Fifteen people are reported missing after a seven-storey building collapsed on Monday night in an eastern suburb of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The Kenya Red Cross tweeted that response teams were at the scene, in the Kware Pipeline Embakasi area. The Star newspaper said dozens of people had been evacuated moments before the collapse. Witnesses told the paper that the ...

THE Brong Ahafo Regional Branch of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has, so far, deleted 1,016 names from the payroll of 6,102. Michael Osei Boateng, the Brong Ahafo Regional Director for the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), noted that the deletion took place after an audit was carried out by the agency’s human resource over the past four months. Michael Osei ...

The police have revealed that apart from the fractures on the head of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, there were bullet wounds on his body, giving a clear indication that the suspects fired shots at the deceased before setting his body ablaze. During the postmortem, a number of bullets were removed from his body, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday urged leaders in Africa to formulate an air-tight plan to employ youth in their countries to prevent them from embarking on the dangerous journey of crossing the Mediterranean in search of greener pastures in Europe. Addressing the G-20 Partnership for Africa Summit in Berlin, Germany, the President said an aggressive plan to end youth unemployment ...

The Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers to regain the NBA Championship with a 4-1 series win. The Warriors secured a 129-120 victory on Monday to take their second title in three seasons and cap a near-perfect run through the play-offs. Golden State beat Cleveland in the 2015 Finals only to lose to them last year, squandering a 3-1 ...

Appointments Committee of Parliament has set Monday, June 19, 2017 to vet the President’s nominee for the position of Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo. The President named Justice Sophia Akuffo last month, following the retirement of former Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood. Currently, Justice William Atuguba is the acting Chief Justice. The approval process of Parliament was in line with Article ...

Scores of residents in Takoradi in the Western region have been rendered homeless following a heavy downpour on Monday. The rains have also disrupted healthcare delivery as some hospitals in the region have been heavily flooded. Displaced residents are putting up with friends and other relations with properties running into thousands of Cedis being destroyed. Some victims who spoke to ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has given the strongest indication yet that he would lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 polls. Although the NDC’s presidential candidate in the 2016 elections stated that it was too early to elect the leader of the party for the 2020 elections, he used scenarios to declare his intent to the party ...

Reverend Mrs Agnes Oware, the Chief Executive Officer of women of Zion, a Christian organisation has called on Christians to pray for God’s mercy to avert divine judgment on the country She said there is a looming calamity on the nation, due to innocent blood shed which the country had experienced in recent times and it would take incessant prayer ...

The Ghana Football Association has handed referee Issaka Afful a four-match ban for awarding two dubious penalties against Asante Kotoko in their 2-1 defeat at Medeama in April during a premier league game. Assistant referee one Kwesi Brobbey was also handed the same punishment by the FA. The Match Review Panel concluded that, their judgments or decisions in that particular ...