Ethiopia’s naval presence is to be revived soon after its dissolution in 1991, a privately-owned portal, ‘Capital Ethiopia’ reported on Monday. Given that the country has no coast, neighbouring Djibouti will be hosting its operations whiles the headquarters will be based in Bahir Dar, located in the northern Amhara regional state. Reviving its naval operations was one of the major ...

Appiah Stadium, an avowed loyalist of ex-President John Mahama has criticized his god father for exchanging pleasantries with controversial Prophet, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah whom he describes as a charlatan. According to him, the ex-President made a very big mistake shaking hands with the man of God who has consistently prophesied doom including death about him, adding that this show ...

A Mini Benz bus carrying passengers has somersaulted at the Okponglo section of the Accra-Madina highway. According to eyewitnesses, the vehicle with registration number GW 5295-12 was heading from the Madina end of the road to Accra but failed brake while approaching the traffic light. No other vehicle was involved in the incident. Emergency workers have arrived at the scene ...

The Ballon d’Or has been awarded by the French magazine since 1956 and sees their editorial staff put together the initial 30-man shortlist. The crucial stage of voting then goes to leading journalists from all over the globe, with one vote per nation. As expected, there was plenty of country bias as the likes of Netherlands, Portugal, Argentina and Egypt all ...

The leadership of the Nigerian Traders Association in Ghana has accused the leadership of GUTA of pursuing Nigerian traders in market centres for political gains. According to the leader of the Nigerian traders in Ghana, Chief Emeka Nnaji, some members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) are seeking political office in the ensuing year and so need to ...

Zimbabwe’s late President Robert Mugabe left behind $10m (£7.7m) in the bank and several properties in the capital, Harare, the state-owned Herald newspaper has reported. Mugabe, who died in September at the age of 95, had failed to leave a will, prompting legal authorities to call a meeting this week to appoint an executor, it added. The ex-president’s daughter, Bona ...

The 6th edition of Tech in Ghana, the leading conference bringing together Ghana’s tech ecosystem for global knowledge sharing, valuable networking, and to showcase innovation has ended in Accra. The two-day event, which was held at the Accra Digital Centre (ADC), was organised by AB2020 and supported by the Ministry of Communications, the British High Commission Ghana and GIZ. It ...

The Ho Regional Commander of Prison, Deputy Director of Prison (DPP) Mr Andrews Dzokoto, is calling for an upward review of the feeding rates for adult prisoners because the GHc1.80 feeding rate is “woefully inadequate.” He said this, which means provision of non-nutritious meals, together with the “already harsh” conditions at the cells had reduced the resistance of the inmates ...

The Head of European Studies of the University of Ghana (UG), Prof Ransford Gyampo, has waded into the ongoing debate over the suspension of the 17 December 2019 referendum. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in a televised address to the nation on Sunday, 1 December 2019, called off the referendum citing the lack of a broad national consensus among key ...

Sarkodie has denied claims he was attacking Shatta Wale in his new track ‘Oofeetso’. Speaking to JoyNews Becky after his performance at the ‘Ashaiman to the World’ concert, he said the song is one that he believes many people can just relate. He admitted that his relationship with the dancehall artiste is not friendly as it used to be, but ...