The German Federal Statistical Office reported Tuesday that the number of British citizens who were naturalized as German citizens in the country rose to a record high of 2,865 in 2016. An increase of 2,200 successful applications or 361 percent compared to the previous year, the striking figure highlighted another possible effect of Britain’s decision […]

BMW will recall more than 86,000 imported X5 and X6 vehicles in China starting from Nov. 1, 2017, due to a problem in the drive shaft. The recall involves 57,371 X5 vehicles and 29,407 X6 vehicles manufactured between April 2010 and April 2013, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. The […]

Tidal waves on Sunday displaced over 1,500 people and 272 households in three communities in the Keta and Ketu South Municipalities in the Volta Region. The communities are Blekusu, Amutsimu and Azizadzi, Mr Divine Bosson, Volta Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) told the Ghana News Agency. He said the disaster, which […]

Every Mother’s Ideal Son Every Daughter’s Right Husband A Father’s Heroic Son A Compassionate Soul, Too Gentle to shoot at civilians, even potential murderers more callous than the alleged “armed robber” they purported to kill. All he could do with his highly sophisticated weapon was to fire warning shots. What an irony? Pure Innocence in […]

Supporters of UNAIDS attended its annual gala on 12 June, hosted by Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York, Caroline Rupert and Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Ndaba Mandela. Held at Design Miami/Basel on the eve of the Art Basel art festival, the guests pledged their support to the work of UNAIDS in increasing access to HIV […]

Jamestown Chief Fisherman, Nii Kai Okaishi III has revealed that the country’s fishery industry is collapsing as a result of the adaptation of illegal fishing methods by foreign Chinese trawlers and the massive political interference with the distribution and sale of premix fuel at the various landing beaches across the country. According to him the […]

The Yendi office of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) has ended its 2017 Citizenship Week Celebration after covering 35 Primary and 25 Junior High Schools in the Yendi Municipality of Northern Region. Their target of 6,872 school children comprising of 3,621 males and 3,056 females were directly contacted. Alhaji Sulemana Alhassan Iddi, the […]

The national leadership of APC Youths Renaissance has welcomed the  appointment of Barrister Ismael Ahmed as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Investment Programmes. The appointment was sanctioned by His Excellency Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice President of the Republic of Nigeria who presently acts as the President. In a statement signed by Mr. […]

Osabarima Danso Abiam Ofori, Chief of Nkronso, has said chiefs are frontline agents of good governance hence the need to involve them in all development efforts. He said it is the duty of traditional ruler to show interest in social amenities selected for implementation in his local community. Osabarima Ofori said this during a meeting […]

Mr Seidu Mahama, Suhum Municipal Best Farmer for two successive years, has called on traditional authorities to assist in educating cocoa farmers on the need to replant farms with the swollen shoot disease. He said affected farmers would be adequately compensated by the government, if they agree to cut down infested cocoa trees and replant […]

Business promoters are encouraging local partnerships in order to benefit from government’s industrialization incentives. President of the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nana Dr. Appiagyei Dankawoso I, is among those pushing for local business partnership. At a breakfast meeting to discuss prospects of his suggestion in Kumasi, he revealed that a communiqué will soon […]

Africa’s foremost businessman, Aliko Dangote has donated food items worth more than N200 million to the victims of insurgency and other Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno state. He said he had always felt for those in the IDP camps and that the donation became more urgent given that it is Ramadan period. The business mogul […]

The Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Ron Strikker has led a delegation from Netherlands to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to explore investment opportunities at the country’s ports. According to the Netherland Ambassador, businesses in that country are interested in partnering the port authority to develop some port facilities. He said the […]

On 7th January 2017, RTI advocates, the media and other sympathizers of the age long campaign for the passage of the RTI Bill observed with dismay as the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana dissolved without fulfilling the many promises made on the passage of one of, if not the oldest, Bill in Parliament, the RTI […]

The Ghana Shippers Authority has waded into the controversial missing cranes contained in 12 40 ft. containers in the port of Tema. It would be recalled that the Managing Director of Business Port, Abdul Fatai Rasak walked into the offices of Eye on Port to lament the seizure and subsequent allocation of his 3 set […]

“They have few lawyers who are only good at writing,” Mr. Alban SK Bagbin, the longest-serving career politician in Ghana’s Parliament, was reported to have told a gathering of visibly crestfallen members of the main-opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the party’s headquarters on the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Rawlings-minted faux-revolutionary political […]

The United Nations envoy for the Central African Republic today warned against increasing attacks on civilians and peacekeeping personnel while stressing the need to reenergize the political process to achieve sustainable peace in the conflict-torn country. “The intensity of the attacks, their premeditated nature and the targeting of ethnic minorities, are a reminder of the […]

Communications Director for the Asokwa branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Edmund Kyei, has urged government to put more efforts in the area of job creation and job accessibility so as to ensure the youth are gainfully employed to take up the mantle of leadership in the near future. The provision of jobs, […]

The former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority, (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah has stated that no political party in the history of Ghana has contributed more to the improvement and development of the country than the National Democratic Congress. According to Mr. Mensah, the NDC has made the most impressive developmental impressions on […]

Dainzin Norbu has been a little busy during the past twenty days. As a mountaineer, his main job is climbing the high altitude, snowy mountains of Southwest China’s Tibet, but the 29-year-old Tibetan can also be seen on the football pitch. This is a more frequent occurrence as of late, with the Chinese National Games […]