UDS Honours Former Tanzanian President
The University for Development Studies (UDS), has conferred Honorary Doctorate degree on a former Tanzanian President, Benjamin William Mkapa. He was honoured alongside 252 other postgraduate...
Day: April 30, 2017
Japan’s Neorealism Wins Hong Kong’s QEII Cup
Japanese raider Neorealism held off a late challenge from the fast-finishing Pakistan Star to win Sunday´s Audemars Piguet QE II Cup at Hong Kong´s Shatin racecourse. Neorealism, perfectly ridden...
8th Edition of Tema Excellence Awards Launched
The Tema Excellence Foundation has launched the 8th edition of its awards ceremony at the Tema food market. The event, which is slated for 1st July 2017, is under the theme “a critical look at the...
US Will Help Meet Ghana’s Power Needs – Robert Jackson
US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, says the US government is prepared to help Ghana meet its power needs in the near future. Speaking at an event to cut sod for the construction of a 400...
Citi FM’s Umaru Sanda Honored At Muslim Achievers Awards
Host of The Big Issue on Citi FM Umaru Sanda Amadu, was on Friday adjudged the Radio Personality of the year at the second edition of Ghana Muslim Achievers Awards. The proficient broadcaster was...
US-Backed Syrian Rebels Advance On ISIS Raqqa Stronghold
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing against the ISIS in the key town of Tabqa near the jihadist bastion of Raqa in northern Syria, a monitor said Sunday. The Syrian Democratic Forces now...
Highways Authority Receives Proposal To Use Drones For Road Inspections
The Ghana Highways Authority (GHPA), has received a proposal by a Japanese company, CLUE, Inc. to include modern technology such as high tech drones in the construction and inspection of major...
A Waterway Lifeline For US-Backed Syria Force Fighting IS
As US-backed fighters advance on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian stronghold Raqa, a waterway "corridor" has become a key supply line, and an escape route for displaced civilians. An AFP...
Google CEO Made Nearly $200 Million Last Year
Google CEO Sundar Pichai received nearly $199.7 million in compensation last year, double the amount he made in 2015, according to a filing Friday from Google’s parent company, Alphabet(GOOGL,...
Celebration and Protest As Indonesian Leader Visits Hong Kong
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo was greeted by a mixture of celebration and protest in Hong Kong Sunday with calls to improve working conditions for the city's army of foreign maids. There are...
Implement Findings of AQR Exercise
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed all banks to strictly comply with its recommendations from a recent Asset Quality Review (AQR) exercise conducted by the bank. The findings which have been...
SP Kofi Sarpong Is My Favourite Gospel Artiste – Shattawale
If you thought controversial dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah aka Shattawale is divorced from the gospel of Christ, you have to re-orient your thought because the ‘Dancehall King’...
The Church Must Play An Active Role In Nation Building
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the church must work closely with government to build and ensure national cohesion and development. He said: “The church has a greater role to play in...
Allianz Ghana Makes Underwriting Easier For Brokers
In the quest for making underwriting easy for insurance brokers in the country, Allianz Ghana has deployed an online underwriting tool dubbed: “Partner Platform” into the market. The Partner...
‘SP Kofi Sarpong Is My Favourite Gospel Artiste’ – Shattawale
If you thought controversial dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah aka Shattawale is divorced from the gospel of Christ, you have to re-orient your thought because the ‘Dancehall King’...
The Tradesmen of Kumasi
To mark the 60th anniversary of the end of colonial rule, London-based photographer Ricky Darko headed back to his birthplace of Kumasi, in the south of the country, to document what type of job...
US Will Help Meet Ghana’s Power Needs
US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, says the US government is prepared to help Ghana meet its power needs in the near future. Speaking at an event to cut sod for the construction of a 400...
Goverment To Make Funding Zongo Development A Binding Law
Government will make the funding of the Zongo Development Fund a law so that there will always be available funds for use, the vice president has said. “We are going to make sure that the funding...
Prof Opoku-Amankwa Appointed Acting Director General of GES
The Dean of the International Programmes Office (IPO) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has been appointed as Acting Director-General...
NPP Groups Fight Over Afoko In Builsa
A coalition aligned with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has jumped into the defence of David Afoko, cousin to the suspended National Chairman of the party, Paul Afoko, over a recent claim...