Alex Salmond, the defeated leader of Scotland’s nationalists, on Sunday accused Prime Minister David Cameron and other London politicians of tricking Scottish voters out of independence by making a false “vow” about granting them new powers. Salmond, who is stepping down as leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) after spearheading a failed campaign ...
Leicester City fought back from 3-1 down to secure a stunning victory over a defensively frail Manchester United. United were on course for a win when a Robin van Persie header and a magical Angel Di Maria chip put them ahead. Leonardo Ulloa’s header reduced the deficit before Ander Herrera’s back heel extended United’s lead. ...
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan visited the site of TB Joshua’s collapsed building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations and promised to ensure that the incident is properly investigated and necessary action taken; to avert future occurrence. A six-storey building belonging to the church collapsed last week and trapped over 80 persons to death while others ...
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has said Ghana can only realize true development if it revisits some of the policies of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Ghana, in recent years has been saddled with serious socio-economic challenges which are hindering the development of major sectors of the economy. Some have blamed the situation on ...
Atletico Madrid blew the chance to go top of La Liga after they drew 2-2 with Celta Vigo at the Vicente Calderon. Celta midfielder Pablo Hernandez audaciously put the visitors ahead with a spectacular backheeled volley. Atletico defender Miranda equalised from close range and the hosts took the lead when centre-back Diego Godin headed home ...
The supply of natural gas to Ghana through the West African Gas Pipeline is likely to resume soon following the resolution of the labour unrest in Nigeria. The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria on Friday called off their five-day strike. This was contained ...
Microsoft has delayed the launch of its Xbox One game console in China, which had been set for release on Tuesday, but the world’s biggest software company said it would be released by the end of the year. Microsoft did not give a reason for the delay in a statement on Sunday. The delay is the latest in a series ...
A team burying Ebola victims was attacked in Sierra Leone’s capital on Saturday, a member of parliament said, as a small group defied a three-day lockdown aimed at halting the worst outbreak of the disease on record. In one of the most extreme measures since the epidemic began, Sierra Leone has ordered its population of ...
Kurdish militants in Turkey have issued a new call to arms to defend a border town in northern Syria from advancing Islamic State fighters, and the Turkish authorities and United Nations prepared on Sunday for a surge in refugees. About 70,000 Syrian Kurds have fled into Turkey since Friday as Islamic State fighters seized dozens of villages close to the border ...
Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance (CGRG), the organizers of the #OccupyFlagstaffHouse protest have indefinitely suspended its September 22 demonstration. A statement signed by the Executive Secretary, George Kojo Anti explained that the indefinite postponement is in response to calls from a “preponderant number of members and sympathisers for the group to support activities lined up ...
Telecommunication service provider, Vodafone Ghana has launched a new youth lifestyle platform named ‘Vodafone X’. It is to encourage self-expression among the Ghanaian youth and connect them to topics and issues that matter to them most such as music, fashion, health, entertainment among others The initiative, which is targeted at young people between the ages ...
It’s a good time for Nollywood actress Nkiru Sylvanus who was recently named Director General of the proposed Imo State Film Academy. Sylvanus, who recently premiered her movie, The Voice, is expected to put her years of experience on and off movie sets to use in structuring the academy when it finally opens. This is ...
Sierra Leone has begun a three-day nationwide lockdown, confining its population of six million to their homes in an effort to halt the spread of the deady Ebola virus by allowing health workers find and isolate cases. After the lockdown came into effect on Friday, the Associated Press news agency reported that the streets of ...
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has inspected a pilot project to introduce the use of the Biofil Toilet System in the La Dadekotopon Municipal Area. Currently, there are four Biofil Toilet Systems being piloted by the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly, in collaboration with Ministry Local Government and Rural Development at the cost of GHC 4,000 each. ...
A Circuit Court in Accra on Friday sentenced a mason, Godwin Edem Boamah to 16 years imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl at Gbawe, a suburb of Accra. Boamah, 29, who was charged with defilement pleaded not guilty. The court presided over by Ms Sedina Agbemava after the trial found Boamah guilty of the offence ...
Tragedy struck Buoho, a sprawling community in the Afigya-Kwabre District in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday when two men drowned in a well. The deceased Prince Darko, 30, and Samuel Teikwae, 40, had been contracted to remove silt from the well, when they fell into it. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Edward Oduro-Kwateng, the Offinso ...
Some suspected armed robbers have attacked some nurses at the Nursing Training College at Penkwase near Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to the nurses, on the night of September 14, the robbers entered one of the girls’ dormitories and ordered them to bring out their mobile phones and monies. One of the girls ...
Today, women are multi-tasking in their work and personal lives. Many women have two to-do lists, one for the home and one for the office, that dominate their everyday decisions. Women experience multiple life stressors in their many roles as wives, mothers, daughters, care- takers, friends and career professionals and all of these demands add ...
Mark Owen Woyongo, Minister of the Interior, has said the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has been able to work for a considerable decline in drug trafficking. He said the country had come a long way towards achieving this result, which had also reflected in the number of cases reported in the media. Mr Woyongo said ...
World Peace Volunteers have urged Ghanaians to use the International Peace Day to reflect on how best to dissolve the sequence of violent behaviour created by conflicts and conscientiously commit to world peace. In 2001, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly by unanimous vote, adopted a resolution, which established 21st September as an annual day ...
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