Thousands To Attend Rafsanjani Funeral
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians are expected to fill the streets of the capital Tehran for the funeral of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The ceremony is due to begin with prayers...
Day: January 9, 2017
Ghana Revenue Authority Commissions Drivers’ Lounge
The Ghana Revenue Authority has commissioned a drivers’ lounge constructed at the cost of about GH?1.6 million as part of the modernization process which began in 2010. The lounge would serve as...
Arrest Youth Taking Over State Institutions – Security Analyst
Police officers must as a matter of urgency arrest the supposed New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth who attempted taking over the Sagnarigu and Tamale offices of the National Health Insurance Authority,...
Gov’t To Pay Wontumi US$1bn Judgement Debt
The invasion and subsequent burning of mining equipment and some other properties belonging to HANSOL Mining Limited by the inter-ministerial taskforce set up to clamp down on illegal mining...
Spinter Benz Accident At Apam Leaves 23 Injured
At least 23 people are reported injured Monday after a Sprinter Benz bus veered off the road into a nearby bush at the Gomoa Apam junction in the Central Region. An eye witness said the driver of the...
Kerry Apologizes For Past Firings of Gay U.S. State Department Staff
U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday apologized to hundreds of State Department employees who were fired after the start of the Cold War for being gay in what is known as the "lavender...
Alibaba Leads $2.55 Billion Bid For Chinese Retailer Intime
E-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA. N) and the founder of Intime Retail Group Co Ltd (1833.HK) have jointly bid to take the Chinese department store operator private for HK$19.79 billion...
Ryan Meets With Trump Team On U.S. House Tax Reform Plan
U. S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan met late on Monday with top members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team to discuss their 2017 tax reform agenda. The high-level meeting,...
US Sanctions Five Prominent Russians Including Litvinenko Suspects
The Obama administration has blacklisted five prominent Russians, just 11 days before he leaves office. Chief federal investigator Alexander Bastrykin and two men wanted in the UK for the murder of...
Jared Kushner, Trump’s Son-In-Law, Named Top Adviser
President-elect Donald Trump has named his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as one of his senior White House advisers. The 35-year-old played a key role in the presidential campaign and his new White House...
Is Sarkodie Ghana’s Richest Musician?
MTV Base Africa, a 24-hour music and general entertainment channel which focuses primarily on music of R'n'B, hiphop, reggae, soul and urban from Africa, has adjudged versatile artiste, Sarkodie, as...
It’s Exciting To Be A Mum – Kafui Danku
After going through the pain of miscarriages, pretty actress cum producer, Kafui Danku has been blessed with a baby girl. Kafui gave birth a couple of weeks ago outside the country and both mother...
Freko Attaches KMA Properties To Defray GHC4.3m Debt
A Kumasi High Court has granted Freko F. D Enterprise Limited, the opportunity to attached three buildings belonging to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) following a judgement against the...
UK In ‘front Seat’ For US Trade Deal, Top Republican Says
Britain will be in the "front seat" to negotiate a new trade deal with the incoming Trump administration, a top Republican in the US Senate has said. A US-UK trade deal would be a priority, Senate...
Investors’ Sentiments Titled Towards Optimism
Investors’ sentiments slanted towards positivity in the first trading week of the year as the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) bourse opens on a bullish note, signalling a favourable year for equities....
Why I Switched From Raping To Singing
For sometime now, Highgrade Family artiste, Martin Kofi King Arthur has stopped his hardcore raping and switched to singing. Well, lots of Ghanaians are loving Kofi Kinaata’s singing prowess as...
TOR MD Calls For Expansion
The outgoing Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Kwame Awuah Darko, has urged his successor to pursue the expansion drive and increase the competitiveness of the refinery. He argued...
NPP Blocked ‘NDC Ghosts’ From Voting In 2016 – Sir John
The former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP) Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has revealed that the party made use of technical expertise to stop ‘NDC ghost voters’ from taking part in the...
Declining Poverty Eradication Among Children Need Attention
A report by the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS6) carried nationwide in 18,000 households in 1,200 enumeration areas from October 2012 to October 2013, revealed that a quarter of Ghanaians are...
I’m Ready To Work In Kumawood Again
Ghanaian actor, Clement Bonney also known in showbiz as Mr. Beautiful, says he will accept a call up from Kumasi Movie Producers to feature him in films – kasapafmonline.com reports. Speaking with...