On Rashida Black Beauty’s Award
The first day I saw the viral video of Rashida Black Beauty aka malafaka, I didn’t foresee it getting much attention or an article from me. I found it funny and troubling at the same time. Little...
Tag: environment
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...
Nana Addo, Bawumia Visit Victims
President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo and his vice, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia visited victims of the Labadi explosion. The explosion, which occurred between the Labadi Cemetery and Trade Fair Centre, has left...
ECG To Cover More Districts With Prepaid Meters
Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says the company has planned to cover more districts with prepaid metering in order to improve its financial viability. The company is planning to install more...
Gas Station At Centre of Labadi Explosion Closed
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ghana National Fire Service have shut down the Louis gas station at Labadi which was the sense of a gas explosion last Thursday. The explosion which...
HFC Bank To Make Major Investment In Oil & Gas In 2017
The Managing Director of HFC Bank, Robert Le Hunt has told Citi Business News the bank will make substantial investment in Ghana’s oil and gas industry in 2017. According to him, the industry holds...
HFC Bank To Make Major Investment In Oil & Gas In 2017
The Managing Director of HFC Bank, Robert Le Hunt has told Citi Business News the bank will make substantial investment in Ghana’s oil and gas industry in 2017. According to him, the industry holds...
China Encourages Industries To Go West, Protect Environment
China will encourage labor-intensive manufacturing industries located along the eastern coast to relocate inland, it said in a new 2016-2020 plan to develop the economy of its western regions. The...
Major Quake Jolts Chile Tourist Region On Christmas Day
A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted southern Chile on Sunday, prompting thousands to evacuate coastal areas, but no fatalities or major damage were reported in the tourism and salmon farming...
Two Die As Police Building Collapses In Nigeria’s Megacity Lagos
Two people were killed when part of a two-storey building in a police training college collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Sunday (December 25), the police and the emergency agency...
Magnitude 7.7 Quake Strikes Chile, Tsunami Warning Issued
A damaged road is seen after a quake at Tarahuin, on Chiloe island, southern Chile Chile issued a tsunami warning and evacuation order for southern coastal areas after an earthquake with a...
7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Chile, Prompts Tsunami
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off southern Chile has prompted a tsunami warning. The quake struck 225km (140 miles) south-west of Puerto Montt in southern Chile, the United States...
We’ve Trained Personnel To Deal With Outbreaks – GNFS
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has said it has trained a lot of firefighters across the country to curb any incident of fire outbreak. It said, its trained officers will educate farmers in...
I’ll Not Meddle In Dagbon Chieftaincy Issues — Akufo-Addo
President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says he will not meddle in the chieftaincy issues of the Dagbon Traditional Area in the Northern Region. Rather, he would work with the two royal...
Private Sector Is Key In Restoring ‘damaged’ Ecosystem – Environmentalists
The Chairman of the Biometric Offset Business Scheme, Dr. Yaw Osei-Owusu has stressed the need for private sector participation should the NPP government achieve its target of restoring 30,000...
Private Sector Is Key In Restoring ‘damaged’ Ecosystem – Environmentalists
The Chairman of the Biometric Offset Business Scheme, Dr. Yaw Osei-Owusu has stressed the need for private sector participation should the NPP government achieve its target of restoring 30,000...
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...
Stop Plans To Commercialise GMOs
Pressure group Food Sovereignty Ghana is calling on President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to halt ongoing plans to commercialise Genetically Modified Foods (GM Foods) in the country. The group...
UG Builds Technology To Boost Rice Production In Ghana
Students from the University of Ghana have built an innovative machine capable of boosting rice production in Ghana. The machine was part of products that was showcased on Friday by the University...
Nigerian Officials Row Over ‘plastic Rice’
Nigeria's food safety agency has denied claims by the health minister that it has cleared the reported "plastic" rice. A senior official at the National Agency For Food and Drugs (Nafdac) said the...