On Monday July 31, 2017, I joined a group of persons with diverse backgrounds – marketers, communicators, policy makers, players within the tourism industry and activists of sustainable development to begin a week long fact-finding tour of Germany under the theme “Environmental protection and green tourism in Germany”. The day started with a short tour of the famous Scandic hotel ...

The Africa Head of the Royal Commonwealth Society, the oldest organization in the Commonwealth family, has endorsed the Kenyatta/Ruto bid for a second term in the Kenyan elections. Speaking at an event in Accra, Mr. Apea stated that his personal, rather than professional preference is for President Kenyatta and Vice-President Ruto to have their mandate renewed in order for them ...

Illegal small-scale miners have denied claims by the Operation Vanguard anti-galamsey taskforce that they (miners) opened fire on Vanguard personnel prompting the firing of reprisal shots by the force that led to the killing of one miner at Wawase on Sunday. One of the miners, Adamu Alhassan told Accra100.5FM on Monday that the Vanguards rather fired the first shot at ...

The Head of the Ahmadiyya Mission in Ghana, Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih has charged President Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo to bring all on board if he really wants Ghanaians to be citizens and not spectators. According to him, if the person charging you to be a participant or citizen does not extend to you a hand of invitation, how do you ...

The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) branch of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has registered its displeasure with delay in the formation of the school’s Council. The students in a three-page petition to Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema said their graduation has been withheld for the past eight months because the government has failed to set up the ...

The Chief Executive Officer for the Food and Drugs Authority Delese Mimi Darko has revealed the authority is shifting from clearance permit to Import permit for drugs that are coming into the country. Answering questions at the Public Accounts Committee on Monday August 7 2017, Mrs. Mimi Darko said “with the new system that is coming up, we expect to ...

Former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Martin ABK Amidu, appears to be elated over the recent police administration’s invitation to former National Security capo, Yaw Donkor, to answer some questions. Drama unfolded when the immediate-past National Security Coordinator who was head of the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) for many years until his elevation, protested the circumstances under which ...

Cryptocurrency – or simply put, digital currency that uses cryptography as security – and blockchain, the technology it runs on, provide opportunities to reach sub-Saharan Africa’s largely unbanked population. A number that stood at 326 million adults in 2011 according to the World Bank. Currently there are many different cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin being the most well-known. During the first half ...

BARCELONA have confirmed Andre Gomes will miss tonight’s friendly against Chapecoense amid rumours he is being lined up in a swap deal for Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho. Barcelona are in the market for a marquee signing following the shock £200million departure of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain last week. The Catalan side have reportedly identified Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho as their No ...

Veteran Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor, popularly known as Mama G, has disclosed she weeps watching movies she played wicked roles. According to her, she takes solace in the fact that it is not always real, but wondered what would have happened if indeed it was. She has therefore stated that if being a wicked character in movies makes her fans ...