Putin To Meet Iran’s Rouhani In Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Tuesday to host Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani for talks that will be closely watched for signs of their next moves in Syria. Rouhani's first official...
Day: March 28, 2017
Manso Adubia Streams Left With Chemicals and No Fish After ‘galamsey’
The Manso Adubia constituency in the Ashanti Region has seen the illegal mining activities over the past few years leave the area in the alarming position of having no natural water body fit for...
Akufo-Addo Stops Purchase of New State Vehicles
President Akufo-Addo has issued a moratorium on the purchase of new vehicles by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), according to an official government communication. As part of measures to...
I’m Not Encouraging Rape Against Young Girls – Otiko Djaba
Minister of Gender, Women and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba has mounted a strong defence of her recent statement insisting that she never promoted rape against young girls. The Minister, over...
GES Boss Queries Teacher For Pounding and Eating Fufu During Class Hours
A teacher with the Amahi M/A Basic School in the Akuapem-North Municipal Assembly has been summoned to appear before the Municipal Director of Education, Ms. Grace Owusua Addo for misconduct. In a...
‘Appropriate Sanctions Will Be Applied’ – Government
Deputy Interior Minister-designate, Henry Quartey, has promised severe sanctions against members of the NPP-affiliated vigilante groups, Delta Force and Invincible Forces, following last Friday’s...
S.Korea Ferry Salvors Find Human Remains
Salvage workers who raised South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry may have found a body which had been missing since the disaster in 2014, the maritime ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said in a...
Hip-Life Artiste Trigmatic Ties the Knot
Versatile Ghanaian musician Yaw Oduro Agyei, popularly known as Trigmatic on Saturday, March 25, 2017 walked down the aisle with his longtime girlfriend, Dita Schandorf, at a low-key wedding ceremony...
5 Charged Over Delta Force Attack
The number of suspects arrested in connection with the pro-government Delta Force attack on the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator on Friday has gone up to five. Apart from the leader of the...
Johns Hopkins Has First Black Female Neurosurgeon Resident
In the 30 years that Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's neurosurgical department has accepted residents, there has never been a black woman in the ranks. Now, Nancy Abu-Bonsrah is making history. The...
President Places Moratorium On the Purchase of New Vehicles
President Nana Akufo-Addo has placed moratorium on the purchase of new vehicles by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The Chief of Staff, Madam Frema Opare in a letter dated March 21 said...
Ahmed Kathrada, Anti-Apartheid Activist and Mandela Prison Mate
South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada, who was jailed alongside Nelson Mandela, was feted as a humble liberation hero who shunned the power and glory that came with freedom. Unlike many...
2017 Budget Estimates Inconsistent
The 2017 budget estimates according to the Minority is inconsistent. According to the spokesperson on Finance, Ato Forson “what we have seen is a departure of what the narratives of the budget...
Rooftop Shanties Top Once Iconic Casablanca Buildings
Shanties have mushroomed on the rooftops of historic apartment buildings in Casablanca, as the Moroccan city's once-prestigious centre crumbles below. Clotheslines, satellite dishes and tangled...
Sefwi Wiawso High Court A Deathtrap; Chief Wants CJ, Gov’t To Intervene
The paramount chief of Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area, Katakyei Kwasi Bumankamah II, has appealed to the Chief Justice Georgina T. Wood and the government to construct a new High Court building for...
India Thrash Australia To Clinch Test Series
India underlined their status as the world's number one side as they demolished Australia by eight wickets to clinch a bitterly fought series 2-1 on day four of the fourth Test on Tuesday. Chasing...
Malaysia Says Kim Jong-Nam’s Body Still In KL Morgue
Six weeks after the airport assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, Malaysia on Tuesday said it was still waiting for family to claim the body, denying rumours it had been sent back to Pyongyang. The...
Spurs Drop Cavaliers To 2nd In East, Westbrook’s Thunder Roar Back
Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points and left to a standing ovation on Monday as the San Antonio Spurs humbled the NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers 103-74 less than three weeks before the start of the...
Chinese Curlers Already Under Pressure For Beijing 2022
Peering up at a thinned out crowd, the Chinese team waved half-heartedly after failing to reach the play-offs in the World Women's Curling Championships, a competition they won eight years ago. The...
Daredevil Director Edgar Wright On ‘Baby Driver’ Stunts
Filmmaker Edgar Wright revealed Monday the death-defying extremes he went to for heist thriller "Baby Driver" -- strapping himself to the outside of a speeding car to get the right shots. The British...