Dozens of students walked out of Notre Dame University’s commencement exercise on Sunday to protest a speech by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who warned graduates of the prestigious Catholic school against suppressing free speech. The protesters, among the thousands of graduates and guests assembled in the university’s football stadium, stood up when the conservative Republican began his speech and ...

A Nigerian–born Ghanaian lawyer, has been suspended from legal practice by the General Legal Council; the main regulatory body for the conduct and administration of legal education and profession in the country. According to a letter sighted by The Herald, Martin C. Nwosu, who has lived in Ghana and worked as lawyer and a lecturer at the Ghana School of ...

The Health Ministry says the transfer of the Medical Director of Ridge Hospital, Dr Thomas Awuni Anaba to another facility is part of the normal public service procedure. Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Robert Cudjoe explained nothing improper was done when the Ministry issued a transfer letter to Dr Anaba. He told Roland Walker on the AM Show on Multi ...

The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has been petitioned to investigate “unwarranted harassment” by the state asset recovery taskforce. According to the petitioner Kwesi Livingstone whose Toyota Landcruiser was seized, he suffered unwarranted harassment and threats to his person by some members of the taskforce. He was stopped at Weija by members the task force and asked to report ...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has reduced the policy rate from 23.5% to 22.5%. The policy rate is indicative of the rate at which the Central Bank lends to Commercial banks. Per the new rate it means bank customers are likely to be paying less on the loan they are servicing or intend taking from the ...

GN Bank has been adjudged the Overall best Sub-Agent for 2016 at the just ended Western Union – Ecobank Subagents Awards Dinner. The event which took place at the African Regent Hotel in Accra last Saturday hosted 17 other Subagents of Ecobank including the Royal Bank, Beige Capital, Best Point Savings and Loans among others. This means many Ghanaians and ...

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) is unable to carry out maintenance works on its transmission lines within the Akwatia, Nsutem and Anyinam communities in the Eastern Region because of illegal mining activities (galamsey) close to the grid towers. The activities of the illegal miners have severely undermined the structural integrity of the towers that support the conductors, making them highly ...

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid’s five-year wait to win La Liga came to an end on Sunday as they edged out rivals Barcelona by beating Malaga 2-0. Here, AFP Sports looks at five key fixtures that tilted the title race in the European champions’ favour. Atletico Madrid 0 Real Madrid 3, November 19 Zinedine Zidane’s men travelled across the Spanish ...

A former Deputy Northern Regional Minister Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini has observed that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is doing the reverse of what it promised Ghanaians in the run-up to the 2016 general elections. He said the party and its leaders criticized the former administration of being incompetent and also led by incompetent leadership, but four months after taking ...

Ghana’s Under-17 team have been hit by an outbreak of malaria rendering more than five key players as doubts for the semi-final clash against Niger in the ongoing CAF U17 Championship. Head coach Paa Kwesi Fabian is reportedly struggling with the continent’s common disease. Wideman Edmund Ako-Mensah, left-back Gideon Acquah and Abdul Razak Yusif have all been knocked back by ...