Every time Apple announces a new iPhone, the device has a few features and surprises that put the company’s most profitable product ahead of the competition, at least for a few months. That’s probably going to happen again on Tuesday. The iPhone 6 will probably be extremely thin, fast and light. It may have a […]
All is set for 5428 Ghanaian pilgrims to be airlifted to saudi Arabia for this year, starting next week, Hajj Chairman of the Pilgrims Affairs Office, Ghana, has announced. Alhaji Abdul Rauf Tanko Ibrahim made the disclosure last Saturday during a seminar organised for prospective pilgrims by the Hajj Agents Association of Ghana at the Hajj Village in Accra in collaboration with his office. The seminar was informed by the […]
Family, friends and famous names from the worlds of TV, film and comedy have said a final farewell to Joan Rivers at her funeral in New York. The mourners included radio host Howard Stern, actress Sarah Jessica Parker, mogul Donald Trump, comic Kathy Griffin and film star Whoopi Goldberg. Crowds of fans and media also […]
President John Mahama Ghana will seek just $1 billion from a Eurobond this year as it heads into talks with the IMF aimed at restoring fiscal balance as part of a larger plan of economic reform, President John Mahama said in an interview on Friday. The country may look for further financing if it can […]
Serena Williams ended a difficult-for-her Grand Slam season in the best way possible, winning her third consecutive U.S. Open title by beating Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday. Williams equaled Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova with 18 major singles titles, the fourth-most in history. Williams also matched Evert’s total of six championships at the U.S. […]
Somalia’s Islamist group al-Shabab has named Ahmad Umar as successor to former leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in a US air strike. The group announced the move in an online statement, vowing to take revenge for Godane’s death. Somalia’s authorities earlier put the country on alert for possible retaliatory attacks by al-Shabab. The […]
Romeo Elikplim Akahoho Tension is brewing at the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) over its inability to abrogate an expired car park contract with the Tema East Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who has been fingered for hijacking the contract. Assembly members are aggrieved over the reasons given by the Presiding Member (PM), Romeo Elikplim Akahoho and the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Isaac Odamtten, for still allowing the NDC Chairman, Mustapha Darko’s
Capt (rtd) Anthony Cudjoe Members of the Takoradi Butchers Association have threatened to resist any attempt to relocate them from the current slaughter house near new Takoradi, if certain amenities are not provided at the new place at whindo near Takoradi. Residents around the old Takoradi slaughter house, on the Takoradi- New Takoradi road, have complained that cattle and other animals that are slaughtered by the butchers […]
Joyce Bawa Mogtari – Deputy Transport Minister The Ministry of Transport has defended government’s decision to establish a new national airline. Some civil society groups and domestic airline operators have raised concerns about the establishment of the national airline. According to them, the country’s current economic situation would not support the move. But government, with the support of the World Bank, has contracted PriceWaterhouseCoopers to select […]
Yinka Adedeji United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has introduced an online payments and collections platform tagged U-bills. The online payment platform has been introduced in all 19 countries where UBA has operations. U-bills is a collection and bill payments platform that allows sellers to collect payments online or on their mobile devices like tablets and smartphones. It also provides a one stop platform for customers to make payments for […]
From left: Pearl Essuah-Mensah, Nour Seklaoui, MD of Electroland Ghana and Ekow Nkoom, Head of Business Promotions, NLA (2nd right) at the media launch UT BANK Ghana Limited on Friday launched its new savings promotion dubbed, ‘The 100 For 100 Promo’ in Accra. The promotion, which would end in December 2014, is aimed at encouraging the culture of savings among the largely unbanked Ghanaians. Prizes to […]
Maxwell Kofi Jumah Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa, Maxwell Kofi Jumah has advised Alan Kyeremanten to withdraw from the party’s flagbearership race. According to him, it was evident that the NPP faithful had settled on Nana Akufo-Addo owing to the outcome of the party’s recent polls. Nana Akufo-Addo polled 80.78 percent of votes during the NPP’s Special Delegates Congress held across the country, with Alan Kyeremanteng, his closest contender,
Baisiwa Dowuona-Hammond The Pumpkins Foundation, an Accra based non-governmental organisation has adopted an under-privileged school in the Greater Accra region as part of a general programme of extending a hand of support to children in need. The child-focused organisation has already adopted the Tupaa community in which the school is located and has lined a comprehensive programme to put smiles on the faces of […]
Seven suspected cases of Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) in the Brong Ahafo Region and blood samples tested have proved negative. Four of the cases were recorded in the Tain District and one each in Dormaa Central Municipal, Tano South and Jaman South Districts. Dr Kofi Issah, Brong Ahafo Regional Deputy Director of Public Health announced this at the Brong Ahafo Regional Epidemic Committee Meeting in Sunyani on Thursday. It was […]
Chief Justice Georgina Wood Tension seems to be brewing in the Judicial Service Association of Ghana (JUSAG) in the Volta Region as the legitimacy of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) is being challenged by some members of the association. Ho high court has therefore placed an interlocutory injunction on the IMC, its accounts and also restrained it from embarking on a planned tour by some […]
Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, PPP leader The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has challenged the government to revive its sanitation policy in a more vibrant and proactive manner in order to address the health crisis, particularly the cholera epidemic confronting the country. At a press conference in Accra to outline PPP’s health policy for the nation, Felix Ograh, PPP spokesperson on health, disclosed that government had completely abandoned […]
Alfred Oko Vanderpuije The Chief executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Alfred Oko Vanderpuije on Saturday night ordered the arrest of a reporter and TV crew of Multimedia’s TV station, MultiTV. Recently, Mr Vanderpuije ordered the arrest of Thomas Ansah, a newspaper vendor at the Railways area of the Central Business District CBD. The news team went to film the living conditions […]
Christian Atsu Ghana Midfielder, Christian Atsu has said the Black stars are content with the one point earned in their Orange Africa Cup of nations (Morocco 2015) qualifier at the Baba Yara stadium on Saturday. The Black Stars came from behind to pick a point off the Cranes through a 50th minute penalty converted by Andre Ayew after an Abdul Majeed Waris tumble in the visitor’s box. Atsu told Cafonline.com in […]
Asamoah Gyan, INSET: Baffour Gyan The Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana Journalists association (GJA) has condemned in no uncertain terms the assault on daniel Kenu, the ashanti regional correspondent of the daily graphic newspaper by some macho men led by Baffour gyan, the elder brother of Asamoah Gyan, captain of the Black stars. Baffour Gyan was said to have first assaulted the reporter followed […]
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