Scientists have found a way to improve creativity through brain stimulation, according to researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Goldsmiths University of London. They achieved this by temporarily suppressing a key part of the frontal brain called the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), which is involved in most of our thinking and […]

African Media Agency (AMA), a pan-African public relations agency has announced the opening of an office in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) to support its rapid growth and meet the demand of the country’s business environment.  Besides the presence of AMA in Dubai, New York, Kampala, Johannesburg and Lagos, Abidjan new office expands its footprint on the […]

President Jacob Zuma will tomorrow, 15 June 2017, visit the communities of Knysna in the Garden Route and Plettenburg Bay areas that have been adversely affected by the recent raging fires that caused total devastation, destruction of property, displacement of people and loss of life. The unprecedented devastation was visited on the residents of the […]

The Premier League will kick-off on August 12 after the fixtures for the 2017/18 season have been released. Matchday one will see reigning champions, Chelsea, welcome Burnley to the Stamford Bridge while Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United have tricky encounter against West Ham United at Old Trafford. Liverpool will have to travel to Watford in hope of starting off their […]

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has welcomed the United Nation’s draft resolution to stop arms smuggling in Libya. In a statement commending the move, Mr Johnson said, “I welcome the UN Security Council’s decision to unanimously adopt the UK drafted resolution targeting arms smuggling in the high seas off the coast of Libya.” He said […]

CRU Events and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have announced that The West Africa Fertilizer Agribusiness conference will be held between 10-12 July at the Movenpick Hotel Accra.  It comes at a time when the Ghanaian fertilizer and agribusiness sector is undergoing an incredible boost from the country’s new leadership, making it the perfect moment to […]

At least six deaths have been confirmed after a blaze ripped through a high-rise apartment block in the British capital as residents slept. At least 50 people were injured, according to authorities. More than 250 firefighters battled the inferno at Grenfell Tower in west London through the night. Local resident Tim Downie told NBC News […]

At the 25th anniversary festivities of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), at Ashaiman, in the Greater-Accra Region, party founder Chairman Jerry John Rawlings was reported to have joked that Mr. Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, the NDC’s General-Secretary, was extremely unprepossessing or too ugly, otherwise Chairman Rawlings, himself, would have decided to throw his weight behind […]

The United Nations envoy for Central Africa has expressed his concern that the withdrawal of troops from the regional force by some contributing countries would create a security vacuum that may be exploited by an armed group. “The continued threat by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to regional stability should not be underestimated, in particular […]

AC Milan’s summer spending spree shows no sign of letting up as they wrapped up a deal for Porto forward Andre Silva.  The acquisition is yet another indication that Milan mean business in this window, having already brought in Mateo Musacchio, Ricardo Rodriguez and Franck Kessie. While the trio aforementioned will bolster the Rossoneri, Silva has […]

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 691st meeting held on 12 June 2017, adopted the following decision on the situation in Darfur, Sudan, and the activities of the AU-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID): Council, 1.    Takes note of the Joint Special Report of the Chairperson of the African […]

U.S. Agency for International Development Counselor Thomas Staal has met with President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi of Mozambique to discuss a range of issues, including progress in public health, agriculture, education, combating wildlife trafficking, and improving the business environment in Mozambique. The leaders also discussed the ongoing implementation of the bilateral agreement for economic and technical cooperation […]

The London Fire Brigade has confirmed ‘a number’ of deaths in London’s Grenfell Tower apartment block fire. Exact numbers were not given, but London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said the blaze presented “extremely challenging and very difficult conditions to rescue people and bring this fire under control.” Twitter user Ben Lewis reported that there were […]

Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization focused on human rights has called on Sudanese authorities to immediately release prominent human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam and his colleague Hafiz Idris Eldoma. This call which was made on the eve of the pair’s trial also demanded a halt to the government’s misguided assault on dissenting voices […]

Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ: MIME), a leading email and data security company, today announced the most recent quarterly release of the Mimecast Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA), a test which measures the effectiveness of email security systems currently in use by thousands of organizations globally. In its second quarterly assessment, Mimecast found that both known and unknown […]

          All along, we were given to believe that the real killer, or killers, of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama had been safely put under lock and key. Now, we are being told that the alleged prime suspect, Mr. Yaw Amankwa (aka Bulla), may, after all, still be on the run (See […]

Singer James Blunt wrote his breakthrough hit You’re Beautiful on a piano located in a bathroom at his late friend Carrie Fisher’s Hollywood home. The British musician struck up an unlikely friendship with the acting icon, and was invited to stay at her sprawling Hollywood Hills estate early on in his career, when he was […]

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) says it expects at least a 3% drop in prices of petroleum products at the pumps by the end of this week. In a statement Tuesday, COPEC said with the world market prices of crude oil falling by some 6.122% — from $49 per barrel to current levels of […]

Two Ghanaian scientists have emerged winners in this year’s American Society of Mechanical Innovation Showcase contest. The innovation by Charles Ofori Antipem and Michael Afrifa won the hearts of panellists and other participants at the international engineering challenge. They entered the competition with a portable science lab in a form of a mathematical set to […]

Ghana has lost GH¢1 billion to falling cocoa prices in the last four months of the year, worsening the plight of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), which is now coming to terms with a GH¢10 billion debt discovered recently. The debt, which is due to the rising cost in the past years, could combine with […]