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These days it is hard to walk the streets without running into someone who is anxiously looking at their wrist to see if they are on target to reach the magic 10,000 steps. Is it really a goal worth striving for, or might there be something better? And where did that figure come from? You might be surprised to hear it was the result of a 1960s marketing campaign in Japan. In the run-up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a company came up with a device which they started marketing to the health-conscious. It was called a Manpo-Kei. In Japanese,…

As President Trump claimed credit for lower unemployment among African Americans, cameras at Tuesday’s State of the Union cut to members of the Congressional Black Caucus. The members, dressed in West African kente cloth to protest Trump after reports he called some African nations “shithole countries,” sat stone-faced and unmoved. “Unemployment claims have hit a 45-year low,” Trump said. “And something I’m very proud of: African-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded.” As much of the room erupted, the lawmakers, seen below on CBS’ broadcast, raised not a hand. Some looked up or glanced downward. Members of Congressional Black Caucus offer no reaction as Pres.…

All too often girls in countries across sub-Saharan Africa can be married off an early age, trapping them in a cycle that is almost impossible to escape. They can be held by poverty, sexual and domestic violence, and social stigma. But a charity, Camfed, is working to keep girls in school, in the belief that education can be the best protection against child marriage. Camfed works in Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Ghana, and says child marriage is both a consequence of poverty and perpetuates it. “Most child brides have lost one or both parents, and face a daily struggle…

The Atuabo Gas Processing Plant would be shutdown for planned maintenance works from 1st February 2018, the Ghana National Gas Company has announced. “This outage is consistent with other shutdowns planned by our upstream and downstream partners,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday asking gas producers, power consumers and the general public to take note. The shutdown will allow engineers at the plant to undertake routine maintenance on the facility to help improve the plant’s capacity as well as prolong its lifespan, the statement said. The Atuabo Gas Plant is expected to resume operation on February 25, 2018.…

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay military prison open. Mr Trump announced the move in his State of the Union address. The decision reverses that of former President Barack Obama, who had said he wanted to close the controversial site “as soon as practicable”. The facility in Cuba has been used since the 9/11 attacks to detain what Washington calls “enemy combatants”, but only 41 prisoners remain there. Hundreds were transferred away from the facility during the Obama era. A White House statement confirmed the order had been signed to resist the detention…

Ghanaian academic and politician who served as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Prof. Joshua Alabi has revealed highlife maestro Amakye Dede as his favourite Ghanaian musician. Prof. Alabi in an exclusive interview with award winning, Johnnie Hughes said Amakye Dede has several hit songs that would move him to the dancing floor anytime they are dropped. “My all-time favourite artiste is Amakye Dede and my favourite song is Mmaa pe sokoo, yes that song” he said with a broad smile. The former Member of Parliament of the Krowor Constituency in the Greater Accra from 1997…

US actor Mark Salling, known for his role in the TV series Glee, has been found dead near his Los Angeles home, his lawyer confirmed to the BBC. US media reports suggest he may have taken his own life. The 35-year-old was expected to get between four and seven years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child sex abuse images. His sentencing was due on 7 March. Salling played footballer Noah “Puck” Puckerman on Glee from 2009 to 2015. He entered into a plea deal last October, avoiding a lengthier prison sentence of up to 20 years. He was…

The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah has sued the Inspector General of Police over his arrest during a peaceful protest by the Ghana-Togo Solidarity Movement in December 2017. The PNC chairman is praying the court to declare that his rights have been violated. He wants the courts to also declare that his rights to personal dignity have been violated by the first respondent, who in this case is the IGP. Additionally, Bernard Mornah wants the IGP and the Attorney General to compensate him with the sum of 136,960 Ghana Cedis. This, he claimed, is the…

The Military Police is investigating manhandling of a fake soldier who was arrested by some military personnel upon a tip off at Nsawam in the Eastern Region The video of the incident that has since gone viral on social media captures a 27 year old man, identified as Essel Prince Ferguson, parading himself as a military officer being slapped by a military officer and a detective following his arrest. He has been doing so for close to 7 years at Ntoaso a community near Nsawam. While some people have called for a swift action in dealing with the culprit, others…

A Takoradi District Magistrate Court has adjourned for the third time the case in which a Police Detective is suspected to have shot to death a final year GSTS student. Detective-Corporal Shaibu is to reappear before the court on Monday, February 12, 2018. Prosecutor in charge of the case, Inspector B.P Ahensan, called for more time to enable him complete investigations. According to him, though a pathology report on the issue is ready, the ballistic report is yet to be completed. The completed report will also have to be forwarded to the Attorney General’s Office for advice. But this was…