Spanish Climber Sets New Everest Record
Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has set the record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest without fixed ropes or extra oxygen. Jornet climbed Everest's north face in just 26 hours , his team...
Day: May 23, 2017
Three Ghana Gas Helicopters Missing?
Although government has paid $150m for three helicopters for Ghana Gas Company, the whereabouts of the choppers remains a mystery, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has...
Trump Stays On Script — But A Few Episodes Raise Eyebrows
US President Donald Trump's trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories saw the unpredictable leader tightly following protocol, but a few moments provided low-scale scandal and humour. Walking on...
Shop Assistant To Serve Three Years For Stealing
An Accra Circuit Court, on Monday, sentenced Samuel Kwadwo Bekoe, a Shop Assistant, to three years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing. Bekoe pleaded not guilty to stealing GHc 180,000.00,...
No Soldiers Deployed To Protect Galamseyers – Derrick Oduro
The Deputy Defence Minister, Derrick Oduro has emphatically told Citi News that the Ghana Armed Forces has not deployed any military personnel to the mine where the foreigners were arrested on...
Credit GFA For Black Starlets Performance
The vice president of the Ghana football Association, George Afriyie, wants his outfit to be applauded for the Starlets sterling performance at the ongoing Africa Under -17 Cup of Nations in Gabon....
We’ll Investigate Soldiers Protecting ‘galamseyers’
The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has instructed the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Obed Akwa to immediately begin investigations into allegations of some military men protecting illegal...
US New Home Sales Cool In April
Sales of new US homes experienced a sharp slowdown in April after a record rate in March, with prices also falling, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. The supply of new homes also showed signs...
University Justifies Rustication
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has said it is “dismayed” with the negative reactions from sections of the public over its attempt to maintain discipline in the University following the...
Gospel Musician Cwesi Oteng Turns ‘marriage Counsellor’
There are some creative artists who are versatile in a couple of arts disciplines. One of such people is gospel artiste Cwesi Oteng. The musician has played the role of a marriage counsellor role in...
Militant Behind Multiple Pakistan Attacks Arrested
Pakistani officials claimed Tuesday they have arrested the mastermind behind several attacks that killed scores of people in the restive southwest, including a devastating blast targeting lawyers in...
Apple and Nokia To ‘co-Operate’ After Settling Patent Row
Apple and Nokia have settled a dispute over the use of patented technology in smartphones and agreed to “co-operate”. In December, Nokia sued Apple claiming the company had breached 32 technology...
President Courts Support of CEOs
Both local and foreign businessmen, who have capital to invest to boost the economy, are often discouraged from doing so because of corruption, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday...
Ecobank Announces Finalists of 2017 Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Ecobank has announced the finalists in the ‘Ecobank Fintech Challenge,’ a competition for African technology start-ups. The list includes 20 innovators from across the continent. The startups...
Major Technical Changes Will Be Made In All National Teams
Ghana Football Association Vice President George Afriyie has hinted that major changes will be rung in the technical bench of all the Ghana national teams following changes made in three national...
Veteran Actor Kofi Bucknor DEAD
Veteran Ghanaian actor, Kofi Bucknor is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday, May 23, 2017. He was 64. It is unknown what caused his death. He was born in 1953 in Cape Coast. He is known for...
Sir Roger Moore, James Bond Actor, Dies Aged 89
Actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, has died aged 89, his family has announced. He played the famous spy in seven Bond films including Live and Let Die and the Spy Who Loved Me....
Talent Is Useless Without Its Development
Former Ashanti Gold SC Coach Basir Hayford has expressed disenchantment about the manner in which the nation’s football governing body has allowed abundant talents in the country to go waste. He...
Great Olympics Striker Abel Manomey Revives 4 Unconscious Players
The skill and intelligence with which Olympics striker Abel Monomey revives colleagues on the field of play has raised eyebrows. The striker has revived four players who lost consciousness to their...
Starlets Not Hit With Illness
Black Starlets head coach, Paa Kwesi Fabin, has debunked media reports stating that members of the team had been hit with illness. On Monday, several reports made the rounds that a number of the...