Former president John Mahama is making a case for Ghanaians to pay TV licenses in the wake of widespread public uproar against the policy. The Chief Justice has set up 11 special courts across Ghana to prosecute TV license fee defaulters. The development has incurred the wrath of Ghanaians in general who have resolved never to pay TV license fee. ...

The Paramount Chief of Klikor Traditional Area in the Ketu South District of the Volta Region, Togbui Addo, has advised residents in Letakor not to take advantage of a new Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound situated in the community ‘to give birth unnecessarily’. According to him, women in the area take delight in giving birth even as they ...

Nottingham Forest, who upset Arsenal in the English FA Cup third round, on Monday appointed Spanish coach Aitor Karanka as their new manager. Championship club Forest beat Arsenal 4-2 on Sunday with caretaker manager Gary Brazil in charge following the departure of Mark Warburton last month. Karanka, a former Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao player, was fired by Middlesbrough last ...

Outspoken Ghanaian Lawyer, Maurice Ampaw, has described Human rights activists pushing for gay rights as mad. Lawyer, Maurice Ampaw made this comment in relation to a report released by Human Rights Watch which suggested that Ghanaians treat Gays as Second Class citizens. In the report, Human Right Watch noted that Ghanaians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) suffer ...

ANTONIO CONTE has no regrets over his war of words with Jose Mourinho and insists that the row is purely personal. Chelsea manager Conte, whose side face Arsenal in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge, has traded an increasingly bitter series of insults with Mourinho over the past few days. Conte first responded when Manchester ...

Son of the late Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper, Alhaji Bature; Mubarak Bature, has taken a swipe at Rev. Owusu Bempah over claims that the latter predicted the death of his father. Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah who is the Founder of Glorious Word Ministry, on 31st December 2017, during a Watch Night service predicted that a popular journalist in ...

Saudi authorities are investigating a video claiming to show a gay wedding ceremony in the country, according to regional media reports. Footage of two men in Saudi dress walking down an aisle at an alleged wedding ceremony has gone viral in the Gulf kingdom. Men surrounding the pair are seen throwing confetti. The LGBT community in Saudi Arabia is severely ...

A former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has cautioned judges to put aside their political leanings while arriving at decisions. His comments come on the back of renowned lawyer Raymond Atuguba’s pronouncements urging the nation to ensure political balance when it comes to the appointment of Judges especially at the Supreme ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that he has learnt to act accordingly with senior NDC colleague Jerry John Rawlings based on his mood as he affirmed that he has “absolutely” nothing against him. His utterance was in response to a trending video clip in circulation on social media which appeared that all was not well with Ghana’s former ...

A former Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS) Dr Michael Kpessa Whyte has dismissed government’s assertion that Senior High School education is actually free. The Akufo-Addo government launched its flagship Free SHS education programme in September 2017, scrapping fees at the second cycle level. The programme is to ensure that every student eligible to enter second cycle institution ...