Founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings fears his party may lose the 2020 general elections if things are not done right at its branch level, Today can report. The former Ghanaian leader in a statement issued to the media last Friday observed that the recently held NDC elections at the branches were flouted with malpractices. ...

Kenya lost about 1,500 banking and insurance sector jobs in 2017, the first such drop in seven years that also defines how banks reacted to the interest rate capping law introduced in September 2016. The total number of people working in the financial services sector dropped to 63,500 as most banks shifted from brick-and-mortar operations in favour of technology-based transactions, ...

In Ghana, and some parts of the world, having a sexual relationship with a close member of the family is a taboo and against the law, but some people find themselves doing otherwise. A Ghanaian woman has revealed her horrible past to a Facebook relationship speaker and blogger, Abena Magis. Sharing rape cases with the #Menso, Abena Magis has used ...

The British Council Auditorium would today, Monday, April 30, 2018, witness one of the keenly contested for competitions in the country as eight (8) top universities battle for honours in the Kuapa Kokoo/MPA ‘The Green Ghana Lecture Series inter-tertiary institutions debate’. The event which would be the first round of elimination will see the University of Ghana, Legon, take on ...

Ghana President Nana Akufo Addo has sent words of felicitations to Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe on becoming the new WBO Super Bantamweight champion. Dogboe has become Ghana’s youngest ever boxing champion after knocking out Mexican-American Jessie Magdaleno in Philadelphia on Sunday morning to make him the new WBO super bantamweight/junior featherweight titleholder. And that obviously left the president excited. He ...

Former President John Mahama will not legitimize illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, should he come back to government, his special aide Joyce Bawa Mogtari has clarified. Mr. Mahama’s latest criticism against the government’s crackdown on illegal mining has been perceived by some Ghanaians as his tolerance for the harmful activity. “The use of security personnel against our young men ...

Former Ghana Football Association Vice President George Afriyie believes his ex-boss Kwesi Nyantakyi will suffer an embarrassing defeat if he contest the GFA presidential election in 2019. Afriyie, 50, has again advised Nyantakyi to stay true to his words. Nyantakyi has said he will not seek re-election but he is under pressure from some Executive Committee members to rescind his ...

LIVERPOOL have distanced themselves from reports that assistant manager Zeljko Buvac has quit the club. However, Jurgen Klopp’s No 2 will be absent for the rest of the campaign. ‘The Brain’ as Zeljko is known, will not be in the dugout alongside Klopp as the Reds look to secure their place in the Champions League final and qualify for the ...

Opposition legislator, Alhassan Suhuyini has poured cold water on the government’s yet to be launched Nations Builders Corps, describing it as a cosmetic approach to solving unemployment. Mr. Suhuyini believes the Akufo-Addo led government should channel the country’s resources elsewhere instead of using these resources for an “extended national service”. Expressing his thoughts on the Nations Builders Corps (NABCO) programme, ...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has lashed out at former President John Mahama for criticizing the government’s approach in the fight against illegal mining. According to the governing party, the former president’s attempt to degrade the anti-galamsey fight is cheap and unfortunate. Mahama speaking Saturday after the opposition National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) ‘Unity Walk’ in Kumasi told party enthusiasts ...