Zambia will hope to maintain their status as Group B leaders of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) when they come up against Ivory Coast at Stade de Marrakech on Thursday evening for matchday two. The Chipolopolo showed their class with a 3-1 win over Uganda thanks to Lazarous Kambole, Augustine Mulenga and Fackson Kapumbu goals. The victory can only but ...
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Twitter swears it’s not reading your private messages
Twitter has denied claims that it regularly reads private messages sent on the popular social network. The tech giant spoke out after a recent report showed footage of alleged Twitter employees talking about how they often browse personal direct messages, or “DMs.” In the clip, one supposed staffer who had seen hundreds of obscene messages admitted: “I’ve seen a lot ...
Read More »Activities at Saltpond Oil Fields to continue – Petroleum Commission
The Petroleum Commission said it has no intention of shutting down Saltpond oil fields. The area which has been described as one of the oldest oil fields in the country has witnessed some significant drop in oil production in recent times. The Director of Special Services at the Petroleum Commission, Kweku Boateng told JoyBusiness some companies have expressed interest in ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s monologue robbed journalists of asking more questions
Media watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has recommended journalists are allowed more time to ask questions at the next media encounter expected in the next half of the year. Executive Director, Suleman Braimah, said the Information Ministry, which organises the encounters, can free up more time by cutting out the President’s monologue which lasted 40minutes out of the ...
Read More »Apple plans new campus, will add 20,000 more jobs
Apple is stepping up to the plate — big time. The tech titan on Wednesday promised to create 20,000 new American jobs over the next five years, part of $350 billion US investment plan. The iPhone maker also said it will build a second US corporate campus and pay $38 billion in taxes as it moves an undisclosed amount of ...
Read More »China wants to use giant lasers to get rid of space junk
Mankind has done a remarkably efficient job of covering the Earth with garbage and clutter, so it should come as no surprise to learn that we’re doing the same thing up in space. The Earth’s orbit is full of old satellites that have been unused for years, as well as all sorts of other “space junk” that has accumulated since ...
Read More »People who urinate in public should be fined or jailed – Zanetor Rawlings
Member of Parliament for Klottey Korley in the Greater Accra Region, Zanetor Rawlings, has advocated for the prosecution of people who shamelessly urinate in public. “It seems to have become the norm for motorists and pedestrians to just stop wherever they feel like it, in order to pee. It doesn’t matter whether they are in a residential estate, on the ...
Read More »Australian Open 2018: Djokovic beats Monfils in ‘brutal’ Melbourne heat
Six-time champion Novak Djokovic came back from a set down to beat Gael Monfils as the temperature hit 39C at the Australian Open. Monfils took the first set but began to suffer in the second, complaining of feeling dizzy and leaving the court with a doctor. The Frenchman returned to Rod Laver Arena but could not stop Djokovic coming through ...
Read More »NIB disowns Tsatsu Tsikata
There was drama at the Supreme Court yesterday when officials of National Investment Bank (NIB) disowned Tsatsu Tsikata as the bank’s counsel. Mr. Tsikata had earlier represented the bank in its case against Standard Bank Offshore Trust Company Limited. The bank won the case, but it says it no longer wishes to pursue the case with him. Information gathered by ...
Read More »Office of Special Prosecutor is to put fear of God in public officers – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the Office of the Special Prosecutor is to instil the fear of God into public officers and not intended to witch hunt past government officials. Addressing the press at the second edition of his encounter with the media, the President reiterated that his appointees would be made to face the law should any case ...
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