O2 To Scrap Europe Roaming Fees
From 15 June, O2's Pay Monthly and Business customers will be able to use their UK plans abroad - in 47 European countries - at no extra cost. The move echoes the scrapping of roaming charges in...
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US Alerted France To Russia Hack Targeting Macron
The head of America's National Security Agency said Tuesday that Russia was behind the 11th-hour hack of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron's campaign team, and that US officials had informed...
US Small Businesses Worry About Trade Policy, Too
Small business owners trying to break into international markets say US trade policies and the strong dollar affect their ability to export, states a report released Tuesday. The exchange rate "has...
Chicken Nugget Tweet Breaks Twitter Record
A tweet from a teenager asking a US fast food chain for a year’s supply of chicken nuggets has become the most retweeted ever. Carter Wilkerson’s plea broke Ellen DeGeneres’ record when he...
Joyce Dzidzor Mensah’s Husband Dies
The husband and baby father of former HIV/AIDS Ambassador Joyce Dzidzor Mensah has reportedly passed on. According to a social media post by Joyce and others who seem to know the couple, the young...
Stamp Out Galamsey Due To Its Negative Effects
Stamp out galamsey due to its negative effects Galamsey operators at work removing the top soil of the arable land Though mining is a very profitable business that creates employment opportunities...
Akufo-Addo Somersaults
The aL-hAJJ can confirm that President Akufo-Addo in a volte-face is running away from his election promise to amend the 1992 constitution to allow for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and...
Italy Gets Google To Pay $335 Million In Tax Arrears
Italy's tax agency confirmed that Google (GOOGL, Tech30) would pay €306 million ($335 million) to cover taxes for the years 2009 to 2015. The company worked out a similar deal with the U. K. a year...
Dr. Margaret McIntyre Leaves University of Ghana After 20 Years
After capping a 20-year-long career as lecturer of Mathematics at the University of Ghana, Legon, Dr Margaret McIntyre bows out and prepares to leave Ghana in September this year. Dr McIntyre arrived...
India’s Top Court Rules Tycoon Mallya Guilty of Contempt
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya, once dubbed the "King of Good Times", was found guilty of contempt by the country's top court Tuesday after he was found to have sent his children millions of dollars. The...
‘Chewing Gum’ Star Michaela Coel Makes Ghana Proud At 2017 Screen Nation Film & TV Awards
The annual Screen Nation Film & Television Awards popularly known as ‘the black Bafta’s’ and acknowledged by the industry as ‘the’ media event for diverse talent returned once again to...
British Drug ‘kingpin’ Arrested In Thailand After Years On the Run
A British drug trafficker convicted over a £1million ($1.3million) narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the run, police said on Tuesday, in the latest example of global...
Forbes Africa Ranks Sarkodie Among Top 10 Richest Musicians
Forbes Africa has in the May 2017 Edition of its magazine ranked multi-award winning Ghanaian rapper and CEO of SarkCess Music, Michael Owusu Addo also known as Sarkodie 9th on its list of top 10...
International Maritime Organisation Organizes Farewell Luncheon In Honour of Dr. Kofi Mbiah
The IMO Secretary General, Kitack Lim has held a farewell luncheon in honour of Dr. Kofi Mbiah at the IMO headquarters in London. The gesture was the first of its kind in the annals of the IMO,...
Briton Who Tried To Kill Trump Heard ‘screaming Voices’
A British man jailed after trying to assassinate Donald Trump said Tuesday that screaming voices in his head urged him to lunge for a policeman's gun. Michael Sandford, 21, who has a history of...
Let Us Find A Way To Stop Borrowing
Let us find a way to stop borrowing Folks, did you all read this memo below from our new Finance Minister, Hon. Ken Ofori Atta dated 3rd April 2017. And this is supposed to be good news, right? We...
Financial Sector Needs An Ombudsman
Dr. Kobby Mensah, marketing lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School says Parliament should consider the setting up of a financial Ombudsman with the legal powers to mediate between...
Efua Dorkenoo’s Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation, An Unfinished Business
Efua Dorkenoo’s campaign against female genital mutilation, an unfinished business A SPECIAL NOTE: In New York, this author sat in a class with a Guinean/Senegalese/Sierra Leonean young lady who...
Energy Bank CEO Wins Award For Women Development
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Energy Bank, Christiana Olaoye, has been awarded for her contributions to the welfare of females in Africa. Dubbed, ‘Hero of Women & Child...
Kashmir’s Brutal Stories Get Cartoon Treatment
Through sombre black and white drawings, graphic novelist Malik Sajad tells the brutal story of his native Kashmir in the 1990s, as an armed insurgency against Indian rule reached its bloody peak....