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Former President John Dramani Mahama has condemned Thursday’s bloody violence at some polling stations during the by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. According to the former president, the incident is unfortunate and marks “a sad day for Ghana’s democracy”. Armed men, believed to be
Knife Crime Prevention Orders would impose sanctions, including bans on using social media to stir up trouble. Orders would target anyone in England and Wales aged 12 or over suspected of knife crime involvement, even if they are not caught with a blade. Critics said the orders risked criminalising
The bodies of 52 people have been recovered from the red sea after two boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the UN migration agency says. The incident happened about 30 minutes after the overloaded boats - with hundreds of migrants on board - set off in heavy seas from Godoria, in the northeast
A former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, and the former Operations Manager , Daniel Axim, have been charged by the state with eighty (80) counts of stealing, causing financial loss to the state, causing loss to public pr
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has denied any wrongdoing after US prosecutors filed a host of criminal charges against the firm. Huawei has also rejected criminal claims against its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada last month. The charges filed against Huawei in the US
Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has assured Ghanaians, particularly relatives of the girls kidnapped in Takoradi, that the police are making progress in efforts at rescuing the three girls. He said the police are large and in charge of the matter and are on top of issues, noting they have arrested an
Venezuela's opposition leader has told the BBC that people are living in a "dictatorship", and renewed his calls for fresh elections. Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president last week. The US and about 20 other countries have recognised him. President Nicolás Maduro retains the support of Rus
Dr. Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh, the owner of the Obengfo Hospital, has been discharged by a circuit court in the case where he was being tried for operating a health facility without a license. The court presided over by Mrs Priscilla Dapaah Mireku took the decision on the basis of “want of prosecuti
Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong has been referred to the privileges committee of parliament for allegedly inciting the public against undercover journalist Ahmed Hussien-Suale. The journalist, who is a member of Anas Tiger Eye PI team was shot three times - twice in the chest
Ghanaian sensational upcoming Afro-pop songstress, Aseidua, readies to take the Ghanaian music industry and the world by storm with her rendition of Samini’s Obra song, off his Untamed album. From the streets of Cape Coast in the Central Region and a dream of immense hope, Aseidua is finally set to
Tamale-based award-winning artiste Fancy Gadam has in a new song titled 'Abudu Andani' paid a glowing tribute to the Dagbon Kingdom for their newly found peace. The kingdom had for the past 17 years been ripped apart by a protracted chieftaincy conflict between two royal gates - Abudus and Andanis -
New Facebook vice-president Sir Nick Clegg has told the BBC the firm will do "whatever it takes" to make its social media platforms safer for young people. Sir Nick was responding to the case of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing distressing self-harm images on Instagram.
The US has imposed sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil firm PDVSA and urged the country's military to accept a peaceful transfer of power. National Security Adviser John Bolton said President Nicolás Maduro and his allies could "no longer loot the assets of the Venezuelan people". Efforts by th
The government has dismissed media reports that some Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) had been ordered by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to proceed on compulsory retirement for being “overaged”. It had emerged Friday, January 25, that the Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority
The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has expressed the need for electoral management bodies (EMBs) to put in place security measures that will ensure elections are free and fair. Of major concern is the need for security measures to be put in place against the use of social media and fake news for m
