The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has warned a calamity will befall Ghana if parliament approves Akufo-Addo’s proposal to establish 4th August as founders day. According to him, the so-called founders’ the President intends to honour are the same people who boycotted the passing of the independence law in parliament and as such do ...

Award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Kwame Ametepee Tsikata, popularly known in music industry as M.anifest, has urged Ghanaians to use music to tell the country’s history and not for propaganda. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday, M.anifest said music should be used to tell only the truth and not lies. “…not to use it as a propaganda piece, but as ...

All the Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Ashanti Region are under logistical constraint despite measures put in place by the government for the start of the free education policy, Regional Minister, Hon. Simon Osei-Mensah has revealed. “With the exception of Kumasi Anglican SHS, St. Louis and Nsutaman in the Sekyere Central, almost all the SHSs in the region are ...

Mswati III, the current King of Swaziland and head of the Swazi Royal Family has married a 19-year-old girl as his 14th wife. According to Buzz SA, King Mswati’s new bride, 19-years-old Siphelele Mashwama, is the daughter of Jabulile Mashwama, a Swaziland Cabinet Minister. Siphelele Mashwama, who graduated from Swaziland’s Waterford Kamhlaba World University College, is currently in the United ...

The Attorney-General (AG), Gloria Akuffo says the state is no longer interested in prosecuting Lawrence Nana Asiama Hanson, aka Bulldog, over the alleged murder of Fennec Okyere. This was contained in the AG’s advice on the case docket. According to the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Simon Apoirsornu, the AG has advised that Bulldog, who also doubles as the CEO ...

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has begun investigations into the award of procurement and usage of information technology (IT)-related projects of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) from 2014 to the early part of 2017. This follows the interdiction of the GPHA’s IT Manager, Mr David Boison, who is said to have been implicated in an investigative ...

In less than 24 hours, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) will settle the disagreement between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire over an area where Ghana is currently undertaking oil exploitation. The arbitration process started in late 2014 after Ghana dragged Cote d’Ivoire to the ITLOS, the judiciary arm of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the ...

Ghanaian actor, satirist and talk show host, Kwaku Sintim -Misa (KSM), has described CEO of EIB Network Bola Ray as a great pacesetter. According to KSM, Bola Ray has raised the bar with the launch of his book titled – “It is Possible”. “I think that for the age group that he is in and in Ghana he can easily ...

Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress to cosmetics firm L’Oreal, has died aged 94, her family has confirmed. A statement said she had died at home “peacefully” overnight. With an estimated 2017 net worth of 33bn euros (£30bn; $40bn), she was the world’s richest woman. She left the company’s board in 2012 and was rarely seen in public afterwards, but remained in ...

Former President John Mahama, JOSPONG Group CEO Joseph Siaw Agyepong and UniBank CEO Dr. Kwabena Duffuor II were among the first to secure copies of media mogul Bola Ray’s biography “It Is Possible”. Dr. Duffour purchased the book for a whopping GHC100, 000, while ex-president Mahama is said to have secured his copy for an undisclosed amount. The JOSPONG boss also bought ...