As part of efforts to sustainably manage the Fall Army Worm (FAW) in Ghana, the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s (MoFA) Plant Protection Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD) in collaboration with the University of Ghana Soil and Irrigation Research Centre (SIREC) at Kpong have begun exploring biological control options for safe and ...

Students of the University of Cape Coast have taken to social media to demand for improved security on campus after the institution was allegedly attacked by armed robbers. Pictures and videos in circulation on social media show disturbing scenes of students running to seek cover from the attack by the robbers. The tweeps also put out SOS numbers for students ...

The runningmate of the National Democratic Congress Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has challenged the ruling New Patriotic Party to back their claim that she cancelled the Book and Research allowance for university lecturers with evidence. According to her, the allowance was still being enjoyed by university teachers when the NDC was leaving power in 2016. Professor Opoku-Agyemang who was Minister ...

President of the Ghana-Russia Business Development Council (GRBDC), Dr Lawrence Awuku-Boateng, is calling on the Government of Ghana to initiate moves to rescue some Ghanaian nationals in Russia. Dr Awuku-Boateng, in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on the Monday’s edition of Peace FM’s ”Kokrokoo”, disclosed how some Ghanaians, particularly men, are suffering at the hands of these Eastern Europeans. ...

Ghanaian-American comedian, Michael Blackson, is currently back home, and he is giving back to his hometown in the best possible way that he can by cutting sod for a school project he says should be complete by next year. Taking to his Instagram, the Meet the Blacks actor shared a video of the supposed site currently under construction. “Only thing ...

Ghanaian musician and businessman, Desmond Kwesi Blackmore, known in showbiz as D Black has said that he decided not to write good rap songs anymore because he has realized it does not pay that much. According to D-Black who spoke with Abeiku Santana on the famous show “Atuu”, the days he worked hard writing good raps on his songs are ...

Tamale Central MP Inusah Fuseini has said although he did not verify a claim brought to his attention by a group of people concerning an allegation that a Ghanaian government official had been arrested by UK authorities in Britain for attempting to smuggle £26 million into that country, he felt he had cause to give the claim some credibility. This ...

The Omanhen of the Mankessim traditional area, Nana Araba Otua II, has urged government to resolve the string of killings in the area, highlighted by the murder of the Mfantseman MP Ekow Quansah Hayford. Nana Araba Otua II catalogued a spate of killings in recent years which, she said, has caused ‘great concern’. The traditional leader mentioned the killing of ...

Some social media users, despite the devastating effects of Saturday’s downpour on some parts of West Lands in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, have began striking a contest between two parliamentary candidates in the area. The two, John Dumelo contesting on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Lydia Seyram Alhassan for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been pushed to top trends ...

A member of the governing NPP’s communication team Courage Nobi is calling for total reform in the local government structure of the country. According to him, Ghana’s local government is not working. His comment comes after massive floods enveloped parts of on Saturday and Sunday following hours of torrential rainfall. He said the president’s vision of Accra becoming the cleanest ...