Unemployed graduate gets over 50 job offers after his placard-hoisting photo went viral

Jul82022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Unemployed graduate gets over 50 job offers after his placard-hoisting photo went viral

The University of Ghana graduate in a photo that went viral has revealed the outcome of his unconventional technique. In the photo, Isaac Kwame Addae is seen standing by the road with a placard appealing for employment. “Please I need a job. Qualification-Bsc Marine Science. Institution-University of Ghana,” the inscription on the placard reads. According to Master Addae, he has received job offers from at least 50 organisations. He said despite being mocked on social media following the viral photo, the courage to put himself out there has paid off. “It was very difficult initially. People kept laughing at me that I decided to move to a different location. When I got there, I was inspired to stay because other people kept telling me I’ll find a job. “I spent about an hou...

Jul82022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Health alert! Marburg virus kills 2 in Ashanti region

Africa News, Ghana News

The Ghana Health Service has asked all health workers, especially Regional and Teaching Hospitals to be on the lookout for the outbreak of the Marburg virus disease following two fatal cases in the Ashanti Region. Health workers are to “exercise a high index of suspicion for persons who may present with bleeding tendencies”, a statement issued by the GHS, signed by its Director-General, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye counseled. The cases were said to have been recorded in the Adansi North District of Ashanti, and while preliminary investigations have yet to establish a link between the two cases, 34 contacts have been identified and are under quarantine being monitored for the maximum incubation period of 21 days. The statement said no new cases have been reported since the two samples ...

Jul72022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghana extradites Nigerian to US over internet fraud, information theft

Ghana News, International

A Nigerian has been extradited from Ghana to the United States over his alleged involvement in fraud and information theft against some victims in Northern Ohio, and other places. 31-year-old Blessing Adeleke had earlier been arrested in Accra by the Ghana Police Service on Monday, March 14, 2022. He is facing 17 counts of indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and 16 counts of bank fraud using an online business. According to the US Department of Justice, Adeleke served as an administrator for an online store – Shad0w.info – between January, 2014 and October, 2016 through which compromised data, such as credit numbers and personally identifiable information (PII), were sold. He reportedly shared some of the details with others, including co-defendant Kyli...

Jul72022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Relationship breakups, graduate unemployment among leading causes of suicides in Ghana – MHA

Ghana News

On a daily basis, Ghanaians have continued to take their lives for reasons that are very flimsy and some that are heartbreaking. The Mental Health Authority (MHA) in Ghana has revealed that relationship breakups (divorce), graduate unemployment and financial distress are the leading causes of suicide in Ghana currently, especially among the youth between 16 and 35 years. Those causes have especially shot up among the youth in recent times, reports Graphic Online's Maclean Kwofi. The authority maintained that they consisted of students, unemployed graduates and few workers. The number of people attempting suicide in Ghana increased from 777 cases recorded in 2020 to 902 cases in 2021. Likewise, the actual suicide incidences recorded for the same period jumped from 69 cas...

Jul62022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

GFA secures attachment offers for local coaches

Ghana News, Sports News

The Technical Directorate of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has brokered a deal with three European clubs, namely: Borussia Dortmund, Darmstadt FC and TSG Hoffeinheim for attachment opportunities for Ghanaian coaches. This follows deep engagements between the Technical Director, Bernhard Lippert, and the three German clubs in the last few months. The arrangement will give national team coaches (male and female) and top coaches in the top tier League the opportunity to have practical stints with the clubs at different times to broaden their horizon and also equip them with the modern trends of the game. A similar discussion is ongoing with Spanish La Liga club, Cadiz Football Club, with a formal announcement expected in the coming days. The Technical Directorate of the GFA...

Jul62022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Parts of Accra inundated with flood waters again

Ghana News

Some parts of Accra were again hit by floods after a downpour that lasted about two hours yesterday[July 5, 2022] morning. The rains, which affected mostly the eastern and the northern parts of the capital, left many communities flooded and also caused heavy vehicular traffic on some major roads. As usual, flood-prone areas such as Kaneshie, Odorkor and the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange were not spared by the flood waters. Other suburbs, such as Tesano, the Dansoman Junction, the Industrial Area, the Achimota-Nsawam road and some part of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration also got flooded. Areas including Nungua, Teshie, the National Road Four (N4), which stretches from the Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange to Adenta, as well as the Kaneshie-Mallam Highway, all e...

Jul62022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghanaian leads UK team on brain disorder breakthrough

Ghana News, International

People who suffer Alzheimer’s, a brain disorder, can now heave signs of relief as a major headway has been made in diagnosing the disease with a single brain scan. A Professor of Cancer Pharmacology and Molecular Imaging at the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, Eric Aboagye, has led a team of researchers in the United Kingdom to uncover how a single magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain can be enough to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Hitherto, diagnosis was done with several tests, which could take months or years for a diagnose to be achieved. Speaking exclusively to the Daily Graphic, Prof. Aboagye, a Ghanaian, said the research used machine learning technology to look at structural features within the brain, including the regions not previo...

Jul52022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghana Engages IMF For Economic Support

Ghana News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has authorized Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to commence formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), inviting the Fund to support an economic programme put together by the government of Ghana. A statement issued by the Ministry of Information said this follows a telephone conversation between the President and the IMF Managing Director, Miss Kristalina Georgieva, conveying Ghana’s decision to engage with the Fund. “At a meeting on June 30th, 2022, cabinet indicated its support for the decision,” the statement said. “The engagement with the IMF will seek to provide balance of payment support as part of a broader effort to quicken Ghana’s build back in the face of challenges induced by the Covid-19 pandemic and, recently, t...

Jul52022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghana Needs Righteousness: Not Churches, Leaders – Apostle Nyamekye

Ghana News, Pentecost News

The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has said what the nation needs are not leaders and churches but righteousness exhibited by the citizenry through faith. He noted that although there were many churches and leaders in the country, righteous living was still an issue. The Chairman added that the change the country sought for from its leaders could only materialise through righteous living and building a righteous brand Leadership not showmanship Apostle Nyamekye was speaking at a thanksgiving service held for the new leadership of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), led by its President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, in Accra. The Apostle said leadership was not about showmanship and accessing power to lord it over subordinates but rather a huge r...

Jun302022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

GH¢31.7m mobilised for National Cathedral

Ghana News

The fundraising efforts by the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana towards the construction of the cathedral have accrued GH¢31.75 million since 2018. Out of the amount, GH¢2.21 million was contributed by various church denominations. The board disclosed this when it launched another mass fundraising strategy, dubbed: ‘The National Cathedral Week’, at a press briefing in Accra yesterday. The National Cathedral Week is slated for July 4 to 10, 2022. Addressing the press, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah, said the commemoration was to help boost efforts at raising the required funds for the building of the national cathedral. “The result of the fundraising so far does not meet the demands of the cash flow for the construct...

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