Nigeria: Buhari orders foreigners to leave mining areas
Nigeria’s government has ordered foreign nationals to leave mining sites in north-western Zamfara state within 48 hours, blaming them for an upsurge in banditry and kidnappings. It also announced a suspension of mining activities in Zamfara and other affected states with immediate effect, warning that mining operators who defied the order would have their licences […]
30 musicians from Hungary to perform at the Hungarian Cultural Week in Ghana
The Hungarian Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Andras Szabo has hinted that 30 musicians from Hungary will be performing at this year’s Hungarian Cultural week Celebration in Ghana. The Hungarian Cultural Week Celebration is slated from Wednesday, April 10 to Saturday April 13. Speaking on Uniiq FM Breakfast Drive, His Excellency Andras Szabo said the […]
Historic: Ghana performs first brain surgery without cutting skull
A seven-member team of Ghanaian doctors has performed the first-ever brain surgery in the country, without cutting the skull. The minimally invasive brain surgery is the technique by which health workers safely remove brain and skull-base tumours through smaller and more precise openings that minimise collateral damage; that is, injury or other damage inflicted on […]
Don’t implement popular but hurtful policies — Seth Terkper
A former Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, has advised the government against implementing policies that are popular with the electorate but have the tendency to hurt the economy in the long run. He cited the reduction in the benchmark values for imports as one such policy that could deepen the perennial fall in domestic […]
