Soul legend Aretha Franklin says she plans to retire from music to spend more time with her grandchildren. The 74-year-old said she would record one final album with Stevie Wonder before stepping out of the limelight. “I must tell you, I am retiring this year,” the Queen Of Soul told a Detroit TV station, adding … Read more
I feel very enriched and satisfied with respect to where my career came from and where it is now Soul legend Aretha Franklin says she plans to retire from music to spend more time with her grandchildren. The 74-year-old said she would record one final album with Stevie Wonder before stepping out of the limelight. … Read more
The former Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone Ghana Uche Ofodile, has been appointed by Facebook as its Regional Head, Africa for Express Wi-Fi. Prior to taking over this position Uche Ofodile was the CEO of Tigo DRC. Her key role at her new position – Express Wi-Fi will be to help expand connectivity to underserved … Read more
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. English Department, SUNY-Nassau Garden City, New York E-mail: okoampaahoofe@optimum.net It is becoming increasingly evident that unless the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) replaces its Parliamentary Minority Leader and former Labor and Employment Minister, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, the party is destined to remain in opposition for a long time … Read more
Until February 7, 2008, Cameroon was almost my second team in football tournaments. I had some form of attachment to them; a bit like first love, it is always dear. At the 1990 World Cup, Cameroon ushered me into international football with outstanding performances against Argentina, Romania, Columbia and even England whom they lost to … Read more
The Nana Akufo-Addo-led administration should follow through with the plan for coal power and consolidate the gains made in the power sector, to bring down tariffs for industry, Former Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor, has said, watering down environmental concerns critics have often raised about coal. “In modern trends when we talk of coal, it … Read more
Managers of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) have called for a legislative instrument to criminalise the encroachment on the dedicated lanes for the Quality Bus System (QBS) by other road users. Such instrument, they explained, would ensure law and order along the designated lanes for the BRT to provide a high-quality bus-based transit system that … Read more
It has been said that little boys are seen and not heard so it is not surprising to find fewer people reading this because it emanates from the pen of an undergraduate student who just voted for the first time. Be that as it may, there are those with grey hairs who get everyone to … Read more
Conservative author and television personality Monica Crowley is stepping away from her appointment to a senior communications role in Donald Trump’s incoming administration, CNN confirms. The move comes after CNN’s KFile uncovered multiple instances of plagiarism in her 2012 book, her columns for the Washington Times, and her 2000 Ph. D. dissertation for Columbia University. … Read more
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday January 10, announced the first batch of 13 people to fill various ministerial positions pending parliamentary approval. While announcing his nominees at the Flagstaff House, Akufo-Addo further urged the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, to expedite the approval of his appointees to enable government to … Read more
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday January 10, announced the first batch of 13 people to fill various ministerial positions pending parliamentary approval. While announcing his nominees at the Flagstaff House, Akufo-Addo further urged the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, to expedite the approval of his appointees to enable government to … Read more
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday January 10, announced the first batch of 13 people to fill various ministerial positions pending parliamentary approval. While announcing his nominees at the Flagstaff House, Akufo-Addo further urged the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, to expedite the approval of his appointees to enable government to … Read more
President Akufo-Addo on the second day of work in office announced to the public, the first batch of his ministerial appointees. Names of the 13-appointee designates mostly consisting of ministers under the Erstwhile Kuffuor government have been presented before Parliament for vetting and approval. The President expressed confidence in his choice of appointees, indicating that … Read more
British-born astronaut Piers Sellers has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 61, Nasa has said. Born in Crowborough, East Sussex, Dr Sellers began working for the US space agency as a scientist in 1982 before joining its astronaut corps in 1996. The climate expert made three Space Shuttle flights to the International Space Station, between 2002 … Read more
In what could be a contentious study in recent times, especially in Africa, American women have been found to be those with the biggest natural boobs in the World. Surprisingly, the study claims women born in Africa and Asia, particularly in the east Asian countries, have the smallest breast volumes. But it’s not bad news … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dared government to arrest the party’s Presidential Candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo if he is a drug dealer as alleged. NPP Communication Director, Nana Akomea said the laws of Ghana are clear on dealing with individuals or groups involved in illicit drugs. “You are the government in power. If … Read more
The apparent African exodus from the international criminal court must be stopped or the most heinous crimes will be allowed to go unpunished, Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general and one of the ICC’s chief architects, has warned. Burundi, Gambia and South Africa said this year they would no longer recognise the court’s jurisdiction … Read more
Ms Abla Dzifa Gomashie, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, has called for the support, promotion and preservation of the country’s cultural heritage. She urged citizens to religiously guard the country’s cultural heritage, since it was a bedrock that could build a strong economy. Ms Gomashie was speaking at a press soiree … Read more
Police have charged Todd Kohlhepp, the man arrested after a woman was found “chained like a dog” on his property in South Carolina, with four counts of murder. Kohlhepp told police when questioned on Saturday that he was responsible for the deaths of four people shot at a motorcycle shop in 2003. He has confessed … Read more
Police have charged Todd Kohlhepp, the man arrested after a woman was found “chained like a dog” on his property in South Carolina, with four counts of murder. Kohlhepp told police when questioned on Saturday that he was responsible for the deaths of four people shot at a motorcycle shop in 2003. He has confessed … Read more