The United States (US) gave the Ghana government an amount of US$300,000 to cater for the two ex-Guantanamo Bay inmates being housed in the country for two years, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, George Loh, a former Vice Chairperson on parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, has revealed. The former MP for North Dayi, ...

Kumasi High School has secured a semi-final spot at the ongoing National Science and Maths Quiz after dismissing Wesley Girls High School, a female powerhouse. At the end of the five rounds of competition, Kumasi High School collected 43pts to keep ‘Wey Gey Hey’ 12 points away from victory. T. I. AMASS, Fomena, placed second but will find solace in the fact that ...

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has said pregnant girls should be expelled from school. Here Jackie Leonard Lomboma, who runs a centre for teenage mothers in the eastern city of Morogoro, gives her reaction: I was orphaned at three months old and raised by my grandfather in Tabora village in central-western region of the country. He struggled to provide me with ...

Kofi Adams, National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress has jumped to the defence of former President John Dramani Mahama, rubbishing claims suggesting the latter caused the NDC’s defeat in last year’s general election. Doubled as the 2016 national campaign organiser of the party, Mr. Adams insisted that irrespective of what others think, the former president is NDC’s best bet ...

Ayew brothers – Andre and Jordan Ayew and Leicester City defender Daniel Amartey have been excluded from the Black Stars squad to play Mexico and USA in a doubleheader friendly by head coach Kwesi Appiah. The trio were excluded because their clubs had raised fatigue concerns following a tough Premier League season. Despite training with the side during their sessions ...

Former president Jerry John Rawlings has applauded Ghana’s accomplished playwright Uncle Ebo Whyte for his dexterity and passion to put Ghana’s creative arts on a higher pedestal. Even though he admitted Ghana is playing a catch-up role to Nigeria in terms of film, music, theatre and others, he believes the efforts and success story of the Roverman Production CEO will ...

MAN UTD GET SANCHES BOOST Renato Sanches Portugal Manchester United have been handed a boost in their their pursuit of Portugal star Renato Sanches, according to The Sun. Bayern Munich spent big on Lyon midfielder Corentin Tolisso, apparently making the teenager, who they signed from Benfica in 2016, expendable. Jose Mourinho’s side could now reap the benefit of a cut-price deal, with the cost of signing ...

Nana Agyei Baffour-Awuah, lawyer for the plaintiffs in the Gitmo Two case, has indicated that the Supreme Court ruling has entrenched Ghana’s democracy. According to him, the controversy over what agreements should go to parliament and those that should not, with respect to the executive arm of government, has been settled by the apex court’s ruling. The Supreme Court of ...

QUOTE: “Grenfell Tower fire is ‘corporate manslaughter’ and arrests must be made, says LABOUR MP David Lammy ‘We should call it what it is; it’s corporate manslaughter, that’s what it is and there should be arrests made, frankly,’ the Tottenham MP said. UNQUOTE These words, uttered by Mr David Lammy, one of the few black Members of the British Parliament, ...

Controversial man of God and founder of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, says God has revealed to him that six times the number of persons including prominent figures who died last year (2016) will die this year. “Ghana is not stable at all. Don’t believe anyone who comes to tell you that Ghana is at peace. Last ...