The number of migrants landing on Italy’s shores has more than doubled in the last year as an economic crisis in Tunisia fuels migration in boats across the Mediterranean, Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said on Saturday. More than 21,000 people reached Italy between August 2019 and the end of July, Read more…
Ayawaso West Wuogon MP Lydia Seyram Alhassan has set up a relief and poverty alleviation fund to support some squatters of Shiashie whose homes were ravaged by fire on Friday night. Over 500 squatters were displaced by the ravaging fire, destroying property and belongings worth thousands of Ghana cedis. Following Read more…
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Scammers posed as hotel staff to trick customers into handing over payment information. Source: BBC
Every year hackers descend on Las Vegas in the sweltering August heat to break ground on security research and the most innovative hacks. This year was no different, even if it was virtual. To name a few: Hackers tricked an ATM to spit out cash. A duo of security researchers Read more…
Chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Club Licensing Board, Dr Kwame Baah Nuakoh, has noted that his outfit would have to become flexible to cater for the abnormalities that COVID-19 has brought on Ghana football. The GFA Executive Council cancelled the 2019/20 football season due to the negative impact of the Read more…
Senior Presidential Advisor to President Akufo-Addo has said former President John Mahama lacks the moral right to seek re-election after failing for eight years. Ken Amankwah argues that four years of power challenges and job losses does not give the former President the moral grounds to come back to seek Read more…
The Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper has argued that there is no need for an independent audit of the new Voters’ register. Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr said the call by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) aligns with its earlier suspicions of the Electoral Commission (EC). He Read more…
The Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) says that Ghana’s fight against corruption has failed so far. Dr Kojo Pumpuni Asante said corruption in Ghana is very prevalent and is pervasive such that people have accepted it as a way of life. Read more…
There was drama in Parliament on Friday after Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah described former Deputy Energy Minister John Jinapor as “Papa no.” This phrase ‘Papa no’ has become popular on social media after actress Tracey Boakye used it repeatedly to describe a married man she claims she and musician Read more…
The just-ended voters’ registration exercise witnessed incidents of blatant violations of the country’s election laws. The politicians who will kill to win elections carried guns to the centres, fired shots and got their pampered hooligans in their usual criminal acts with impunity. They ignored the civilized peaceful lawful challenge process Read more…
Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako has hinted the country’s airports will be opened to international traffic by September 1, 2020. This, according to the veteran journalist is to allow Ghanaians abroad who would want to register for the voters ID card do so prior to Read more…
A Nigerian man has been rescued from the garage of his parents’ house in the northern city of Kano, where he had been locked up for three years, police say. Ahmed Aminu, 30, was discovered after a police raid on the family’s residence. Neighbours had alerted a local NGO about Read more…
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has expressed “deep remorse” over his country’s actions during World War Two, on the 75th anniversary of its surrender. “I earnestly hope that the ravages of war will never again be repeated,” he said at a ceremony on Saturday. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to “never Read more…
The Battor Catholic Hospital in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region can now boast of an Infectious Disease Isolation Centre (IDIC) built from its own Internally Generated Fund (IGF) with support from the North Tongu District Assembly (NTDA). The Coronavirus pandemic coupled with its associated safety protocols and Read more…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged Friday that the company was ‘embarrassingly late’ rolling out a security layer known as two-factor authentication for its mobile app. “Sorry, this is embarrassingly late. Two factor authentication via sms or authenticator app is going through final validation right now,” Musk wrote Friday in response Read more…
The Central Regional Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended the Awutu Senya West Constituency Chairman, Charles Amoansah. His suspension follows a petition filed by the constituency’s Council of Elders over what it described as acts of misconduct being perpetuated by him. Central Regional Secretary of the party, Richard Read more…
Dancehall maestro Stonebwoy, real name Livingston Etse Setakla, has flatly denied reports making rounds that he brandished a weapon in a supposed altercation at a rehearsal on Monday. The rehearsal was for the Black Is Love Concert, an upcoming virtual show owned and headlined by fellow superstar Sarkodie. In a Read more…
Parliament has approved the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalty Limited agreement with the government of Ghana despite a walkout by the Minority. In 2018, parliament passed the Minerals Income Investment Fund Act 2018. The act establishes the Minerals Income Investment Fund to manage the equity interests of Ghana in mining companies, Read more…
The 8-2 drubbing by Bayern Munich in their Champions League quarter-final on Friday was one of Barcelona’s worst five defeats in a single match. SEVILLA 11 BARCELONA 1 (La Liga, 1940) Barcelona took a 10th-minute lead only to fall apart as Sevilla scored all their goals in the space of Read more…