How Do You Get Academic Reference?
Recently, a reader wrote to demand of me a very difficult favour. He needed a reference as part of the requirements for a master’s degree application. The writer, who only described himself as...
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Stanbic Fetes Customers
Stanbic Bank has thrilled over one hundred International Private Banking customers at an exclusive event at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra. Dubbed: The ‘Cognac and Champagne with Chocolate...
Are Asteroids Humanity’s ‘greatest Challenge’?
Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummeled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation. Researchers have...
Sena Huks Releases New RnB Single ‘No More’ – WATCH OFFICIAL VIDEO
Year after year Sena Huks has made it a point not to stray away from his true music calling with respect to genre. His smooth voice and unique song writing skills has given him a growing audience...
GNFS Warns Estate Developers Over High-Rise Buildings
Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has served a notice to the Ghanaian populace, particularly estate developers, that “it is currently incapable of dealing with fires in high-rise buildings.” The...
Tech Sell-Off Hits US Stocks; Euro Surges On Draghi Comments
Wall Street stocks took a hit Tuesday as a key vote on President Donald Trump's health care reform was delayed, while the euro rallied following upbeat comments from European Central Bank chief Mario...
Facebook Hits Two Billion User Mark
Facebook said Tuesday its ranks of monthly active users had hit the two billion mark -- meaning more than a quarter of the world's population is on the giant social network. "As of this morning, the...
Queen Elizabeth To Get GBP6m ‘pay Rise’
The Queen is to receive an 8% increase in income from public funds, after the Crown Estate’s profits rose by £24m. The Sovereign Grant, which pays for the salaries of her household, official...
Delhi’s Upscale Golf Club Apologises After Dress Row
New Delhi's prestigious colonial-era golf club apologised Tuesday after a woman claimed she had been told to leave the premises because she was wearing the traditional dress of her native northeast....
We Can’t Fight Fire Above 5 Floors
The Ghana National Fire Service is currently incapable of dealing with fires in high-rise buildings. The modern equipment of the service cannot fight fires beyond five floors of any building. This...
Westbrook Wins MVP Award After Historic Season
Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook, who became only the second player in NBA history to average a triple double for an entire season, was named the NBA Most Valuable Player on Monday at the inaugural...
US Tech Giants Join Forces Against Terror Content
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube announced Monday the launch of an anti-terror partnership aimed at thwarting the spread of extremist content online. The "Global Internet Forum to Counter...
Trump Travel Ban Injunction Partly Lifted
US President Donald Trump has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated as a “victory for our national security”. America’s highest court also granted a...
Arconic Shares Fall On Scrutiny After Grenfell Tower Fire
Shares of US aluminum company Arconic tumbled Monday after it announced it would no longer sell cladding for high-rise buildings following the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London this month....
US Firm Stops Sales of Grenfell Tower Cladding For High-Rises
The US supplier of the cladding which encased London's Grenfell Tower before it was destroyed by a devastating fire announced on Monday it is stopping sales of the material for high-rise buildings....
Nigeria’s Ill President Sends Recorded Greetings From London
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has marked the end of Ramadan with an audio broadcast to the nation, the presidency said, his first public statement since going on medical leave in early May....
Ed Sheeran Closes Glastonbury 2017
Pop star Ed Sheeran has headlined Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, just six years after his debut at one of the festival’s smallest venues. In 2011, the star played the solar-powered Croissant Neuf...
Pakistan Marks Grim Eid After Oil Tanker Inferno Kills 153
Pakistan began Eid in mourning Monday as the death toll in an oil tanker explosion rose to 153, with scores injured after they were caught in a fireball while scooping up spilled fuel. Dozens of...
Afghan Subculture of Child Sex Slavery
AFP has traced three former victims of "bacha bazi", or the sexual exploitation of boys, whose testimonies lay bare one of Afghanistan's most egregious human rights violations. Here are some key...
Nana Addo Dashes To Nigeria For ‘informal’ Visit
In what he describes as an “informal visit”, President Akufo-Addo met the Acting President of the Federal Republic, Professor Yemi Osibanjo. The reason for the visit is not immediately known...