Turkey’s university lecturers remain defiant, despite what they describe as heavy-handed police tactics during protests against the latest sacking of 330 academics. In the last seven months following the failed coup attempt, nearly 100,000 civil servants have been removed from their posts. That includes teachers, police officers, soldiers, academics and lawyers. The government accuses them … Read more
Bechem United’s Burkina Faso attacker Ahmed Toure has targeted victory over Algerian Ligue 1 leaders MC Alger in the CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday. The Ghana FA Cup holders host the Algerians at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday in their debut appearance in continental competition. Toure, 29, is vastly experienced in playing against foreign … Read more
Forced evictions are at the heart of most African land disputes, and local anger over those displacements threatens investment across the continent, a report said Thursday. A joint analysis conducted by consultancy firm TMP Systems and the US-based Rights and Resources Initiative found that 63 percent of land disputes focussed on cases of people driven … Read more
A team of medical experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the government to commit resources towards the establishment of an anti-microbiology surveillance system to track diseases that posed danger to life. According to the Joint External Evaluation (GEE) team of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), the … Read more
Ghana may have to adopt strategies that will reduce its dependency on China and benefit positively from its relationship with the Asian country. This is the advice from International Relations Analyst, Professor Oliver Stuenkel. Some have argued that Ghana’s relationship with the BRICS group comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has rather led … Read more
Over a million Brazilian construction workers have lost their jobs in the last two years due to the deep economic crisis the country is going through. A report published Friday by the Getulio Vargas Foundation economic studies center showed that some 1.08 million construction workers in Brazil have lost their jobs since 2014. The study … Read more
The crowd roared with laughter as the ‘choir master’, a rather feisty and tomboyish market woman led the irreverent chorus against a certain Mayor Johnson. He was being described as a goat by the folk in the market and to them he was the worse herbivore of a mayor ever. What even made the rendition … Read more
The president met the footballers to congratulate them for winning the AFCON tournament. When footballers from Cameroon’s national team met their president after winning the Africa Cup of Nations, they saw how low they could bow while shaking his hand. They were taking part in the #BidoungChallenge, named after the sports minister who was ridiculed … Read more
“Mundii n’at3m…” The crowd roared with laughter as the ‘choir master’, a rather feisty and tomboyish market woman led the irreverent chorus against a certain Mayor Johnson. He was being described as a goat by the folk in the market and to them he was the worse herbivore of a mayor ever. What even made … Read more
The bodies of an unknown woman and her one-year-old baby girl, have been found floating on a river at Klagoon, near Lashibi, in Accra, and have been retrieved by the police. The bodies which were in an advanced state of decomposition are yet to be identified. The Public Relations Officer (PRO), of the Accra Regional … Read more
Two Nigerian soldiers have been arrested and charged with assault after they were filmed beating a disabled man with sticks in a busy street. The army said the reason for the assault, in Onitsha in Anambra state on Tuesday, appeared to be because the man was wearing a camouflage shirt. It said the soldiers had … Read more
Two Nigerian soldiers have been arrested and charged with assault after they were filmed beating a disabled man with sticks in a busy street. The army said the reason for the assault, in Onitsha in Anambra state on Tuesday, appeared to be because the man was wearing a camouflage shirt. It said the soldiers had … Read more
Celebrity lawyer, Maurice Ampaw is claiming credit for President Akufo Addo’s political victory in last year’s hotly contested presidential elections. According to Maurice Ampaw, his hunger strike played significant spiritual role is securing victory for the then opposition New Patriotic Party. It will be recalled the private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw declared a ten day … Read more
An International Consultant, Mrs Jan Forest, has urged manufacturers in the export trade business to seek education on the customs and regulations of the United States of America (U. S.A) before exporting goods through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade initiative. She explained that the education would enable the local companies to realise … Read more
Following their tournament success, the African champions have climbed 29 spots higher in the list but the top 10 remains largely unchanged Cameroon’s victorious Africa Cup of Nations campaign has seen them climb 29 places in the latest FIFA ranking update. The Indomitable Lions, who won the continental tournament on February 5 by defeating Egypt … Read more
Cameroon’s Africa Cup of Nations-winning squad have been given a special state reception by the country’s president Paul Biya. The Indomitable Lions, who lifted the trophy on Sunday after beating Egypt 2-1 in the final in Gabon, attended a ceremony in Yaounde on Wednesday. They presented the Nations Cup trophy to President Biya at Unity … Read more
Outgoing Ghana coach Avram Grant believes his side’s inability to defend set pieces at the just ended Africa Cup of Nations cost them the title. Ghana were eliminated by eventual winners Cameroon at the semi-final stage in a 2-0 defeat- the opening was from a poorly defended free-kick. They also conceded late on from a … Read more
A total of 116 Nigerians have been killed in South Africa through extrajudicial means over the last two years, Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper reports quotes a government official as saying. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a senior official at the foreign office, made the disclosure after meeting Lulu Louis Mnguni, the South African ambassador to Nigeria in the capital, Abuja. … Read more
J Initiative (JI), a Non-Governmental Organization working in Ghana to promote the safety and welfare of children and young people and by extension families, together with its partners has marked this year’s Safer Internet Day in Ghana. The day was marked by route marches, forums and awareness sessions with school children. The two telecom giants, … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, says the majority caucus in Parliament followed the right procedure in approving the Minister of Gender, Children and Social protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba. According to him, Otiko Djaba had met all the constitutional requirements to be approved as a minister of state. Speaking to Citi FM‘s Richard … Read more