Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has replaced two ministers, two days after announcing his cabinet. Critics said the original line-up showed Mr Mnangagwa had no plans to bring real change to the country despite hailing a “new democracy”. The education and labour ministers have now been replaced, ostensibly to comply with a constitutional provision. But ... The post Zimbabwe’s

Barcelona remain unbeaten at the top of La Liga after being held to an entertaining draw by Celta Vigo. Iago Aspas put Celta ahead after Marc-Andre ter Stegen parried Maxi Gomez’s shot, but Barca levelled moments later as Lionel Messi converted Paulinho’s pass for his 17th goal this season. Luis Suarez had a goal harshly ... The post Messi and Suarez score but Barca held by

Egyptian ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has been deported from the UAE, reports say, days after saying he wanted to run in the 2018 presidential poll. A source close to Mr Shafiq’s family told Reuters he had been arrested at his home and taken by plane to Cairo. Mr Shafiq fled to the Gulf state after ... The post UAE ‘deports’ Egypt presidential hopeful Ahmed

Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale gave his bodyguard a resounding slap at the S-Concert held at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday, Friday. Report has it that during Shatta Wale’s performance, a fan mounted the stage, trying to hold Shatta Wale’s leg when his bodyguard prevented the fan from touching him. Shatta Wale, not happy with the ... The post Shatta Wale slaps bodyguard appeared first on

The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has downplayed law lecturer Dr. Raymond Atuguba’s proposal for the enactment of a law to safeguard the free Senior High School (SHS) programme from political interference. The senior law lecturer at a public lecture noted that, the programme could be reversed by successive governments, hence the need for ... The post Free SHS needs

On Tuesday 12th September, 2017 at the West Africa Senior High School, the President, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched the free senior high school education policy ushering the nation into an era where the age old creed of “education as a right not a privilege” assumes its true meaning. Indeed, this has been the ... The post A moral case for Free Senior

A group calling itself the Concerned Youth of Akrofufu in the Eastern Region, are unhappy with their Assembly Member for allegedly disrespecting their chief, and have thus vowed to ensure his removal from the Assembly. The youth group complained that the Assembly Member, Stephen Kwaku Nyarko, has also failed to account for money allocated to ... The post Akrofufu

A group calling itself Concerned Patriots of NPP for Bawku Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, have backed calls for the reinstatement of suspended General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong. The group argued that, his suspension should not be a conduit for dismissal, and that his rich experience in the ... The post Bawku group demands Kwabena

The Northern Regional Executive Secretary for the National Peace Council, Father Thaddeus Kuusah, has attributed the heightened tension in the Bimbilla area in the Northern Region to the delay in the ruling of the Supreme Court on the chieftaincy dispute. He made this known at a two-day workshop in the area aimed at sensitizing the ... The post Delay in

World Vision Ghana(WVG), has constructed and handed over eighteen(18) boreholes and several  latrines to schools and health centers in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region to mark this year’s World Toilet Day. This year’s World Toilet Day was on the theme: Wastewater; Improved latrine for every household by 2030, aimed at achieving ... The post World

Government is poised to spend 100 million dollars to reclaim lands destroyed by activities of illegal miners in the country, through the Multi-sectorial Mining Integrated Project (MMIP). The five-year project is an initiative of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR), aimed at combating ‘galamsey’ and also sanitizing the artisanal small scale mining in ... The post Gov’t to

Eden Hazard scored twice in a brilliant display as Chelsea beat Newcastle to draw level on points with second-placed Manchester United in the Premier League. On his return to the starting XI, Hazard fired the Blues level with an angled strike after Dwight Gayle’s poked effort had given the Magpies a surprise lead. Striker Alvaro ... The post Hazard scores twice as Chelsea beat Newcastle

A civil society group known as “The Future Group”, has petitioned the African Union (AU), to investigate reports of a supposed modern day slave trade in Libya. Some 127 Ghanaians were last week rescued from Libya after reports that these Ghanaians and some other black Africans were reported to have been subjected to inhumane treatment ... The post Group petitions AU to

A Tamale-based radio station, Justice FM, operating on the frequency 98.5, was on Friday  December 1, 2017, attacked by some thugs. The main console, microphones, computers and other valuables were vandalized. The motive behind the attack is yet to be established. The thugs invaded the studios when leadership of the Dagbon Malimi Zungo (DAMAZ), was ... The post Thugs attack

The 2016 flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Papa Kwesi Nduom, is calling for an end to government control of premix fuel distribution in the country. He says fishermen must be allowed to buy premix fuel directly at fuel stations. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s comment comes on the back of the recent premix fuel diversion ... The post Stop controlling premix distribution

As the 2017 Christmas holiday season approaches, Heritage Bank Limited has highlighted a number of specialized services and complementary giveaways aimed at delighting customers and giving them a Christmas to remember. The Christmas package comprises a suite of services which seek to provide convenience to customers during the Season of Giving; it allows customers to ... The post Heritage

Bitcoin’s booming value has driven a huge rise in crypto-currency themed malware, say security firms. In one month, anti-malware software company Malwarebytes said it stopped almost 250 million attempts to place coin-mining malware on to PCs. Symantec said it had seen a “tenfold” increase in the amount of malicious code connected with crypto-cash. Cyber-thieves are ... The post Cyber-thieves

Ghanaian movie producer, Shirley Frimpong-Manso has said that one way to revive the Ghanaian movie industry is to encourage people to patronise cinemas. She said this in an interview with Bola Ray on Starr FM last Wednesday when she outlined some challenges of the film industry. “Ghanaians love to go out so we need to ... The post Let’s encourage the culture of cinemas

A policy analyst and member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Kukubor, has lambasted government for awarding the best Ghanaian farmer for 2017 in dollars instead of cedis. Speaking on Citi FM’s news analysis programme, The Big Issue on Saturday, Kofi Kukubor said awarding the National Best Farmer in dollars only goes to show ... The post NDC

Police in India say they have arrested a man whose smelly socks caused a dispute between him and fellow passengers on a bus. They told the BBC they had lodged a complaint against Prakash Kumar, 27, for “causing a public nuisance”. The incident occurred en route to the capital, Delhi, after Mr Kumar removed his ... The post India: Bus passenger arrested over smelly socks