Former President John Dramani Mahama is courting the support of chiefs in Ghana as part of efforts by the opposition National Democratic Congress to demand electoral reforms. The opposition NDC and its 2020 presidential candidate, Mahama, have put pressure on the Electoral Commission to adopt the party’s proposal for electoral reforms to make GHanaian elections […] The post Support
As part of its dedication to helping the African music industry unlock its full potential, music streaming platform, Boomplay, will now have its streams added to the data that informs the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200, Artist 100 and Billboard Global 200 charts. Boomplay streams will as well count towards all other Billboard U.S. and […] The post Boomplay streams
A former Sanitation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda, has died. The former Member of Parliament for Navrongo in the Upper East Region died at age 65. According to a relative, Mr. Adda died in the early hours of Thursday, October 14, 2021, on arrival at the Legon Hospital. The relation told Citi News he had been […] The post Former Sanitation Minister, Kofi Adda dies at age 65
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, has urged the security agencies to make public the findings from the investigations conducted into the circumstances that led to the killing of seven persons during the 2020 general elections. According to Jean Mensa, the recommendations will make elections in subsequent years better. Speaking at a […] The post Make
China’s share of global Bitcoin mining has fallen to effectively zero, research by the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) suggests. In June China told banks to stop facilitating transactions, and issued bans on mining. At its peak in Sept 2019 China accounted for over three quarters of all Bitcoin mining. China’s crackdown initially led to a 38% […] The post US
The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated calls for the election of members of the ECOWAS Parliament. President Akufo-Addo is of the view that it will help strengthen democracy in the sub-region. Currently, members of the ECOWAS Parliament are selected by their home Parliament […] The post Nana
Legal Practitioner, Kwaku Asare has chided the General Legal Council (GLC) for failing to ensure the admission of some 499 candidates who passed the 2021 Ghana School of Law entrance exam. Admission to the Ghana School of Law for professional legal education requires that successful candidates obtain a minimum rank of 50% during the entrance […] The post Kwaku
Labour unions in the country are simply not enthused at the directive by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to stop the salary payment of government workers if they do not possess a Ghana card. One of such groups is the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) whose President, Angel Carbonu, has said, it is […] The post Threats
Vaccination against the deadly Ebola disease began on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Beni, the WHO said, five days after reports of a new case. The fresh case was reported in North Kivu, the same province where the vaccination programme began. “People at high risk, including contacts of the confirmed […] The post DR Congo starts
Education think tank, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) is asking the General Legal Council (GLC) to admit some 499 candidates who were denied admission into the Ghana School of Law, despite passing the 2021 entrance exam. According to Eduwatch, the action by the Ghana School of Law to deny the students access to legal education is […] The post Admit
The Federal Government has set a deadline of December 1 for civil servants to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, announced this at a briefing on Wednesday in Abuja. “With effect from 1st December 2021, Federal Government employees […] The post Nigeria
A Liberian teenage motorcycle taxi rider has become a national hero after he found and returned $50,000 (£37,000) that had gone missing from a prominent businesswoman in north-eastern Nimba County on the border with Ivory Coast. The young man, Emmanuel Tolue, saw the money wrapped in a plastic bag on a highway and heard the […] The post Liberia teenage taxi rider praised
Activities at one of Ghana’s biggest trading centres; the new Kejetia market, have come to a standstill after the management of the facility disconnected electricity supply to over 7,000 shops on Wednesday. This comes after weeks of unresolved disagreements between the traders and the management over the payment of electricity bills. Earlier last week, Management […] The post New
Five people have been killed and two more injured in Norway after a man used a bow and arrow to attack them. Police first received word of an attack in the town of Kongsberg, south-west of the capital Oslo, at 18:13 local time (16:13 GMT). A Danish man aged 37 has been arrested on suspicion […] The post Kongsberg: Five dead in Norway bow and arrow attack appeared first
An aggrieved law student, Tony Baah has appealed to the General Legal Council (GLC) to admit some 499 students who were denied admission, despite passing the 2021 Ghana School of Law entrance exam. Speaking on Citi TV’s Point of View, Tony Baah said most of the affected students are unhappy with the development. He thus […] The post Consider 499
Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamoah Otokunor, disagrees with the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa’s assertion that the 2020 general election was credible and cost-effective. Mr. Otokunor on Eyewitness News said contrary to Jean Mensa’s claim, the 2020 poll was the most expensive as the country spent […] The post Otokunor
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