Muammar al-Gaddafi was described by his father as a man “always serious, even taciturn”. If we grant that the father knew his son, then we may ask how a son of very few words succeeded in commanding so much attention. At the peak of his power, Gaddafi was unavoidable. Perhaps, what he lacked in words was expressed in […]
A group of residents of Ala-Lomo and Aprotech Street at Bridge junction in Adenta have petitioned the Adenta Municipality Chief Executive to stop the ongoing construction of a private building project. They say the project which is being built on the greenbelt, near a storm drain causes the area to flood as it is on […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commended the chiefs and people of Dagbon for successfully organising this year’s Damba Festival, in a peaceful atmosphere. This is the first time in over three decades the festival is being held. According to President Akufo-Addo, “for thirty over (30) long years, it had been impossible to hold this […]
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has denied claims that he deliberately sat and turned away from former President John Mahama at a funeral they both attended in the Volta Region not too long ago because there is no love lost between the two of them. A picture of Mr Rawlings’ posture became the toast of […]
The Homeland Study Group Foundation, (HSGF), which has been campaigning for the secession of some parts of Ghana into an independent ’Western Togoland State’ declared their independence yesterday, Saturday. Leader of the Separatist movement, Mr. Charles Komi Kudzordzi alias Papavi Hogbedetor who is in his 80s made the declaration at a public gathering in Ho […]
The Foreign Ministers of Ghana and Barbados, on behalf of the Governments and peoples of their respective countries, have signed an agreement for the recruitment of a total of one hundred and twenty (120) nurses from Ghana to complement the staffing needs of the island nation. The agreement was signed on Friday, 15th November, 2019, […]
Former United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon and Founder of Ali Baba, Jack Ma are in Ghana to participate in the maiden edition of the Africa Netpreneurship Summit. Also in the country is ace movie actor, Jet Li. They have since paid courtesy calls on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House. […]
The management of Meridian Port Services (MPS), the concessionaire for the Tema Port, has agreed to cede 20 per cent retention of container cargo volumes to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). This is to enable the port authority to have a minimum level of business to forestall the job losses that would have […]
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Sagnarigu constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini has said the 2020 budget presented by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, is empty, uninspiring and hopeless. According to the Minority, the budget failed to spell out measures to rescue companies from collapse and stop the increasing lay-off of workers, […]
Kanye West will take his Sunday Service to televangelist Joel Osteen’s Houston-based Lakewood Church this week. The rapper has come under fire for teaming up with the controversial preacher, who has been criticized for reaping in millions in donations every year, yet failed to help those most in need on their doorstep. Osteen famously refused to open […]
Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress Bernard Allotey Jacobs has indicated that the stance taken by his party with respect to the upcoming referendum is not surprising. “There are two devils at both sides walking in the shadows. If the result of the referendum is ‘Yes’; it is an endorsement of Akufo-Addo’s […]
In a major step in the fight against Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the world’s first-ever vaccine against Ebola. The drug, called Ervebo and manufactured by MERCK pharmaceuticals, was being used in an experimental phase in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But now the WHO says there is sufficient evidence that shows […]
