Hundreds of police in Ecuador are searching for a convicted gang leader who has vanished from his prison cell. Adolfo Macías Villamar, better known as “Fito”, is the leader of Los Choneros, a powerful gang which is thought to have been behind some of the deadly prison riots in recent months. He was being held […]
Construction works are progressing steadily on four major by-passes on the Accra-Kumasi highway. The by-passes; the 11.6Km Osino by-pass, the 6.1 Km Anyinam bypass, the 10.6Km Enyiresi by-pass and the 13.5K Konongo by-pass; are part of the ongoing efforts by the government to dualise the Accra-Kumasi highway to help reduce vehicular traffic and accidents as […]
The reconstruction and expansion of the Accra-Tema Motorway commenced on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. The 19.5-kilometer project involves a 10-lane span from the Tetteh Quarshie roundabout to the Tema roundabout. Maripoma Enterprise Limited, a Ghanaian-owned construction company, is supervising the project. During a tour of road projects in Accra, the Minister of Roads and Highways, […]
Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd. (SML) is confident that the ordered audit into its contract with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Finance Ministry will vindicate the deal. SML believes that the forthcoming report by KPMG, the firm tasked with conducting the audit, will demonstrate the integrity of the contract in safeguarding the state’s revenue. […]
Harvard University’s president has resigned after facing allegations of plagiarism and criticism over her comments about antisemitism on campus. Claudine Gay has faced mounting pressure to step down in recent weeks. In a letter announcing her resignation, she said it was in the “best interests” of the university for her to step down. “It has […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed an audit into SML/GRA contract and has asked for a suspension of the performance of contract. The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin made this known in a press statement dated January 2, 2024. The statement was released Tuesday night. President Akufo-Addo has subsequently appointed KPMG […]
Auntie Muni, the famous waakye seller at Labone junction in Accra has passed away, aged 72. The family of the celebrated waakye seller, Auntie Imoro Muniratu popularly known as Auntie Muni, has confirmed her passing. The 72-year-old known for her the long queue at her waakye joint, reportedly died after a short illness at the […]
Professor Kwabena Boahen, a professor of bioengineering and of electrical engineering admires the brain’s efficiency and elegance, and he’s dedicated his career to developing a computer that actually works like one. Prof Kwabena Boahen who is the first son of the late Professor Albert Adu Boahen, and a product of Mfantsipim School recently took a […]
The $1.8 million multi-purpose Youth Resource Centre in Koforidua in the Eastern Region was on Wednesday inuagurated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. It is the old Koforidua Sports Stadium which has been rehabilitated and converted into the Youth Resource Centre with many other sporting infrastructure added to it. Construction works on the facility started […]
In an exciting wave of Guinness World Record attempts, Chef Failatu Abdul-Razak from Tamale is poised to become the third Ghanaian to undertake a record-breaking challenge within two months. Her mission: to set the world record for the longest cooking marathon. The current record holder for the longest cooking marathon (individual) is Irish chef Alan […]
The Asanteman Council – the highest traditional authority in Asante – has announced the dates for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the 3rd Anglo-Asante war also known as the Sagrenti war, which led to the burning and looting of the palace of the Asantehene, Kofi Karikari. Giving details, the Juabenhene, Nana Otuo Siriboe […]
Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo has stressed the need for aspiring parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to intensify their campaigns to make the party’s determination of breaking the eight-year electoral jinx a reality. He said they should not sit aloof thinking that the filing of nominations to contest the party’s parliamentary primaries […]
