A stakeholders’ forum to empower women to take advantage of the full potential of the internet to exercise their rights and advance their socio economic wellbeing ended in Accra on Wednesday. The forum, which was organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), with support from the World Wide Web Foundation also focused on …

Only 3 percent of workers in the informal sector contribute to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), data from the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations has revealed.

The Organisation for indigenous Initiative and Sustainability Ghana (ORGIIS-GHANA) in the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region has become a learning centre in the areas of   indigenous nursery seedlings   and plantation in   Ghana and in the Sub West Africa countries. The Environmental NGO which is into Natural Resources Management, Community and Enterprise, is a …

Black Stars captain Andre Ayew says the team is ready for their opening game of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia.

PRISCILLA Otumfuor Mustapha, 21, is a Level 200 Higher National Diploma Automobile Engineering student at Ho Technical University (HTU), with big dreams to manufacture her own brand of automobiles.    “I will start moulding my own models of vehicles in six years,” she told Ghanaian Times in a chat at the campus recently.    This was after …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered government institutions to stop the sale of public lands with immediate effect. “No public institution should deal in, grant, or allocate any land without the express approval of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources acting with my consent. “The days when public lands were literally dissipated without …

The Bawku West District Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative of Justice (CHRAJ), Ms Priscilla Alakawan, has warned religious leaders and communities who chain mental health patients or confine   them in rooms, to desist from the practice or risk being punished by the law. The District Director issued the warning at a …

The German Development Corporation (GIZ) has been awarded for its contributions to the development of agriculture and agribusiness in the country. Guzakuza, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), awarded the institution for its role in supporting women agribusiness entrepreneurs, at a short ceremony in Accra on Tuesday. The Project Lead of Guzakuza, Mr Henry Cofie, said the …

Elijah Nana Konadu, also known as Bra Vim, a Techiman-based highlife musician, has called on the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, to promote highlife music. The musician said he would help to resurrect the music industry in the Bono East Region, and called on the ministry to invest in music. Elijah Nana Konadu in …

Seven insurance companies in the country yesterday embarked on a blood donation exercise to help stock the National Blood Bank with blood. The companies are SIC Life, Enterprise Life, Enterprise Insurance, Quality Life Assurance, Activa, Glico General and Glico Life Insurance. The exercise formed part of a programme by the National Insurance Commission (NIC) to …

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has sentenced Emmanuel Atinga, a labourer of the Ghana Dock Labour Company, to a fine of GHC2, 400. 00 or in default serve four months jail term, for attempting to stowaway to Belgium. Atinga, pleaded guilty to the charge of stowaway. The convict together with his colleagues were contracted to offload …

Car manufacturing company, Toyota Ghana Company Limited has introduced a new range of engine oil products specifically made for the Ghanaian market.

A 33-year-old estate agent, accused of defrauding a senior military officer of GH¢170,000.00 under the pretext of securing three vehicles for him, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Nelson Azaglo, charged with defrauding by false pretence pleaded not guilty.  The court, presided over by Mrs  Evelyn Asamoah, admitted Azaglo to bail in the sum …

Two persons, who allegedly collected GH¢ 1.7 million from a businessman under the pretext of selling old schnapp bottles containing mercury to him, have appeared before the Adentan Circuit Court in Accra.  Prince Kyei Bennett, a 48-year-old businessman, and Samuel Nutsugah, 58- year-old unemployed, have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime namely,  defrauding by …

The Director-General of the National Lotteries Authority (NLA) has said it is not true that people know the winning numbers before they are drawn.

Two men, who allegedly lured a 13-year-old girl in Ho, into a vehicle and sped off with her to Abutia-Togbave, in the Volta Region, are helping the police in investigation into the matter.  A source at the Regional Police Command gave the names of the suspects as Anthony Kra, 29, and Lucky Norgbe, 28.  It …

The revived Greater Accra Baseball and Softball Association (GHABSA), will tomorrow stage its maiden baseball tournament at Community 8, No 3 School Park in Tema. The event forms part of efforts by the executives to rekindle and sustain the passion of the game among athletes who have the game at heart. Under the leadership of …

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A founding member of Accra Great Olympics , Edward Aryee Armah has urged football administrators and players to desist from the practice of doling out monies on ‘ways and means’ as a way of winning football games. In his view, the phenomenon was fake and unhelpful. Instead, he called on them to strengthen their personal …

The Minister for Youth and Sports (MoYS), Mustapha Ussif, has asked former players of the senior national team, the Black Stars, to support the current generation of players as they aim for qualification to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Mr Ussif made the call on Wednesdayat a meeting with former national team players. …