Benjamin Akakpo’s Authors’ Haven
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” This reading quote by George R. R Martin is literally simple yet very profound and enlightened. This to...
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Nigeria’s Buhari Appeals To World For Aid
Lagos (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari appealed Friday for the international community to help relieve the growing humanitarian disaster triggered by the Boko Haram insurgency in a plea...
Customs’ Officials Charged To Live Above Reproach
Director of Anti-Corruption at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Charles Ayamdoo has charged officials of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to...
Sankofa Gas Project Receives US$700m World Bank Guarantee
Ghana has received a US$700-million guarantee from the World Bank for its Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP)- Sankofa gas project ahead of anticipated oil and gas production in 2017 and 2018,...
South Sudanese Stave Off Death With Water Lilies and Goat Bones
Tens of thousands of people in South Sudan are on the brink of starvation with many living in swamps and surviving on water lilies and goat bones, a senior aid worker has said. A hunger crisis...
Cocoa Farmers Learn ICT Skills For Best Practices
The Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union (KKFU) has taken steps to aid its members to adopt best practices through the use of information, communication and technology (ICT). Ms. Fatima Ali, the President, said...
The Jungle Poor and Our GJA Award
I was in the Department of Communication Studies’ library at the University of Ghana one morning when I got a whatsupp message from my editor Dzifa Bampoh saying, “Gakpo, we need to talk when you...
World Bank Supports Ghana To Strengthen Debt Management
Ghana today received support from the World Bank to strengthen its institutional capacity in domestic revenue mobilization, public investment management, debt management, and governance of...
Akwaboah Jnr Surprised By Family and Friends On His Birthday
Award winning Ghanaian songwriter, composer and singer Gladstorm Kwabena Akwaboah Jnr. well-known by his stage name Akwaboah Jnr was taken aback on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 as what was expected to be...
Photos of Everything That Happened At Akwaboah’s Surprised Birthday Party
Award winning Ghanaian songwriter, composer and singer Gladstorm Kwabena Akwaboah Jnr. well-known by his stage name Akwaboah Jnr was taken aback on Tuesday, August 30, 2016. What was expected to be a...
Mahama Can Pardon Montie 3 – Amnesty International
International human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International, has backed calls for a presidential pardon for the jailed Montie FM panelists and host if they show genuine remorse for their...
Mahama Should Pardon Montie 3 – Amnesty International
International human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International, has backed calls for a presidential pardon for the jailed Montie FM panelists and host if they show genuine remorse for their...
Ghanaian smock (Batakari) Officially Declared as National Friday Wear
Batakari, a traditional attire of the people in the northern part of the country, has been officially declared a National Friday Wear to be worn on the first Friday of every month.
The initiative is...
First Lady Lordina Mahama Receives Global Leadership Award
The First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Dramani Mahama, has been decorated with a Global Inspiration Leadership Award and inducted into the Global Women Leaders Hall of Fame. The award is in recognition of her...
The World Bank Praises Ghana’s Economic Growth Over the Past 10 years
The World Bank has praised Ghana for what it calls the enviable growth of the country’s economy in terms of development over the past ten years.
According to the World Bank, Ghana’s significant...
Ghana’s Cashew Industry Generated $170 Million in 2013
The cashew industry generated 170 million dollars in the form of foreign exchange earnings for the economy in 2013.
Mr Justice Samuel Adjei, Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, who made this known...