Punish Culprits In NCA Scandal
Tax Analyst and Consultant, Ali Nakyea, has called for the prosecution of persons at the centre of the Ghana Standards Authority and National Communications Authority financial scandals. Former Chief...
Day: May 26, 2017
Fourteen Takoradi Fire Victims To Be Transferred To Interbeton
Doctors at the three medical facilities handling the victims of the May 9, 2017, Takoradi gas explosion are struggling to take care of some of them, as a result of the lack of critical care units in...
Republican Accused of ‘bodyslam’ Wins Montana Special Election
A US Republican candidate accused of assaulting a reporter was declared the projected winner of Thursday's Montana special congressional election, which had been considered a bellwether in the...
African Leaders Admit the Continent Needs To Learn From Asia’s Success
Some African leaders have reiterated the need for the continent to learn from the successes of Asia to speed up economic development. The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwunmi...
German Map Project To Aid Future Rebirth of Aleppo
With its battered facades, pulverised houses and skeletons of buildings, one of the world's oldest cities, Aleppo, has been utterly devastated by the war in Syria. Now, in Germany, scholars are...
Reports of Missing Ghana Gas Helicopters Strange and Ill-Fated – John Jinapor
The former Deputy Minister for Power, John Jinapor has strongly debunked claims that some helicopters purchased by the previous Mahama administration for the Ghana Gas Company are missing. He...
Arab TV Series Showcases Untold Stories of IS Women
They are mothers, daughters, wives -- and suicide bombers: an Arab television drama timed for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan tells the untold stories of women and the Islamic State group. Inspired...
Deal With Illegal Miners At the District Level – Group Tells Amewu
Members of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Mining (GNASSM) have called on the government to deal with illegal miners known as dredgers whose activities directly lead to the destruction...
Syria Girls Escape Nightmare of War With Snow White Fable
To escape the nightmare of life in their besieged hometown near Syria's capital, 13 young girls sought refuge in a fairytale performance of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". The all-girl cast spent...
Traditional Priestess Grabbed For Operating Brothel
A traditional priestess has been arrested at Barekese for allegedly operating a brothel. A quantity of used and unused condoms were retrieved from the suspect’s 17-bedroom house by the police at...
Former Top Chinese Cop Executed For Murder
A former regional police chief in China was executed for murder, state media said Friday, after reports described his victim as a lover more than three decades his junior. Zhao Liping, 65, was found...
Kunitz Scores OT Winner, Penguins Return To NHL Finals
Chris Kunitz scored 5:09 into the second overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 win over Ottawa to book their spot in the NHL finals against the Nashville Predators. The defending NHL...
Kidney Traffickers Arrested In Cambodia
Two Cambodians have been arrested for allegedly trafficking at least ten organ donors to India for illegal kidney transplants worth tens of thousands of dollars, police said Friday. The two Phnom...
Afghan Women Shelters Bring Succour To Abuse Victims
Heavily pregnant at 16 after being raped by an insurgent commander, Malala was on the brink of committing suicide when she found refuge and hope in a women's shelter in Kabul. The non-descript...
Kwesi Appiah Names First Black Stars Squad
Coach Kwesi Appiah has announced a 30-man squad for Ghana’s upcoming 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifying match against Ethiopia. Seven Ghana-based players have been handed call-ups into the...
Australia To Overhaul Coaching System Amid Super Rugby Woes
The Australian Rugby Union unveiled plans Friday for a national panel to oversee coaching development as it grapples with the fall-out of a demoralising Super Rugby season. The move followed a summit...
Cavaliers Crush Celtics To Book NBA Title Clash With Warriors
The Cleveland Cavaliers, fueled by another milestone night for LeBron James, powered into a third straight NBA Finals meeting with the Golden State Warriors with a dominant 135-102 win over the...
IS Claims Suicide Attack On Jakarta Bus Station
The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing at a Jakarta bus terminal that killed three policemen, the latest attack to hit Indonesia as it faces a surge in...
Navratilova Urges Renaming of Margaret Court Arena
Martina Navratilova Friday called for a name change of the Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne Park after the Australian great's boycott of airliner Qantas over its same-sex marriage stance. Court, now...
Trade Surplus Doubles To US$1.2bn In April
Export proceeds in the first four months of the year overtook imports by 30.2 per cent, resulting in a balance of trade (BOT) surplus of US$1.15 billion within the period. This means the country sold...