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Tamale, Ghana – Mohammed Haruna, an MTN Mobile Agent in Buipe in the Savannah Region, has been adjudged the overall winner of the 2020 MTN Momo Awards for Northern Ghana. The Manager of Quicktel Ventures was awarded alongside 30 MTN Merchants, Agents, Mobile Agents and Area Accounts Developers in Tamale …

Tamale, Ghana – The Business Development Minister, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal continues to support institutions and entrepreneurs to overcome their myriad challenges. The latest to benefit from his generosity is the Tamale Nursing and Midwifery Training College where the Minister personally donated a 50KV standby generation plant. This is to …

Tamale, Ghana – A Principal Midwifery Officer in-charge of the Labour Ward at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Hajia Zainab Yahaya, has implored corporate and charity organisations to emulate MTN Ghana’s corporate social responsibility effort. According to her, for about 10 successive years, the telecommunication company had continued to present …

On National Peace Council, Religious Leaders and CSOs! The current national peace council executives were just recently sworn in. The executive secretary is new the chairperson is just a few months in post. The first question is why was their appointment delayed till this time? The NPC chair is not …

Zebilla, Ghana – The Concerned Patriots of the New Patriotic Party in Zebilla in the Upper East Region of Ghana, has accused the constituency chairman and the constituency secretary for causing the embarrassing defeat of the party at the just ended 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. “Ladies and gentlemen, It’s …

Dear reader, kindly note that this story was first published in The Daily Dispatch and The ADVOCATE Newspapers in 2011. Francis-Xavier – The Truck Pusher Now Turned Lawyer If you are one of those who have never understood what the aged mean when they express the adage “Never despise smaller …

In the Ghanaian academic parlance, a “shark” is a commonly used term that refers to someone who is exceptionally brilliant and usually comes atop in his/her class in terms of academic performance. Sharks usually pass their examinations with distinction to the admiration of their colleagues, teachers, and all well-meaning school …

Tamale, Ghana – Executive Director of Grassroots Sisterhood Foundation (GSF), Fati Alhassan, has asked community leaders in the Northern Region to come together and make good use of water tanks provided by their district assemblies for water storage during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. According to her, although government …

Tamale, Ghana – Non-profit organisations have been urged to seriously consider investing in simple technologies that can aid them to do their work with ease an efficiency. According to the Executive Director of Grassroots Sisterhood Foundation (GSF), Fati Alhassan, who made the call at a Zoom training programme in Tamale …

LETTER TO THE YOUNG MINISTER Dear young minister, Youthful exuberance could be an advantage in ministry, as it could be a disadvantage! Personally, i have been behind the pulpit for almost a decade. I spent most of my university days as a Christian leader. President of AGCM for two consecutive …