Author: Nana Yaw Cobbina

On Friday 12th August 2022, the international advocacy organisation, Global Citizen officially launched their Global Citizen Festival: Accra, taking place on 24th September at the Black Star Square at the Kempinski Hotel, Accra. Global Citizen is an international advocacy organisation and a global movement with a mission to defeat extreme poverty NOW, defend the planet, demand equity and achieve the U.N. Global Goals. The organisation researches and selects causes to support, and then suggests actions for its members to take in support of those causes. This can include sending tweets to organisations like the…

Thousands of diaspora expected back home Ghana to marked the 10th anniversary edition of the Global festival has been launched to mark 65th anniversary of the Ghana’s Independence and the 20th anniversary of the African union. Speaking at the launch of the Global Music Festival, the Deputy minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mark Okraku -Mantey , expressed optimism about the economic impact of the event on the local economy,adding that the festival will attract toursts and local to an increase in inbound travel. According to him, the organisers of Global citizen ,the Ghana…

The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress will not participate in the 2022 International Youth Day Celebrations being organized by the National Youth Authority. The Youth Wing is of the view that there is absolutely nothing for the youth to celebrate in these times of excruciating hardship that the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government has brought upon the Ghanaian youth through their bad governance, economic mismanagement, and pervasive corruption. The hardship is so dire that the youth struggle to afford one decent meal a day.  To add insult to injury, prices of goods and services keep on increasing…

Hon. Minister of Sanitation & Water Resources, Hon. Deputy Minister of Sanitation & Water ResourcesBoard of Directors, Heads of Allied Institutions, The media fraternity All GWCL staff present, Ladies and Gentlemen, I extend a warm welcome to you all.It is yet another year in the history of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) witnessing our noble company chalk successes in aspects of our operations in the water supply business in recent times. It is heartwarming and indeed a sign that our efforts over the past years have been recognized. This has been achievable with the support of our able staff…

The President of the Ghana Journalist Associations has condemned the ban of Radio Ada from covering the 2022 Asafotufaime festive season. According to him, the Ada Traditional leaders have no right to wear their T-shirts and, two host of Radio Ada was mentioned at the grounds of the festival and for which imposed threat to their life’s. The GJA urge the council to desist from things that will endanger the life’s of station and also warned the management of Ada and staff to work in the interest of the people but not personal gains. Speaking at a…

The Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) which is implementing the Farmers’ Economic Advancement Through Seedlings (FEATS) Project has developed a Code of Practice for Cashew Planting Material Production in collaboration with the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA). The Code of Practice (CoP) and its pictorial version was officially shared with key stakeholders from Ghana’s cashew industry on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at the Ghana Standards Authority Head Office in Accra. Among stakeholders present at the sensitization program on the CoP were representatives from the ministries, departments and agencies of the Ghanaian Government as well as non-governmental organizations. …

Award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Gambo, has teamed up superbly with Bongo Flava star, Young Dee also known as Young Daresalama, to release his first East African collaboration. The potential hit-song titled: ‘Sio Simple’ was recorded in Tanzania, and marks the beginning of Gambo’s ambitious agenda to position himself as a continental superstar. https://youtu.be/7iqzs02MA5s Produced by Tanzania’s award-winning music producer, Mr. T Touch, ‘Sio Simple’ is a follow-up to Gambo’s highly successful ‘Settle’ track which featured Kechi. ‘Sio Simple’ has been made available for streaming on major platforms including YouTube. https://gambomusic.ffm.to/gambo-ft-youngdaresalama-sio-simple *Tour* Gambo recently…

At a joyous occasion when the people of Oyibi jubilated on the recent court ruling over the legitimacy of their chief who have battled in court for more than five years now. Speaking at a newsconference held in Accra, the Divisional Chief of Oyibi, Nii Boye Okanshan VI, he was optimistic that oyibi would be peaceful during and after the yam festival. He made it clear that there’s nothing like Chieftaincy dispute or land dispute in the community because the real Oyibi people are peace loving and humbly. According to him, the Yele yeli (Yam)festival would…

Ghana has been a flash point in which the perpetrators used in trafficking people all in the name of corrupt officials in our borders. This has been a wake up call for all of us to take serious note about the current situation happening in Sub Sahara Africa. Speaking in an interview with an expert on human rights and the Director of Sub Sahara Africa of the Engaged Now Africa, has said that, alot of people do not  have much knowledge about human trafficking and that’s what is causing a lot of harm…

The chief of Aburi who doubles as the acting President of the Akuapim Traditional Council in the Eastern Region, Nana Otuobour Djankwasi II, has denied wide spread media reports to the effect that this year’s Odwira Festival of the chiefs and people of Okuapeman was cancelled. “This is completely misleading reports and misrepresentation of the facts sent by the media practitioners to the Ghanaian public,”  Nana Otuobour Djankwasi stated, adding that the Akuapim festival has not been put on hold, and that we are going to celebrate the festival in quite without carrying various chiefs in the palaquins.…

AirtelTigo Management Team wishes to inform all customers that the AirtelTigo Money services have been restored across the country. The unfortunate system outage that started in the late hours of 23rd July 2022 was resolved earlier today. We are aware of the inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers. AirtelTigo extends its gratitude to all its customers and ATMoney agents for their patience whilst our engineering teams worked round the clock to restore the service. While the service has come up, we are aware that some customers have discrepancies with their balances. AirtelTigo assures all its…

The clouds gathered as if they could only whisper to themselves, the sun became shy and couldn’t look at mother earth and had to dodge behind the clouds because it knew what had happened. Phones kept ringing and the questions were the same. *Is it true*? As African as I am, who believes there is no smoke without fire, I ended up knocking on other phones with the same question; how true is it? We have heard these rumours over and over, but this one looked heavy, and everyone was tight-lipped. The gongon begun…