Former President John Mahama is confident Kenyans will see to it that their upcoming elections on Tuesday are free of violence. Speaking on Nairobi based Capital FM, he charged Kenyan Politicians not to resort to violent machinations in their bid to win power. Mr. Mahama, who is leading a 15-member team from Commonwealth nations to observe the ...

Members of the Iranian parliament have found themselves under fire for “strange” behaviour involving the EU’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini. She was in Iran for President Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration on Saturday when she found herself the centre of attention on the parliament floor. Photos showed Ms Mogherini surrounded by a number of male MPs, taking ...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Ahmad, says Cameroon still needs “to convince CAF of its ability to host” the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Speaking on a trip to Burkina Faso, the CAF President gave his clearest indication yet that Cameroon could be stripped of hosting rights for the newly extended event. The ...

At least eight people have been killed in a gun attack on a church in southern Nigeria, police say. Up to 18 other worshippers were wounded in the early morning incident at the church in Ozubulu near the city of Onitsha. There were conflicting reports over whether the attack was carried out by a lone ...

Alvaro Morata missed a penalty on his Chelsea debut as Arsenal won an uncharacteristically feisty Community Shield in a shootout at Wembley. Record signing Morata – a late substitute – dragged a poor effort wide moments after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had blazed over in a first use of a new penalty shootout system. Premier League ...

A Non-Profit Organization ‘TERABUUREYELE’  in the Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region has donated support items to three orphanages in Bolgatanga. The beneficiary orphanages are the Mother of Mercy Babies home in Sirigu, Church of Christ orphanage in Bongo and Mama Lady orphanage in Bolga respectively. The items included bags of maize and rice, ...

Ghana Centre for Democratic Development(CDD-Ghana) wants government to adopt a more comprehensive approach in dealing with the crisis at the Electoral Commission (EC). The call comes despite the President’s referral of the petitions for the removal of the EC Chairperson and her deputies to the Chief Justice. Senior Research Fellow at the CDD, Dr Kojo ...

The Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) wants the leadership of Parliament to quickly resolve the seeming rift between the Speaker and Minority in Parliament. According to ACEPA, if this is not done immediately the impact on governance will be severe. This follows the Minority’s disappointment over what they describe as unfair treatment meted out ...

Citi FM will launch its radio coverage of the 2017/2018 English Premier League at the Villagio Vista’s AM&PM Sports Bar. The launch will feature coverage the Community Shield game between Premier League champions Chelsea and Arsenal, ahead of the kick-off of the Premier League season next week. The coverage is made possible by a collaboration ...

The UK has extradited a self-styled Kenyan pastor, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, to Kenya to face child-trafficking charges. Gilbert Deya’s extradition came after he failed in his decade-long legal battle to remain in the UK. He denied charges of stealing five children between 1999 and 2004 when he appeared in court in Nairobi. ...

Visa has announced its support of the new global QR Code Payment Specifications from EMVCo, the global technical body that manages the EMV Specifications. The specifications cover consumer-presented and merchant-presented QR code use cases for digital payment acceptance. QR Codes are two-dimensional machine-readable barcodes, used to facilitate mobile payments at the point-of-sale. Visa and the ...

A British model was drugged and kidnapped in Milan to be sold in an online auction, say Italian police. The woman, 20, had arrived in the city to take part in a photo shoot arranged through her agent, but was abducted and held captive for six days. Polish national Lukasz Herba, 30, who lives in ...

Eric Bolling, a long-time host at the network, allegedly sent the messages on separate occasions several years ago. His lawyer described the claims as “untrue and terribly unfair”. Fox News said an investigation was under way. The conservative cable news outlet has been hit by several high-profile harassment cases recently. Citing 14 unnamed sources, the Huffington ...

The police administration has started the removal of barriers at entry points into the capital city, Accra. The first checkpoint removed according to the new operational directive is the Ofankor barrier near Achimota in Accra. An element of this strategy will be the replacement of snap checks with motorized barriers of entry into the capital city. ...

Neymar promised to win “lots of trophies” after receiving a warm welcome as he was introduced to Paris St-Germain supporters on Saturday. The Brazil forward, 25, joined the French club from Barcelona for a fee of 222m euros (£200m) and he will earn 45m euros (£40.7m) a year. “I’m delighted to be here for this ...

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has launched a 10-year strategic plan to promote efficient use and access to affordable medicines. The plan seeks to maintain high standards of patient-centred pharmacy practice, strengthen local manufacturing and supply chain management and equitable distribution of pharmacists across the regions and districts. It would additionally prepare pharmacists and ...

Over four million farmers nation wide are expected to benefit from the creation of the District Centre of Agriculture, Commerce and Technology ( DCACT) by the Akufo-Addo government. According to the Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development in charge of Economic and Development, Collins Ntim, the farmers will be supported with improved seedlings ...

China’s foreign minister has told his North Korean counterpart that Pyongyang should stop carrying out nuclear and missile tests, hours after fresh sanctions were agreed by the United Nations Security Council. Wang Yi said he urged Ri Yong-ho to abide by UN resolutions in a meeting on Sunday in the Philippines. He did not say ...

Some commercial farmers in the Northern Region have lauded government’s prompt response to the fall armyworms raid of farmlands across the region. Chairman of the Northern Regional Farmers Association (NorFA), Mohammed Adam Nashiru at a news conference in Tamale said the fall armyworms menace nearly affected the planting for food and jobs programme. “We commend ...

It may be possible to stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease with a drug normally used in type 2 diabetes, a clinical trial suggests. Current drugs help manage the symptoms, but do not prevent brain cells dying. The trial on 62 patients, published in the Lancet, hints the medicine halted the progression of the disease. ...