80th Ada Asafotufiami Festival Launched
The 2017 edition of Ghana’s biggest festival christened Asafotufiami, held annually in Ada, in the Greater Accra Region was on Monday launched at the La Badi Beach Hotel. This year’s festival...
Day: June 20, 2017
Living With Sickle Cell; the Untold Story [Audio]
Imagine being in pain every day of your life. Your knees hurt, you feel sharp pains in your elbow and your entire body is in constant pain. To complicate your woes, you often have low energy because...
Road Safety Commission To Enforce Tyre Standards
In 2008, the National Road Safety Commission in furtherance of its advocacy and research mandate, conducted a study on the magnitude of the use of “home-used” or “second-hand” tyres and its...
Italy Arrests Nigerian Torturer Dubbed ‘Rambo’
A Nigerian human trafficker known as "Rambo" has been arrested in Italy on charges of torturing and killing migrants held captive in Libya, Italian police said Tuesday. The suspect named John Ogais,...
Living With Sickle Cell; the Untold Story
Imagine being in pain every day of your life. Your knees hurt, you feel sharp pains in your elbow and your entire body is in constant pain. To complicate your woes, you often have low energy because...
S. Korean Leader Blames North For Warmbier Death
South Korean President Moon Jae-In said Tuesday that North Korea bears responsibility for the death of US student Otto Warmbier, and described its regime as irrational. Ahead of talks here next week...
Samini To Rock 4th Madaraka Festival Concert
Veteran Ghanaian reggae/dancehall big leaguer and Highgrade Family’s front liner, Samini, will be playing at the One Vibe Africa and MoPOP’s 4th Annual Madaraka Festival as one of the big acts...
Tony Bennett To Be Honored By Library of Congress
Tony Bennett, the 90-year-old crooner who has remained a commercial success for seven consecutive decades, will be honored for his life's work by the Library of Congress, it announced Tuesday. The...
Home Beckons Across the Border For Exiled Ivorian Children
Hurbain Souomi was only five years old, but he still remembers the day he trekked 50 kilometres (30 miles) across the border into Liberia to escape gunfire strafing his Ivory Coast village. "There...
Yemen Cholera Death Toll Passes 1,100
Cholera has killed 1,170 people in war-ravaged Yemen and the number of suspected cases is now at nearly 2,000 a day, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. And the devastation wrought by the...
Brady Wants the Sport To Go Big In China
New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady wants the NFL to follow basketball's example and become a major sport in China. The five-time Super Bowl champion says he hopes to play an NFL game in...
At Least Eight Drown In Boat Capsize Off Kenya Coast
Eight people died and at least two were missing after an overloaded boat capsized off Kenya's Lamu Island on Tuesday, police said. The small boat, carrying 30 passengers and cargo, was travelling...
I’ll Apologise To Krobos On Behalf of Sarkodie – Okraku Mante
The President of the Creative Arts Council, Mark Okraku Mante, has expressed his willingness to lead a delegation to apologise to the Krobo community on behalf of Sarkodie, Citi Showbiz has learnt....
Springbok Cronje To Miss Final France Test
South African scrum-half Ross Cronje will miss this weekend's third and final Test against France because of delayed concussion symptoms, the Springboks said on Tuesday. Cronje, 27, made a strong...
The Rise of Tricycles In Waste Management [Report]
Disposal of waste within the capital, Accra, has become a daunting task as most private sanitation service providers seem not to execute their work efficiently. The situation, especially in the...
We’ll Deal With Savelugu Protesters
The Northern Regional Police Command has said it is on standby to deal ruthlessly with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) members disrupting the work of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Savelugu...
Judiciary Will Use Technology For Quality Justice
Justice Sophia Abena Abroma Akuffo, the Chief Justice Nominee on Friday gave the assurance that upon her approval, she would use technology for dispensation of justice to reduce the duration of cases...
Major Mahama ‘killers’ Move To Accra
Police prosecutors in Cape Coast have discontinued the case against the first batch of persons who were arrested for their alleged complicity in the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. The move is...
Fighters From Syria’s Raqa Battle To Oust IS From Their Hometown
Khalil al-Hussein fled the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa 18 months ago, but now he is back and fighting to help oust the jihadists from his hometown. The 25-year-old is one of several...
Naa Torshie Advocates Borrowing By MMDAs From Local Banks
Irene Naa Torshie Addo, the President’s nominee for the position of Common Fund Administrator, is proposing new measures including borrowing from banks to end the perennial challenge of the delay...