Nigeria was a colony of Great Britain until it became an independent nation on 1st October, 1960. At present Nigeria is a fast growing nation with impressive foreign exchange earnings from petroleum industry. About 2000 years ago, Nigerian people having Nok culture exchanged slaves, Ivory and kola nuts for salt, glass beads, coral, cloth and […]
Former Executive Director of the Danquah Institute and Member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Asare Otchere Darko has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of deliberately dragging its feet over calls for a new voters register. The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) have called for the compilation
I could not take my special invitation to the recent debate on the proposed 40 year National Development Plan. Whilst I sorely missed the back-slapping, invigourating exchanges, I managed to participate love on radio and my recently addiction of social media. Good thing that I was spared having to choose between the very splendid positions
The Ghana Cocoa Board is hosting this year’s Cocoa Day celebration today October 1, at Akim-Tafo in the Eastern Region with a focus on how to attract the youth to engage in cocoa farming. The event is on the theme: “Sustainable Cocoa Production, the Role of the Youth.” The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says this
At least four persons lost their lives in multiple accidents involving three VIP buses , a taxi and a trailer at Asempanaeye near Nsawam in the Eastern Region on Thursday morning According to reports, the trailer rammed into a Taxi and a pick up truck, forcing it to veer off the road, crashing into the
The Adekyem Festival of the chiefs and the people of Bechem Traditional Area have been launched at Bechem, the Tano South District Capital. The Festival which has for its theme ‘’Unity and Development’’ would be celebrated in November, 2015 with a number of activities expected to be climaxed by a ground durbar. At the launching ceremony
The entire community of Apremdu, led by their Chief, Nana Egya Kwamina VI, on Sunday, mustered courage to confront Chinese illegal miners who had mounted their equipment on the Whin River, and were engaging in alluvial mining activities right under the noses of Apramdo soldiers. The decision came after the Chinese miners had defied orders
The Chief Executive Officer of Reroy Cables, Kate Quartey-Papafio says industrialists need to pace up their efforts to enable them realize the fortunes of what she describes as ‘a fortunate continent’. She claims the African industrialist has the desire and potential to power the economy with the essential support of all stakeholders. “Africa is ripe for industrialization.
Ghana’s President John Dramani has said 3,500 megawatts of power will be generated from supplemented gas, solar energy and biogas to alleviate dumsor which has crippled a lot of local industries and virtually brought small scale enterprises and the economy down to its knees. The President made the declaration when he was addressing the 70th
The Electoral Commission (EC) is expected to hold a forum on the last week of October during which political parties are expected to make presentations on whether there is a need or not for a new voters register to be complied ahead of the 2016 election. The EC expects that at the end of this
