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Facebook has taken steps to stop its apps being pre-installed on Huawei smartphones, Reuters reports. The ban covers the main Facebook app, as well as apps from its subsidiary companies WhatsApp and Instagram. The action was taken in response to US government action in May to bar US companies from u
Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ningo Prampram constituency, Samuel Nartey George, claims that former President Jerry John Rawlings’ call for the revision of the indemnity clauses of the 1992 constitution of Ghana was a swipe at the MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, who is currently standing t
Liberians are angry about the apparent disappearance of state funds - and are planning a protest march on Friday to demand answers. Their anger centres on two scandals: Revelations last year that $15.5bn Liberian dollars ($104m, £82m) of freshly minted currency had disappeared from Liberia's ports T
The National Women’s Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hannah-Louisa Bissiw, has called out President Akufo-Addo claiming he has misrepresented the percentage of women in his cabinet at the International Women’s Conference in Vancova, Canada. She said women in the president’s cabi
Background In 2018, Ghana’s parliament approved a $2bn Ghana-Sinohydro infrastructure agreement. The government of Ghana together with Sinohydro Group Limited of China signed a $2 billion bauxite barter deal in exchange of refined bauxite from Atewa, Awaso, and Nyinahini. The Ghana Integrated Alumin
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has provided clarity to the comments of President Akufo-Addo about the need for women in Ghana to be more dynamic in their activism for gender equality. The President Tuesday was on the panel of the 2019 Women Deliver Conference, a gathering of gender advoc
The Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, has said the only thing that can stop him from investigating and prosecuting corrupt Members of Parliament (MPs) and members of the executive will be for him to be impeached. According to the SP, MPs cannot be exempted in the pursuit of corruption as far
Rihanna has been named the world’s richest female musician by Forbes magazine. The singer’s worth is estimated at $600m (£472m), including revenues made from her fashion and beauty lines in addition to those from her music career. In May 2019, French luxury brand LVMH confirmed it would launch Rihan
The Acting Director-General of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Augustin Yamson has said the state broadcaster will soon re-introduce the payment of the TV Licence fee to enable the corporation concentrate more on Public Service Broadcasting. He said the re-introduction of the TV Licence fee wi
A Tamale High Court presided over by Justice Richard Kogyapwah has remanded into prison custody the 37-year-old man arrested last Sunday on-board a Metro Mass Transit bus at Yendi with ten boxes containing 250 cartridges. NHIS official arrested for transporting 250 ammunition to Chereponi The suspec
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has reneged on his earlier stance not to honour an Accra High Court order to appear in a case brought against him by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu. The court, Tuesday morning, presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe, asked lawye
Parliament suspended Tuesday’s sitting for a determination to be made on an application brought before the house by embattled Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, on whether or not he should honour an invitation to appear in court Tuesday. The legislator has been dragged to court
The Ghana Charismatic Bishops' Conference has said it does not subscribe to the proposal by some Members of Parliament (MPs) to “control self-styled pastors, pastors and churches”, accusing the house of being biased against the Christian faith. “We, the Ghana Charismatic Bishops’ Conference, will li
The Ghana Charismatic Bishops' Conference has said it does not subscribe to the proposal by some Members of Parliament (MPs) to “control self-styled pastors, pastors and churches”, accusing the house of being biased against the Christian faith. “We, the Ghana Charismatic Bishops’ Conference, will li
Apple has announced that iTunes is to be replaced by Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. There had been speculation that the tech giant was planning to shutter the music service it launched in 2001. The firm also revealed a number of new privacy measures at its annual developer conference in S
