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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has expressed its readiness to absorb two teenagers accused of murdering a 10-year boy at Kasoa into its Juvenile Correctional Centres. The two teenagers namely; Felix Nyarko, 15, and Nicholas Kini, 17, are alleged to have killed Ishmael Mensah, 10, for money rituals. […]
Source: sankofaonline.com As a result of social media reports of fire outbreak at Korle-Bu Maternity ward and subsequent denial by the news media, sankofaonline.com reporters spoke to some of the staff at the hospital to ascertain the truth. Our investigations found out that, there was a fire outbreak at the […]
The 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Mahamadou Issoufou, president of Niger. He is the sixth recipient of the Ibrahim Prize, which recognises and celebrates excellence in African leadership. In its citation, the Prize Committee praised President Issoufou’s exceptional leadership after inheriting one of the world’s […]
COVID-19 is an enemy that knows no borders. Africa is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions. The continent is home to 17% of the world’s population and yet accounts for just 0.5% of global vaccine distribution, according to the latest data. Ensuring equitable and balanced access to vaccines in […]
Unclaimed tax refunds worth over $1.3 trillion await more than 1.3 million Americans who didn’t file their 2017 federal taxes, according to the Internal Revenue Service, but taxpayers have just over a month to claim them. These taxpayers may be missing out on a median amount of $865 from their […]
The low-oxygen levels in the Peconic were found to be related to high water temperatures, high concentrations of fish, and perhaps most importantly, large amounts of early-blooming algae, whose growth was boosted by nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) added to the water from human sewage and other runoff. Algae survive through […]
Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has kicked against the Government decision of promoting community mining as a means of eliminating illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey. According to the Okyenhene, license has been issued to some individuals to mine in the communities without the consent of the chiefs, the […]
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is backing Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin who has threatened to resist government’s community mining program. According to the Okyenhene, the program which was introduced to regulate illegal small scale mining nationwide has rather degraded lands and caused pollution to water bodies. […]
