An agreement has been reached between government and American pilots to have locals trained to handle the annual paragliding festival in Kwahu-Atibie in the Eastern Region of Ghana. “It is not political talk,” Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Catherine Afeku said on Friday, April 14, when she launched this year’s paragliding festival. According … Read more
Tristan Voorspuy was in the British army for six years A suspect in the murder of British rancher Tristan Voorspuy in the Laikipia region of northern Kenya has appeared in court. Samson Lokayi, 40, was arrested on Sunday. He did not submit a plea because he does not understand English or Swahili, the languages used … Read more
A former British army officer has been shot dead in Kenya, police in the country have said. Tristan Voorspuy was killed by pastoral herders on Sunday in Laikipia while inspecting some of his lodges, a local police official told Associated Press. It follows a pattern of traditional herdsmen invading ranches in the area to seize … Read more
There was commotion at the Federal university of technology, Minna, Niger state after some students of the institution reportedly set ablaze the clinic on Bossom campus. The students were said to have gone berserk after a 300 level Chemistry Option student, Yeye, died due to lack of the health centre. Yeye was said to have … Read more
Three armed robbers have raided the Prof. Ignatius Acheampong Hostel at Kwaprow near the University of Cape Coast (UCC). The robbers stormed the hostel, which houses UCC students, on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 2:00 a.m., and locked up the security guard on duty before embarking on their mission. According to some eyewitnesses, after locking … Read more
The Ghana Tourism Authority in the Eastern region on Monday commenced an exercise to shut down unapproved student hostels and hotels in the region. Some fifteen hostels in Koforidua and a hotel at Akropong -Akuapem are expected to be shut down by close of the exercise on Tuesday. The facilities are operating without license from the … Read more
Students of Koforidua Technical University (KTU) are expected to hassle for hostel accommodations when school re-opens on February 10. This is because the Ghana Tourism Authority in the Eastern region on Monday commenced closing down some illegal student hostels and Hotels in the region. Fifteen hostels in Koforidua and a hotel in Akropong -Akuapem are … Read more
16 illegal hostels operating in the Eastern Region have been closed down by the Ghana Tourism Authority for operating without a licence. The tourism authority regulates the activities of all accommodation establishment which includes Hotels, Hostels, Guest houses and apartments. The hostels are Universal , Elite, Vine, Solo, Central, Mr Doe, Hallelujah, Madiba, Frontline, Hostel 99, … Read more
Hundreds of freshers and some continuing students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been left stranded on campus due to lack of residential facilities. Some first years who reported to school on Monday, were forced to spend the night with friends in already crowded rooms while others put up with … Read more