Most…

An eight-year old boy in Ohio safely drove his little sister to McDonald’s after learning to drive from YouTube, local news report. Ohio’s Morning Journal said police received calls from residents about a child driving through town. Staff at the restaurant thought they were the victims of a prank when the underage pair stopped at the drive-through window, the paper added. The boy obeyed all traffic lights and laws, witnesses said. “He didn’t hit a single thing on the way there. It was unreal,” police officer Jacob Koehler, from the village of East Palestine, said. The child told police he…

An eight-year old boy in Ohio safely drove his little sister to McDonald’s after learning to drive from YouTube, local news report. Ohio’s Morning Journal said police received calls from residents about a child driving through town. Staff at the restaurant thought they were the victims of a prank when the underage pair stopped at the drive-through window, the paper added. The boy obeyed all traffic lights and laws, witnesses said. “He didn’t hit a single thing on the way there. It was unreal,” police officer Jacob Koehler, from the village of East Palestine, said. The child told police he…

The vice chancellor for the University of Mines and Technology (UMAT) Tarkwa, Professor Jerry Samuel Yao Kuma has noted that outcome of many researches in the country have not helped solve the everyday problems of the Ghanaian due to some missing links between industry and research outcomes. The vice chancellor made this observation during the 3rd innovation and career fair organized by the university at Tarkwa in the Western region. Prof. Yao Kuma also noted that patenting is a problem in the country and called for a one-stop center to be created by the copyright office for innovators to patent…

The governing New Patriotic Party has urged Ghanaians to commit themselves to sacrifices that will take the country out of its socio-economic challenges. The party in its Easter message to Ghanaians was hopeful through prayers of believers, the country will develop. “We believe, perhaps, the important lesson is that, we need to be prepared to make sacrifices as we collectively seek to tackle the challenges confronting our socio-economic development, so that we can build a real society of equal opportunities and prosperity for this and the next generation,” John Boadu acting General Secretary of NPP said in the statement. Easter is…