The voodoo follower stood bare-chested with beads around his neck in the centre of the public square in Bè, a working class district of Togo’s capital, Lome. A dozen priests surrounded him as he made incantations, threw soil and water, and gave an offering to the gods. In the silence, a ram and a cockerel … Read more
Chief Executive of L’AINE Services Limited, Dr. Mrs Ellen Hagan has been adjudged the “Ultimate Woman of the Year” (Yaa Asantewaa) Award at the just ended EMY Awards 2017, which was held at Kempinski Hotel on 24th June 2017. Dr. Mrs. Hagan was the only woman honored out of 31 awards for men. She was … Read more
The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) is on the heels of Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, the immediate-past Managing Director (MD) of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, over some alleged payments and withdrawals from the government’s account. The account in question is the Chief of Staff’s ‘Sundry Account’ which the BOST boss … Read more
Chairman of the Ghana@60 Anniversary Planning Committee, Ken Amankwah, has responded to allegations by playwright Chief Moomen that the committee owes him part payment of his fee for their Wogbejeke performance at the anniversary celebrations. In two separate Facebook posts last week, Chief Moomen, the producer and writer of the Wogbejeke theatrical performance, had remonstrated … Read more
The Minority in Parliament wants the government to immediately table before the House, the memoranda, and agreements covering the $19 billion facility contracted from China. The leader of the caucus, Haruna Idrissu, at a press conference on Wednesday, said the constitution demands that any such agreement between Ghana and other countries must be subject to … Read more
All about the Chinese-Ghana deal… Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has cleared the air on speculations suggesting that government has borrowed a $15 billion loan facility from the Chinese government. The Vice President who negotiated the deal has used an analogy to make the point that the money is not a loan but a joint venture. Before … Read more
“Politics is too important to be left to politicians alone.”—Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General. For many years now, I have been concerned about the plunder and pillage, the open thievery, looting and exploitation of our natural resources by the foreigners in the name of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). I don’t know whether our elected … Read more
Sheek Africa Media has organised the first edition of the ‘IWOMAN TALKS’ conference, an annual event that brings together accomplished and emerging women in career, business, ministry and leadership across various industries and sectors in Ghana to share their success stories. This year’s event held at American Corner (AC) -Legon Centre for International Affairs and … Read more
Leaving behind chic gowns and catwalks to stomp in the mud in heavy work boots, Guinean former fashion model Tiguidanke Camara has made herself west Africa’s first woman mine owner. In the small forest village of Guingouine, in the west of Ivory Coast, Camara runs a team of 10 geologists and labourers who are probing … Read more
Ghana achieved republican status on July 1, 1960, and that marked an event of profound historical and political significance. After three years of independence, Ghana completely weaned itself from British colonial rule and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah became the first President of the Republic. As the first sub-Saharan country to gain independence on March 6, 1957, … Read more
The Deputy Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Moses Anim, says the news of the National Lottery Authority spending GH¢150,000 on the Finance Committee, doesn’t bode well for the image of the legislature, and also has the tendency to erode patriotism among Ghanaians. According to him, there is the need to probe the matter to establish the truth … Read more
A company dedicated to helping people move abroad has ranked Ghana as the African nation with the highest cost of living. The company, called MoveHub, based its calculations on the price of groceries, transport, bills, restaurants and renting a home. The calculation was then placed on an index, which used New York as the benchmark. … Read more
60 young people in the Commonwealth received Queen’s Young Leaders Awards at the Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom, last week. Among them were three Ghanaians who were awarded by Queen Elizabeth II for their contribution to community development in Ghana. The trio included; Elijah Amoo Addo, Winnifred Selby and Efua Asibon. Cecelia Anim: Facts About the … Read more
Liberty Professionals defender, Samuel Sarfo, is getting a lot of attention not necessarily because he is a good player but because of his other profession. The player is a Constable with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service and he got to play for his country last weekend against the United States in an … Read more
An alleged head of a kidnapping ring in Lagos, Nigeria, is suing the Inspector-General of Police. Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, who is better known as Evans, says he was unlawfully detained and a subject of trial by media. He stated that he should be charged or released. Police have told the BBC that they obtained an order … Read more
Standing in sweltering heat for hours at a time, painted head-to-toe in the colours of the tax authority, Emmanuel Howard has become a fixture at traffic junctions in Liberia’s capital Monrovia. He and dozens of other young men are deployed by advertising firms as colourful human billboards for client ranging from government agencies to brides-to-be. … Read more
It seems complaints and demonstrations against bad roads across the country will yield less or no positive results as a Deputy Minister of Roads, Kwabena Owusu Aduom has revealed the money in the Road Fund account is not enough and cannot cater for ongoing projects. Mr. Aduom told Citi News that the Ghana Road Fund … Read more
A new association that seeks to protect and promote the interest of wholesale importers, exporters and shop owners, has been formed. The new trade union called the Wholesalers Importers Shop Owners Union of Ghana (WISUG) has been is a duly registered group. In a press release announcing the formation of the group, its acting Public … Read more
Whether ex-president John Mahama should be returned as NDC’s 2020 presidential candidate appears a herculean task for the party to surmount, and it is such a tightrope Ambassador Victor James Gbeho would dare not walk. The opposition party is seemingly divided, as one faction opposes the idea of putting him up in the next general … Read more
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has been honoured at the 2017 Ghana Shippers Awards ceremony organized in Accra on Friday. BOST was adjudged the Liquid Bulk Operator of the Year at the ceremony held at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra. The award comes on the back of massive backlash BOST … Read more