Eastern Corridor Cut Off
The famous Eastern corridor stretch linking the north to the southern part of Ghana has been cut off as a result of heavy rains in the Northern Region. On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 a severe downpour hit...
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SuperSport Scoops Mayweather Vs McGregor For DStv
SuperSport is bringing Floyd Mayweather jnr versus Conor McGregor the richest, most-hyped and over-the-top boxing fight in history exclusively to viewers in Ghana and across Africa! ‘The Money...
Deal Sidelines Bid To Block Sale of Toshiba Chip Unit
A request to block Toshiba from raising much-needed cash by selling a flash memory venture was taken off the table on Friday in a California court. Toshiba and Western Digital agreed to an order...
Higher Oil Prices Boost ExxonMobil, Chevron Earnings
US petroleum giants ExxonMobil and Chevron reported big jumps in second-quarter profits Friday, the latest boost from a recovery in oil prices that still feels shaky to many industry officials....
Elect Your Next DCE; How?
I had intended to, this week too, skip the continuation of my treatise on the election of MMDCEs, to ‘blow my top’ on the issue threatening to collapse our still nascent democracy! I’m, of...
P&G Reports Better Results As It Fends Off Activist Challenge
Procter & Gamble, seeking to fend off a challenge from activist investor Nelson Peltz, Thursday pointed to better-than-expected earnings as evidence its makeover of the consumer products giant is on...
Partner Local Companies If…PEF Tells Foreign Investors
Chief Executive of the Private Enterprise Federation (PEF), Nana Osei Bonsu, says foreign companies investing in Ghana and seeking tax exemptions must partner local private sector companies. He...
Repair Ripped Off School Roof –Pupils Appeal To Gov’t
Pupils of Wuug Primary School in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region who have been studying under the sun since the school’s roof was ripped off by storm in April 2016 want the government...
Motorsports Boom In China
Trailing enormous plumes of dust, the Silk Way rally cars tore through the Gobi Desert bound for China's Imperial city of Xi'an -- fresh evidence of the Middle Kingdom's newfound love of motorsports....
Off Namibia, An Underwater Diamond Harvest
A vast mechanical monster rises from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Namibia, leaving a huge swell in its wake as seawater pours off its surface. The 285-tonne giant, dubbed "the butcher" by its...
Rwanda Targets High-End Tourist Market
Nicaraguan singer Hernaldo Zuniga brought his entire family to trek through the lush forests and mist-shrouded volcanoes of northwestern Rwanda in search of mountain gorillas. He described their...
AMA Gives Shatta Michy’s Pub A Week To Remove Structure
Shatta Michy’s pub was among some structures lying within the East Legon Green Belt zone which had been earmarked for demolition… Diamond Pub and Grill spot were greeted with some controversy...
Shatta Michy Given One-Week Ultimatum To Remove Pub
There was controversy at the Diamond Pub and Grill spot at East Legon in Accra last Thursday when a task force from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) tried to demolish the structure. The...
Live WWE Entertainment Comes TO GOtv On SuperSport This August
WWE and SuperSport, Africa’s premier sport channels provider, today announced a new multi-year agreement to broadcast WWE programming live for the first time in more than 50 countries in...
Marwako Challenges Tourism Ministry, Gives Proof of Award For Its CEO
Management of Marwako Fast Food has provided evidence to prove that its Chief Executive, Alhaji Marwan Mohammed Chaaban, was indeed given a humanitarian award by the National Commission on Culture....
US Fines Exxon $2 Mn Over Ukraine-Related Sanctions Breaches
The United States on Thursday hit oil giant ExxonMobil with a $2 million fine for violating Ukraine-related sanctions, at a time when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was still in charge of the...
Citigroup Picks Frankfurt As New EU Hub After Brexit
Citigroup has picked Frankfurt as its headquarters for broker-dealer duties for EU countries after Brexit, a Citigroup executive announced Thursday in an email reviewed by AFP. The operations are...
Aborigines In Australia Longer Than Previously Thought
Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 65,000 years, longer than previously thought, roaming the area alongside giant megafauna, scientists said in a finding that sheds fresh light on...
Social Networks ‘lead To Anxiety and Fear In Young’
Research from anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label suggests social media is making youngsters more anxious. Forty per cent said they felt bad if nobody liked their selfie and 35% said their...
France Indicts Two Ex-Bosses In Malaysia Submarine Graft Case
French investigators have indicted two former top executives in a long-running probe into alleged kickbacks from the 2002 sale of submarines to Malaysia, sources close to the inquiry said Tuesday....