Some residents of Assin Dansame in the Assin North Municipality of the Central Region are incensed over a corpse that has been exhumed and left at the community centre. The corpse, laid in a coffin, has been left in the middle of the community for hours after the Chief of the town was alleged to ...

US President Donald Trump has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated as a “victory for our national security”. America’s highest court also granted a White House request allowing part of its refugee ban to go into effect. The justices said they would consider in October whether the president’s ...

Fifty-two migrants have been found dead in the deserts of central Niger, near Séguédine. A group of 75 set out in three vehicles but were abandoned by traffickers, who feared the security forces. A local official told the BBC that dozens of bodies had been buried, and 23 survivors were taken to the town, although ...

St. Thomas Aquinas has comfortably entered into the final stage of the 2017 National Science and Math Quiz. The school consistently had a commanding lead in all the five rounds of the competition beating the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC) and Kumasi High School who struggled to catch up with Aquinas. At the end ...

Google’s decision to stop scanning Gmail users’ emails in order to target them with personalised adverts has been given a qualified welcome by privacy campaigners. The tech firm revealed the change in a blog at the end of last week. Google promised to make the move before the year’s end to bring the consumer version ...

The Black Stars arrived in Texas on Sunday (Saturday night per US time) and had their first training session ahead of their friendly match against Mexico on Wednesday. The team was led by GFA Vice-President, George Afriyie, and head coach, Kwesi Appiah. 16 players, led by captain, Asamoah Gyan, travelled on Sunday and 6 more ...

Hostage Johan Gustafsson, held by al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011, has been freed, the Swedish government says. Mr Gustafsson, 42, is being flown back to Sweden from Africa, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström said in a statement on Monday. He was seized by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) along with two other men, one ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Kumbungu Constituency, Ras Mubarak, is unhappy with the Minister of Foreign Affairs over the United States’ announcement that requires members of Parliament and former presidents on unofficial visits to apply for visas in-person. Although the US Embassy in Ghana has clarified that the rules already existed and ...

It was an easy run for Prempeh College on Monday as they beat Mfantsipim and Mawuli schools to qualify for the final of the 2017  National Science and Maths Quiz. From leading with 30 points in the first round against Mfantsipim’s 18, Prempeh College managed to maintain their lead to the end of the contest ...

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Ghanaian Muslims to stay away from persons who disguise themselves with religion to perpetuate acts of extremism. “I believe that inasmuch as religion is functional and helps us to cope with the uncertainties of life, so is it dysfunctional. Religion is a double edged sword that can ...

The students of the Tanoso Community Health and Nursing Training School (CHNTS) near Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region have threatened to embark on a demonstration against the school’s authorities for charging unapproved fees. They said that even though the Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) has its approved fees, final year students of the school ...

Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has urged various stakeholders to mobilize all available resources to partner government in accomplishing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking at a symposium on ‘The Day of the African Child’, she said government alone cannot accomplish the SDGs, hence the need for the stakeholders to support ...

President Akufo-Addo has left the country today, Monday, 26th June, 2017, for a 3-day official visit to the Republic of Zambia. His visit is at the invitation of the President of Zambia, Edgar Chagwa Lungu. President Akufo-Addo will hold bilateral talks with President Edgar Lungu, aimed at deepening bilateral ties between the two countries, as ...

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has declared as illegal, the strike action by the workers on the Tema Port Expansion Project. It has since ordered them to cease the action. In its ruling dated 23 June 2017, the Commission said, “The respondent Union is further restrained from engaging in any illegal action of any kind.” ...

Adisadel College managed to take a narrow victory in their semi-final contest with University Practice School and Ghana National College. After a keen contest of 5 grueling rounds that saw each school performing creditably, the ‘Zebra boys’ ensured their qualification for the grande finale of the ongoing National Science and Maths Quiz for the third ...

Stakeholders in the Nanumba North District of the Northern Region, have urged the Supreme Court to expedite action on the Bimbilla Chieftaincy dispute, which has become a major hindrance to development in the district. The stakeholders made the appeal at a three-day district medium-term development plan review workshop in the district. The workshop brought together ...

Despite getting a first home win in five league matches, Asante Kotoko head coach, Steve Polack, was not fully satisfied with his team. Kotoko beat Wa All Stars 2-1 in Week 19 of the Ghana Premier League to go fourth on the league log thanks to goals from Obed Owusu and Yakubu Mohammed. However, Polack ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on Muslims in the country to pray for the Akufo-Addo government to enable it deliver on its mandate to Ghanaians as they commemorate this year’s [2016] Eid-al-Fitr. It said Muslims must also pray for grace for all Ghanaians during the celebration. In a statement to congratulate Muslims on the ...

Pop star Ed Sheeran has headlined Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, just six years after his debut at one of the festival’s smallest venues. In 2011, the star played the solar-powered Croissant Neuf stage, playing “to about 500 people”. On Sunday, he closed the festival, attracting a much younger audience than Friday and Saturday’s headliners, Radiohead and ...

Ghana’s three living former presidents would not have to queue up with fellow citizens seeking American Visas for non-official purposes. This is according to Press Attache’ at the US Embassy in Ghana, Sarah Stealy. The clarification follows indications that the US government had withdrawn protocol visa allocation to high-level state officials, after the US Ambassador, ...