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03 May

PSG Suspends Messi For Unauthorised Trip To Saudi Arabia

wontumionline.comSportsPSG Suspends Messi For Unauthorised Trip To Saudi Arabia

Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi has been suspended for two weeks after an unauthorised trip for two days to Saudi Arabia and will not have his contract renewed, French sports daily L’Equipe has reported. The Argentina World Cup winner is banned from playing or training with the team, and his pay will be docked during his suspension, the report said. Messi signed an optional third-season clause in his contract when he first arrived in 2021. Club officials have decided not to activate it, the report said. Messi, who has a role as a tourism ambassador for Saudi Arabia, will miss…

03 May

Ugandan Minister Shot And Killed By Bodyguard

wontumionline.comNewsUgandan Minister Shot And Killed By Bodyguard

The State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col (rtd) Charles Okello Engola has been shot dead. Col (rtd) Engola was shot Tuesday morning by his bodyguard at his home in Kyanja, a Kampala suburb. The Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigire confirmed the incident. “Yes. Go to Kyanja, there is a shooting. A soldier has shot his boss,” Owoyesigire told this publication in a brief telephone interview.

03 May

34 Forest Reserves Under Threat Over Galamsey – Forestry Commission

wontumionline.comNews34 Forest Reserves Under Threat Over Galamsey – Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission has revealed that 34 out of 288 forest reserves in the country are currently under threat due to illegal mining activities known as ‘galamsey’. This comes at a time government’s fight against the menace has been questioned following a report put together by the former chairman of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal mining, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, accusing government officials of engaging in the menace. The report by Prof. Frimpong-Baoteng raised concerns over permits given to mine in some forest reserves and buffers. Speaking at a press conference on the state of Ghana’s Forest Reserves, the CEO…

03 May

Abeiku Santana Leads African Tourism Revolution At 2023 Arabian Travel Market

wontumionline.comShowbizAbeiku Santana Leads African Tourism Revolution At 2023 Arabian Travel Market

Abeiku Santana, a Ghanaian broadcaster, tourism Consultant, and Brand Strategist is among the notable and prominent figures at the Arabian Travel Market 2023. The Arabian Travel Market is a significant event in the global tourism industry that brings together professionals, enthusiasts, and tourism boards worldwide under the theme “Working Towards Net Zero.” Abeiku Santana’s participation and leadership in this esteemed event highlight the importance of innovation, inspiration, and connection in the tourism industry. At the Arabian Travel Market 2023, Mr. Abeiku Santana will share his expertise and insights on the challenges and opportunities facing the African tourism industry and…

03 May

Africa Cannot Be Left Out Of Fourth Industrial Revolution – Bawumia

wontumionline.comBusinessAfrica Cannot Be Left Out Of Fourth Industrial Revolution – Bawumia

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has challenged African leaders not to lose sight of the fourth industrial revolution. He believes that modern technology and artificial intelligence have the potential to change African economies. In an interview with the Africa Policy Journal, Dr. Bawumia stated that Africa cannot continue to fall behind and that the continent must actively engage in the fourth industrial revolution by leveraging technology advancements to accelerate socioeconomic growth. “We were left behind in the first, second and third industrial revolutions, but we should not be left out in the fourth industrial revolution. I think that artificial intelligence…

03 May

Parliament Approves $200M Loan For Ghana Digital Acceleration Project

wontumionline.comBusinessParliament Approves $200M Loan For Ghana Digital Acceleration Project

Parliament has approved a loan agreement between the government and the World Bank for an amount of $200 million to finance the Ghana Digital Acceleration Project. The house also approved an amount of one hundred and fifty million dollars $150 million for the financing of the West Africa Food System Resilience Programme phase 2 under the Multi-phase programmatic approach. It further approved a loan agreement for an amount of sixty million six hundred thousand dollars [60,6000] as a third Additional Financing for the Ghana Covid -19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project. Parliament also approved an on-lending agreement between the government…

03 May

80 Ghanaians Evacuated Safely From Sudan

wontumionline.comNews80 Ghanaians evacuated safely from Sudan

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says 80 Ghanaians have successfully been evacuated from Sudan amid the ongoing conflict in the Central African country. In a press release dated May 2, 2023, the Ministry said that 74 Ghanaians arrived safely at the Kotoka International Airport on Tuesday. “They were met on arrival by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, Ghana’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union Commission (AU), Ambassador Amma A. Twum-Amoah, and other officials from the Ministry as well as some members of the Ghana Psychological Association,” parts…

02 May

Ghana Reinforces Ties With Japan; …Sign More Cooperation Agreements

Kakra NunuBusiness, Featured

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the visit of the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida to Ghana has taken the already robust bilateral, political and economic relations as well as the people-to-people exchanges between the two countries a notch further. This visit, which is the first of a Japanese Prime Minister since Junichiro Koizumi visited Ghana some Seventeen (17) years ago in 2006, when President Akufo-Addo was Foreign Minister, saw Ghana and Japan exchange notes for the Enhancement of Rice Seeds Production Capacity in Ghana and on the Human Resource Development Scholarship to support the training…

02 May

Government Policies Will Stimulate Patronage Of Domestically Assembled Vehicles – Akufo-Addo Assures Industry

wontumionline.comBusinessGovernment Policies Will Stimulate Patronage Of Domestically Assembled Vehicles - Akufo-Addo Assures Industry

President Akufo-Addo has assured players in the domestic vehicle assembling industry in Ghana that his administration will pursue policies that will stimulate patronage of their vehicles by both government and the citizenry. Addressing attendees of the commissioning ceremony of the Rana Motors KIA assembly plant at Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region today, 2 May 2023, President Akufo-Addo said he acknowledges that government alone cannot purchase all the vehicles being assembled in Ghana so there need to develop policies that will afford the ordinary citizen to buy locally assembled vehicles. The potential of the automotive industry President Akufo-Addo, in…

02 May

Otumfuo Celebrates 3rd Akwasidae (VIDEO)

Kakra NunuNews

The Akwasidae festival memorializes the time that the Ashanti Golden Stool was magically brought down from heaven. The festival is celebrated once every six weeks on a Sunday. Every paramount chief in Asanteman (Ashanti Kingdom) observes the Akwasidae in his own jurisdiction, however, the main event is held at the Manhyia Palace, in Kumasi. There, the Asantehene sits in state for his subjects and other visitors to pay him homage.