Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has confirmed that on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at approximately 1527 hours, a passenger’s luggage was detected to be emitting smoke at the baggage wrap area at the Departure Hall, Terminal 3, KIA. The Operations Room of Aviation Security Department was immediately alerted and the luggage in question was swiftly […]
Day: September 23, 2024
UMaT Scientists discover Tantalum deposits in Southern Ghana
Research has revealed that a new mineral, Tantalum, has been discovered at Bewadze-Mankoadze in the Kibi-Winneba Belt of southern Ghana. The mineral is found in large quantities of an igneous rock known as pegmatite. This is contained in a published paper by Dr Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari, a Lecturer at the University of Mines and Technology […]
Nkrumah’s Memorial Day receives varied opinions in Sunyani
The commemoration of the Memorial Day of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah has received varied reactions among a section of the public in the Sunyani municipality. The Ministry of Interior has officially designated Monday, September 23, 2024, as a public holiday to commemorate Dr Nkrumah’s Memorial Day. His birthday is on September 21. […]
Upper East GTA awards: GNA adjudged Digital Tourism Icon of the Year
The Bolgatanga Office of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has been adjudged the Digital Tourism Icon of the Year, 2024, at the Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) awards held over the weekend. It received a certificate and a citation at a ceremony held on the theme ‘celebrating and recognising excellence […]
New climate report calls for reframing of global temperature targets
There is an urgent need to reframe the 1.5 Celsius temperature limits as long-term global temperature measurements are ‘failing’ to capture the increasing rate of warming, a new Report by the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) has indicated. The CCAG said the inaccuracy in temperature measurements masked the true extent and risk of increasing temperature […]