More than 118 million people are expected to be exposed to drought, floods and extreme heat in Africa by 2030, due to climate change, says Dr Richard Gyimah, Chief Manager in-charge of Verification and Field Audit of the Forestry Commission. He said natural disasters had already affected over 460 million people and rendered more than […]

The Amansie West District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr. William Bediako Asante, has signaled a more aggressive push towards girl-child education in the area. The district assembly was going to give strong backing to at least 100 of them to pursue tertiary education, to live their dream. He announced this when he joined worshippers at a […]

American Citizens Abroad (ACA, Inc.) has produced a comprehensive educational video, “All You Need to Know: The ACA-Member/SDFCU Account.”   The ACA-Member/SDFCU Account was launched in March of 2016 and has helped countless Americans overseas open US-based financial accounts from distance and without the need for a US residential address. ACA saw that foreign legislation was […]

New Juaben endorses President’s nominee, whiles women groups pledge support Madam Comfort Asante, a senior lecturer of the university of Cape Coast (UCC) has been endorsed as the New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive. She pooled 77 votes out of 78 members who were present at a special assembly sitting on Wednesday. Madam Asante, who was […]

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. Simon Osei-Mensah, has vowed not to sign the certificate for payment of contractors for poor road execution. The watchword was quality and that they were going to make sure that there was value for money, he added. He was speaking during an inspection of road projects in the Amansie Central […]

The European Union (EU) and Germany have joined their efforts to support skills development for the youth in Ghana. A ceremony was, subsequently, held on Tuesday, in Accra, for the parties; the EU and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, to sign the agreement for the Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI). Mr William […]

The Nkawie Forest District in the Ashanti Region over the past three years have arrested 40 illegal miners who encroached on forest reserves to undertake illegal mining. Out of the figure, 17 of them including 12 foreigners from Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Mali had been convicted and serving prison terms for various forest and […]

The Chairperson also extended his wishes of quick recovery to those who sustained injuries H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, extends his most sincere condolences to the families of those who died in last night’s bombing in Manchester, the United Kingdom. “I strongly condemn this senseless act of violence and […]

Mohammad Shoaib Hosseini was at work at a timber factory in the German city of Brandenburg when the police suddenly arrived in March. As they handcuffed him, they informed him that his claim for asylum had been rejected, and he was immediately put on a plane bound for Kabul, the Afghan capital. “I asked them […]

In the wake of the massive electoral loss by President John Dramani Mahama at the hands of the man who many believe the Atuguba-presided Supreme Court panel cheated out of victory in the 2012 presidential election, I stumbled upon a news article captioned “I Played the Role Mahama Wanted Me to Play – Dotse Malor” […]

Most guys go through a lengthy interview process in order to compete for love on The Bachelorette, but Life & Style has learned contestant DeMario Jackson didn’t even have to apply, just had to go out for lunch! A friend of DeMario’s tells Life & Style magazine he was recruited at a Chipotle by a producer. “He didn’t apply. It came out of nowhere for […]

President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Berekum, has been confirmed by the assembly. In a second confirmation process conducted by the Municipal Electoral Commission (EC) and all 64 members present and voted, the nominee Kofi Adjei obtained 61 votes, two dissented and one ballot was rejected. In his first attempt last week, […]

The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has instructed the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Obed Akwa to immediately begin investigations into allegations of some military men protecting illegal gold mining concessions, especially in the Ashanti Region. He said his outfit will ensure that any military personnel caught to be engaged in the illegal act will […]

Ecobank has announced the finalists in the ‘Ecobank Fintech Challenge,’ a competition for African technology start-ups. The list includes 20 innovators from across the continent. The startups will be honoured on June 21, 2017 at the global Headquarters of the Company in Lome, Togo at an Innovation Fair & Awards ceremony. The awards ceremony also marks the […]

Actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, has died aged 89, his family has announced. He played the famous spy in seven Bond films including Live and Let Die and the Spy Who Loved Me. Sir Roger’s family confirmed the news on Twitter, saying he had died after “a short but brave […]

Zimbabwe’s cabinet has approved a Kazakhstan company, Todall, to mine platinum in the Midlands area of Zvishavane, bringing to four the number of platinum producers in Zimbabwe, Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa said Tuesday. Chidhakwa said the new company, jointly owned by a Kazakh investor and the Kazakhstan Government, purchased the Bokai concession […]

South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye has pleaded not guilty at her trial for corruption, the latest stage in her dramatic fall from grace. The ousted president faces charges including bribery, abusing state power and leaking state secrets. In her first appearance in public since her arrest in March, she arrived at court handcuffed in […]

Kenya’s low cost airline Jambojet plans to begin international flights beginning in 2018, company officials said on Tuesday. Jambojet CEO Willem Hondius told a media briefing in Nairobi that it has already applied to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority for an international air service license. “We expect to get approval for international flights in June […]

In its quest to deepen financial inclusion, Access Bank Ghana has launched the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) mobile banking service *901# to its customers. Managing Director, Mr. Dolapo Ogundimu, observed the increasingly use of technology among the public fits into the company’s financial inclusion agenda. He said, “Digital Banking is gradually changing the behavioural […]

Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources for Ghana, Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, says more than $7 billion worth of gold obtained from illegal mining activities was smuggled from Ghana in 2016. Addressing the leadership of the new government in Ghana New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Owusu-Bio said a substantial quantity of the gold was allegedly […]