Germany has paid millions of euros for the so-called Panama Papers revealing offshore tax evasion, reports say. The Federal Crime Office (BKA) said it would put the multi-million-file inventory into electronic form to allow for detailed evaluation. It did not confirm the sum, but government sources told German media 5m euros (£4.4m; $5.7m) had been paid. The documents leaked last ...

If gospel musician Bro. Sammy thinks he is the only Ghanaian musician owning 8-bedroom houses in the country, then he should forget about it because highlife singer Sista Afia is also building the same thing in the country. The songstress in a chat on ‘Celebrity Ride With Zionfelix’ disclosed that she has started constructing an 8-bedroom house in Kumasi. Afia ...

Any day now, Borussia Dortmund’s Gabonese super striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could sign in China with Tianjin Quanjian. At 28, the French-born forward is one of the hottest properties on the market, also pursued at various times by Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal, in spite of his towering price tag of $90 million or so – just for the transfer, and ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said there is nothing to fear in the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, as this would, rather, lead to the deepening of the country’s democracy and ensure better accountability. Reiterating, once again, his and the commitment of his government towards the election of MMDCEs, President Akufo-Addo noted that “I belong in ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed his admiration in the confidence of Mr. Fred Amankwah – Sarfo, the 2018 New Patriotic Party National Chairman Aspirant. His Excellency, President J. A. Kufuor made this observation when the NPP National Chairman Aspirant paid a courtesy call on the former president at his Airport Residential Area home on Tuesday 4th July 2017. ...

President of Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has explained that the Union leases some of their office space so as to survive. Bice Osei Kufuor popularly known in showbiz circles as Obour confirmed that “we have rented part of MUSIGA’s building to a church and chop bar because we have to survive”. In a recent interview with KMJ on Daybreak ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised the 199 approved Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to avoid conflicts with sitting Members of Parliament, as this frustrates the work of government. According to President Akufo-Addo, “a lot of the tension that arises in the districts and frustrates the work of government comes from the at times fractious relationship between ...

The Department of Gender in the Central region has hinted it will arrest and prosecute students of the University of Cape Coast who impregnate underage girls in the region. The Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Thywill Eyram Kpeh said taking action will help reduce the teenage pregnancy scourge in the university community. “We need parents; we need community ...

Parents have an important role in identifying children’s talent and guiding them. Mutual understanding and close relationship between parents and children therefore is recommended to stir up a strong achievement motive and a desire to perform task for intrinsic satisfaction. Achievement motivation can be described as the need for success or the attainment of excellence. Individuals will satisfy their needs ...

Government has begun the process of reviewing Ghana’s dual citizenship law, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Mr Akufo-Addo said this at this year’s diaspora homecoming summit on the theme: “Development, Opportunity and Value” in Accra on Wednesday 5 July. While talking about the need to engage the Electoral Commission to ensure that whatever is needed to make sure ...