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The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has launched the 2020 edition of Ghana’s Fastest Human, an annual sprint competition aimed at unearthing talents to represent the country at the Olympic Games. This year’s event will start on February 29 at the Tamale Sports Stadium while the grand finale is scheduled to take place on June 20 at the Paa Joe Stadium at the KNUST campus in Kumasi. The four finalists would be selected into GNPC Speedsters Club and place on one year residential camping. The maiden edition of Ghana’s Fastest Human was held in 2013 and has since produced many…

Some of Ghana’s most sought after musicians will mount the stage on Sunday night to entertain the hundreds who will be attending the Mentor Reloaded finale. These acts who have cemented their place as part of the best when it comes to music in Ghana will join six contestants to electrify the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) as a new music king is crowned. Rapper Edem, singer Adina – both judges on the Mentor Reloaded show -, Fameye, and the ‘Attaa Adwoa’ hitmaker, Bosom P-Yung have been billed to make the night a memorable one. One of the six contestants…

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has hosted the governors of the Millennium Excellence Foundation to discuss the upcoming 20th Anniversary and Awards of the Foundation – the Millennium Excellence Awards 2020. This was when the governors paid a courtesy call on him led by the President of the Millennium Excellence Foundation, Ashim Morton, at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi to brief him about preparations towards the event to take place at the Fantasy Dome in Accra on 11th July 2020. Otumfuo, Life Patron of the Millennium Excellence Foundation, was briefed by the Board of Governors and invited him to…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, congratulated Mr Wamkele Mene on his election as Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). “We extend our warm congratulations to the first Secretary-General, Wamkele Mene, the young South African, and assure him that we will give him our fullest co-operation to ensure he succeeds,” President Akufo-Addo stated in his Fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered to Parliament, in Accra. “Having won the bid to host the Headquarters of the AfCFTA in Accra, the Government has provided a permanent office building to host the Secretariat, and with the appointment…

After the release of 5Fives’s 2010 smash hit ‘Muje Baya’, renowned music producer Appietus was accused of stealing the beat from a South African song – ‘Amerido’ by DJ Cndo. It was the first time the renowned producer, who has several hit songs to his credit, received criticisms for his production. Reacting to the allegation after 10 years, the producer, speaking in an interview on Showbiz 927 on 3FM with MzGee, said he only sampled the beat contrary to what many speculated. According to him, it was music group 5Five who brought the beat to him and that was the…

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has scored the government high in its fight against illegal mining in the country. He said evidence on the ground shows “we have done very well” contrary to claims by some civil society groups and the National Democratic Congress that government’s fight against scourge otherwise known as galamsey, has failed. “If you look at the evidence, we’ve done much better than most people will recognise,” he told journalists Thursday on the sidelines of the State of the Nation Address presented to parliament by President Nana Akufo-Addo. According to the…

Roger Stone, long-time adviser and ally to President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to 40 months in jail. Stone, 67, was found guilty in November on seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering. He is the sixth Trump aide convicted in a criminal case resulting from Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. Mr Trump has hinted he may pardon his ally. Stone has maintained the case against him was politically motivated. Explaining the sentence, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Stone had engaged in “intolerable” “threatening and intimidating…

Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has denied allegations that he is involved in corrupt deals in the country’s fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. According to the cardiothoracic surgeon, since returning to Ghana at the age of 39 years, he has sacrificed his entire life to working in the interest of the nation to the extent that he has done nothing for his himself. Speaking to journalists Thursday on the sidelines of the State of the Nation Address delivered to parliament by President Nana Akufo-Addo, Prof. Frimpon-Boateng said it saddens him that his…

One of the aspirants contesting the Yendi constituency parliamentary primary of the New Patriotic Party, Farouk Aliu Mahama, has admonished his contenders to consolidate Dagbon peace by running a peaceful campaign. He noted the peace of Dagbon is bigger than their individual interest, hence the need to preserve it. Farouk, who is the son of the late former Vice President Aliu Mahama, filed his nomination forms Wednesday to contest two others, Osman Baba Daney and Abibata Shanni Mahama, who are also seeking the ticket of the NPP to represent the people of Yendi in parliament. The filing was characterized by…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced he will maintain Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate for the 2020 presidential election in December. This will be the fourth time the President will be pairing with the astute economist to go into presidential election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Addressing a crowd of party faithfuls after filing his nomination forms at the NPP headquarters in Accra on Thursday, Nana Akufo-Addo said the choice of Dr Bawumia was an easy one to make, and stated it was not something that required thorough thinking. “The Party rules require that once…