Dr Daniel McKorley,  Chief Executive Officer, Mcdan Group Businessman and Chief Executive Officer of Mcdan Group, Dr Daniel McKorley has contributed Gh¢200,000 into the Dagbon Development Fund. Dr McKorley who is also the Gub-gbai Naa made the presentation at the end of the celebration of Naa Damba at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi on Sunday. Earlier, the Dagbon caucus in parliament has contributed Gh¢100,000 into the Dagbon Development Fund. The Dagbon caucus includes all 18 Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Northern Region.NPP MP for Gushegu who is also Deputy Transport Minister, Hassan Tampuli and Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu jointly announced this at the 2021 Damba Festival held at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi on Sunday. Mr Tampuli urged Dagombas and friends of Dagbon to contribute towards the successful realization of the aims and objectives of the Dagbon Development Fund. Source: Justicefmonlin

Facebook or “ Meta ”, if the newly announced rebranding is to be followed immediately, apparently has a smartwatch coming out.  This has been rumored for months, but a new leak today all but confirms it. Mark Gurman, who has a strong track record with covering leaks from Apple, revealed in  Bloomberg  today details of the upcoming Facebook, uh, Meta smartwatch (codenamed “Milan” according to leaked codes), including a leaked render. Facebook watch Yes, it looks just like an Apple Watch, except it has a late 2018-era Android waterdrop notch housing a camera.  Do note the notch eats into the bottom of the display, not the top. This image was found by app developer Steve Moser, inside Facebook View, the app designed to work with Facebook’s most recent hardware release, a pair of smart sunglasses (also with a camera attached) named Ray-Ban Stories (the iconic sunglasses maker partnered with Facebook for the product). The camera on the watch should be able to shoot photos...

Facebook has changed its name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company, which announced the change at its annual developer conference, said it would better "encompass" what the firm now does. It also revealed plans for a metaverse - an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often using VR headsets. The name change follows a series of negative stories about Facebook, based on documents leaked by an ex-employee. Frances Haugen has accused the company of putting "profits over safety". In 2015, Google restructured its company calling its parent firm Alphabet, however, the name has not caught on. 

Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, and to prevent abuse on the platform, there are some features that you need to jump through additional hoops to get. One major feature that was locked behind a follower count was the ability to share links to your stories.  Previously, you needed to either be verified or have a large number of followers to share links onto your Instagram story, which meant a lot of people couldn’t share links. Now that’s changing, as Instagram is finally letting anyone add a link to their story in the form of a sticker if they want to. The feature ( via  The Verge ) will apparently be removed from accounts that use it to share misinformation or hate speech, meaning that it will still be policed, just that everyone will have it by default. Previously, you could add a “swipe up” gesture to stories if you met the criteria to be able to share links to your story, though the company phased that out and introduced link sticker...

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It’s quite tricky to capture the correlations of the 2019 NDC presidential primaries, and the forthcoming race ahead of election 2024. But here’s two school of thought within the NDC over the direction of the party and who will face either Dr Bawumia or Alan Kyeremanten in 2024;   The first school of thought says, Mahama ought to be given the opportunity to go for his second term unopposed.  This group believes that he has what it takes to win power for the party in 2024. On the other hand, others believes giving Mahama another shot at the nomination means automatic relegation of the NDC to the political abyss for a very long time to come.  This group is of the view that Mahama can't win against any NPP candidate and that his nomination by the NDC will signal perpetual opposition for the party.  That brings me to the other grim reality of NDC 2024 politics, Mahama is certainly going to run on the legacy of the four years he served as President while a fresh face is g...

The first batch of commercials that Apple created to help sell its new smartphone back in 2007 included one that was aimed at Facebook users.  "If you love Facebook so much that you check it every time you're at the computer, just think how great it would be to check it every time you're, well, nowhere near your computer."  Of course, back then there was no App Store and you would have to use the mobile Safari browser to access the site. Facebook uses your phone's accelerometer to collect personal data Now, over 14 years later, iOS users are being warned by security researchers (via Forbes) that they need to delete the Facebook app from their phones.  Why? Because even if they opt-out of being tracked by third-party apps, Facebook still collects location data using metadata from their pictures and IP addresses.  Facebook admits that it collects information in this manner, but won't discuss why it is wrong for them to do so when a user chooses not to be tracked...

As part of efforts to promote quality pre-tertiary education service delivery, the following reforms have been or are being made: Re-alignment of the Teacher Education Division of GES as an agency under the Ministryof Education (now known as the National Teaching Council) Re-alignment of the Curriculum Research and Development Division of GES as an agency under the Ministry of Education (now known as the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment)  Re-alignment of the Inspectorate Division of GES as an agency under the Ministry of Education (now called the National Inspectorate Board) Re-alignment of the Technical/Vocational Education Division (TVED) of GES as an agency under the Ministry of Education (to be named Ghana Technical Education Service) Creation of a new division of GES (to be called Management Service Division) which shall include Special and Inclusive Education, Guidance and Counselling and School Health Education Programme (SHEP)

StarTimes marks five-year anniversary with opening of new office in Tamale Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes has officially opened a new office space in Tamale as part of its overall strategic expansion across Ghana . StarTimes, celebrating five years of operation in Ghana, expanded its network of offices with a fifth official office in the Capital of Northern Ghana. StarTimes Ghana held its grand opening event and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 21 in Tamale, Tishigu first floor MTN building. The official broadcaster of the Ghana Premier League is set to welcome the return of Real Tamale United and its supporters into elite football in Ghana with her official landmark presence in the Northern region. The new Tamale Office adds up to StarTimes’ already existing spots in Accra, Airport Residential Area, Lapaz, Odorkor and Kumasi city-style building near Baba Yara Sports stadium alongside its dealers and agents across the entire country. Speaking at the event, H...

Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum The renewal of licences for established schools will now be done every three years, the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has directed. The schools are, however, supposed to pay their licence (subscription) fees yearly. Explaining the rationale for the decision, the minister said the yearly licensing “puts the schools on edge that this year, they are licensed, next year they may not be licensed and so, what we have directed as a ministry is that the licensing regime should be three years. “In that way, we are separating licensing from the mere payment of fees that are due to National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA),” Dr Adutwum explained. He said what NaSIA sought to do with the publication of the list of schools that had not paid their licences for the 2021/2022 was meant to indicate that those schools were “delinquent” and not that they were not licensed. “All that NaSIA sought to do was to indicate that their fees have dela...

WhatsApp has had picture-in-picture mode since 2018. PiP mode is convenient; when somebody sends you a video link from YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook, it lets you play the video in a small floating window right within the chat, so you don’t have to leave the conversation. While the feature has mostly remained unchanged over the years, WhatsApp is finally giving it a facelift in the latest update. According to  WABetainfo ,  WhatsApp is testing a new redesign for the picture-in-picture mode that adds a new control bar to the video player. The control bar appears at the bottom of the video and features controls like the pause/resume button, full-screen button, and close button. Previously these controls appeared on the video feed itself and kind of got in the way of the viewing experience. But with the dedicated control bar, you now get an unobstructed view of the video feed. You can check out the new picture-in-picture mode design in the screenshot attached below: The pic...

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Facebook wants to change its company name as soon as next week, according to a new report from  The Verge .   The new name will reportedly reflect Facebook’s focus on building the metaverse, a concept that has quickly become a buzzword in the tech world in recent times. Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at the upcoming annual Connect conference on October 28, but it could be revealed sooner, the report says.  The rebrand will likely position Facebook as a separate product under a new parent company that also oversees other products like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more .  The move would be similar to what  Google   did back in 2015 when it set up a new parent company called Alphabet . “We will effectively transition from people seeing us as primarily being a social media company to being a metaverse company,” Mark Zuckerberg  told  The Verge back in July. He also previously said that the metaverse is “go...

Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah - Minister for Employment and Labour Relations The directive by the Controller and Accountant General's Department (CAGD) for all public sector workers to register with the National Identification Authority (NIA) and obtain a Ghana Card or forfeit their salaries by December 1, 2021 has been put on hold. Instead, the Controller and Accountant General's Department (CAGD) has been tasked to port the names of public sector workers in their existing database onto the National Identification Authority (NIA) platform and thereafter, inform the various institutions of any unregistered staff that may exist. The latest decision was arrived at following a meeting by the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, Ministry of Finance, the CAGD and the leadership of organised labour representing public sector workers on CAGD payroll Tuesday morning. Read the full communique below:

  Hon Sule Salifu today opens a National Kayayei Dialogue in Tamale at Modern City hotel. The program was organised by Henry Djaba Foundation in collaboration with UNFPA. The mayor thanked Henry Djaba Foundation for the brilliant initiative and appeal to stakeholders to come out with ideas to eradicate Kayayei in Ghana. He added that those who seek greener pastures are prone to all kinds of dangers sexual abuse, teenage pregnancy, gender-based violence, hunger, poor health and inhumane accommodation conditions. Present at the meeting were Naa Bakpem Yoo Naa who represented the Yaa Naa, Naa Nyab Tolon Naa who was the guest of honor, MMDCE’s, chiefs in Savannah, North East and the metropolitan Coordinating Director. Picture Gallery 

On the 5th of October, 2021, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) in collaboration with Rainbow Plus Publications held a training programme for publishers on the Common Core Programme (CCP) Curriculum and its implementation at the Christian Village, Kumasi.   The programme was to sensitise publishers on the contents of the CCP and the role of publishers in its implementation. In his address, the Acting Director-General for NaCCA, Mr John Mensah Anang, thanked Rainbow Publications for such a partnership heralding the yet-to-be introduced curriculum for learners from B7 (JHS 1) to B9 (JHS 3). He hinted that by practice textbook development process takes a minimum of eighteen months – desktop review, manuscript development, trial testing, content editing, proofreading, illustration, layout design, quality assurance and printing.  The Acting Director-General also disclosed that plans are far advanced to train teachers on the new curriculum to enable them de...

 Peter Antwi Boasiako is the deputy director general of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) President Akufo-Addo has appointed Peter Antwi Boasiako as the deputy director general of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET). The appointment, which is in line with Section 48 (1) of the Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 (Act 1023) is for a period of four years. The newly appointed deputy director general for the Commission is expected to bring his rich expertise to bear on its work to achieve the goals of the Akufo-Addo government for TVET education in Ghana as well as to keep the sector in good order. The primary responsibility of the Commission is to regulate, promote and administer technical and vocational education and training to support innovation in Ghana. The Commission has as its mission to co-ordinate and oversee a TVET system that produces a globally competitive workforce through quality-oriented ...

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ACCREDITED SCHOOLS OFFERING CAMBRIDGE & IB CURRICULA IN GHANA The National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) wishes to inform the general public that the underlisted schools are duly accredited to offer the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) curricula in Ghana, The general public should note that schools that are not included in the list but claim to offer the CAIE and IB curricula do not have the accreditation from their respective bodies to do so and are liable to be sanctioned. The underlisted schools accredited to offer the CAIE and IB curricula are to ensure that they are duly licensed by NaSIA in accordance with section 98 (283) of the Education Regulatory Bodies Act (ERBA) 2020. (Act 1023) that requires all schools in Ghana to be licensed by NaSIA in order to operate. We are by this press release, advising all parents and/or guardians to desist from patronizing the services of schools that are not accredited to o...

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has advised motorcycle dealers in the northern region to ensure that their clients register their machines at the point of buying to avoid arrest by police when they are found riding without registration numbers. The DVLA Manager for the northern region, Mr Abdulai Mutawakil said dealers who fail to comply with this directive in the coming months will lose out in business because the authority will ensure the public do not purchase their products. He disclosed the DVLA has in the past few months activated the Motor Dealers Association of Ghana chapter in the northern regional capital, Tamale. In this regard, Mr Mutawakil appealed to all dealers to join the association to protect their businesses, adding that, “We are going to sensitize the public that if you’re going to buy motorcycle, ask the person, are you a member of the motor dealers association? If he is not a member, please do not buy because he cannot do registration for you.” “...

The Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the northern region have been sworn into office by His Worship Amadu Issifu, the Presiding Judge of the Tamale Magistrate Court. The MMDCEs swore the oath of office and oath of secrecy at a short ceremony in Tamale today Wednesday, October 6, 2021. The Northern Regional Minister at the event urged the MMDCEs to diligently carry themselves in manners that befit of their status, explaining that, “Today’s exercise is a very simple exercise but of course that is the most difficult part of the process; it is the most difficult part of the exercise because we’re here to give up our liberties, the liberties of free speech, free behavior. We are delving into a very delicate and a very difficult realm where you have to give up your independence.” He added, “Initially, you could just pick your phone and speak anyhow, you could just behave in a certain way, you could dress anyhow; I am telling you that today all those liberties...

 Mr Osei Assibey Antwi - Acting Executive Director of NSS The National Service Scheme (NSS) has released postings for the 2021/2022 service year. The list postings were released on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. A total of 81,081 graduates from accredited tertiary institutions who enrolled for the 2021/2022 have been deployed for national service to various user agencies across Ghana. A statement signed and issued by the new and Acting Executive Director of NSS, Mr Osei Assibey Antwi advised prospective service personnel to log on to the scheme's website  http://www.portal.nss.gov.gh  to confirm the specifics of their placements before visiting their respective user agencies to endorse their letters of appointment. "Management wishes to inform the general public that, some prospective service personnel have been placed on hold for further verification due to discrepancies detected in their online registration details," the statement added. "Notifications have alrea...

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and companies are taking this opportunity to make their products safer for users. We’ve already seen Mozilla add password auto-fill support on Firefox for Android.   Now, Google wants to make your online experience more secure by introducing critical improvements to how you sign in on different apps and services. The most notable of these changes is a feature that lets you easily access your saved passwords via the Google app on your smartphone. In a recent    announcement ,  Google revealed that you will now be able to access passwords saved in Google’s password manager more conveniently. If you’re an ardent Chrome user, you would already be familiar with the password manager built into the browser. It lets you store passwords whenever you sign up on a new website, allowing you to quickly log in the next time you visit that website. The same password manager is also available on other products, including Android and the Google app...

Ebenezer Kojo Otoo, a 44-year old Visual Arts and Ceramics teacher at the Winneba Senior High School in the Central Region who also doubles as a farmer was Tuesday adjudged the Most Outstanding Teacher for 2021 at a ceremony which was organised to commemorate the World Teachers Day in Sunyani. For his prize, the 2021 Most Outstanding Teacher, who was among 19 other teaching and non-teaching staff of the Ghana Education Service who were honoured during the occasion was presented with a cheque for GH¢250,000, which is to be used to construct a three-bedroom house. Reverend Sister Justinta Kwakyewaa made both the Catholic Church and the Saint Francis Senior High and Technical School in the Birim Central in the Eastern Region proud when she was adjudged the First Runner Up and presented with a double-cabin pickup vehicle. As if winning the Most Outstanding Teacher prize was not enough, another teacher from the Awutu Swinton SHS in the Central Region claimed the saloon car at stake when...

The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped working shortly before 5pm. Other products that are part of the same family of apps, such as Facebook Workplace, also stopped working. Visitors to the Facebook website simply saw an error page or a message that their browser could not connect. The WhatsApp and Instagram apps continued to work, but did not show new content, including any messages sent or received during the problems. Facebook’s outages happen relatively rarely but tend to be vast in their impact, not least because they affect three of the world’s biggest apps. The company is often cryptic about the causes of any issues, and does not tend to explain them even after they are fixed. In 2019, for instance, it suffered its biggest outage in years – and said only that it had “triggered an issue” during “routine maintenance operations”. In a leaked transcript published in The Verge in 2019, chief ...