A boy believed to be 15 years whose identity is yet to be known has been shot dead by unknown horse riders at Asawase in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. The deceased was shot in the forehead Tuesday night during the celebration of “Gangara’’ by Muslim youth as part of the just ended Ramadan fast entertainment activities at Melcom formerly ...

The Coalition of unemployed nurses and allied health professionals say they will move back to the Health Ministry next week over government’s failure to post bonded health professionals. In April members of the coalition spent days at the Health Ministry to demand postings two years after its members completed their studies. They called off the protest after government indicated that ...

Google has been fined 2.42bn euros ($2.7bn; £2.1bn) by the European Commission after it ruled the company had abused its power by promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top of search results. The amount is the regulator’s largest penalty to date against a company accused of distorting the market. The ruling also orders Google to end its anti-competitive ...

Venezuela’s Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a helicopter in what President Nicolás Maduro called a “terrorist attack”. Footage on social media shows a police helicopter circling over the city before shots and a loud bang are heard. The police officer said to have piloted the stolen aircraft issued a statement denouncing the “criminal government”. His whereabouts ...

A woman has confessed that she became a lesbian because her husband cannot satisfy her in bed. According to her, before this period she gave her time, life and body to her husband but her husband didn’t give her the time and the rounds of sex she expects but rather focuses on growing his business. She indicated that since her ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has lambasted Vice President Bawumia’s justification of government’s decision to borrow $15 billion from the Chinese government, labeling the move as “frightening, scary and reckless,” particularly when he Dr. Bawumia criticized the Mahama government for contracting much lesser amount. According to him, the situation will leave worsen Ghana’s ...

The Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) has warned that Ghana risks losing more than it will benefit from the newly announced 19 billion dollar partnership with the Chinese government. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia revealed after a four-day visit to China, that the Nana Addo-led government is partnering its counterpart in China for the implementation of the economic transformation agenda. ...

An initiative by the Greater Accra Parliamentary Caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to ensure harmony in the Ningo-Prampram Constituency nearly turns chaotic as some aggrieved branch executives of the party vehemently expressed their dissatisfaction with the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Samuel George Nartey. The aggrieved executives accused the MP of not respecting party structures thus ...

Ivy Barley, a student of KNUST has won $7500 in the TEN Ghana Elevator Pitch Contest after convincing the members of the jury with her business idea. The TEN Ghana Elevator Pitch is an initiative by TEN Ghana to reward young entrepreneurs who have the best business ideas and wish to penetrate the Ghanaian market. Founder and CEO of the ...

Rapper of the Year at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards, M.anifest has revealed his list of top five rappers in Ghana and Sarkodie did not make the list. Born Kwame Ametepee Tsikata, M.anifest’s top five rappers in Ghana include Kofi Kinaata, Joey B and Yaa Pono. Ghana’s fastest rapper Sarkodie was absent in the list but that may not come ...