Day: February 13, 2017 - Page 8

Dubai Aims To Launch Hover-Taxi By July

Dubai has tested a Chinese prototype of a self-driving hover-taxi, its transport authority said on Monday, with the aim of introducing the aerial vehicle in the emirate by July. The test of the...

Indian Court Bars Student Doctors Over Cheating

India's highest court Monday barred hundreds of students from becoming doctors after they were caught paying bribes and cheating on exams to gain admission into prestigious medical schools. Around...

GHS7.5bn Lost Through Public Sector Graft In 11yrs

Pressure group OccupyGhana has said at least GHS7.5 billion of the taxpayers’ money was lost through public sector corruption between 2003 and 2014. “In our conservative estimates based on the...

Some Uighurs Fighting and Dying In Syria

An exiled advocate for China's ethnic Uighur minority said Monday that some of the group were fighting and dying in Syria -- including for Islamic State (IS) -- though she claimed they had been duped...

I Seriously Need Money To Make Women Love Me

Nigerian actor and comedian Babatunde Omidina aka Baba Suwe has been silent for a very long time after he was detained by the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on allegations of drug...

Mortuary Officials Seize Corpse at Cemetery Over GHc150 (Approx. $33) Debt

There was drama at the Tema Community Nine Cemetery on Saturday, when two mortuary men from the Tema General Hospital aggressively removed a dead body from its coffin at the cemetery, over the...

Bimbilla Clashes: 17 Granted Bail

A District Court in Tamale has granted bail to some 17 suspects arrested in the latest chieftaincy clashes in Bimbilla after a Circuit Court judge earlier swerved the case. Police initially arrested...

Bribery Scandal: Ghartey C’ttee Begins Probe Wednesday

The five-member ad hoc committee composed to probe the bribery scandal that has hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament will start work on Wednesday, February 15. “The Special Committee on...

Blast Kills At Least 11, Injures 60 In Pakistan’s Lahore

At least 11 people have been killed and 60 were wounded after a Taliban off-shoot attacked a demonstration in Lahore, Pakistan. The suicide bomber approached the pharmacists on a motorbike and...

Blast Kills At Least 10, Injures 60 In Pakistan’s Lahore

A powerful explosion killed at least 10 people and injured 60 when it ripped through a protest in Pakistan's Lahore Monday, officials said, shattering a growing sense of security in the provincial...

US Stocks Extend Records Ahead of Yellen Testimony

Wall Street stocks rose early Monday, extending last week's records on continued positive momentum ahead of congressional testimony this week by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. About 50...

9/11 Lawyer Says Trump ‘serious’ On Guantanamo

The lawyer of self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said on Monday he believes US President Donald Trump is serious about using Guantanamo Bay to house more "terrorist" suspects....

Tigo Partners TV3 For Blood Donation Exercise To Restock National Blood Bank

The country’s leading television station, TV3 Network in partnership with mobile network operator, Tigo, will hold its annual blood donation drive aimed at increasing the stock of blood at the...

Use Technology To Improve Lives

Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has challenged African leaders to take advantage advancements in technology to better the lives of their citizens. According to Dr Bawumia, the application of...

I Have Not Been Dragged To Court

Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayi-Bonte II has denied ever being dragged to court by the Police for forceful entry into a land belonging to one Nii Adjabeng Ankrah Family. He has described as “untrue and...

Facts About Nana Addo’s Controversial Policy Set To Commence September

President Nana Addo says the free SHS policy will ensure that Ghanaians who qualify for SHS are not burdened with financial difficulties President Nana Addo’s assurance of delivering his promise...

Gh@60 Logo Not Plagiarised – Committee

The planning committee inaugurated to oversee the celebration of the anniversary has dismissed allegations that the logo was plagiarised. Addressing journalists at the first media briefing of the...

UN Condemns Cameroon Net Shutdown

A UN expert has called on Cameroon to restore net access to English-speaking parts of the country. Net services in the south-west and north-west regions of the nation were cut on 17 January. Cutting...

Damascus Ready For Prisoner Swap With Rebels

Syria's regime is ready to release detainees in exchange for hostages held by rebels, the official SANA news agency reported Monday, ahead of peace talks in the Kazakh capital. "The government is...