Some take to sports, break every record and set new ones. Others like Nigerian national Onoriode Reginald Aziza take their academic journey seriously earning laurels through every stage. With over 25 academic awards (including the Faculty of Law Prize for the Best Student in the Faculty of Law OAU, the Mohammed Bello Prize for the […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for an end to the politicisation of development initiatives. The President expressed worry over recent comments seeking to downplay the efficiency of drones in the delivery of medical supplies to hard to reach areas in Ghana. The President highlighted the benefits of the technology to Ghana’s health delivery system during […]
Sixteen-year-old Leticia Vidza from Cape Coast who lost her sight four years ago, resulting in the curtailment of her education, has had her sight restored. This followed a 30-minute surgery performed by a team of American and Ghanaian doctors to remove cataract from both eyes at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH). The eye specialists […]
The people of Osu and its environs have heaved a sigh of relief following the commissioning of the newly renovated and refurbished Osu government maternity home by the first lady, Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo. The renovation and refurbishment of the facility a project of The Rebecca Foundation comes after eighty-nine years of near maintenance-abandon, with […]
Justice Clemence Honyenuga, who is presiding in the case of Stephen Opuni, Seidu Agogo and Agriculture Limited known as the COCOBOD Case, on Monday looked visibly shocked and troubled, over the theft of his trial notes and records of proceedings on the case. The case was called on Monday morning, however, as a result of […]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Africa Integras, Andrea Pizziconi, has backtracked on her earlier accusation which suggested that the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ebenezer Oduro-Owusu, sexually harassed her. According to her, the Professor never harassed nor did she ever say in her earlier tweet that she was harassed. She rather […]
Rihanna has called President Donald Trump “the most mentally ill human being in America right now.” Gracing the November issue of Vogue, the 31-year-old singer spoke about the gun violence in America and called the president out following the two mass shootings in 24 hours back in August 2019. “The fact that it’s classified as something different because […]
Eleven people have been arrested in southern Mexico after the mayor of their village was dragged out of his office, tied to a pick-up truck and dragged through the streets. Police intervened to free Mayor Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández, who reportedly suffered no major injuries. It was the second attack by farmers demanding that he […]
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebenezer Owusu-Oduro has described sexual harassment claims made by Andrea Pizziconi against him as borne out of desperation and frustration. He insists that the accusations are not true and can never be true touting himself as a man of impeccable moral conduct who will never stoop so […]
The story of Bernadette Adams, the wife of former French footballer, Jean-Pierre Adams has resonated with many around the world. Bernadette’s love for her husband who is still in a coma for over three decades now continues to excite and marvel many. Her husband’s life was brutally turned upside down in 1982 when then 34 years […]
When it launched a new passport checking service, the Home Office knew that it had trouble handling some shades of skin, a report in the New Scientist has revealed. The facial recognition technology failed to recognise the features of some people with very light or dark skin. The problem had become apparent during trials of the […]
In 1952, I was seven years old, I was in Class Three and I was living in Abutia with my grandmother. There was a celebration marking the opening of a bridge near or in a village called Podoe, which meant the road was now opened from Abutia to Juapong. I am told there was a […]
