Absa Bank Ghana has begun its 2021 ReadyToWork sessions with a renewed mandate of reaffirming its commitment to education and skills development in Ghana. Over 35,000 students and youth were supported to upskill with the ReadyToWork programme last year 2020, equipping them with soft skills for improving their employment or self-employment prospects, via face to face and online media nationwide. ...

Former world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks has died aged 67. The American achieved a famous upset win over Muhammad Ali in 1978, in just his eighth professional fight. The former US marine died on Friday evening in Henderson, Nevada, with his wife Brenda Glur Spinks by his side. “Leon fought his battle with numerous illnesses resiliently, never losing his trademark ...

The third witness of the petitioner in the ongoing election petition at the Supreme Court is expected to be cross-examined by lawyers for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Electoral Commission. Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, the third witness for John Dramani Mahama on Friday had five out of his 32 points in his witness statement struck out. After oral arguments and some objections raised by ...

The National Security Minister-designate Albert Kan-Dapaah has noted that state security who have been deployed to unapproved routes at Elubo are aiding the illegal immigrants to and from the country. According to a letter to the Interior Ministry sighted by MyNewsGh.com Military, Immigration and Customs officers stationed at the various unapproved routes are extorting CFA 1,000 and 10,000 from illegal immigrants. Also, ...

Police in the Ketu South Municipality have begun investigations into threats by some youth of Blekusu on the lives of Chiefs regarding the operations of Seven Seas Salt company Limited. The company is a salt mining factory operating along the Keta lagoon around areas like Adina, Amutinu, Agavedzi, Blekusu and some other communities within the Some and Klikor Traditional Areas. ...

The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament has accused government of using its powers to form the electoral college instead of allowing Districts Assemblies to nominate two persons for the election of members of the Council of State. According to them, there were situations where the acting MMDCEs and Presiding members have constituted themselves as the two representatives of ...

Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana has been handed a 12-month suspension for failing an out-of-competition doping test, with the club claiming their number one accidentally took medicine prescribed for his wife. The Eredivisie club revealed the Cameroon international has been banned by UEFA after it found the forbidden substance Furosemide in his urine, following the test in October 2020. The doping ...

The Deputy Director of Public Health in the Central Region for the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Godfred Kwabena Sarpong has disclosed that some schools in the region have had cases of the Covid-19 since reopening. According to him, at the tertiary level, about 30 cases have been recorded while the senior high schools have recorded 6 case active cases and ...

The Chief (Mantse) of Klagon, a suburb of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region has been arraigned together with six others for the murder of one Ibrahim Mohammed Abass at the Kaneshie District Court. Nii Bortey Klan I, also known as Samuel Nii Bortey Kofi is a traditional ruler while Hamidu Fuseini (A2), aka Sankara, Tahiru Mamudu (A3) aka Tsikata, ...

Chief Justice Kwesi Anin-Yeboah today cautioned lead lawyer for second respondent in the ongoing election petition, Lawyer Akoto Ampaw, over interjections when members of the bench are speaking. “Counsel, is it not a practice that if a judge is speaking counsel should keep quiet?” the CJ asked as the lawyer sought to continue a submission when the CJ was making ...