The Attorney General has prayed an Accra High Court for more time to file its defence in a case involving a dismissed district director of the National Service Scheme. (NSS) Madam Afua Abam from the AG’s office said they needed more time to go through the the writ so as to respond. The district director, on May 5, filed an ...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Ethiopia will be the next director general of the World Health Organization (WHO). He will be the first African to head up the UN agency, after winning the most votes from 186 member states. He replaces Margaret Chan, who will step down from her 10-year post at the end of June. During her tenure, the WHO’s ...

The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has shortlisted six applicant companies under the concession for the Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the electricity distribution of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The companies are to bid for the ECG PSP concession and the preferred selected concessionaire would be tasked to make investment designed to reduce technical, commercial and collection loses while ...

The immediate past moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey’s recent comments, that illegality flourished under former President John Dramani Mahama suggest he could be under an evil spell and need to be delivered spiritually. Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Bernard Allotey Jacobs affectionately called the ‘educated fisherman’ said the ...

Emirates has introduced new sustainable blankets made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The soft and warm blankets are made using ecoTHREAD patented technology and is now available in Economy Class on all long-haul Emirates flights. Each Emirates ecoTHREAD blanket is made from 28 recycled plastic bottles. With the latest innovation, the bottles are recycled into plastic chips before being turned ...

CEO of the now famous A1 bread company, Godfred Obeng Boateng, says he has accepted the apology from Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo over the controversial Instagram post which mocked him. Dumelo in the post wondered why a graduate of the KNUST will be hawking bread along the streets, but later took down the post and apologised after he was heavily ...

Inspired by manager Antonio Conte’s manic exhortations, Chelsea cantered to the Premier League title it lost to Leicester City last season. Chelsea had sealed the title before the final day of the season, when it defeated a bedraggled, bottom-of-the-league Sunderland 5-1 at Stamford Bridge. Now, the task for Conte is to do what Jose Mourinho managed with Chelsea in 2004-05 ...

Director Spike Lee says we’re “living in a very dangerous time” and that he hopes Donald Trump does not have the real nuclear codes. He told a Cannes charity gala to pray false codes had been given to the US president instead. Lee also revealed he refers to Mr Trump as “agent orange”. He told the Planned Parenthood event at ...

Former president John Mahama is solidarising with UK after Monday’s terror attack in Manchester leaving 22 dead and over 50 injured. The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a pop concert by the US singer Ariana Grande. Commiserating with the victims, Mahama tweeted Wednesday: I stand in solidarity with the UK. My thoughts are with ...

A place in the Champions League next season, as well as European glory, is on the line on Wednesday night in Stockholm when Manchester United and Ajax meet in the Europa League final. United’s route to Friends Arena has rarely been straightforward, but it finds itself 90 minutes away from a second major trophy of the season. Here’s how Jose ...