Obama’s Exit Interview
Arguing that Americans still subscribe to his vision of progressive change, President Barack Obama asserted in an interview recently he could have succeeded in this year's election if he was eligible...
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The End For Ghana’s ‘power-Cut’ President
Last December, my family gathered at my grandmother’s house for the one-year anniversary of her death. Her house in Akim Oda, a small town in southern Ghana, was filled with well-wishers. I walked...
I Will Work For Ghanaians – Akufo-Addo
President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians he will put all his energy and attention to ensuring that Ghanaians enjoy quality standard of living under his administration. In a Christmas...
Chibok Girl Recalls ‘miracle’ Release By Boko Haram
When Boko Haram fighters decided to release some of the 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped two-and-a-half years ago in northeast Nigeria, Asabe Goni did not think that she would be among the girls...
Critical Re-Structuring Of Technical Education And It Contribution To A Model Of Autarky Economy For Ghana
When Vision 2020 of Ghana was drafted and gusseted early 1995, which was going to take 25yrs to get to the marked year with the ultimate aim of achieving a state of economic autarky; it became a...
Economic Growth Slows As Agriculture, Industry Activity Lag
Kenya’s economic growth has slowed to 5.7% in the third quarter of 2016, compared to six percent posted in the same quarter in 2015, according to the country’s statistics office. The just...
EPA Closes Down LPG Station At La After Explosion
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shut down the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) station that exploded last Thursday and left nine dead and more than 12 injured. Other reports put the death...
Jay and Nii Quartey Found Music, Then Their Calling – Helping Street Children
On a recent Friday afternoon, the ocean in front of Accra’s iconic Jamestown lighthouse heaves and coughs up another wad of trash onto the grimy beach. The new offering quickly mingles with the old...
TOR To Refine 18 Million Barrels of Crude In 2017
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has announced it will from next year refine between 16 to 18 million barrels of crude oil. The crude will be from the Jubilee oil fields and subsequently other oil fields...
TOR To Refine 18 Million Barrels of Crude In 2017
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has announced it will from next year refine between 16 to 18 million barrels of crude oil. The crude will be from the Jubilee oil fields and subsequently other oil fields...
BOPP Advocates Review of Oil Palm Production Policies
Mr Samuel Avaala, the General Manager of Benso Oil Palm Plantation Limited (BOPP), has called on Government and policy makers to review policies on oil palm production to create a favourable business...
Akufo-Addo Picks Hajia Alima As Minister of Local Government
The president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has named Hajia Alima Mahama as a minister in the next New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration when he takes office on January 7, 2017. Nana...
U.S. Refiners Cash In On Mexico’s Record Fuel Imports
U. S. Gulf Coast refiners are cashing in on rising fuel demand from Mexico, shipping record volumes to a southern neighbor that has failed to expand its refining network to supply a fast-growing...
Water Pollution, Time To Stop Impending Doom
“Famine and thirst sigh like a scythe across the field of statistics and the desert is a moving mouth”—Derek Walcott (The Fortunate Traveler) During the electioneering campaign, I hardly heard...
Ola Michael Is Not My Class
Musician turned politician Diamond Appiah, has it hard at the outgoing Public Relations Officer of the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) Michael Kwaku Ola affectionately called Michael Ola,...
Obama Bans Arctic Drilling
Looking to cement his environmental record, President Barack Obama took new action Tuesday barring offshore drilling in areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans indefinitely. Obama relied on a...
Dollar Hits New 14-Year High, Dow Sets Sights On 20,000
The dollar hit a 14-year high on Tuesday as the yen fell after the Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy and the euro weakened following deadly attacks in Germany and Turkey. On Wall...
Association To Promote Biogas Development Formed
A new body, Biogas Association of Ghana (BAG), has been formed to promote the sustainable development of the biogas sector in Ghana. Its objectives are to carry out, encourage and support research...
13 Things You Need To Let Go Before the Dawn of A New Year
You and your word are the same. If people will call you honest, it’s because of your word. Integrity is largely about your words and how you keep them. When you keep your word in your head, it’s...
First Gas To Flow From WAGL Project In July 2017 – Project Director
Barring any last minutes hitches, Ghana would receive its first gas from the West Africa Gas Ltd. (WAGL) LNG terminal currently under construction in Tema on the 1st of July 2017. This, according to...