The national coordinator of the Central African Backbone (CAB) project Yves-Didier Miehakanda has confirmed that works for optical fibre interconnection between Congo and Gabon are completed, reports Ecofin. Miehakanda also indicated that the project will be commissioned at the end of December in the presence of the ministers of digital economy of both nations, .a source reports The project involved ...

The case involving a final year GSTS student who was shot dead on Friday, December 22 at Nyanikrom in the Shama District of the Western Region has been adjourned to January 12, 2018, by the Takoradi District Court. The suspect, Detective Corporal Adjei Shaibu has also been taken into police custody at Sekondi. State Prosecutor Bernard Paa Ahinsan pleaded with ...

Government has explained that only GHS1.5million is “directly available” to the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives per its budget out of the over GHS1billion “appropriated ceiling made available in the 2018 Budget for the three Development Authorities to validate, properly budget with, plan and execute their on-ground projects, once established”. A statement signed by Minister of Information Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, said ...

The Reds love snapping players up from the Saints, but at a considerable south coast mark-up. So how much would they have saved if they’d have got in there first? Sometimes you just like shopping in certain places, so much so that you’ll keep going back there. And Liverpool like shopping at Southampton. They like it a LOT. On January 1, Virgil ...

Reports indicate that authorities in Ethiopia have restricted access to social media in the wake of renewed clashes that have led to deaths in the Oromia region. A popular news portal, Addis Standard, said access to regular internet was impossible in the affected areas which included the capital, Addis Ababa. According to the portal, the restriction “came amidst increasing reports ...

Justice Williams Atuguba has spoken for the first time since delivering judgement on the 2012 election petition. In a yet to be aired documentary titled “The Election Petition” and produced by journalist Paul Adom Otchere, Justice Atuguba defended the decision of the court in favour of then President John Mahama. Then candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Jacob Otanka ...

District Chief Executive of Asante Akim North in the Ashanti Region, Francis Oti Boateng is a thief, football club owner and businessman, Alhaji Abdul Karim Grusah claims. His justification for the name-calling is that the appointee is killing his cattle in the area and sharing the meat among his favourites for the festivities. “They are killing my cows and sharing ...

Recently retired army chief Constantino Chiwenga, who led a de facto coup last month that ended Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule, was installed as Zimbabwe’s vice president in Harare on Thursday. Chiwenga, whose appearance on state television on Nov. 15 preceded armed soldiers taking to the streets, paving the way for Emmerson Mnangagwa to become president, is the latest in a ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, actualised what is meant by grassroots participation when he took part in a festive activity of his people The lawmaker surprised many of his constituents after taking to the streets to celebrate Christmas in a rather awkward way. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah marked the festive season by teaming up with masquerades to ...

The Government of Ghana has denied news that its president has congratulated George Weah for winning Liberia’s presidential runoff vote held on December 26. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Ghana’s Information Minister described the reports making rounds in local media and on social media as ‘fake news,’ stressing that the Government was waiting for the elections body to declare official results. “We wish ...