Harare – President Robert Mugabe’s only daughter Bona has been appointed to the country’s Censorship Board, which determines which parts of steamy films the people of Zimbabwe can watch and which they can’t. To help her in this task is Mugabe’s longstanding friend and confidante, Father Fidelis Mukonori, who is a Roman Catholic priest, and former education minister Aeneas Chigwedere, ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has admonished the current government not to buy tractors for farmers in the country, saying that was a major mistake his administration made. He explained that as part of efforts to boost agriculture, his administration bought tractors for farmers across the country but realized the equipment became dormant because the farmers couldn’t maintain them. According ...

Whether Jose Mourinho’s first season at Manchester United is deemed a success seemingly hinges on Wednesday’s Europa League final against Ajax. But former Chelsea and England midfielder Joe Cole, who played for Mourinho, believes the manager has already achieved success in his first season in Manchester, with or without a trophy to add to the EFL Cup his team already ...

The Millennium Development Authority(MiDA) has told Citi Business News the authority has engaged the six concessionaires participating in the ECG Private Sector agreement. The six concessionaires who are currently in the country participated in a bidders conference held in Accra yesterday to discuss the 51 percent stake to be controlled by Ghanaian investors in the ECG PSP project under the ...

Manchester United are heavy favourites to win the Europa League final. Jose Mourinho’s team have been fancied for the competition since the start; in contrast, even the Dutch journalists who follow Ajax regularly admitted at a prematch news conference last week they are surprised Peter Bosz’s side have made it to Stockholm. All the pressure is on United. There is ...

Parliament’s Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee says it will investigate the bribery allegations against a former Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority. The Committee said it will interrogate the relevant people in connection with the $1.2 million kickback allegedly received by Dr George Crentsil from a contractor. Committee Chairman, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover told Adom FM Wednesday, he will summon ...

A 21-month jail term handed down last year to Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi has been confirmed by Spain’s Supreme Court, but he is unlikely to go to prison. Messi and his father Jorge, who manages his finances, were both convicted in 2016 of defrauding Spain of €4.1m (£3.5m; $4.6m) in taxes. Jorge Messi’s jail term was reduced because ...

At least 20 migrants, some of them young children, have drowned after falling into the sea off the Libyan coast, Italy’s coastguard says. The overcrowded boat was carrying about 500 migrants and a rescue operation is under way, reports say. “There’s a critical situation… about 200 people fell into the water,” a coastguard spokesman said. The central Mediterranean route for ...

Government says it will soon revoke all diplomatic passports still in the hands of former appointees of the John Mahama administration. Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey says those still holding on to the passports risk being embarrassed if they fail to return them. “I don’t want a colleague just because he is a former government appointee to go through such ...

Star actress Nana Ama McBrown on Tuesday masterfully rode a motor cycle, popularly known as Okada, on the streets of Accra. Nana Ama, 43, who has been described as a woman of many talents, had fellow actress, Emelia Brobbey as her passenger. Describing herself as “Okada Woman”, Nana Ama said they were heading to some media houses in Accra to ...