Shares in photo firm Eastman Kodak soared nearly 120% after it revealed plans to mint its own crypto-currency, the KodakCoin. The US firm said it was teaming up with London-based Wenn Media Group to carry out the initial coin offering (ICO). It is part of a blockchain-based initiative to help photographers control their image rights. Kodak also ... The post Kodak soars on KodakCoin

Australia experienced its third-warmest year on record in 2017, according to the nation’s Bureau of Meteorology. The national mean temperature of 22.75C was almost 1C higher than a 1961-1990 baseline, its annual report revealed. Only 2005 and 2013 were warmer, based on records kept for about a century. In November, the World Meteorological Organization projected ... The post Australia

Striker Romelu Lukaku decided to leave Everton after a “voodoo message” told him to join Chelsea, the Merseyside club’s major shareholder has claimed. The Belgium international, 24, eventually joined Manchester United for an initial £75m last summer. Farhad Moshiri told a shareholders’ meeting the player received the message “on a pilgrimage to Africa” having been set to ... The post Lukaku’s

Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s ex-chief strategist, has stepped down from the right-wing Breitbart News organisation where he built his reputation. The move comes amid a furore over remarks he reportedly made about President Donald Trump’s son. He described a meeting Donald Trump Jr held in New York with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential ... The post Steve Bannon leaves

Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Akufo has said that incomplete investigations have delayed the prosecution of persons suspected to have deliberately set aflame the Central Medical Store. According to her, information gathered so far from investigations into the matter are weak hence the delay in initiating legal proceeding against suspects. Medicines worth millions of ... The post Central

Ghanaian rapper, Michael Owusu Addo aka Sarkodie, has reiterated his intention to help project up and coming musicians. He made this statement at the unveiling of former President John Agyekum Kuffuor as patron of the Ghana Job Bank Initiative, an programme aimed at spurring young people on to create businesses. “I think it is about ... The post Sarkodie vows to help up and coming musicians

Former President Mahama has rejected allegations by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government that members of his administration stole cars from the presidential fleet before leaving office in January 2017. According to him, his administration left ‘a sea of vehicles’ for the new government led by Nana Akufo-Addo. Speaking on GTV’s Moomen Tonight on Tuesday, ... The post I left ‘sea

Pupils of Radiya English and Arabic Primary school in the Diare Township of the Savelugu/Nanton Municipality in the Northern Region, have to sit or lie on the bare floor to study due to the lack of furniture required for effective teaching and learning in the classrooms. Despite having a total student population of 437, the school ... The post Savelugu: Radiya D/A Primary

A Political Historian, Harold Bukari has dismissed the call by Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye for a change in the July 1 date observed as Ghana’s Republic Day. The Speaker, who doubles as a professor of political science, in an opinion piece published in the Daily Graphic had argued that the date should be ... The post Speaker’s call for Republic

A Non-Governmental Organization called, Water for Rural Africa has called on the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) and the government to expedite the re-opening of the Teshie Desalination plant. GWCL ordered the shutdown of the plant effective January 1, 2018, for a renegotiation of the contractual agreement between the company and the managers of the ... The post NGO calls

“Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah” 2 Chronicles, 3:1, NKJV The Sankofa symbol expresses the instruction to turn backwards to history and tradition and take important knowledge and values, thus a better future will be built up. During this time of international discussion concerning Jerusalem, let ... The post Israeli

The Spanner bus stop along the Liberation Road in Accra seems to be growing into a convenient area for homeless persons to openly defecate following the failure of city authorities to deal with the growing level of waste there. The area, which is only a few meters away from the Kotoka International Airport, is among ... The post ‘Mismanaged’ Spanner bus stop now open

Former President John Kufour has urged Ghanaians to cherish the country’s democracy and not rely on only economic indicators as a measure of development. As Ghana celebrates 25 years under the fourth republic, Mr. Kufuor downplayed comparisons with more successful countries like Rwanda, which have autocratic regimes. He said the rule of law must not ... The post Freedoms mustn’t