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In 2006, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which came into force on 3rd May 2008. This Convention is to serve as a means of improving respect for the rights of Persons with Disabilities [PWDs] who, according to the World Health Organisation, comprise some 15% of the world’s population. Overall, the Convention promotes the rights of PWDs, sets out responsibilities on member states and civil societies to respect those rights and further recognises disability as a social construct for which reason society must dismantle the barriers preventing persons with disabilities from…

Host of Ideal Home on Accra-based 3FM 92.7, Etornam Sey, has been selected to host the second edition of the Ghana AgriBusiness Excellence and Leadership Awards on Friday, November 29, 2019. She is also the producer for the award winning business show on TV3, Business Focus. The Ghana AgriBusiness Excellence and Leadership Awards seek to recognise and reward excellence and leadership across the Agribusiness value chain in Ghana and beyond. It provides a platform to recognise individuals, companies and institutions that play significant roles in the growth and development of their business sectors, while recognising the key functions within the…

Ghana’s senior men’s national team, the Black Stars, have inched into the 50 highest ranked countries on the FIFA World Ranking for November after recording two victories during the month. The Stars are now ranked 47th globally, up four places from their 51st ranking in October. They defeated South Africa 2-0 home and São Tomé and Principe 1-0 to move to the top of Group C in African Cup of Nations Qualifications. The Black Stars are now the sixth-highest ranked country on the African continent behind Senegal (1), Tunisia (2), Nigeria(3), Algeria (4) and Morocco(5). World Ranking The top five remains…

A group of young men calling themselves Elephant Youth Association (OSONO) Thursday morning besieged the official residence of a Deputy Chief Of Staff, Asenso Boakye ostensibly to demand money they say owed them.  A statement which was issued by the Deputy Chief Of Staff Asenso Boakye, said “we wish to state categorically that he does not owe any person or group of persons money”. The statement further noted that neither has the President given any money due a group of persons which according to the statement has been withheld as alleged. The statement further urged the public to disregard any news…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has conferred Ghanaian citizenship on 126 diasporans who have lived in Ghana for many years. Speaking after the conferment ceremony Wendesday, the President stated: “I am glad you have decided to make Ghana your home, and thereby, join several generations of diasporans, who committed their lives to us.” He noted that several persons, including the likes of George Padmore, Bob Marley’s widow, Rita, Maya Angelou, and W.E.B du Bois all found homes in Ghana, with the latter buried in the country. With the ceremony being part of the series of activities commemorating the ‘Year of…

A lady, who tortured her two-year-old stepson with electric water-heater, has been arrested and charged for causing harm. Abena Tawiah who claims to be 17 years, a resident of Afari in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region, allegedly plugged an electric water-heater until it reached boiling point and used it on the body of the little boy last Saturday. The boy was left with burns mostly in the cheek, chin, nose and private parts. He was also seen in a mobile phone video with what appears to be marks of physical assault, all over his body as he…

Ghana’s senior men’s national team, the Black Stars, have inched into the 50 highest ranked countries on the FIFA World Ranking for November after recording two victories during the month. The Stars are now ranked 47th globally, up four places from their 51st ranking in October. They defeated South Africa 2-0 home and São Tomé and Principe 1-0 to move to the top of Group C in African Cup of Nations Qualifications. The Black Stars are now the sixth-highest ranked country on the African continent behind Senegal (1), Tunisia (2), Nigeria(3), Algeria (4) and Morocco(5). World Ranking The top five remains…

CEO OF Vodafone Ghana Patricia Obo-Nai has advised young graduates to do more than just relying on their academic credentials if they are to make it in life According to her, employers now focus more on value addition since many more people have attained a degree, making the job market a lot more competitive these days. Taking her turn on TV3’s Time with the Captains, the first Ghanaian CEO of Vodafone Ghana said her outfit receives a lot of job applications daily, but urged students to develop themselves and build their potential more to make them exceptional. “You can imagine…

Patricia Obo-Nai[/caption] CEO OF Vodafone Ghana Patricia Obo-Nai has advised young graduates to do more than just relying on their academic credentials if they are to make it in life According to her, employers now focus more on value addition since many more people have attained a degree, making the job market a lot more competitive these days. Taking her turn on TV3’s Time with the Captains, the first Ghanaian CEO of Vodafone Ghana said her outfit receives a lot of job applications daily, but urged students to develop themselves and build their potential more to make them exceptional. “You…

CEO OF Vodafone Ghana Patricia Obo-Nai has advised young graduates to do more than just relying on their academic credentials if they are to make it in life According to her, employers now focus more on value addition since many more people have attained a degree, making the job market a lot more competitive these days. Taking her turn on TV3’s Time with the Captains, the first Ghanaian CEO of Vodafone Ghana said her outfit receives a lot of job applications daily, but urged students to develop themselves and build their potential more to make them exceptional. “You can imagine…