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August 3, 2024

Stakeholders advocate urgent policy to preserve indigenous seeds

Stakeholders in the food value-chain have advocated urgent formulation of a national policy to preserve indigenous seeds, instead of promoting hybrid ones and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

They recommended such a policy should target all foo…

All-female brass band steals show during Asafotufiami Festival?

The all-female brass bands, a group of Ada women residing either in the community or elsewhere, who played brass band with skill, took centre stage at the 2024 Asafotufiami Festival on Saturday with their splendid performances. 

The masterly drumming…

Commander of Prisons of Volta and Oti pulled out of service

A pullout ceremony has been held for Deputy Director of Prisons (DDP) Raphael Kwasi Tuekpe, the Commander of the Ghana Prison Service in the Volta and Oti Regions, who retired in July 2024.

An end of service celebration was, therefore, held for him a…

Oti Region: Diver dies after being trapped by ferry propellor

A 55-year-old diver, known as Kofi Twee, died on Fridaye after he was trapped by the propeller of the Volta River Authority (VRA) ferry, when he attempted to fix a fault under it in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region.

The ferry, which was…