Painstil knows why he insulted the Ghanaian media
Sports Features of Sunday, 17 March 2013 Source: Raymond Yeboah John Painstil l believe got the effrontery to insult Ghanaian sports journalists because he thinks he has reached his peak and have...
View ArticleJoshua Clottey tips Agbeko to beat Melendez
Boxing News of Sunday, 17 March 2013 Source: Prince Dornu-Leiku Former IBF Welterweight champion, Joshua Clottey is confident compatriot Joseph King Kong Agbeko will overcome Colombia’s Luis Mendelez...
View ArticleCritical News, Logorligi Pilgrimage to Jubilee Flagstaff
Sydney Casely-Hayford I found myself in Akosombo this weekend. Not by design, I happened to be going elsewhere and ended up there. So I decided to stay and find out whether what ECG is saying that VRA...
View ArticleNo pilgrimage by pastors will save the government
Folks, it is time to take on the government for what I consider to be the worst “misplaced priority” that it has come out with less than 100 days in office. And I will be very blunt and brazen about...
View ArticleUN: Don’t waste historic chance for a lifesaving Arms Trade Treaty
The time has come for world leaders to address the poorly regulated global arms trade that fuels grave human rights abuses of tens of millions of people and claims countless lives each year, Amnesty...
View ArticleReps frustrate NNPC’s effort to cover finances of 16 subsidiaries
By OKEY NDIRIBE & EMMAN OVUAKPORIE ABUJA — The House of Representatives, yesterday, frustrated efforts by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to cover the financial records of its 16...
View ArticleFG lifts suspension on Dana Airlines
By Kenneth Ehigiator The Federal Government, yesterday, lifted the suspension imposed on Dana Airlines last Saturday, after a meeting among officials of the airline, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,...
View ArticleOjukwu family frowns on EFCC’s refusal to investigate estate agent
By TONY EDIKE/BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE ENUGU — Board of Directors of Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL, has expressed disappointment and surprise over the response by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
View Article132 govt delegations storm Vatican for Pope’s installation
BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE (With agency report) THE Vatican, yesterday, released details of today’s Pope Francis’ Installation Mass, saying it would be a simplified version of the 2005 installation Mass that...
View ArticleCAN, Osun govt bicker over introduction of hijab in Christian schools
By GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO — OSUN State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the state government are heading for a showdown over the wearing of hijab by female Muslim students in...
View ArticleStudent arrested over alleged killing of 2 prisons officials
BY EMMA ARUBIWARRI— A FINAL year Physics student of the Delta State University, Delsu, Abraka, has been arrested by men of the 3 Battalion, Nigeria Army Effurun, Warri Ebruke Oghenekohworho, 34, was...
View ArticleOndo uncovers 6,000 ghost workers on LG payrolls
By Dayo Johnson Akure — NO fewer than 6,000 ghost workers have been uncovered by Ondo State Government following the outcome of a staff audit committee it set up. The government in a statement by the...
View ArticleBraithwaite seeks demolision of 14-storey building on V-Island
BY Williams Jimoh Lagos lawyer, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, has asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, to order Standard Chartered Bank to demolish, with immediate effect, a 14-storey building...
View ArticleAirtel alleged illegal lottery: Court joins NCC as defendant
By Innocent Anaba LAGOS — A Federal High Court in Lagos has joined the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, as a defendant in a suit seeking to revoke the operating licence of Airtel Nigeria...
View ArticleAfenifere berates Ali over comment on Yoruba race
By DAPO AKINREFON LAGOS — PAN-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has chided a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Col. Ahmadu Ali (rtd) for making uncharitable comments...
View ArticleWhat a Toyota V8 can and cannot do?
From a pious Sunday morning, fast forward to a controversial Tuesday noon and still galloping, we have been within the space of 48 hours, inundated with media reports whether audio, video or online of...
View ArticleIs President Mahama insulting Ghanaians?
Feature Article of Wednesday, 20 March 2013 Columnist: Ata, Kofi By Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK I was dumbfounded when I read that President Mahama claims his government was not financing but only...
View ArticleStop This National Airline Absurdity
Feature Article of Wednesday, 20 March 2013 Columnist: Baidoo, Philip Kobina When Nkrumah established the national airline in 1958 it was a doomed enterprise from the outset. The simple reason is that...
View ArticleFood And Agriculture Sector In Deplorable State
Feature Article of Wednesday, 20 March 2013 Columnist: Akoto, Owusu Afriyie STATEMENT BY HON. DR. OWUSU AFRIYIE AKOTO, RANKING MEMBER, SELECT COMMITTEE ON FOOD, AGRICULTUREAND COCOA AFFAIRS 1. THE...
View ArticleUsing Sports As A Tool For National Unity
Feature Article of Wednesday, 20 March 2013 Columnist: Pele, Abuga Where politics has failed, sports have on countless occasions succeeded in not only bringing development, but also fostered peace and...
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