The government has created 38 new Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts to bring governance closer to the doorstep of citizens. This brings the number of MMDAs in Ghana to 254 from the previous 216. The Minister of Local Government Hajia Alima Mahama laid the Legislative Instrument to back the creation of the new MMDAs in Parliament on Thursday. She said some ...

As part of the celebrations to mark the 5th anniversary of the passing away of the late Alhaji Aliu Mahama, a special prayer was said for him by the National Chief Imam, Sheik Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu at his residence in Cantonments, Accra on Thursday, November 16. Dignitaries who graced the occasion were the Vice President; Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Minister ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is furious at the treatment of Phil Jones during his time with the England squad, according to reports. Jones played 25 minutes of the 0-0 draw against Germany on Friday but had to be removed due to what Mourinho called an ongoing injury. The United center-back is now unlikely to be available for the visit ...

Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh must apologise to his predecessor Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang for describing the latter as a “disgrace” and “embarrassment” as a minister, former Minister of Education Betty Mould-Iddrisu has said. Dr Opoku Prempeh on Tuesday, 14 November told Kwadwo Asare-Baffuor Acheampong (KABA) on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen political talk show that: “Her [Prof Opoku-Agyemang’s] four-year ...

Argentina legend, Diego Maradona has stated his desire to return as La Albiceleste coach after their Tuesday’s 4-2 defeat to the Super Eagles of Nigeria in an international friendly in Krasnodar, Russia.‎ Despite taking a 2-0 lead in the first half through goals from Ever Banega and Sergio Aguero, the Super Eagles rallied back to win 4-2 with goals from ...

Harare – Zimbabwean universities advised students to stay at home on Wednesday as the uniformed forces in the country took over power after announcing on state broadcaster, ZTV, early on Wednesday that they were “targeting criminals” around President Robert Mugabe. The takeover of the state broadcaster by the military followed a statement by President Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party on Tuesday evening ...

Here are Yaw Skyface-made visuals for Fante rapper Kofi Kinaata’s “Last Show”, released earlier this year. The inspirational record was programmed by Willis Beatz. Kinaata is signed to Samini’s High Grade Family, and is also author of other powerful tracks as Made in Taadi, Onni Chorus, Suzuka, and Time No Dey. He picked up three laurels at last year’s edition ...

Harare – Most retail outlets have opened for business despite the armed forces seizing control of the southern African country, including the state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. A survey conducted by News24 by 10:00 showed that most retail outlets had opened for business although foot traffic into the outlets was much lower than usual. A Pick n Pay outlet which is ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia says the process of appointment and the person who will emerge as the Special Prosecutor will determine whether or not the person will be independent. According to the NDC Chief Scribe, inasmuch as the theory behind the establishment of office of the Special Prosecutor is good in the ...

The Akufo-Addo administration has introduced a special initiative targeted at jobless graduates called the Nation Builders Corps (NBC). In the 2018 Budget address, under the theme, “From Stabilization to Work; Putting Ghana to Work Again”, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, said 100,000 tertiary graduates will be employed under the NBC in 2018. Every one of Ghana’s 216 districts should be ...