Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will approve a new law to reduce age limits in political office, which could make it easier for younger candidates to run in next year’s election. The move comes after intense pressure from youth groups, which pushed the government to adopt the legislation, saying they were politically marginalised. “In (a) few days to come, I will ...

JOSE MOURINHO fears Manchester United will be priced out of signing Gareth Bale with Real Madrid set to put a staggering £200m price tag on their Champions League final hero. The Spanish giants want to maximise Bale’s value to finance their ambitious attempts to sign Brazilian superstar Neymar from Paris St Germain. And on top of any transfer fee, Manchester ...

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools ( CHASS) has pleaded with the government to release free SHS grants for the third term. CHASS in a statement on Monday, May 28, said the delays in the payment of the grant is creating serious financial challenges for the Senior High Schools in the country. The plea by the schools comes ...

Rapid advancements in information communications technologies (ICT) over the past 20 years has substantially altered the ways in which people live, work, play and interact with one another. The World Bank’s World Development Report shows that ICT has a positive effect on a country’s economy, with a 10% increase in broadband penetration being associated with a 1.4% increase in gross ...

Journalists and radio commentators must cease the media trial of Kwasi Nyantakyi and Anthony Karbo, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, respectively, Garry Nimako, a private legal practitioner has said. According to him, persons who have not viewed the yet-to-be premiered video by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in connection with which ...

Joel Duncan-Williams, the son of founder and leader of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has successfully tied the knot. At a very colorful ceremony over the weekend, Joel and his girlfriend, Anisha, were blessed in holy matrimony. “The very First time our lips came together on the Day God destined for you to become My Love, My life, ...

The President of Confederation of African Football, Mr Ahmad Ahmad on Monday performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Real Madrid Football Academy in Port Harcourt. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the groundbreaking ceremony of the Academy was jointly performed by officials of Real Madrid Football Club and Confederation of African Football. NAN reports that the foundation laying ceremony, ...

Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong has said if Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako knew how “corrupt, evil and wicked” his protégé Anas Aremeyaw Anas is, then he would stop defending the award-winning investigative journalist’s entrapment methodology he employs in his undercover journalism practice. In the lawmaker’s view, if Anas were to have been using the ...

The embattled Board Chairman of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GHAPOHA) Peter Mac Manu has reiterated the allegations of impropriety levelled against him by aggrieved staff of the Authority are false. Workers of GHAPOHA in the Western region on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at a press conference, accused Peter Mac Manu of conflict of interest by dishing contracts to ...

Two driver unions, Concerned Drivers and True Drivers Union have served notice of an increment in transport fares effective today, Monday,May 28. The drivers say the decision to increase the fares is due to the increment in petroleum products. Spokesperson for the two unions, David Agboado said, although petroleum products have increased over a period, they have not increased the ...