Govt Assesses Impact of Tax Cuts
The Ministry of Finance is assessing the impact of the various tax reduction promises made by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the run-up to the December 7 general election, a tax policy...
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President Barrow Arrives To Take Power In The Gambia
Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - President Adama Barrow arrived in The Gambia on Thursday to a jubilant welcome marking the beginning of the west African nation's first democratic transfer of power, AFP...
UK Court Blocks Nigeria Spill Claims Against Shell
London (AFP) - A British court on Thursday blocked pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell by more than 40,000 Niger Delta residents demanding action over decades of oil spills in the...
Malians, Nigeriens Among 29 Illegal Miners Arrested In Atiwa Forest
Twenty-nine suspected illegal miners of various nationalities have been arrested in the Atiwa Rain Forest Reserve. They were rounded up Thursday evening by a team of Forestry Commission officers and...
UK Court Blocks Niger Delta Pollution Claims Against Shell
London (AFP) - A British court ruled in favour of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell on Thursday in a case brought by more than 40,000 Niger Delta residents over spills in the region. The court agreed with...
Black Star Players To Earn $33,500 Each For Winning AFCON 2017
The Black Stars of Ghana are set to earn a total amount of $33,500 should they win the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations currently ongoing in Gabon. According the Sports Minister-designate Isaac Asiamah who...
Unraveling The Mystery Surrounding Ken Ofori Atta’s Offshore Account
It came out during Minister-designate for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta’s vetting that he has an offshore account. This is a very serious matter of public interest that requires further plumbing....
Malaysia Migrant Boat Death Toll Rises To 12, Some 25 Missing
Malaysian authorities have recoverd two more bodies after the capsizing of an Indoneisan boat overlo Two more bodies washed ashore in Malaysia Tuesday after the sinking of a boat overloaded with...
Ghana’s Foreign Policy Will Be Economic Diplomacy — Ayorkor Botchwey
The Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has stated that the country’s foreign policy under the administration of Nana Akufo-Addo will focus on...
Schools, Health Posts Shutdown At Tatale Over Ethnic Tensions
Schools and some health centers were closed down on Monday following an escalated inter-ethnic tensions between the Konkomba and Bassare tribes in Tatale, a district capital in Northern Ghana, 2km...
Yahya Jammeh’s Ouster By ECOWAS Is A Noble Idea!
Moments before his assassination in June 1992 in the city of Annaba, the Algerian Head of State Muhammed Boudiaf was reported to have said prophetically that “The life of human beings is very...
Supreme Court To Announce Judgement
The Supreme Court will rule later whether Parliament or ministers have the power to begin the Brexit process. The landmark judgement, to be announced at 09:30 GMT, will decide how the EU's Article 50...
Uganda Players Paid US$7,500 Each As Appearance Fee
Federation of Uganda Football Associations has announced that each of the 23 players on the team at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations will pocket US $7,500. “We agreed before the tournament that for...
Ghana’s Foreign Policy Is Economic Diplomacy
Ghana’s foreign policy has shifted from the normal diplomacy of ensuring good neighbourliness to economic diplomacy, where Ghana must gain economically in its relationship with other countries,...
BEIGE Admits 90 Students Into Talent Development Project
The BEIGE Foundation has identified and admitted 90 more students from 17 selected schools into its youth mentoring and training programme, the Youth Excellence League (YEL). The young students,...
Host Nation Gabon Limps Out of Tournament
Gabon became only the fourth hosts to exit the Africa Cup of Nations at the group stage after a 0-0 draw with Cameroon, who reach the quarter-finals. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a great chance...
Host Nation Gabon Limps Out of Tournament
Gabon became only the fourth hosts to exit the Africa Cup of Nations at the group stage after a 0-0 draw with Cameroon, who reach the quarter-finals. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a great chance...
UNICEF, Partners Lay Measures To Support Displaced Gambian Children
Reports indicate that thousands of Children in The Gambia have vacated their homes to neighbouring Senegal due to the hiccups engulfing the political transition of that country. The development seems...
The Fulani Republic Of Nigeria (part 2)
Clearly something has gone horribly wrong and this reinforces my belief that the amalglamation of the northern and southern regions of Nigeria in 1914 was not just a mistake but a...
Watch Out For My New French Movie – John Dumelo
Ghanaian movie celebrity John Dumelo has disclosed that very soon he will be acting in some French speaking countries like Guinea. Perhaps, the movie personality has more different speaking dialect...