Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will later today [Wednesday], appear before Parliament to disclose the full details of the controversial $2.25 billion bond issued by the government in April 2017. This follows the passage of a half-hour motion last week by the House, to summon the minister to provide the full complement of documentation related to the issuance, the participants, the ...

The police have arrested a man who they say delivered the “final blow” that killed Captain Mahama when he was killed by a mob last Monday. Police say the man, Kwame Tufour, used a cement block to hit the army officer, resulting in his death. The man is said to have run away after the act, but residents of the ...

Apple has announced a voice-activated loudspeaker powered by its virtual assistant Siri. Like devices by Amazon and Google, Apple’s HomePod speaker can respond to questions and control smart home gadgets such as lights. Analysts say Apple has been slow to improve its Siri virtual assistant and launch a smart speaker, after Amazon launched its Echo in 2014. The company has ...

A lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, has advised executives and supporters of the opposition National Democratic congress (NDC) to give the maximum respect to founder of its party, former President Jerry John Rawlings. According to Professor Ransford Gyampo, despite the criticism by the former statesman, the party must give the necessary respect to ...

South Africa has fallen into recession for the first time in eight years after economic growth shrank by 0.7% between January and March. The downturn, due to weak manufacturing and trade, follows a 0.3% fall in GDP in the final quarter last year. It is the first time that economic has slowed for two consecutive quarters – the technical definition ...

Ga rapper, Tinny has said that although Shatta Wale has numerous followers, he is a wack artiste who produces songs that don’t make sense. Tinny who was speaking on Accra-based Y Fm mentioned that the Ghana music industry has several wack artistes who think they have their A game on because of the following they have. In naming other wack ...

US President Donald Trump has claimed credit for the pressure being placed on Qatar by Gulf neighbours who accuse it of supporting terrorism in the region. He said his recent visit to Saudi Arabia was “already paying off” and the development might mark the “beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism”. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Yemen, Libya’s ...

Former Newcastle United and Ivory Coast player Cheick Tiote collapsed and died during a training session in China Monday. The 30-year-old was training with the Chinese second-tier side Beijing Enterprises, which he joined just four months ago, when he collapsed and was taken to hospital. He later died after receiving emergency treatment. After a flood of reports on social media, ...

George and Amal Clooney have welcomed twins. The human rights lawyer, 39, gave birth to a girl, Ella, and a boy, Alexander, on Tuesday morning in England. ‘This morning Amal and George welcomed Ella and Alexander Clooney into their lives,’ a spokesperson for the 56-year-old actor said in a statement. ‘Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing ...

Heard a rumour that the contraceptive Pill wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be? We’ve sorted the fact from fiction. Long-term Pill use makes falling pregnant less likely A study at Copenhagen University Hospital last year found that levels of anti-Mullerian hormone and antral follicles, which predict fertilisation probability, were 19 and 16 per cent lower respectively in Pill users ...