New Delhi – India’s ruling party on Monday named a lawyer from the lowest Dalit caste as its candidate for president, a move seen as an attempt to reach out to the marginalised community. Ram Nath Kovind, 71, is likely to take up the largely ceremonial post when the term of Pranab Mukherjee ends in July, becoming the second Dalit ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has admonished the newly sworn in Chief Justice of Ghana Sophia Akuffo to work assiduously to restore the lost dignity of the Judiciary as a result of the Judicial Corruption Scandal. According to him, once the Judiciary regains such clout, Ghanaians will develop total trust in that arm of government. Speaking at the swearing in ceremony of ...

Recording artiste MzBel, talks about her decision to date old men. “I am an old man’s girlfriend. Everybody in Ghana knows that I don’t date young guys. If you are a young guy and I date you, I might break your heart. I like old men. They are very gentle,” said the ‘Saucy Gal’ act. “They don’t also like sex. ...

Manchester City have approached Juventus over a move for Dani Alves, with Pep Guardiola prepared to offer the Brazil international a two-year contract as he steps up his recruitment drive for next season. City are searching for defensive options after allowing Bacary Sagna and Gaël Clichy to leave when their contracts expire at the end of this month. A move ...

Paris – A car exploded and burst into flames after it crashed into a police van on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on Monday , police and investigators said, adding that the driver was armed. A source close to the investigation said the driver had in the meantime died. Police said earlier that the driver was “on the ground… unconscious.” ...

In many ways, the news that Ronaldo is considering leaving Madrid amid accusations by Spanish prosecutors of multi-million euro tax evasion could not be more welcoming for United fans. At a time when their club have plenty of spending power and have a four-year Premier League title drought to address, the availability of the world’s best player comes at almost ...

General Overseer of the Glorious Way Chapel, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah has warned the Ghana Football Association (GFA) not to take a prophecy by a Christian prophet, predicting a fatal plane crash for the senior national team the Black Stars for granted. According to him, the prediction by Pastor Reindolph Oduro Gyebi, who is the General Overseer of God’s Crown ...

Businessman Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome has dragged the Attorney General to the African Court of Justice in Arusha, Tanzania, in the matter of the Gh¢51.2million, he owes the state. According to him, he was of the view that the Supreme Court of Ghana violated his human rights when it ruled that he should refund the Gh¢51.2million which he obtained through ...

Mr Obama is part Kenyan, part English, African-American and Irish, which means his all-American daughters, Malia and Sasha, 13, also have Kenyan blood. The first daughters are often seen with their parents on official outings but have managed to avoid much controversy – apart from in January when Malia was pictured on Instagram wearing a t-shirt with hip hop group ...

The final funeral rites of the late Ghana Army major, Maxwell Mahama, took place at the Upper West Regional own of Tumu on Saturday. Mother of the late Major Mahama (left) and his widow, Barbara (third left) attend his final funeral at Bole. Many people wondered whether it was the culture in Tumu for widows to have their faces covered ...