What If We All Have It?
Every 15th of January in Nigeria is celebrated as Armed Forces and Remembrance Day. That date is unique because of two landmark events in the history of the Nigerian military. First, it was the first...
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Underwater Search For Missing MH370 Plane Suspended
The underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been suspended nearly three years after it vanished without a trace over the Indian Ocean, according to a joint statement from Chinese,...
Rolls-Royce In £671m Bribery Settlement
Rolls-Royce has agreed to pay £671m to settle bribery and corruption cases with UK and US regulators. The aerospace firm is set to pay £497m plus costs to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which...
Global Growth Edges Up To 2.7 % Despite Weak Investment
Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 percent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year as obstacles to activity recede among emerging market and developing economy...
Gadget Mountain Rising In Asia Threatens Health, Environment
The waste from discarded electronic gadgets and electrical appliances has reached severe levels in East Asia, posing a growing threat to health and the environment unless safe disposal becomes the...
Nutella Maker Fights Back On Palm Oil After Cancer Risk Study
The $44 billion palm oil industry, under pressure in Europe after authorities listed the edible oil as a cancer risk, has found a vocal ally in the food sector: the maker of Nutella. Italian...
We’ve Come To Serve, Not To Be Dictators
President Nana Akufo-Addo has promised Ghanaians that his government and appointees will work for the welfare of Ghanaians and be servants to the nation. Mr Akufo-Addo was emphatic, in a speech on...
My Wife Scolds Me Too Much
Ghanaians should always endeavour to offer prayers for the first and second families of the country to help execute the task of managing the affairs of the country efficiently, President Akufo-Addo...
Thank You For Making Me President – Akufo-Addo
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for electing him president of the country. “I thank you my fellow citizens for making me the president of this beautiful country,”...
Obama Is From Venus, Putin Is From Mars. Obama Is An Idealist, Putin Is A Realist
The current global political, and security environment remains chaotic, dangerous, and unstable. While the Obama Administration has done its best to address them, there is no doubt that the incoming...
The Population That Gets Experts Cracked
Odimegwu Onwumere writes that health challenges among Nigerians are increasing as the growth in population is increasing. The report expresses concern by the prediction of experts saying that by...
Arthur Kennedy Writes
They cross the daunting Sahara and the treacherous Mediterranean on foot and in rickety boats,respectively, in search of greener pastures. And too many end up in unmarked graves-- in the Sahara and...
Scaling Up Nutrition Investment Through SNV’s V4C Programme
The Government of Ghana is fully aware of the problem of malnutrition in the country and has being taken steps over the years to address the situation, with varying degrees of successes. Despite the...
Sixteen Hurt In Christmas Eve Blast At Catholic Church In Philippines
Sixteen people were wounded in a grenade explosion outside a Catholic church during a Christmas eve mass in the Philippines' restive southern island of Mindanao, a priest and police said on Saturday....
Southeast Asia On Christmas Alert After Foiled Bomb Plots
Southeast Asian security forces were on alert on Friday ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays after two bomb plots were foiled in Australia and Indonesia and the arrest of suspected militants...
CNN and Our Rose Tinted Shades… [Article]
#CNNGetItRight was trending recently after the just ended elections in Ghana. Africans and I guess the world, suddenly seemed to have the rotten egg of truth splattered across its face. The outcry...
Miss Puerto Rico Crowned Miss World 2016
Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle was crowned Miss World 2016 on Sunday, winning the top prize in the 66th edition of the pageant held this year in the United States. The first runner-up was Yaritza...
Apple Can Sell IPhone 7s In Indonesia After R&D Investment Commitment
Apple Inc has committed to invest around $44 million in a research and development center in Indonesia over the next three years, a senior government official said, enabling it to start selling its...
Forestry Commission Implements Wood Tracking System
The Forestry Commission (FC) has begun the implementation of a wood tracking system in 17 out of the 46 forest districts to track wood supply from origin to final point of sale, as well as curb...
Jakarta Governor’s Blasphemy Trial Begins
The governor of Jakarta, a Christian of Chinese descent, has denied he intended to insult Islam, during his blasphemy trial in the Indonesian capital. In an opening statement, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama,...