2018

An unpaid contractor of a 12-unit classroom block for the School of Hygiene in Ho, Volta Region, has threatened to lock up the school.Mr. Frank Agbeve of Kum-Franky Construction Limited expressed his displeasure about the government’s…
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The Purim African Youth Development Platform (PAYDP), a youth advocacy group, has urged the government to enforce laws against child marriage to help safeguard the future of young girls across the country. Mrs Aku Xornam Kevi, Executive…
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The Russian Health Ministry acting together with Aluminium (RUSAL), one of the world’s largest aluminium producers, has tested an Ebola vaccine in the Republic of Guinea. Two thousand (2,000) people received the GamEvac-Combi vaccines…
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The government and other key actors in the agricultural value chain, have been urged to up the investment in malaria prevention to help sustain agricultural expansion and increased food production in the country. Mr Ogum Tetteh,…
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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor says it has become obvious to him, in his 50 years plus in politics, that the dearth of effective and enlightened leadership is the bane of Africa’s development. “Good leadership transforms societies…
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A bill has been laid before parliament to amend the Public Holiday Act 2001 to provide for three different holidays. The 7th of January will be observed as the Constitution Day, the 4th of August will be described as the Founders Day…
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The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has joined children on admission at the Princess Marie Louise Hospital, popularly known as the Children’s Hospital, to celebrate early Christmas. She feted and distributed to them and their…
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Mr. Elijah Adansi-Bonah, the Obuasi Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has called for everybody to join the fight against the spread of the HIV/AIDS infection. They should overcome complacency and accept to go for voluntary testing to…
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The Nigerian government said it had filed a $1.1 billion lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell and Eni in a commercial court in London on Thursday in relation to a 2011 oilfield deal. The OPL 245 oilfield is also at the heart of an ongoing…
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Fire has gutted an electoral commission depot in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the violent run-up to a presidential vote. More than two-thirds of the electronic voting machines allocated for Kinshasa had been…
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