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Death-row inmate Celestine Egbunuche has been dubbed Nigeria’s “oldest prisoner” amid a campaign calling for his release. He is 100 years old and has spent 18 years in jail after being found guilty of organising a murder. Small and slightly hunched over, he looks wistfully into space as he sits on a tightly packed bench inside a stuffy prison visitor’s room. Dressed in a white T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops, he lifts his head slowly – his way of acknowledging our presence. But otherwise he remains quiet during our visit – in stark contrast to the rest of the room that…

The management and coaching team of the Ghana National Rugby Team, the Ghana Eagles, has cautioned fans and supporters to be realistic in their expectations for the Rugby Africa 2018 Men’s Sevens Tournament that will be held in Monastir, Tunisia on 13 and 14 October 2018. Mr Hebert Mensah, President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby, said that the team’s Mission is to surprise everybody but that one must face realities. “This is only the second appearance of the Ghana Eagles in the Rugby Africa Men’s Elite Sevens while most other teams have been around for quite some time. The…

NDC flagbearer hopeful, Sylvester Adinam Mensah has called on delegates of the National Democratic Congress to give him the mandate to lead the party into the 2020 elections to rescue the country from the “clueless hands” of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government. According to Mr. Mensah, the government has so far failed to fulfill its numerous flagship programs. Hed told delegates that what the NPP is doing in government can best be termed ‘Bawumia Economics’ which has rendered economic fundamentals of the country very weak thereby exposing Ghanaians to lots of hardship. “The NPP as a political party in government is failing.…

The Ghana beyond aid vision, can be achieved through fruitful partnering with China, Mr Shi Ting Wang, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, stated at the Yinchuan Art Troupe Performance, at the National Theatre in Accra. “If we dream together, the Ghana Beyond Aid would become a reality, and in the spirit of the world, having now become a community with a shared future, we can turn that vision into a reality,” he stated. He said Ghana and China are both great nations, looking forward to improved conditions for their peoples. Mr Shi Ting Wang said if the two countries worked together,…

Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, says Ghana is stepping up its relations with Japan to attract technology and industry giants in the Asian state to drive government’s agenda of moving Ghana from a raw material production economy into an industrialized and technologically driven one. The Minister made the assertion in a bilateral meeting with her counterpart, Taro Kono of Japan on the sidelines of the 7th TICAD Ministerial conference held in Tokyo. Speaking to the media after the session with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Ayorkor Botchwey intimated that Ghana was interested in adopting the best practices…

Read his full tweet below A whole documentary on the killing of the Major and the judges. An unfortunate tragedy that saw hard, swift justice done to the perpetrators; unlike the organized assault and killings of the Yaa Naa and his 39 elders, for which those perpetrators are yet to see justice. That is the fundamental difference – one group of four saw justice, the other group of close to 40 did not and has not! We have rehashed and recooked history to make innocent people look murderous. And in the next breath using the same name to endorse yourselves…

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has embraced the concept of economic transformation, consistent with Ghana’s economic aspirations at the 2nd plenary of the two day TICAD Ministerial Meeting held in Tokyo. Addressing the meeting on the topic; “Economic Transformation for Inclusive Growth”, the Minister used the occasion to call for a paradigm shift so that Ghana and the rest of Africa can move beyond aid. The Foreign Minister said President Akufo-Addo’s “Ghana beyond Aid” agenda has caught up with his colleague Heads of State on the African continent. A call, she is convinced is increasingly…

Gold trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited will from Tuesday October 9, 2018 start paying its customers the full value of gold traded with the company. The payment is expected to be completed within 90 days, Menzgold said in a statement issued on Monday. This decision was arrived on Sunday October 7, during a meeting between management of the company and some customers at the Korkdam Hotel at Achimota, Accra. “Menzgold Ghana limited noting that the principal concerns of its Customers is for the return of their primary value of gold traded with the company, has agreed and proposes to pay…

The General Manager of the Electricity Company of Ghana in the Western Region, Mr. Anokye Abebreseh has handed over the site for construction works to begin on its Agona Nkwanta District office. He was assisted by the Mr. Edmond Botwie (Manager, Construction – ECG) and Alhaji Ibrahim Yakubu, Regional Engineer -Western Region, at a short ceremony which took place last Thursday, in Agona Nkwanta. The existing structure, which will be modified into a two-storey office and customer service building to meet the growing needs of ECG’s customers in the District and surrounding communities, will be constructed by Answad Investments Company…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed shock over the suspension of the headmaster of Tempane Senior High School, describing the Akufo-Addo government as highly intolerant. The Upper East Regional Education Directorate suspended the headmaster, pending investigations, after accusing him of allowing Mr Joshua Akamba, a National Organizer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), access to students who shared their challenges with him. But according to Mr Mahama, the action taken by the authorities is a clear testimony of the intolerance of the NPP government. He said “investigating him for what? The schools have children who are 18 years…