United Arab Emirates drone show breaks Guinness record
A police academy in the United Arab Emirates celebrated its 50th anniversary with a Guinness record-breaking drone light show. The Dubai Police Academy marked its 50th anniversary by using a total 300 drones to create portraits in the sky depicting UAE leaders including Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of […]
UK wants fully autonomous cars on road
The Department for Transport wants to see fully autonomous cars – driving with no human oversight – and cars with no steering wheels tested on UK roads. Currently, the rules around trials require a human remote driver – not necessarily inside the vehicle but ready to take over control if needed.Any new trial must, however, […]
Microsoft really, really, really doesn’t want you to buy Office 2019
Microsoft launched a new ad campaign for its Office suite today. Usually, that’s not something especially interesting, but this one is a bit different. Instead of simply highlighting the features of Word and Excel, Microsoft decided to pitch Office 365 and Office 2019 against each other (as an extra gimmick, it used twins to do […]
'I don’t record desperate songs' – Kontihene
Musician Nana Appiah, popularly known on stage as Kontihene says he does not record ‘desperate’ songs but chooses to give his fans and music lovers time enough to catch up with his songs. “I don’t record desperate songs then I will need to chase them all the time because I know that if I release […]
CODEO sets record straight on Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election
The Coalition Of Domestic Election Observers, CODEO, has restated that the chaos that characterised the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election last Thursday affected the polls. Speaking at a news conference in Accra, the National Coordinator of CODEO, Albert Kofi Arhin said reports by CODEO officials indicated widespread intimidations on voters by persons and groups purported to […]
Government to support farmers with tractors
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says government will soon take delivery of two hundred and thirty six (236) tractors to support farmers. He noted that government is subsidising the tractors by forty percent. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto said this at the inauguration of the Soya Value Chain Association of Ghana […]
New cervical cancer cases high in Ghana
The Ghana Medical Association, GMA, says about three thousand (3,000) new cases of cervical cancers are reported at hospitals every year. Out of this figure, two thousand (2,000) are unable to survive the disease due to late detection and reporting for treatment and management. The President of the GMA, Dr. Frank Ankobea, disclosed this in […]
Educationist reacts to GES corporal punishment ban
The Ghana Education Service, GES, in 2017 banned all forms of corporal punishment of children in public and private schools. But as to whether the ban is being enforced in schools is another issue. Speaking to GBC’s Radio Ghana on how to correct the misbehaviour of pupils and students in schools, Educationist Anis Haffer called […]
Emile Short chairs commission to investigate Ayawaso by-election violence
The acting President of the Republic, Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has, with the consent of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, set-up a Commission of Inquiry into the events of violence which occurred during the by-election held in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, January 31, 2019. That’s according to a statement issued by […]
Istanbul apartment block collapse shocks Turkey
An eight-storey apartment block has collapsed in the Turkish city of Istanbul, killing one person, while other people were injured or are trapped beneath rubble. Video from a residential area in the city’s Kartal district shows rescuers at work around a mound of debris. Reports suggest at least four people may be missing, and a […]
Opanka collaborates with Adina to debut Valentine banger on February 11
Dadie Opanka, a Ghanaian rap sensation, is set to release his first single of the year and it features one of Ghana’s best female vocalists, Adina. The song titled ”Sure” was produced by astute music mixer ”Ephraim” and it’s expected to hit the airwaves in this month of love. A prelude to the yet to […]
1992 Constitution must be amended- Panelists
Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Inusah Fuseini, says the 1992 constitution must go through some serious amendments to meet the challenges of present day. He said the power given to the President by the Constitution to appoint almost all officials to government institutions is not in the interest […]
Municipal Assembly to prosecute sanitation offenders
The Agona West Municipal Assembly will soon start prosecuting sanitation offenders as part of efforts to ensure environmental cleanliness. The Municipal Coordinating Director of the Assembly, Ishmael Nana Ogyefo, said this at the National Sanitation Day clean-up exercise in the municipality. He said, at the moment, the Assembly’s sanitation by-laws had been gazetted and therefore […]
Need To Totally Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation
NEWS COMMENTARY ON ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) DAY – 6TH FEBRUARY Another milestone of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, day is with us again. The day is celebrated globally as part of the UN efforts to eradicate FGM. The day is also to accelerate action towards its total elimination to […]
