BORGWARD Group AG, the global automotive manufacturer, invited distributors and VIP guests from the GCC to Germany for a thrilling, once-in-a-lifetime driving adventure in BX5 and BX7 vehicles. The following local distributors were in Germany to experience first-hand the rich and innovative racing history and the new “Accessible Premium” of the reborn BORGWARD brand: Bahrain: […]

The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Sunday. — The Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF) has welcomed the objectives stipulated in the revised Mining Charter by the Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane on Friday. Although the new charter has been criticized by the Chamber of Mines, the PPF said on Saturday […]

A total of 10 militants have been killed and 15 others injured as clash erupted in Qaisar district of Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province on Sunday, an army spokesman said. The clash flared up in the wee hours of Sunday and lasted for a while during which 10 armed insurgents were killed and 15 others injured, […]

After an accumulative investment of over 6 billion euros in China over past two decades, the world’s leading chemical group BASF has recently inaugurated a new plant for emollients and waxes in Shanghai. With an investment of 150 million yuan (about 22 million U.S. dollars), the project is BASF’s largest ever investment in emollients production […]

Iraqi government forces started on Sunday a major operation to enter the last Islamic State (IS) stronghold of the old city center in western Mosul, the Iraqi military said. The regular army, Counter-Terrorism Forces and the Federal Police started decisive battles against the extremist IS militants in Mosul’s old city center, Abdul-Amir Yarallah from the […]

A total of 25 people were killed when a Saudi-led coalition warplane struck a popular market in Yemen’s northern province of Saada, Houthi-controlled state Saba news agency reported on Sunday. The agency quoted an official as saying the airstrike happened on Saturday evening and targeted al-Mashnak popular market at the center of Shada district in […]

Vasco da Gama rose to sixth in the Brazilian Serie A standings with a 1-0 victory over Avai. Yago Pikachu netted the winner for the four-time Brazilian top-flight champions with a 20th-minute strike. The result at the Sao Januario stadium left Vasco sixth in the 20-team standings while Avai were last. Meanwhile, a first-half goal […]

An Egyptian policeman was killed by a roadside explosive near the Cairo suburb of Maadi on Sunday, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement, state-run Ahram Online website reported. An improvised explosive device planted on the roadside went off shortly after midnight as a military vehicle passed by, killing one police officer and injuring […]

The singer known for his hit song “This is not English” has outdoored his latest project, which is the video of “Tamunobo”. The video is already receiving an enormous attention the release of it. Minister Igwe’s latest video was shot in Ghana and directed by Sky Wed. According to the artist the ratings of the […]

Facts have emerged on the real reason the Turkish government have met with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB). According to Emmanuel Kanu, the IPOB leader’s brother, the Turkish government wants to partner with the group’s leadership in the areas of infrastructural programmes designed to promote education, roads reconstruction and other […]

Nigerians who ply Apapa route in Lagos may soon heave a sigh of relief following recent reports credited to the minister of Works and Housing, Babatunce Raji Fashola. The reports have it that although a section of the Apapa Wharf would be shut down for a one-year period, this will further enhance the construction of […]

“Why do you worry when your Lord never sleeps…..prayer for forgiveness, should be our guiding staff, and we will sing Alleluia and never never lose our way!” Ramblers International Dance Band Two holiday periods are celebrated by most Christians across the world: Christmas and Easter. Christmas is a period of good cheer and goodwill amongst […]

Chairman for Parliamentary select committee on Food, agriculture and Member of Parliament for Berekum West, Hon.Kwaku Agyenim-Boateng has lauded the National Food Donors Encouragement Bill, championed by Food for All Africa program, and has pledged to support the development of the initiative. He inaugurated a steering committee made up of stakeholders from Food for All […]

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has promised to concentrate on it’s efforts in keeping Adolescents safe and in good health by providing unimpeded access to their sexual and Reproductive health services. The Ghana Adolescent Health Program through the Palladium Group, has so far under it’s project, increased the number of the Adolescent Health Corners in […]

The death toll from cholera in war-torn Yemen has increased to 1,054 since April 27, with the total suspected cases reaching 151,000, the Yemeni health authorities said on Saturday in a statement published by Saba news agency. Earlier this month, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) expected suspected cases could hit 130,000 in […]

Mr Prince Rockson, the National President of the Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR), said wrong usage of radiation on the body could cause cancer and that some cancers being suffered by individuals could have been caused by quack radiographers. He, therefore, called on the Allied Health Professions Council and the Nuclear Regulatory Authority to rid […]

The Western Regional Executive Council of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOSAG) has expressed disappointment at the undue delay of the payment of their interim market premium. Mr Kwame Tawiah, the Western Regional Secretary of the CLOSAG, at a press conference on Friday, said he did not understand why the National CLOSAG […]

A Regional Disability Network (RDN) has been formed in the Upper East Region to support the Ghana Federation of Disability (GFD) to embark on vigorous advocacy programmes that would promote the welfare of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). Members of the Network are made up of various experts drawn from institutions such as the Commission on […]

The Lower Pra Rural Bank has increased its total deposit from GH¢56 million in 2015 to GH¢64 million in 2016 representing an increase of 14.3 per cent. The total assets of the bank also increased from GH¢65.95million in 2015 to GH¢76.8 million showing a growth of 16.45 per cent. Mr Francis Mensah, the Board Chairman […]

The Principal of the Tepa Nursing and Midwifery training college in the Ahafo Ano North of the Ashanti region, Ms. Victoria Amoah has denied her involvement in a corruption scandal that has hit the school. It has been reported that the Principal, Victoria Amoah and an accountant Asamoah Richard have been involved in an alleged […]