Ghana’s international reputation will suffer a dip if it fails to stop the illegal sale of petroleum products in the immediate term. According to some industry watchers, the country could serve as an attractive destination for pirates as they would capitalize on the lax regime to perpetuate their illegal acts. The caution comes days after ...
The Nanumba North District has given the District Chief Executive nominee for the area, Abdulai Yaqoub, a full endorsement from the 59 assembly members. Till his nomination, Abdulai Yaqoub was an assemblyman for the Jilo electoral area. Yaqoub is seen as a man of the people despite the chieftaincy and ethnic divide in the district, he ...
“Does that “thing” work in Ghana? I mean that Intellectual Property thing”, my friend Dzifa asked me innocently. I smiled. It was not an unusual question. Intellectual property generally refers to creations of the mind or intellect. We are all naturally creative, finding solutions to our day-to-day problems. There are some exceptional people among us ...
Barely a month after Happy FM launched ‘Agorohene’, a reality show to identify the next marquee sports presenter, nearly 500 people have signed up for an opportunity to realize their dreams of being on radio to presents sports. Kwasi Sarpong, Programmes Manager of Happy FM, who disclosed this, also indicated that the applicants have a sex ...
It was another moment of ‘worship without walls’ as scores of worshippers thronged the Mount Olivet Methodist Church last Sunday to join Eugene Zuta and friends to spend time in God’s presence at the 2017 edition of the Adoration worship concert. With the Moko be hitmaker Minister Nii Okai and Sunny FM’s Kojo Oppong Agyei ...
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has announced the restoration of power to all its bulk supply points after the surge in the power network that resulted in a nationwide blackout on Wednesday evening. A statement from GRIDCo noted that “technical teams from the generation, transmission and distribution worked throughout the night to facilitate the restoration ...
Zimbabwe is the most highly developed country in Africa after South Africa, President Robert Mugabe has said. He denied that the country was a fragile state. “We have over 14 universities and our literacy rate is over 90 [%] – the highest in Africa,” he said, adding that the economy was improving. Zimbabwe has been ...
Google says it has stopped a phishing email that reached about a million of its users. The scam claimed to come from Google Docs – a service that allows people to share and edit documents online. Users who clicked a link and followed instructions, risked giving the hackers access to their email accounts. Google said ...
Alanis Morissette’s former manager has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing $7m (£5.4m) from the pop singer and other celebrities. Jonathan Schwartz admitted stealing $5m (£3.9m) from Morissette between 2010 and 2014 and $2m (£1.6m) from five other unnamed clients. Morissette testified in Los Angeles on Wednesday, saying he “not only stole ...
President Akufo Addo has disclosed that his government plans to make the study of French language compulsory in all Senior High Schools. According to him, the government intends to make significant progress by making the language compulsory from next academic year in September. Akufo-Addo made the remarks in Togo on a two-day official visit to ...
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, has asked regional coordinating directors as well as directors at the office of the head of Local Government Service nationwide, to create platforms to support government policies and plans. She said this is important “for effective and timely implementation and achievement of [the President’s] ...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has been courting the Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbé, to allow a 24-hour opening of the Ghana-Togo border. Currently, the border is closed at 10:00pm each day, hampering the easy movement of goods and services between the two countries and other countries within the sub-region. The President made the proposal to Faure Gnassingbé ...
A former Director General(DG) of the Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC), Dr. Adu Anane-Antwi has urged the management and workers of the Ghana Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) to work at improving their performance on the stock market and not delist. Speaking to Citi Business News yesterday, the Staff Chairman of the Professional and Management Union at the ...
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives in the Savelugu Constituency of the Northern Region, today [Thursday] organized another demonstration against the President’s MCE nominee for the Savelugu/Nantong Municipality. Hundreds of NPP party supporters from the Savelugu and Nantong constituencies participated in the demonstration. This is the second protest within a space of one week. They ...
The Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday, May 3, 2017 discussed health care delivery in Ghana.
The government of Ghana says it is ready to host thousands of Ghanaians who will be coming back to the country next month to participate in this year’s Ghana Diaspora Homecoming Summit. The summit, which forms part of government’s policy to reach out to the Diaspora community, will take place at the International Conference Centre ...
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has held a G20 Conference with particular focus on youth employment in rural areas. The programme, dubbed “The Future of the Rural World Innovation–Youth–Employment” was held on 27th and 28th April 2017 in Berlin. The participants invited were stakeholders from the world of politics, the ...
Ghana legend Stephen Appiah has been linked with a coaching role at Serie C side Como. Italian newspaper La Provincia has reported the iconic Ghanaian figure is being considered for a coaching role at the club. Appiah, who enjoyed a successful spell at Juventus between 2003-2005, is rumoured to be chosen for stint at the club ...
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