A team from the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) says it is not impressed with projects funded from oil revenue in some parts of the Volta Region. During a monitoring tour of the region, the team revealed that monies allocated for projects in the Ketu South, Ketu North and Keta municipalities have not been properly executed. The team observed ...

A former Attorney General and Minister for Justice Martin Amidu says the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama-led government must be blamed for the current conflict between the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei and her deputies. Mrs. Osei and two of her deputies, Georgina Amankwaa and Amadu Sulley have been trading accusations at each other over the last few ...

A Ghanaian citizen, Ayamga Yakubu Akolgo, has sued the Chief Justice and the Attorney General over the widely published petition to the President seeking to remove the Electoral Commission Chairperson Charlotte Osei from office over allegations of corruption and stated misconduct. Mr Akolgo asserts that there is no need for the Chief Justice to constitute a committee to investigate the ...

LIVERPOOL have accepted a £90m offer from Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho, according to huge claims from Brazil. Barcelona have spent the last few weeks aiming to prise Coutinho away from Liverpool. Having lost Neymar to Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain, the Catalan giants have £200million in the bank account – which they plan to use on a marquee name. Borussia ...

South Korean authorities told the BBC that its foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke to her North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho on Sunday on the sidelines of a forum in Manila. Tensions have escalated on the Korean peninsula in recent months amid repeated missile tests by the North. The UN Security Council voted on Saturday to impose fresh sanctions. South ...

An illegal miner has been shot dead by the anti-galamsey taskforce at Wawase in the Ashanti region after an exchange with the taskforce. According to the Public Relations Officer of the taskforce, Major Gariba Pabi, the deceased, together with some illegal miners pelted stones and fired at the taskforce known as Operations Vanguard over their removal from the site. “We ...

The UK High Commission to Ghana has denied media reports making rounds that it has issued fresh terror alert to its citizens in Ghana. According to the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament, the governments of UK, Canada and the US have warned their citizens of potential attacks at malls highly patronized by Westerners. That has prompted the government ...

Ghanaian dancehall artiste Samini has revealed he is not deterred by criticisms about his music career. Some music watchers have argued the artiste’s image and popularity have dipped in recent times following the upsurge of acts such as Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy among others. Speaking on The Zone with KOD on Friday, the ‘Linda’ hit maker said: “I am not ...

Brazilian superstar Neymar, who cost Paris Saint-Germain a staggering world record transfer fee of 222 million euros ($264m), will more than double his value inside two years, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said Friday. The 25-year-old’s price tag has stunned the football world, more than doubling the previous record Manchester United paid for Paul Pogba. But Al-Khelaifi, accompanied by Neymar at ...

A controversy has been brewing following the release of new music video by fast rising contemporary gospel artiste under KB Empire record label. At the center of this controversy is Rose Adjei in her single dubbed ‘Life Him High’ which features Voltage rekindles the true spirit of God and the need for him to be praised in all things. The ...