Sanlam Sells Stake In Enterprise Insurance
South Africa’s largest insurer, Sanlam Ltd., has sold its stake in Ghanaian holding company, Enterprise Group’s Insurance business for $130 million but will retain a presence in the country,...
Day: June 28, 2017
North Korea Threatens To Kill South’s Ex-President Park
North Korea threatened on Wednesday to "impose the death penalty" on the South's former president Park Geun-Hye over an alleged plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong-Un. Park had "pushed forward" a...
Deal Reached On Cuts To UN Peacekeeping
A tentative deal on nearly $600 million in cuts to the UN peacekeeping budget has been reached following weeks of tough negotiations over US demands for a sharp cost reduction, a Security Council...
Ghana’s Aviation Set To Permit Nigeria Airlines In Ghana Commercial Travel Space
Intense competition is looming for Ghanaian airlines as the Ministry of Aviation has indicated its readiness to allow competition into Ghana’s domestic air travel space. This move according to the...
Activists Who Probed Ivanka Trump Supplier Released
Three activists who were detained last month while investigating working conditions at a Chinese factory making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes have been released on bail pending a trial, their...
China Donates Arms To Philippines For Raging Islamist Fight
China on Wednesday donated thousands of guns to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to help Manila in its battle against Islamist gunmen who are holed up in a southern city. The small shipment of...
Gov’t To Set Up C’ttee To Probe BOST Contaminated Fuel Sale
The Energy Ministry will be setting up an eight-member investigative committee to look into the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) company’s controversial sale of 5 million litres of...
Sharks Sign On Brazilian Abner Dos Santos
Ghana Premier League side, Elmina Sharks, has completed the signing of Brazilian Abner Dos Santos after a deal was reached with his agents. Dos Santos’ move to play in the Ghanaian league was...
Hamas Building Gaza Buffer Zone As It Seeks Improved Egypt Ties
Gaza's rulers Hamas said they had begun building a new buffer zone along the southern border with Egypt on Wednesday, as the Islamist movement seeks to improve ties with Cairo. The 100-metre wide...
2 Teenagers Arrested With 30 Parcels of ‘wee’
Two teenagers are in the grips of the Eastern Regional Police Command for possessing narcotic substances, believed to be marijuana. The two, Evelyn Adade Korkor, 19 years, and Felix Gyimah, 18,...
South African Court Bans Schools From Religious Favourtism
The South Gauteng High Court in South Africa has declared that public schools should not favour any one religion over others. The Organisation for Religious Education and Democracy brought the case...
Kenyans Are ‘first In Africa To Get Generic of Latest Aids Drug’
Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the lives of people who suffer severe side effects and resistance to other treatments, the...
Bepong Methodist Prim Wins 2017 Milo Champs League
Bepong Methodist Primary School from Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region has for the second time in three years won the Milo U-13 Champions League (MCL) organised by Nestle Ghana Limited in collaboration...
Atuguba Meets Awuku After ‘punishing’ Him During Election Petition Case
It was an interesting sight to behold when two men perceived to be bitter enemies met at the Banquet Hall of the State House during the swearing-in of the new Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo on Monday,...
Mattis Says Assad Took Trump’s Chemical Warning ‘seriously’
US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have worked, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Wednesday. "It appears that they took...
PREGISS Fun Games To Shake PRESEC On 1st July
The PREGISS Fun Games, Fair and Family Day, is set to send reverberations through the grounds of the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, Legon once again come Saturday 1st July 2017. The annual...
‘Vaccine’ Created For Huge Cyber-Attack
Security researchers have discovered a “vaccine” for the huge cyber-attack that hit organisations across the world on Tuesday. The creation of a single file can stop the attack from infecting a...
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Detained By Police
Hong Kong student pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong was detained by police on Wednesday after an anti-China protest ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping. Wong was among at least 20 protesters...
Gov’t Sets Up C’ttee To Probe BOST Contaminated Fuel Sale
The Energy Ministry has set up an eight-member investigative committee to look into the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) company’s controversial sale of 5 million litres of contaminated...
Stars Face Mexico In Friendly Today
Ghana Black Stars will engage the El Tri of Mexico at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, USA, in a friendly encounter as part of measures to strengthen the squad ahead of their qualifying matches to...