Punish Otiko and Bugri Naabu
The Minority side in Ghana’s parliament wants the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Bugri Naabu and the Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Madam Otiko Afisa...
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Toyota Says Annual Profit Drops 21%, First Fall In Five Years
Toyota said Wednesday its annual net profit fell for the first time in five years, with the Japanese automaker unexpectedly warning of more declines as a stronger yen takes a bite out of its bottom...
Northern SHSs Reopening In Limbo Over Feeding Grant Arrears
Reopening of second cycle institutions in the three regions of the north is in limbo because of government’s failure to reimburse three consecutive terms’ Feeding Grants. Continuing students are...
Mobile Phones Ring Changes For Nigeria’s Music Industry
Phizbarz is only 23 but hopes to become the next Nigerian Afropop star to be famous across Africa -- and to get himself known and earn a living, he's using his mobile phone. The young performer from...
I’m Not Ready For ‘Black Panther’ Fame
Many actors on the verge of the big time like to pretend they have it all worked out, that they know what to expect and are ready. Not Chadwick Boseman. The 40-year-old American actor spent more than...
South Sudan’s Kiir Replaces Army Chief Paul Malong
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed Paul Malong, the war-torn country's powerful army chief of staff. Malong was sacked via a presidential decree that was announced on Tuesday on...
Four UN Peacekeepers Killed In Central African Republic
Four UN peacekeepers have been found dead and one remains missing after an attack on a convoy in the Central African Republic (CAR), United Nations officials said on Tuesday. The UN's MINUSCA mission...
Ghana Sets May 10 As World Lupus Day
The Ministries of Health and Gender and Social protection have jointly proclaimed the 10th of May as World Lupus Day in Ghana, joining many other nations globally in doing so. This was done in...
Talk To Your Citizens To Respect Our Laws – Hamid Tells Chinese Ambassador
The Minister of information, Mustapha Hamid has told the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana that the country will not hesitate to apply the full force of the law if any Chinese national is arrested in...
Is Education In Africa Beating About the Bush?
Is education in Africa beating about the bush? It will be tough to separate Winston Churchill’s command of the English language from his wicked wit. While a lessor idiom might suggest, for example,...
Still In A Wilderness
JDM is still frolicking on his “lame” political horse. Past week we got a small insight into how he thought the election campaign was running. For him, it was in the bag. With roads built,...
I Rejected A V8 Vehicle From Chinese ‘Galamseyers’
The Member of Parliament (MP) Manso Nkwanta Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Joseph Albert Quarm is making stunning revelations of how he rejected The Member of Parliament (MP) Manso Nkwanta...
Chinese Galamsey Queen Will No Longer Be Sacred Cow In Galamsey Fight
The Information Minister has given a clearest indication that the Chinese galamsey queen said to be notorious for defiling Ghana's environment through illegal mining will no longer have a stroll in...
GIPC Open To Issuing ‘Green Cards’ To Foreign Investors At $5 Million
The Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) is looking at offering citizenship or a 'Green Card' to foreign investors in return for capital. Chief Executive of the Center Yoofi Grant who disclosed...
AMA Declares War On ‘fly-Dumpers’
We are galvanising a very strong public objection against undignified waste disposal in the Accra metropolis, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has noted, adding that, persons caught in ‘fly...
AMA Outsources City Sanitation To 11 Companies
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has outsourced the cleaning of the capital to 11 private companies. This the assembly said was being undertaken in accordance with President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...
Libya Minister Says Rival General Must Accept Civil Rule
Libya's foreign minister said Tuesday a rival general must accept civilian rule in order to play a role in the country's future. Field Marshal Khalifa "Haftar must first accept to work under a...
South Sudan President Sacks Controversial Army Chief
South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. General Paul Malong, long regarded as an ethnic nationalist of Kiir's...
Short Films For Africa In Motion (AiM) Film Festival 2017
Filmmakers of African nationality, from the African diaspora or who identify themselves as African are invited to submit short films of no longer than 30 minutes for Africa in Motion’s 2017 short...
AMA Pledges Support For Akufo-Addo’s ‘make Accra the Cleanest City’ Vision
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has pledged total commitment to ensuring that President Akufo-Addo’s vision to make Accra the cleanest city in the whole of Africa becomes a reality. With...