Annan receives Borlaug Medallion

Mr.Kofi AnanAccra, Sept. 2, GNA – Former UN Secretary-General, Mr Kofi A. Annan was on Thursday, awarded the Borlaug Medallion by World Food Prize Foundation in recognition of his global... 

Business

Europe Blacklists Two Ghanaian Airlines

The European Union added two cargo carriers from Ghana to Europe’s list of unsafe airlines, prohibiting Meridian Airways from flying in the bloc and restricting operations by Airlift International. The... 

• Electricity Consumers Should Stop Their “Radical Opposition To Tariff Increases”: Kwame Pianim
• Cotton Industry Gets GH¢5million To Revamp
• Investigate $2million Dollar Royalties: Former Airways staff To Govt
• Ghana Will Support Her Neighbours With Oil And Gas

Sports

Stars Reject Mills’ ¢6bn Hamper

After several rounds of talks between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ghana Football Association (GFA), the nation’s football governing body, regarding the remuneration of the Black... 

• Sulley Muntari Named In Champions League Squad
• President Mills To Investigate GFA
• Inter Flop Muntari Named in Champions League Squad
• Mensah Welcomes Team-mate Asamoah Gyan To Sunderland

Education

No Panic For BECE Candidates

Alex Tettey-Enyo, Education MinisterTHE SUPPLEMENTARY placement for all qualified but unplaced candidates of this year’s Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) would be... 

• Tragedy Strikes NUGS Congress
• Let’s love Mathematics and live well – Prof. Anku
• Daasebre Oti Boateng invested VC of World Academy of Letters
• Network suggests performance contract with teachers

Crime/punishment

Three Jailed For Illegally Selling Building Plots

A Kumasi Circuit Court has jailed three people, who fraudulently sold building plots to some unsuspecting individuals. Nana Kwarteng Amaning, the ringleader, would serve a term of 12 months in... 

• Tsopoli Police intercept three suspected child trafficking victims
• Three In Court For Stealing Goat
• Court condemns 10 men to death
• Police clash with workers of Tema Meridian Port Services

Entertainment

Actor Majid Michel Now A Journalist ‘Somewhere In Africa’

Director Frank Raja and actor Majid Michel on setGhanaian actor Majid Michel is all set to break new barriers and shock a lot of fans as he walks in the award winning but unsafe shoes of top... 

• Here I Am!
• All The Guys Want To Get Into Eazzy’s Pants
• Criss Waddle Runs His Own Mixtape
• PHOTOS: Genevieve Nnaji And AY In ‘One Night Stand’

Politics

Some Politicians Are Desperate To Become President Due To Old Age: Vice President

Vice President John Dramani Mahama has stated that he is not desperate to be President of Ghana. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Chronicle newspaper in his office yesterday, in reaction... 

• President Mills Arrives From Switzerland
• NPP Presents ‘Animals’ To The Electorate Of Atiwa Constituency: Asiedu Nketia
• NDC Sacks 25,000 Service Volunteers
• “Government Must Explain Failed Security In Atiwa By-Elections”

Travel/Tourism

Ghana strengthens relations with Trinidad and Tobago

Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei, Minister for EnergyDr. Joe Oteng-Adjei, Minister for Energy, led a government delegation to join the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago to commemorate Emancipation... 

• Cabinet approves Tourism Bill
• Use Emancipation Day to reflect on nation’s motto – Zita
• Use Emancipation Day to Reflect On Nation’s Motto- Zita
• Zita Okaikoi Speaks On Tourism Bill

Science & Technology

Microsoft co-founder sues Facebook, Apple, others

The co-founder of Microsoft, Paul AllenThe co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, is suing several high-tech giants for infringing patents held by a firm he founded in the 1990s. The legal action... 

• Google set to compete with Skype
• Toshiba plans ‘no-glasses 3-D TV’
• 3 Colombian teens on Facebook hit list killed in past 10 days
• Microsoft probes Halo Reach video game breach