Nana Addo Pranked Otumfuo – Akandoh
Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Minta Akando has described as “April Fool Prank” President Akufo Addo’s promise to deal ruthlessly with some members of private security wing of the...
Day: April 1, 2017
Niger President Issoufou Says Will Not Seek Third Term
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said Saturday that he would not amend the constitution to allow him to seek a third term after his second and final mandate ends in 2021. "One of my greatest...
COCOBOD Chief’s Salary Is the People’s Business
By: Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. When Dr. Stephen Opuni, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), had his assets frozen, recently, many were the voices that chalked...
Kennedy Agyapongs Must Find Creative Ways To Get Private-Sector Jobs
By: Kofi Thompson Is the Hon Kennedy Agyapong, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Assini Central, a creative thinker at all, one wonders? One has to ask that question for the simple reason that at...
Minister For National Security Must Be Wary of His Involvement In the Kumawu Chieftaincy Dispute
By: Adofo, Rockson It is gradually leaking out into the public domain that the Minister for National Security and Advisor on national security issues to His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa...
Commander-In-Chief Akufo-Addo and the Democratization of Vigilante Violence
By: Kwarteng, Francis “The vigilante groups are recognized in the party (New Patriotic Party (NPP)) and so I will personally make sure they are recruited into national security” (our emphasis)...
South Korea’s Kang Leads Fowler By Three In Houston
South Korean Kang Sung's third-round 71 was good enough for a three-shot lead on Saturday after American Rickie Fowler's late stumble at the US PGA Houston Open. Kang, a 29-year-old chasing a first...
AFP Photographer Detained In East Libya
AFP's photographer in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, Abdullah Doma, was detained late Saturday for the second time in several days by security services there, his family said. Doma had been...
Miami Triumph Puts Konta In Spotlight
Johanna Konta's days of flying under the radar are numbered now that the Briton has bagged her biggest title yet at the Miami Open. The 25-year-old will rise to a career-high seventh in the world...
Australia Floodwaters Still Rising, Police Search For Missing
Floodwaters were still rising in eastern Australia on Sunday as emergency workers battled to restore water and electricity supplies in regions hardest hit by a powerful tropical cyclone. At least two...
Women Must Take Spiritual Control of Ghana
Madam Joyce Aryee, Founder, Salt and Light Ministry, has challenged Ghanaian women to “take spiritual control” of the country and unleash their potentials. She said the country was at a crossroad...
Schweinsteiger Off Mark As Chicago Held By Montreal
Bastian Schweinsteiger scored on his Major League Soccer debut on Saturday as Chicago Fire snatched a 2-2 draw with Montreal Impact. Former Germany star Schweinsteiger headed home David Accam's...
Olam’s Nutrifoods Biscuits Now Poised For West African Export Market
After taking the domestic biscuit market by storm, Olam’s Nutrifoods Biscuit company is headed for the gaping West African export market following the completion of major expansion works and launch...
Student Sues Advertising Company For Negligence
A 28-year-old man has sued an advertising company and two others for negligence which has rendered him paralysed in both legs. The plaintiff, Patrick Reynolds Yeboah, who was, until the accident, a...
Mali Opposition Close To Joining Key Peace Summit
Mali's opposition on Saturday took tentative steps towards ending its boycott of a political summit enshrined in the country's 2015 peace deal after the government extended a deadline to facilitate...
Elmina Sharks 1-1 Liberty Professionals
Elmina Sharks were held to a 1-1 draw by Liberty Professionals in week 9 of the Ghana Premier League at the Dr. Ndoum Sports complex on Saturday. Wing wizard Benjamin Tweneboah opened the scoring for...
Painter James Rosenquist Dies In New York At Age 83
James Rosenquist, a leading pioneer of Pop Art who appropriated industrial painting methods to cultivate his bold, graphic style, has died in New York. He was 83. The internationally acclaimed artist...
Osu Mantse To Arrest Children Seen After 9pm
The Osu Mantse and President of the Osu Traditional Council, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, has warned that children aged five to 15 would be arrested and severely dealt with when seen loitering in the...
Sarkodie, Obrafuor Are Not Good ‘singers’
Highlife artiste KK Fosu has commended rappers who try incorporating singing into their compositions, but has said they still fall short of the standard expected of them as singers. Artistes,...
April Fool’s Marchers In New York Elect Trump As Their ‘king’
Wearing Donald Trump masks and marching behind a life-sized doll of the president sitting on a toilet, dozens of people took part Saturday in a wry and often bizarre April Fool's Day march in New...