It could become one of the most important legal battles in music – Sir Paul McCartney is suing Sony over control of The Beatles’ back catalogue. The star has gone to a US court, seeking to regain the publishing rights to 267 of the band’s classic songs. He’s been trying to get them back since […]
Mr. Kwasi Oppong-Ababio, the immediate past Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has passed on. The Ghana News Agency gathered that the late Oppong-Ababio died on arrival at the Sunyani Regional Hospital on Saturday night. His body has since been deposited at the Hospital’s mortuary for autopsy. According to reports, the former MCE who contested the […]
The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) is to hold a maiden science festival slated for Wednesday February 8 to Sunday February 12 this year at its campus in Sunyani. The main proposal of the five-day event is “to combine three worlds –daily life, science and business to show the relations and areas of […]
The Young Adult Fellowship (YAF) of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has donated some items to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital valued at GH?3,000 as part of activities marking its tenth anniversary celebration. The items included some bags of maize, gari, rice, gallons of oil, groceries, toiletries, detergents and diapers among others. Mr Christian Okonfo Addo, […]
The Interior Minister Designate, Mr Ambrose Dery, has cautioned that he would use existing laws in handling all internal national security issues. He gave the assurance that issues ranging from hooliganism of post- election vandals, through extortion of monies from road users and harassment by some security agents were all stopped to ensure the general […]
Mr Fred Agbenyo, the Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says the party has hope in the new government to bring massive development to Ghana. He said this is due to the promises made by President Nana Akufo-Addo prior to the election when he was then the flagbearer of the New Patriotic […]
The Black Stars of Ghana, advanced to the quarter finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations with lone goal victory, over highly rated Mali, in the second Group D game played at Port Gentil. The Stars, managed the entry into the next phase of the competition, by collecting the six maximum points from two […]
Mr Ken Ofori- Atta, the Minister Designate for Finance, says tighter monitoring and control of the nation’s finances and fiscal policies would reduce leakages needed to protect the public purse. “When I look at the current state of our country’s finances I suspect we need tighter monitoring and control,” Mr Ofori-Atta told the Appointments Committee […]
It is said that critiques shape the ideas of leaders and keeps them on their toes in response to their roles and responsibility as leaders. Also, criticism offers you an opportunity to assess your weakness and better appreciate how others perceive you. It is so disturbing, when most student leaders hate to be criticized and […]
Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, the Minister Designate for National Security, has scolded hooligans who attacked supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and illegally and taking over state properties after the 2016 general election. He, however, indicated that the swift response from the police had brought the situation under control. Answering questions before the Appointments Committee […]
The euphoria that ushered in President Kufuor’s administration, sixteen years ago, was electrifying. The expectations, though I stand to be corrected, was much astronomic than it is now. Sadly, that energic ecstasy petered out like a morning mist in no time. In less than a year, Ewura Ama’s classic mid 70s hit was revived and […]
A governance expert has observed that America’s Foreign Policy would not change much under the administration of President Donald John Trump. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, in Accra, Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, the Acting Executive Director of the Centre for Local Governance and Advocacy, said the Americans always had permanent interests but […]
Ghana’s slippery midfielder, Christian Atsu has said, their quest to win the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), goes beyond money. “We want to win something for Ghana. We have been in this competition for long and always go home without the cup. “Ghanaians are not happy. We are determined to win this cup and […]
Mr Dominic Aduna Bingab Nitiwul, Minister of Defence Designate, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, then opposition leader, last year did not want to invite trouble for Ghanaians on the matter involving the two Guantanamo Bay detainees. The NPP then in opposition, had raised issues about Government position to keep the two in Ghana, […]
Samsung Electronics, which has been struggling to restore consumer trust after some of its flagship Galaxy Note 7s catching fire, saw battery defects as the root cause of fires. In a special press conference in its headquarters in Seoul, Samsung said the mix of thin battery design and other manufacturing issues caused the Note 7s […]
Li Huabo, a former local finance official in Jiangxi Province, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday, according to a local court. The sentence was handed down by the Intermediate People’s Court of Shangrao City in east China’s Jiangxi Province. Li will also have all his personal property confiscated and his remaining illicit gains will […]
The proposed Independent Prosecutor‘s Office under the Akufo-Addo Administration is intended to be one of the ways that will deal specifically with corruption in the public sector, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Designate, has said. Ms Gloria Akuffo said: “Corruption has become a worrisome problem… and has become a developmental issue. There have […]
Wang Guoqiang, former Party chief of Fengcheng city in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for graft. The sentence was handed down by the Shenyang Intermediate People’s Court in Liaoning Province. The court also imposed a fine of 900,000 yuan (around 131,000 U.S. dollars) on Wang and ordered all […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his pledge to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in upcoming talks with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. “We’re going to start some negotiations having to do with NAFTA,” Trump said while addressing senior White House staff on his second full day in office. Trump […]
An Australian University in North Queensland was under fire Monday for promoting a man, Douglas David Steel, who pleaded guilty to the digital rape of a woman in her Townsville home. In September 2016, during court proceedings, James Cook University promoted the 33-year-old from project officer to an academic adviser at the Aboriginal and Torres […]
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