The new terminal 3 at the Kotota International Airport has set an example for all its African peers in infrastructure development and urbanisation. “In fact, the Ghana Vision 2020 serves as a springboard for the country’s development by envisioning it as the first African country, apart from South Africa, to become a developed country between 2020 and 2029, and to [...] The post Terminal

The Head of State Award Scheme, the local chapter of the Duke of Edinburg International Award, is to be expanded to reach out to more young people across the country.   President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at a dinner to climax the Duke of Edinburg International Awards Forum in Accra last Saturday, expressed the commitment to resource the scheme to [...] The post More to benefit

The Acting Vice Chancellor of the Accra Technical University (ATU), Professor Edward Ameko has warned students against activities of occultism, hooliganism and other social misbehaviours and focus on studies. “Avoid the cut corners in whatever form and steer clear of malpractices during your examinations because that has been the bane of many students who have had to be withdrawn for [...] The post Avoid

Three hundred and seventy students have benefitted from six months training in construction-related skills in Accra on Friday. It provided performance improvement and leadership training programmes for the youth to become job creators not seekers. Organised by the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) in partnership with Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative for Employment (YIEDIE), the graduation ceremony was held on [...] The post 370

Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, National Chairman aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged delegates to go beyond regional and ethnic considerations and elect competent candidates to lead the party to victory in the 2020 general election. “Electing people based on their competences rather than regional balance and or tribal affiliations will help strengthen the party which is also good [...] The post Huudu

Nineteen Islamist militants accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Christians in Egypt have been killed by police, the interior ministry says. They died in a shoot-out after police pursued “fugitive terrorist elements” into the desert area west of Minya province, the statement said. Seven Coptic Christians were killed in an attack on two buses near a monastery in [...] The post Egypt

A 17-year-old has died of his wounds after detonating explosives in an office of Russia’s FSB federal security service in the north-western city of Arkhangelsk, officials say. Three FSB employees were hurt when the explosives went off just inside the building at around 09:00 (06:00 GMT). The blast caused serious damage. A CCTV image of the suspect emerged soon afterwards, [...] The post Teen

Voters in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have rejected a bid for independence. Final results showed that 56.4 per cent chose to remain part of France while 43.6 per cent voted to leave – a tighter result than some polls had predicted. Turnout was about 81per cent. The vote was promised by a 1988 deal that put an [...] The post French territory rejects independence appeared

THE fifth National Safety Health and Environment week celebration of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) was launched in Ho on Friday, on the theme: “Workplace Stress, Let’s Manage it.” It coincided with the unveiling of the revised Safety and Health Environment (SHE) Policy and Safety Golden Rules of the company. Performing the ceremony, Managing Director of the company, Mr [...] The post ECG

Hundreds of residents in the Upper West Region have taken to the streets to register their displeasure about the intended realignment of faculties and programmes of study at the WA campus to the Tamale campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS), by the university’s administration. The peaceful demonstration held over the weekend was necessitated by a memorandum issued by [...] The post U/W

Mr. George Andah, Deputy Minister of Communications, has refuted rumours that he was flown to United Kingdom (UK) for treatment.   Mr. Andah, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West Constituency, and his driver, bodyguard and a party official, were involved in a car crash on Saturday, and are responding to treatment.   The crash [...] The post I’m not in UK

The Takoradi police are conducting investigations into the murder of Miss Vera Edafe Ovoke, a 28-year-old Nigerian customer, at the Ridgeway Hotel, in the Chapel Hill suburb of the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region, on Saturday morning. The unknown assailant, according to the police, fled the scene after stabbing the woman with a knife. The body of Miss Ovoke [...] The post Police