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The first tranche of the ‘bauxite for development’ barter agreement, popularly known as Sinohydro deal, signed between the Government of Ghana and the People’s Republic of China has been released, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed. Speaking in Accra on Monday, 11th November 2019 at the Jubilee House, Vice President Bawumia indicated that projects under the agreement have been grouped in Lots, and their review and approval is ongoing. Major progress has been made, Vice President Bawumia stated, with the China and Ghana governments determined to ensure the success of the barter deal, which would see the leveraging…

File: Dr. Bawumia[/caption] The first tranche of the ‘bauxite for development’ barter agreement, popularly known as Sinohydro deal, signed between the Government of Ghana and the People’s Republic of China has been released, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed. Speaking in Accra on Monday, 11th November 2019 at the Jubilee House, Vice President Bawumia indicated that projects under the agreement have been grouped in Lots, and their review and approval is ongoing. Major progress has been made, Vice President Bawumia stated, with the China and Ghana governments determined to ensure the success of the barter deal, which would…

The Academy of Motion Pictures has rejected a second entry for next year’s Oscar award for Best International Film. The Austrian movie, Joy, is about Nigerian sex-workers in Vienna, but the Academy says it has too much dialogue in English. Last week it turned down Nigeria’s own submission, Lionheart, for the same reason. The rejections come in the year when the Academy re-named the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar award to Best International Film for “films that are not in the English language”. News about the film’s disqualification was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter website, which said the Academy…

The Academy of Motion Pictures has rejected a second entry for next year’s Oscar award for Best International Film. The Austrian movie, Joy, is about Nigerian sex-workers in Vienna, but the Academy says it has too much dialogue in English. Last week it turned down Nigeria’s own submission, Lionheart, for the same reason. The rejections come in the year when the Academy re-named the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar award to Best International Film for “films that are not in the English language”. News about the film’s disqualification was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter website, which said the Academy…

The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr. Hafiz Bin Saalih says said a committee will be set up to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy who died of snake bite after he was allegedly left unattended to by hospital workers at the Upper West Regional Hospital. The minister assured punitive actions will be taken against persons found culpable of causing the death of the boy. Dr. Bin Saalih also called on the media in the Upper West Region to select one journalist to be part of the committee in order to play a watch dog role on the committee. The…

2019 Ghana’s Most Beautiful winner Ekua can finally heave a sigh of relief having gone through 13 weeks of adrenaline-driven competition. Ekua beats Enam, 3 others to win #GMB2019 crown The Central Region representative had quite a good journey, beating competition from 15 other beautiful ladies to bag the top prize of the enviable GMB crown, car, and cash aside other goodies from sponsors. Throughout the 13-week journey, one thing stood out about Ekua, her eloquence. Be it the Queen’s language, English, or her native Fante, Ekua never disappointed when it came to delivery. Another thing that also stood out…

2019 Ghana’s Most Beautiful winner Ekua can finally heave a sigh of relief having gone through 13 weeks of adrenaline-driven competition. Ekua beats Enam, 3 others to win #GMB2019 crown The Central Region representative had quite a good journey, beating competition from 15 other beautiful ladies to bag the top prize of the enviable GMB crown, car, and cash aside other goodies from sponsors. Throughout the 13-week journey, one thing stood out about Ekua, her eloquence. Be it the Queen’s language, English, or her native Fante, Ekua never disappointed when it came to delivery. Another thing that also stood out…

There are many false myths on social media about vaginas, and one woman has made it her mission to correct them. Dr Jen Gunter has been a practising obstetrician-gynaecologist in the US and Canada for 25 years. She is a fierce advocate for women’s health and has been described as Twitter’s resident gynaecologist. Recently she took up arms against claims that putting jade eggs into vaginas supported “hormonal balance, menstrual regulation, and bladder control”. Gunter showed that they were not part of any ancient Chinese tradition nor did they have any scientific backing. The claims were taken down. Gunter’s latest…

Halima Aliko Dangote has been appointed as the Group Executive Director, Commercial Operations of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), one of Africa’s largest and most diversified business conglomerates. According to a release by the company, Halima Aliko Dangote is returning to the Group after serving on secondment in several capacities across two of its Business Units over the last five years. She is also a Trustee of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the conglomerate. In her most recent role, Halima served as Executive Director of Dangote Flour Mills. Remarkably, she led the turnaround of the business from loss in…