Life On The Streets: The Struggles And Challenges Faced By Street Children
By Regina Inkum (Level 300 Ghana Institute of Journalism) The street is filled with them; the innocent and homeless children, in their tattered and dirty clothes on the street of Accra. Some beg for money while others engage in menial jobs like selling cotton buds and wiping off car windscreens and tissue papers to survive. Streetism exposes the harsh realities...
Let Peace Prevail – Numo Kankam II Prays To Deity – As He Celebrates Yam Festival At Ngleshie Amanfro
A senor traditional Priest, also Akwasa Wulomo of Ngleshie Amanfro, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, Numo Kankam II, has said special prayers for the Ga state for the ancestors and all deities of the kingdom to bring peace, harmony and togetherness in the Ga state. He asserted that, the Ga state critically needs peace and harmony to ensure...
NDC Vets MP Aspirants In 10 Constituencies Today
The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is expected to vet 10 parliamentary aspirants today in constituencies where primaries were put on hold. The 10 constituencies are Tano North, Manhyia South, Mampong, Fomena, Adansi-Asokwa, Afram Plains South, Ayensuano, Abuakwa North, Lower West Akim, and Akwatia. NDC on August 12, 2023, closed nominations for 10 out of the 18 constituencies which could...
Youth in Garment & Textiles Module Launched To Bridge Skills Gap, Create Employment
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has launched the “Youth in Garment and Textiles Module” to help address unemployment in the country. The module, among other things, aims at bridging the skills gap and creating sustainable employment opportunities for young people interested in tailoring or dressmaking and ultimately contribute towards their growth and development. Even before the launch, the module had generated...
Poor Leadership, Bad Governance And Corruption stifling Development In Africa – Obasanjo
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, has ascribed Africa’s rising poverty and underdevelopment to poor leadership, bad governance, and massive corruption by high-powered people in government. The leadership letdowns, he said, had occasioned the rising crass economic mismanagement of economies, diversity frictions, and political segregation, leading to loss of confidence in state institutions' ability to...
Media should highlight opportunities in Tourism, Arts and Culture – Oppong Nkrumah
The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has rallied the media to support government increase awareness about on-going projects in the Tourism, Arts and Culture sector while wooing private sector investments in upcoming projects. He stated that when editors help in creating more awareness about the sector, they direct more public attention to the sector."If the unemployed youth had more...
NR GJA Launches 2023 Awards Scheme
For the second consecutive year, the Northern Region chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has launched the 2023 Awards Scheme in Tamale. The event is scheduled to take place on October 7, 2023. The competition is opened to all practicing Journalists in the Northern, North East and Savannah Regions working in the electronic (Radio and Television) and the Print...
Christian Atsu’s Partner ‘Hopes His Name Will Never Go Away’ After Losing Life In Turkey Earthquakes
Christian Atsu's partner Marie-Claire Rupio says she "hopes his name will never go away", six months after his tragic death. In an exclusive interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Rupio has spoken about the former Newcastle United and Ghana midfielder, who lost his life in the earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria. The earthquakes claimed more than 50,000 lives with Atsu,...
Afro Nation Is Still In Ghana – Dr. Awal
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Awal Mohammed, has said that the government’s partnership agreement with Afro Nation still holds. He told Joy FM in an interview on the sidelines of an editors’ forum held at the Accra City Hotel on Monday, August 14, 2023 that the concert will still be held in Ghana despite the announcement that...
