Derek Walcott Dies At Age 87 In St Lucia
Derek Walcott was one of the Caribbean's best known writers Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott has died aged 87 at his home in the Caribbean island of St Lucia after a long illness, local media...
Day: March 17, 2017
Controversy In Benin Over Single-Term Presidency Plan
Many Africans have become accustomed to their leaders trying to cling to power at all costs, but in tiny Benin, the president appears to be trying to do the opposite. President Patrice Talon, a...
Coral Reefs Discovered In Ghana
Ghana’s tourism sector is expected to rake in more foreign exchange following the discovery of Coral Reefs in its marine waters. Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems, similar to a forest...
Iraq Forces Seize Ground In Mosul Old City
Iraqi forces said Friday they had seized ground inside Mosul's Old City, a district expected to see some of the fiercest clashes in the battle for the jihadist stronghold. An operation began on...
Man In Muslim Tunic ‘slits Throats of His Father and Brother’ In Paris
A man wearing a Muslim tunic has been arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his father and brother in a Paris street this morning, it has emerged. The alleged attacker shouted Allah Akbar...
NDC Will Bounce Back – Mahama
Former President, John Mahama, has said that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will “bounce back.” It is unclear what may have inspired the former President’s comment, and what message he...
Evelyn Under Psychiatric Treatment
Evelyn Boakye, Marwako staff who got assaulted by her supervisor Evelyn Boakye, the Ghanaian subordinate at Marwako fast food whose face was dipped in hot blended pepper by her Lebanese supervisor...
Make the Cedi Stable, Ghanaians Are Crying – Alhaji Haruna Tells NPP
A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communication team, Alhaji Haruna Halidu has called on President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo and his government to use their economic skills to...
Speaker Directs Education, Gender Ministries To Resolve Political Thuggery In School Feeding
The decision by the Ejura Sekyeredumase Assembly to suspend the school feeding programme is having a deleterious effect on education, Member of Parliament of the area has said. According to Braimah...
Assembly Members Fully Endorse Kumasi MCE Nominee
Assembly Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), have fully endorsed Osei Assibey Antwi, President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the KMA Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) position. Unlike...
Ayikoi Otoo, Gina Blay, 5 Others Given Ambassadorial Roles
President Akufo-Addo has named former Attorney General Ayikoi Otoo, and Gina Blay, wife of acting New Patriotic Party chairman, Freddie Blay, as Ghana’s Ambassadors to Canada and Germany...
EC Appeals To Gov’t To Pay GHC100m Arrears From 2016 Elections Budget
The government owes the Electoral Commission (EC) an outstanding GHC100 million for cost incurred during the 2016 general elections budget, an EC official has said. Deputy EC Chairperson in charge of...
Islamic Cleric Threatens To Sue T.B. Joshua For Calling Jesus God
An angry Muslim cleric, Sheikh Hussaini Yusuf Mabera threatened to come really hard on highly revered Nigerian cleric, TB Joshua for calling Jesus God. Sheikh Hussaini Yusuf Mabera, a Muslim cleric...
South African Court Averts Welfare Payments Crisis
One in three South Africans depends on the social grants South Africa's constitutional court has averted a crisis on welfare payments to 17 million people by extending the contract of the processing...
Ghanaian Dancehall Star Stonebwoy Spotted On Stage TV With I Octane In Jamaica
play videoThe BhimNation frontliner is currently in Kingston Jamaica with his manager Blakk Cedi Ghanaian reggae and dancehall super star Stonebwoy looks to make a mark by stepping up his game as...
Crystal Capital CEO Advocates Tough Measures
Martin Ofori, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Crystal Capital & Investments Limited, an emerging markets investment management and financial advisory firm in Ghana, has called for tough...
Reduce Fuel Prices Today – NPA Tells Oil Companies
It also abolished the excise duty in the customs and excise Act The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has directed Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to review fuel prices downwards to reflect the...
Nestle@60: Gov’t Policies Will Enhance Companies’ Competitiveness
Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyeremanten says government is putting in place a congenial policy environment that will enhance the competitiveness of companies in Ghana. He said government will...
Occupy Ghana Charges Government To Shrink Ministerial Appointments
Pressure group Occupy Ghana has joined in the campaign to petition President Akufo-Addo to reconsider the size of his ministerial appointments. The group in a press statement expressed their concern...
Kumasi Mayor Osei Assibey Antwi Gets 99 Per Cent Endorsement
Assembly members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) on Friday morning gave Mr Osei Assibey Antwi a massive endorsement as mayor of Kumasi. Graphic Online's Kumasi correspondent, Daniel Kenu...