Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa, a 13-year-old genius, has earned an admission into the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. According to The Chronicle, the girl is a native of Anyimon, Berekum in the Brong-Ahafo Region, and who lives at Prempeh College, Kumasi, where her father is a senior tutor. Also See: Everything You Should Know … Read more
As part of activities to commemorate the Founder’s Day of Royal Seed Chapel International at Atico Junction in Accra, the General Overseer, Rev Kwabena Anyimadu Boateng celebrated his birthday with the inmates at Teshie Children’s Home over the weekend. Rev Anyimadu Boateng donated items and cash amounting to about GHc3, 000 to the Children’s Home. … Read more
The First Lady , Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has pledged to mobilise resources to build a cancer treatment centre in Ghana. This, she said, would be done with support from the Forum of African First Ladies Against Cancers. The First Lady made the pledge when she accepted a challenge by OAFLA to members to build a … Read more
Civil servants in Ghana are more corrupt than politicians who are frequently accused of the canker, Dr Tony Aidoo has claimed. He argued that civil servants, especially those working at the various ministries, departments and agencies, are at the forefront of corruption in the country. “Honestly, civil servants are more corrupt than the politician, oh … Read more
The Acting Chief Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority, Prof. Alex Dodoo has revealed that a lot of locally manufactured alcoholic beverages are produced without standardization. The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) is mandated to set standards as well as certify products and put their seal on them. Regrettably, quite a number of these beverages … Read more
Former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has rubbished suggestions that monies accrued from the 10 per cent salary cut of appointees of former President John Mahama cannot be accounted for. It emerged Wednesday at the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament that the deductions which were meant for the construction of Community Health Improvement Services … Read more
The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has revealed that the 11 government officials who were indicted in the Auditor General report will be surcharged today, August 3, 2017 to refund the various public funds they misappropriated. Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has said eleven people will be surcharged today, August 3, 2017 to refund monies they misappropriated. The … Read more
Donald Trump installed retired Marine Corps general John Kelly as his new chief of staff Monday, hoping to bring order and discipline to a White House beset by scandal, infighting, low approval ratings and legislative defeats. Trump confidently predicted the 67-year-old combat veteran — who impressed with a no-nonsense six-month stint at the Department of … Read more
Foul-mouthed spin doctor Anthony Scaramucci was fired as White House communications director Monday, just 10 days after being named to the post and hours after Donald Trump’s new chief of staff was sworn in. The 53-year-old New Yorker — whose vitriolic rant against colleagues gained him global notoriety — got the boot shortly after retired … Read more
Mian Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister-in-waiting and current chief minister of the powerful Punjab province, is considered the more intelligent younger brother of the charismatic three-time premier Nawaz. Shahbaz Sharif was named as his brother’s successor Saturday, becoming heir to the Sharif political dynasty — but first he will have to contest elections to … Read more
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who is set to become Pakistan’s interim prime minister, is the former federal minister for petroleum and natural resources, and a businessman who launched the country’s most successful private airline. Considered highly intelligent and a long-time loyalist of Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister who was ousted by the Supreme Court on … Read more
Lt Gen Obed Boamah Akwa was born on 20 June, 1955. He went through various first cycle educational institutions in the Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Northern Regions of Ghana before gaining admission into Mpraeso Secondary School in 1968. On obtaining his General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level), he proceeded to Sekondi College for his Sixth Form … Read more
The US and South Korean militaries conducted a live-fire exercise using surface-to-surface missiles in response to North Korea’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the US Army said Friday. The joint exercise, which occurred Saturday morning South Korea time, came shortly after officials said that the heads of the US and South Korean militaries had … Read more
The US military’s top officer directed military heads on Thursday not to implement any changes to current policy on transgender personnel, a day after President Donald Trump tweeted they would be banned from serving. General Joe Dunford, who is Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a short memo to service heads and senior … Read more
A Detroit grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former Fiat Chrysler executive in charge of negotiating US labor agreements, charging him with raiding a workers’ training fund to benefit himself and union officers. Alphons Iacobelli, an executive at FCA US, the American arm of the car giant, was in charge of negotiating and administering collective … Read more
At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed and 13 wounded in a Taliban attack on a military base in Kandahar province, the defence ministry said Wednesday, the latest blow to struggling security forces. The militants “attacked an army camp in Karzali area of Khakrez district of Kandahar last night,” MoD spokesman General Dawlat Waziri … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Monday announced he had ended a program to support rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because it was “massive, dangerous, and wasteful.” The comments came days after General Tony Thomas, the head of US special operations confirmed that the four-year-old operation was brought to a close but denied the … Read more
A vulcaniser and employee of the Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMTL) at its Sunyani Depot, Patrick Salifu, aged 37, was arraigned before the Sunyani District Court ‘A’ on a charge of stealing. Salifu pleaded not guilty to the charge and the Court presided over by Mr. Jojo Amoah Hagan admitted him to a bail of … Read more
Legislators in the Philippines have voted overwhelmingly to extend martial law to deal with an Islamist insurgency in the restive island of Mindanao. Militants linked to so-called Islamic State have been occupying parts of Marawi, a city in the south, since May. President Rodrigo Duterte said the extension was necessary to crush the insurgency, but … Read more
President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked The New York Times and its “sick agenda,” alleging that one of the paper’s reports thwarted a US bid to take out Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “The Failing New York Times foiled US attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist, Al-Baghdadi. Their sick agenda over National … Read more