NCA launches Digital Audio Broadcasting, becoming first country in West Africa to deploy innovation
The National Communications Authority under the Ministry of Communications has launched the Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) in Ghana. In the trial phase, up to eighteen (18) existing FM stations in Accra and Kumasi will share one frequency channel out of VHF band III and transmitter in the two cities. DAB is a digital radio standard for broadcasting digital audio radio services...
Ghana to host global conference on reparations for Africa
Ghana has been chosen to host a global conference on reparations for Africa later this year, President Akufo-Addo has revealed. The conference, the President says, will bring together key stakeholders on the Continent that are pushing for reparations, Africans in the diaspora among many other interested parties to make possible, the push for some symbolic benefits to families of victims...
Lands Commission to adopt technology to eliminate services of ’goro boys’ from its operations
Outgoing Executive Director the of the Lands Commission, James Dadson has disclosed that the commission has begun rolling out measures to eliminate the services of unauthorized intermediaries commonly referred to as ‘goro boys.’ This comes after a 2021 report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNDOC) revealed that the lands commission is the institution that...
DDEP: Government extends deadline for participation in pensions fund alternative offer to August 25
The Government of Ghana has announced the extension of the expiration date for participation in the domestic dollar bonds and pensions funds’ alternative offer program to August 25, 2023. The GoG on July 31, launched the alternative program to invite holders of pensions fund to exchange approximately GHS 31 billion of their domestic notes and bonds for a package of...
James Dadson hands over to Benjamin Arthur as Executive Secretary of Lands Commission
Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, James Ebenezer Dadson has handed over to Director of Land valuation Division of the Lands Commission, Benjamin Arthur as new Executive Secretary for the commission, after 30 years of service. The handing over ceremony was held at the premises of commission on Monday, 21st August. Â Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito...
From someone who could not attend secondary school to getting fully-funded admissions to 2 US Universities; Manasseh Azure shares inspiring life story
Celebrated Ghanaian investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has shared a moving story about some life events that involved his inability to attend his dream secondary school even with a scholarship to now being the receipient of two fully-funded admissions to two Universities in the United States. Read his story below: SIX LESSONS ************** In 2001, I completed junior high school with the best...
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola to miss next two matches after minor back surgery
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is set to miss his team's next two Premier League matches after undergoing back surgery. Guardiola, 52, had been suffering with what City said was "severe" back pain and travelled to Barcelona for an "emergency" but "minor" operation. City go to Sheffield United on Sunday and host Fulham on 2 September at Etihad Stadium. Guardiola is expected...
Okudzeto Ablakwa hits back at BoG Governor over construction of new headquarters
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has once again called the bluff of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison on the construction of the Bank's new headquarters. The MP in an initial social media post accused the bank of superintending over an over bloated contract for the construction of the head office which...
Children trapped 900 feet in air in Pakistan
An urgent rescue effort is underway in Pakistan for six children and two adults trapped in a chairlift dangling 900 feet (274 meters) over a mountainous region in the country’s northwest. The children were traveling to school in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when one of the chairlift’s cables snapped at 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday, according to Pakistan’s...
Chelsea midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka out for six weeks after undergoing knee surgery
Chelsea midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka is expected to be out for six weeks after having knee surgery on Monday. Chukwuemeka, 19, sustained the injury in Chelsea's 3-1 defeat by West Ham in which he scored the Blues' only goal. A £20m summer signing from Aston Villa, he started in Chelsea's first two Premier League games of the season. "Bitter sweet feeling scoring my first goal...
