Nato has rejected calls to enforce a no-fly zone, saying it could lead to direct conflict with Russia. Nato member states such as Britain are already sending weapons to help Ukraine fight the Russian invasion. The EU says it will provide hundreds of millions of pounds to help arm Ukraine. Russia has put its nuclear forces on “special alert” to counter what it calls Nato’s aggression. What is Nato? Nato – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – is a military alliance formed in 1949 by 12 countries, including the US, Canada, the UK and France. Members agree to come…
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Nigerians students fleeing the conflict in Ukraine have been denied access to Poland and are currently stranded at Yarviv, a border town in Ukraine, Akelicious learnt. It was gathered that Polish immigration officials are demanding that all Nigerians who wish to enter must possess visas and authorisation letters which the students have been unable to provide as the Nigerian embassy in Poland has yet to intervene. The students had headed for the Polish border due to the shutting of Ukraine’s airspace. However, after being denied access to Poland, many of the students are now considering returning to Kyiv, which…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ has slapped another sanctions against former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Adjenim Boateng Adjei. Mr Adjenim Boateng Adjei also has been barred from holding public office for the next 10 years while he is to refund to the state GH¢5,697,530 within six months. The decision was arrived at following a petition filed by anti-graft firm Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) after an investigative documentary by Manasseh Azure Awuni exposed how the former PPA CEO established a company to which contracts were diverted. The company, Talent Discovery…
A lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ,KNUST standing trial over his missing wife has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and deceit of a public officer when he appeared before a Kumasi High Court. Dr. Wilberforce Nkrumah Aggrey’s plea was taken for the first time after his arrest in October, 2021. He was making his maiden appearance at the Kumasi High Court, a day after he was discharged by an Asokwa District Court. Dr. Wilberforce Nkrumah Aggrey is being held over the disappearance of his wife, 32-year-old Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a Senior Lands Administration Officer at the Lands Commission in Kumasi. The Court…
By Alex Ababio There is no doubt the vast majority of Ghanaians are smart phone users, as it has been confirmed by a recent report by Africa’s leading e-commerce company Jumia, which revealed that Ghana is one of Africa’s largest mobile phone markets, with about 34.57 million subscribers and a penetration rate of 119%. The report additional shows that there are 10.11 million active internet users in Ghana. This means that nearly one third ( ⅓ ) of the country’s population have access to internet.From the survey one can say that majority of Ghanaians are preoccupied with cell phones…
By Alex Ababio According to ourworldindata.org,the term “life expectancy” refers to the number of years a person can expect to live. By definition, life expectancy is based on an estimate of the average age that members of a particular population group will be when they die. Most countries in sub-Saharan Africa are very unfortunate as their life expectancy is as low as 45 to 50 years on the average . According to the CIA’s World Factbook, the top 20 lowest life expectancy countries are all countries in Sub- Saharan Africa as of 2017. The list of those countries are…
By Alex Ababio SatyaNadella, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation, USA has stated:“I’m most grounded on the role of technology. Ultimately to me it’s about the human capital and the human potential and technology empowers humans to do great things. You have to be optimistic about what technology can do in the hands of humans.” Accordingt to a new study by Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Optimizing the use of digital skills and technologies could generate $2 trillion of additional global economic output by 2020, the study also reveals the vast role digital plays in economic activity, with more than one-fifth…
A 34-year-old businessman, Ibrahim Jawab, has lost several thousand of Ghana cedis after a raging fire engulfed a compound house with 11 rooms and and over five stores at Aboabo near Tamale main bus stop in the Northern Region. The fire which occured last Sunday dawn destroyed several properties belonging to the occupants including thousand of cedis , provisions, clothes, foodstuff, glasses, among others. A quick intervention by the Ghana National Fire Service Personnel saved some nearby rooms, stores and houses from being affected. The eye witness accounts suggested that the fire started from an empty room with no…
Collins Sambaya Nailed To A Tree In Kenya. It was revealed that the boy was tied to the tree, arms wide apart, with two roofing nails driven through each palm of his hands after he was alleged to have stolen a radio. The entire village was shocked and was overwhelmed with the incident and was brought to a standstill, as they reported the incident to the police, who quickly rescued the boy and rushed him to a Hospital where he is in stable condition. Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), who confirmed the incident in a statement, said that a…
The quest to deepen citizen participation in local level development has led to considerable reforms in the Local Governance and Decentralization structure particularly under the fourth republican constitution of Ghana. Considering the four arms of decentralization in Ghana, i.e. Administrative, Political, Decentralized Development Planning and Fiscal decentralization, a relatively significant improvement has been made in an effort to deepen decentralization in all these four arms. In spite of these reforms, there is still a myriad of bottlenecks facing the actual realization of the objectives of decentralization in Ghana. One significant reform that is being championed in reference to the…