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High Commissioner Andrew Barnes presenting Yumvita prizes to the debators of the motion: 'Leaders are born not made.' Readers and Leaders, a non-governmental organisation that promotes literacy and leadership in children, has launched the maiden edition of the 'Young Ruler Magazine', an informative magazine towards developing leadership potentials in children. The 32-paged magazine features diverse content, including current affairs, leadership skills, motivational stories written by people and other related materials that would inspire and help develop leadership skills in children. The magazine was launched by the President of Osei-Kusi Foundation, Dr Kofi Osei-Kusi, who was also the Chairperson for the occasion. He lauded the organisers for the initiative, adding that it will go a long way to not only encourage young people to study hard, but also to unearth the next generation of leaders in the country.    Jennifer Burckson, the Editor-in-Chief of th...

Right Consult and General Suppliers Limited, a fire management systems company, in collaboration with a South African fire system manufacturing company, Brigit Group of Companies, has held its first stakeholders conference in Accra. The goal of the two-day event is to educate and elaborate on how stakeholders can install and manage fire systems. Speaking to the Managing Director of Right Consult, Godwin Kofi Akuamoah, stated that not attention is given to fire management issues in this country seriously, a fact that is also not helped by the absence of qualified personnel. “There is a question mark on the Ghanaian mentality on fire issues. The question is whether we have the right people in place to be able to even advise the companies as to what systems should be put in place to control fire outbreaks.” With education, training and getting people to know what to do, there is going to be a vast improvement in the way we approach firefighting,” he said. Under th...

The office of the Musicians Union of Ghana is to be relocated in the wake of the Marine Drive Project which is due to begin over the next few weeks. This was disclosed by the Chief Director of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Nana Bright Oduro during an interaction with the leadership of the Union in Accra. According to Nana Oduro, with the commencement of the project, all offices in the earmarked area are to be relocated for the project. He indicated that over the next six months, the first batch of affected offices will be relocated while the Union would be relocated within the year. The Marine Drive Project is designed to develop the entire beach from from the Christianborg Castle in Osu to the Baden Powell Memorial Hall which means all the buildings in the area will be cleared to make way for the project. Briefing the leadership of the Union, Dr Joel Sonne, Director of Projects at the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture said the project dates back to the...

from left to right: MzVee, Kwami Eugene, Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour), Sherifa Gunu and Nero X One of Ghana’s iconic forest, Atiwa, which has been depleted as a result of both man-made and natural disasters, is on the verge of being mugged.  And the exercise is spearheaded by a group of musicians including President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA); Bice Osei Kuffour. Atiwa forest,  located in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region has been quite irreversibly degraded and plantations are being totally destroyed by these rapacious swarms of illegal gold diggers, fortune hunters and their Ghanaian surrogates, collaborators and connivers! Mr. Osei Kuffour (Obour) is joined on the project by other professional musicians who have resolved to rescue the forest from going down. The campaign to save the forest is met by Arocha Ghana, Family Tree Entertainm...

It was 3:15pm in Accra inside Kotoka International Airport Terminal 1 and I was getting ready to board TAP Portugal flight to Lisbon, Portugal via  São Tomé and Principe . São Tomé and Principe is an African island in the Atlantic Ocean with a population of about 192,000 people. Crime rate is generally low. You can see and feel the rich vegetation, virgin waters with safe beaches -- ideal for scuba diving. The major language spoken is Portuguese. Some residents understand and could speak Spanish and sometimes French too.  It is the second least populated African country after Seychelles , as well as the smallest Portuguese -speaking country. São Tomé township and its environs are simply charmed by all assortment of typical old-fashioned restaurants that offers fresh seafood and other local dishes from their rich plantations. Townside of São Tomé One of the typical wooden houses in São Tomé. Most of the structures in town are made of wood. They ...

The long-awaited show that is hitting “Shaka Zulu” at Junction Mall, Nungua barrier, comes off this Saturday, 25 th March, 2017 with the star man; Chief Jamiu Adisa, the Afro-Fuji musician. Chief Jamiu, the Nigerian born - Ghana based musician with his Lacasera Music Band is  ready to shake the club of Shaka Zulu, and promises guests with fine tunes to light-up, night-long pleasure that will make them tap feet, and dance till their bones get weak. There will be several artistes on the bill and together with renowned footballers, actors/actresses and more. The programme, expected to start by 7:30pm till you drop, will be a live band performance event with Jamiu; the main artiste, who has been playing Afro-Fuji music right from Nigeria to Cameroon, and Ghana for years, before forming the Lacasera Band in the year 2013, despite performing for 18-years now. Live band performance is gradually taking over the music scene in the country, like  “Burger-highlife” and ...

To enjoy the mission of marriage we need to quit lifestyles and habits that can kill our relationships. The enemy of our faith --the "father of lies" will try everything possible to tear our marriages apart.  I had a friend called Kofi Pinto whose marriage was the envy of all but unknowingly was full of deceit and cruel acts. Kofi was so selfish and always wanted to have his way. It is from his experience that I draw this lessons.   1) IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT: One of the common problem that couples face in their marriage is the blame game .One is quick to blame the partner at the least opportunity. It is important that couples must accept responsibility and move on. That is the only way that peace will prevail in the home. We are all not perfect. Every marriage is built on a foundation and it is advisable that one seek counsel from the Bible/Quran at all times. We cannot allow the speck in our spouse's eye to make our plank larger and more blinding. Can you ...