President Akufo-Addo says over 20,000 health professionals will secure jobs under the Agenda 111 hospital project. According to the president, about 25,000 people will also be provided with jobs during the construction of the hospitals which started today. “We have cooperated into this agenda a strategy of direct and indirect jobs to stimulate the economies of the various communities in ...

Beverly Afaglo has called off donations being made to aid her and family resettlement after losing her Tema Community 9 home in a fire outbreak. According to her, she has asked fellow actress Yvonne Nelson and other friends who opened GoFundMe account on her behalf to also end the campaign. Same applies with Nana Ama Mcbrown who has also been ...

Algeria will be the team to avoid when the draw for the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations is made in Yaounde on Tuesday. The defending champions, under coach Djamel Belmadi, set an African record for an unbeaten run by a senior national team in June, winning a friendly international in Tunisia to reach 27 matches without a loss. Algeria’s ...

Striker Tammy Abraham has completed a 40m euro (£34m) move to Italian side Roma from Chelsea. Abraham, Chelsea’s joint top scorer last season, joins the Serie A club – managed by former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho – on a five-year deal. It is understood the deal for the 23-year-old England international includes a buy-back clause set at £68m. “You can ...

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed the Spanish club is 1.35bn euros (£1.15bn) in debt, describing the situation as “very worrying”. The club’s wage bill currently accounts for 103% of total income. Laporta blames predecessor Josep Maria Bartomeu for the debt, accusing him of leaving a “terrible inheritance”. Extending Lionel Messi’s contract would have made the wage bill accountable for ...

Nollywood actress, Doris Chima, is dead. She reportedly died after battling breast cancer. The Dailypost reported that the actress was diagnosed with the ailment in 2020 and her breast was removed to prevent further damage. Her death was confirmed by the Chairman of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, Emeka Rising Ibe, on Monday. Ibe, who expressed sadness ...

General manager of Ghone TV, Nana Aba Anamoah has adopted an informal approach to responding to allegations that the station’s news anchor and her protege, Serwaa Amihere has been captured in a secret sex tape. In a video currently in circulation on Instagram, the woman who has become known as Serwaa’s godmother says they don’t have the luxury of time ...

Ghana’s Minister of Energy, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, on Monday, 16 August 2021, cut the ribbon to launch the country’s delegation pavilion at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2021 in Houston, Texas, USA, with a call on investors to take advantage and invest in the vast opportunities available in Ghana’s upstream and downstream petroleum industry. Speaking at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, ...

The leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has not been served with any application for contempt, lead Lawyer Kwesi Keli-Delataa has said. The National Labour Commission last Friday filed an application for contempt against the leadership of UTAG for disregarding a court order to return to the classroom. UTAG has since August 2 embarked on strike action ...

The governments of Ghana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have completed processes for the visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and service passport holders. The agreement which is now operational saw the country’s Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecelia Dapaah, entering UAE on August 16, 2021, without any visa requirements. This was revealed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs ...