Ogilvy Ghana MD Appointed Regional MD
Ogilvy and MatherWorldwide, has announced that the role of its Ghana MD, Akua Owusu-Nartey, has evolved to the position of Regional Managing Director of Ogilvy Africa Group, reporting to Mathieu...
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Guinea-Bissau Parents Coax Truant Teachers Back To School
The school year is ending in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau, but some pupils will hardly notice the difference. Long-running pay disputes have kept teachers out of the classrooms for long...
Italians Debate Citizenship Rights As Migrant Pressures Grow
With a flood of migrants arriving on Italy's shores, a bitter debate has erupted over whether children born on Italian soil to foreign parents should have citizenship rights at birth. According to a...
Scores of LLB Graduates Turn Up For Law School Entrance Exams
Scores of LLB graduates have turned up at the University of Ghana campus to write this year’s law school entrance exams despite last minute attempts to halt the exercise. The exam is currently...
Top Malian Jihadist Killed As Unrest Intensifies
The Malian army said Friday it had killed a top jihadist commander operating in the country's troubled central region, following heavy fighting in the north against jihadists and among armed groups...
There’s Something Behind Kotoko’s Accident, We Must Find It Out – Polack
Asante Kotoko coach Steve Polack says there is something behind Wednesday’s fatal accident at Nkawkaw which claimed the life of a Deputy Equipment Officer and they must find out what caused it. The...
Odartey Lamptey’s Ex Wife Files For Appeal Over Court Verdict
Odartey Lamptey’s ex wife runs to Appeal Court over verdict… Several sources have reported that ex-wife of Odartey Lamptey, Gloria Appiah has filed an appeal in court over the estate of the...
Dos Santos, the Brazilian Star For Fearsome Sharks
Rarely do players migrate from Europe and the Americas to play on the African continent and most, especially in Ghana, considering the lack of infrastructure and the equipment to aid in career...
Injured Kotoko Players Discharged From Hospital
All the injured players of Kumasi Asante Kotoko except one have been discharged from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi after the team bus was involved in an accident at Nkawkaw. The crash...
Libya Trains Regular Army To ‘do Away With Militias’
Under a blazing sun at a military centre in western Libya, dozens of young recruits learn to march in formation, as authorities train the country's first regular force since its 2011 revolution....
2 Ghanaian Students Duped By Fake Russian University Agent
The National Security Ministry has warned Ghanaian students desirous of pursuing further studies in Eastern European countries to be cautious of some persons parading as recruitment agents with the...
United States Hints of Deporting More Ghanaians
Shirley Ayorkor-Botchway, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has hinted that the United States (US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to repatriate another...
Rwanda Opposition In Uphill Battle Against Powerful Kagame
On the impeccably clean streets of Rwanda's capital, where a skyline of gleaming new buildings pokes through undulating hills, few have heard of opposition presidential aspirants Frank Habineza and...
FIFA Lifts Ban On Sudan
World football body FIFA said Thursday it had lifted a ban imposed on Sudan last week for government interference in the sport. The move follows the reinstatement of Mutasim Gaafar Sir Elkhatim as...
Herbert Mensah Grieves With Kotoko
The former chief executive of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Herbert Mensah has expressed his condolence to the club for the tragedy that befell it on Wednesday night. In a short video to commiserate with the...
Oladipo, Lowry, Porzingis Join NBA’s Africa Game Lineups
NBA standouts Kyle Lowry, Victor Oladipo and Kristaps Porzingis were among the players named by the league Thursday to rosters for next month's NBA Africa Game at Johannesburg. Team Africa, comprised...
Ghana To Set Up Mission In Kuwait To Check Abuse of Women
The establishment of a diplomatic mission in Kuwait as a measure of checking the maltreatment of Ghanaians in the Gulf region is in advanced stages. This is according to Foreign Affairs Minister,...
Ghana Signs $4bn MoU With Chinese Company
The government of Ghana has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sinohydro Corporation Limited for the execution of a number of key projects across the country. Among others, the Chinese...
GOIL Commiserates With Kotoko
“The management and staff of GOIL are saddened by the tragic news,” a statement signed by the company’s Managing Director, Patrick Akorli, said Thursday. The players and officials of the team...
Mali Conflict Spreading To Burkina Faso, Niger
The conflict in Mali is spilling over to Burkina Faso and Niger, with a significant surge of attacks by extremist groups in border areas over past months, the UN envoy for West Africa warned...