Africa’s premier real estate competition, the African Property Investment Awards (API Awards) will be launched at this year’s API Summit & Expo 2017 taking place on the 24th August 2017, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. The awards will recognise innovation and outstanding achievement across the entire property industry whilst providing distinguished developers, […]

Tens of thousands of South Sudanese women and children have crossed the border into Sudan since the beginning of the year, fleeing violence and the looming threat of famine. This represents a dramatic spike in the movement of people across the border. Nearly 137,000 South Sudanese have crossed into Sudan since 1 January – already […]

             From what I have learned during the past couple of days, there have been effected procedural changes that enable Principal State Attorneys to take certain discretionary decisions, such as that involving the aborted Delta 8 Trial, without referring to the Attorney-General’s Office in Accra. And so it comes as quite a surprise to hear […]

Fejiro Oliver I can’t begin to count how many times I have warned politicians and candidates to worry as much about the good coverage as the bad, because the more air they put in your balloon, the bigger the target when they start shooting. Susan Estrich Away in Ikoyi Median Prison, Lagos State, I was […]

THE Rigworld International Services Limited, a Ghanaian Oil and Gas drilling company, would by August, this year, begin the operation of Rigworld Training Centre (RTC) at Kejeberi in the Mpohor District. The centre would focus on client safety training services and products for offshore oil and gas, maritime, underwater, construction and general hazardous industries. Mr […]

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck off Miyakojima Island in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, at 15:20 local time, the weather agency here said. No tsunami warning was issued. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) the quake, which measured 1 on the Japanese seismic scale which peaks at 7, struck at […]

One person was killed and four others wounded after unknown men hurled a crude bomb inside a medical store in India’s northeastern state of Nagaland, police said Tuesday. The blast took place Monday evening inside a medical store at Church road in Dimapur district, about 68 km west of Kohima, the capital city of Nagaland. […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the unauthorized delivery of four more mobile launchers to the country, chief presidential press secretary said. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is a United States Army anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short, medium, and […]

Guangzhou’s petrol-powered buses will soon be a thing of the past. Starting this year, the southern Chinese city will begin replacing the thousands of public buses with greener, more energy-efficient vehicles. According to the new plan, all buses that use petrol and diesel will be replaced with pure electric buses by 2020, meaning Guangzhou will […]

Seven militants including a key commander of Taliban were killed as unmanned plane targeted a Taliban hideout in Dasht-e-Archi district of the northern Kunduz province Tuesday. “Acting upon intelligence report, the security forces conducted drone strike against Taliban hideout in Mullah Qali area early morning today, killing seven rebels including notorious commander Mullah Ismael on […]

Beginning July 1, vehicle owners will be required to pay a mandatory road safety fee each time they renew their road worthy certificate at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). Commercial vehicles and taxis will pay GH¢40, mini buses will pay GH¢80, while heavy duty trucks will pay between GH¢80 and GH¢200 annually, depending […]

USA coach Bruce Arena has called 27 players to training camp in advance of the three in June including the international friendly against Ghana. Training started today (Tuesday) but players from Europe and most from Mexico were not available because of club commitments. ”I think we have a good group,” Arena said. ”I’m still in […]

After winning silver at the just ended African Junior Championship in Gabon, Ghana U17 team is expected to touch down the Kotoka International Airport at 12:45 pm Today. Sports officials and Ghanaian will be waiting to give them warm reception. The team have qualified for the FIFA U17 World Cup in India this October. Edmund […]

The NDC’s loss of power in the 2016 elections has resulted in prospective aspirants expressing their desire to contest for flagbearership of the party in the 2020 elections. Interestingly, these aspirants appear not to have the patience to wait for the dust to settle on the outcome of the 2016 elections before declaring their intentions […]

Royals Entertainment Limited is set to release  Africa’s first ever single room movie titled : My Wife My Girlfriend”, unto the cinema market. This hilarious movie being directed By Clement Kofi Amoah. Besides, the moral lessons in this movie  can never be underestimated. The story  goes this way: Jimens catches his partner cheating on him […]

Ghana international footballers Muntari and Muniru ‘Sarki’ Sulley have lost their father Alhaji Sulley Muniru, GHANASoccernet.com can confirm. The man known as Alhaji Muniru Muntari aka ‘Coach’ has been battling illness for some time now and a family friend confirmed the news. He passed on at the 37 Military Hospital on Monday afternoon after he […]

Papaye Fast Foods has celebrated its 25th Anniversary celebration in a grand-style over weekend ; with its corporate vision of becoming the brand leader in the integrated hospitality in Ghana. The Company also has unquenchable vision of providing affordable , quality food and services to the general; and also playing a meaningful role in the […]

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday confirmed it successfully test fired another ballistic missile on Monday, the third in one month, according to official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The report said the missile was a medium-range rocket launched from a mobile pad vehicle “through a precision control guidance system.” DPRK supreme leader […]

Ghana and South Africa agreed here on Monday to deepen bilateral trade and investment ties to promote growth and development on the African continent. Opening the Ghana-South Africa Business-to-Business Forum here, South Africa’s High Commissioner to Ghana Lulama Xingwama noted that there is the need for sustainable partnerships between fellow African countries through investment and […]

Keith Mushonga, a student at the University of Namibia Confucius Institute, won the 16th Chinese-Bridge Proficiency Competition for College Students in Namibia here on Monday, beating nine other contestants. The competition was organized by the Confucius Institute in Namibia. His victory, said Mushonga, culminates from hard work and a keen interest in Chinese culture and […]