A Nigerian governor has created a new role for his sister – as commissioner for happiness. Rochas Okorocha unveiled the post during the swearing-in of 27 other new commissioners for Imo State. But his sister Ogechi Ololo later rubbished initial reports stating she would also be in charge of “couples’ fulfilment” – saying it was ... The post Nigerian

Russia has been banned from competing at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee. But Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Games hosted by Russia ... The post Russian doping:

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has denied attributing the multiple cases of ‘mysterious’ health-related deaths at the Kumasi Academy School (KUMACA) over the past week to Ebola. A news portal had reported that, the Minister had suggested in an interview with Kumasi-based Nhyira FM, that the deaths might have been caused by Ebola, ... The post I

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has exonerated two presidential staffers of corruption allegations made against them by Kwame Asare Obeng, aka A-Plus, a sympathizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). CHRAJ was petitioned by a group calling itself the Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana, after the two had been exonerated by ... The post CHRAJ

There was panic at the Kumasi Academy on Tuesday, as parents were seen forcibly taking away their wards from the school in the wake of mysterious deaths, involving eight students in 2017. Four students died earlier in 2017, whilst four have died within the last week, with the latest being today [Tuesday]. Police personnel were ... The post Parents run helter skelter

The Commission of Inquiry inaugurated by President Akufo-Addo to collate views from the public on the creation of the newly proposed regions, will conclude its in-camera hearing of petitions in Accra today [Tuesday]. The Chairman of the nine-member Commission, Justice Alan Steven Brobbey, made this revelation today [Tuesday], when he was addressing petitioners, saying “Today, ... The post In-camera

An Accra Central District Magistrate Court presided over by Arit Nsemoh, has remanded into police custody, Rabih Haddad, the Lebanese boss suspected to have raped his Ghanaian house help at his home in Accra. The 39-year old accused is to reappear before the court on December 19, 2017. The council for the accused prayed for ... The post Lebanese rape suspect remanded appeared first on

Health officials in the Ashanti Region have ruled out Meningitis as the cause of the recent deaths at the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA). Health officials however suspect a bacterial infection in the school. Speaking to the Media, the Ashanti Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Emmanuel Tenkorang, said “we have done all the tests ... The post KUMACA

Parliament has approved the 2018 budget and financial policy statement of government, presented by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta to the House in November. The Minority, who had expressed opposition to the budget statement since it was laid in Parliament, abstained from the vote. The various Committees in Parliament will now be tasked with assessing ... The post Parliament

Some National Service Personnel have petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), over the mandatory insurance package introduced for them by the National Service Secretariat. According to them, the imposition of the insurance package infringes on their basic human rights since the decisions taken by the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA), does ... The post NSS

The Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) in the Ashanti Region, will be closed down latest by Friday, November 8, following the multiple cases of ‘mysterious’ health-related deaths in the school over the past week. Before the closure happens, the Ashanti Regional, Minister Simon Osei Mensah, told Citi News the students and staff of the school would have ... The post Kumasi

The Swiss government has announced that it will return $320m (£240m) of the money allegedly stolen by Nigeria’s late military ruler Sani Abacha. The money was frozen in 2014 by a Swiss court after a legal procedure against his son, Abba Abacha. Originally deposited in Luxembourg, it is a fraction of the billions of dollars ... The post ‘Abacha loot’: Switzerland to

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has been awarded ‘The High Commissioner’s Special Recognition for Best Think-Tank in Ghana’. The award was presented at the maiden UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards Ceremony in Accra on Saturday, 2nd December 2017. H.E Iain Walker, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, who presented the award to ... The post IEA recognized

The National Communications Authority (NCA), has explained that, it has only been asked by the  Electronic Communications Tribunal, to suspend the execution of sanctions it imposed on nine of the 131 stations, who are members of the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA). This according to the Authority, is to allow the tribunal to hear the substantive ... The post GIBA

The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in collaboration with the E-Crime Bureau (a cybersecurity firm) has launched a Certificate course in Cyber Intelligence and Forensics. The launch, which was held at the KAIPTC Conference Hall, had the Commandant of KAIPTC, KAIPTC Faculty Members, Facilitators of the programme, Representatives of e-crime, course participants and ... The post Kofi

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has been summoned to Parliament over the recent deaths of students at Kumasi Academy.   Joe Osei Owusu, serving as the Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday, directed the Health Minister to brief the House on his preliminary findings from the crisis at KUMACA on Friday, December 8. The directive ... The post Health Minister

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has been summoned to Parliament over the recent student deaths at Kumasi Academy. Joe Osei Owusu, serving as the Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday, directed that the Health Minister to brief the House on his preliminary findings from health crisis at KUMACA on Friday, December 8. The directive came ... The post Health Minister

After an unceremonious two-week hiatus of this column mainly due to health reasons, my ink is ready to be laid out on the scrolls of parliamentary reportage from a front row seat in the press gallery of Ghana’s National Assembly or to properly put it – Parliament. The Week 6 and 7 of the third ... The post Duke’s Parliamentary Diaries: Week 8 and 9 – Budget

Police in Malta have arrested 10 suspects over the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the country’s prime minister has said, nearly two months after the anti-corruption journalist was killed by a powerful car bomb. Joseph Muscat told a press conference that eight people – all Maltese nationals, most with criminal records – had been detained in ... The post Malta: 10 arrested over journalist’s

Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, was involved in a dramatic standoff with Ukrainian law-enforcement on Tuesday, during which he threatened to jump off the roof of his apartment building, was detained, and then broke free. Officers from the SBU security services entered Saakashvili’s flat in central Kiev early in the morning, after which he ... The post Chaos