The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers is demanding for the prosecution of officials of BOST over the sale of some 5 million liters of contaminated fuel. BOST had earlier sanctioned the sale of the contaminated fuel out of a number of options after considering that to be economically prudent. According to the Petroleum Chamber, a meeting convened by the National Petroleum ...
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10 feared dead in fatal Winneba accident
Ten people are feared dead in a gory accident on the Winneba – Cape Coast highway in the Central region Monday night around 7:30pm. The accident occurred Monday night specifically at Okyereko in Gomoa West near Winneba. Several others also sustained various degrees of injuries were rushed to the Winneba government hospital and the trauma and specialist centre for treatment. ...
Read More »Controversial 43 Presidential vehicles: Importer in fresh trouble
The woes of the man behind the importation of the controversial 43, but now 55 armor-plated fleet of vehicles for the presidency, Kwabena Boateng Aidoo, is far from over in spite of President Akufo-Addo’s directive that, government takes delivery of the vehicles. Intelligence picked by The aL-hAJJ indicate that the contract for the importation of the vehicles is likely to ...
Read More »Russia targets Telegram app after St Petersburg bombing
Russia’s FSB security agency has said the Telegram mobile messaging app was used by a suicide bomber who killed 15 people in St Petersburg in April. Authorities have already threatened to block the app, founded by Russian businessman Pavel Durov, for refusing to sign up to new data laws. Mr Durov has refused to let regulators access encrypted messages on ...
Read More »Manchester United ‘Agrees’ Deal For £40 Million Midfielder From Premier League Rival
Manchester United has agreed on a deal to sign Chelsea’s Nemanja Matic for £40 million (about $50 million), and the signing will be announced in the next week, according to reports. Jose Mourinho, the United boss, has been an admirer of Matic since the pair won the Premier League title at Stamford Bridge in 2015. According to The Guardian, the ...
Read More »Report: Arsenal owner calls Bellerin to state intentions
According to a report by Spanish radio station Cadena SER, Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has personally called defender Hector Bellerin to tell the Spaniard he would not be sold. The 22-year-old experienced a serious regression at the Emirates last season, and with media speculation surrounding his potential departure, Kroenke wanted to make sure his intentions were clear. Reports had linked ...
Read More »#NSMQ2017: Mfantsipim, Mawuli surrender to Prempeh College
It was an easy run for Prempeh College on Monday as they beat Mfantsipim and Mawuli schools to qualify for the final of the 2017 National Science and Maths Quiz. From leading with 30 points in the first round against Mfantsipim’s 18, Prempeh College managed to maintain their lead to the end of the contest that many expected to be ...
Read More »The great intellectual property trade-off
In January 1842, Charles Dickens arrived on American shores for the first time. He was greeted like a rock star in Boston, Massachusetts, but the great novelist was a man with a cause: he wanted to put an end to cheap, sloppy pirated copies of his work in the US. They circulated with impunity because the United States granted no ...
Read More »El Hadji Diouf: I am not a bad guy, says controversial Senegal great
El Hadji Diouf is a hero in Senegal. Everywhere he goes, he is mobbed by fans both young and old. His countrymen are still grateful for the stellar role he played during the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. But in England, he is remembered more for his controversial antics than for his football talent. It is a ...
Read More »Trump travel ban injunction partly lifted by top US court
US President Donald Trump has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated as a “victory for our national security”. America’s highest court also granted a White House request allowing part of its refugee ban to go into effect. The justices said they would consider in October whether the president’s policy should be upheld or ...
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