President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari is leaving the country for London for medical check up, a statement issued by his press aide has said. It is unclear when he is expected to return to his country as the statement said that will only be determined by doctors. This is amidst growing concerns about the health ...

Arsene Wenger finally recorded a Premier League victory against Jose Mourinho as Arsenal kept their slim top-four hopes alive with a well-deserved win over Manchester United. The under-fire Frenchman had failed to beat Mourinho in the pair’s previous 12 league meetings but he got his first three points against the former Chelsea boss just when ...

Emmanuel Macron has comfortably won the French presidential election, projections show. The centrist candidate has won more than 60% of the vote, according to numerous estimates, comfortably beating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who swiftly conceded defeat. Addressing supporters in the east of Paris, she said she had already called Mr Macron to congratulate him, ...

The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidency with a decisive victory over the far-right Marine Le Pen that his supporters hailed as holding back the tide of populism. Macron, 39, a former economy minister who ran as a “neither left nor right” independent promising to shake up the French political system, took ...

Government has reiterated its commitment to creating an enabling environment for Ghanaian businesses. The government believes that the business friendly atmosphere will also attract foreign investment to propel faster growth. Deputy Information Minister Kojo Oppong–Nkrumah who made the remarks said that measures have been outlined and strategies put in place to rebuild the Ghanaian economy ...

President Akufo-Addo has assured the chiefs and people of Effutu Traditional Area that a committee will soon be established to help find lasting solutions to the Winneba chieftaincy disputes. President Nana Akufo-Addo said the protracted chieftaincy problem and other related matters was having serious effect on Aboakyer festival and was retarding progress in the Winneba ...

Mr Dan Kwaku Botwe, Minister for Regional Reorganisation and Development, has met with Paramount Chiefs and Queen in the Western Region to engage them in the creation of a new region out of the existing one. According to him, the traditional authorities were key stakeholders in the plan which government believes will help accelerate development ...

Just when it seemed the smartwatch hype train may have finally died off, it appears the Apple Watch is selling surprisingly well. For the last couple of years, Fitbit had led wearable sales, suggesting fitness trackers, not smartwatches, would be king moving forward. But then Tim Cook announced Apple Watch sales had “nearly doubled” since ...

Nicki Minaj says she’ll pay college tuition fees for fans if they can prove they got straight A’s. Responding to dozens of requests on Twitter asking for help with money, she said she’ll do it again in the future. People sent her screengrabs of report cards and stories of their financial troubles. The majority of ...

James Milner missed a second-half penalty as Liverpool’s hopes of securing a Premier League top-four spot suffered a blip in a goalless draw against Southampton. It was a terrible spectacle for the supporters inside Anfield. Liverpool rarely tested Saints keeper Fraser Forster, bar the penalty and Marko Grujic’s header late in the game. The visitors, ...

About 50,000 people in Hannover are being evacuated from their homes while experts defuse five suspected World War Two bombs. The operation is the second largest of its kind carried out in Germany, and will affect around a tenth of the city’s population. The buildings being evacuated include seven care homes, a clinic, and a ...

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated his government’s commitment to establishing the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) – which will serve as a vehicle to allocate $1 million to each constituency for infrastructural development. According to him, the Fund will be administered by three (3) development authorities, namely, the Coastal Belt Development Authority, the ...

The Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) is highly confident of the industry’s ability to meet the proposed increase in the minimum capital requirement for banks. The Institute contends that the changing phase of banking requires huge investments hence an increase should position its members to meet the challenge. Citi Business News has learnt that the ...

The government has reiterated its commitment to addressing concerns of fisherfolks along the coast. It is rolling out a strategic program to address their concerns which include the cost and availability of premix fuel. The Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Kofi Dzamesi who made these known in an address at the celebration of this ...

Police in the Republic of Ireland have launched an investigation after a viewer claimed comments made by Stephen Fry on a TV show were blasphemous. Officers are understood to be examining whether the British comedian committed a criminal offence under the Defamation Act when he appeared on RTE in 2015. Fry had asked why he ...

Financial Analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford has opined that it would be worthwhile for Ghana if every region had its own independent power producer. According to him, this move will reduce the load on the current managers of the country’s electricity distribution chain and open the economy up for more investment. He explained that producers can be ...

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that close co-operation between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire will be facilitated by a new initiative dubbed “An Agreement For a Strategic Partnership”, that will be signed by the two countries. This agreement, according to President Akufo-Addo, will bind Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire “in even closer intimacy and ...

The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari has admonished all assembly members in the thirteen Municipal and Districts Assemblies to eschew petty politics and confirm all MDCEs nominees of the president. He attributed the bane of the region’s underdevelopment to political colorization and impressed on assembly members to confirm their Chief Executives to enable them ...

Facebook finally has a Dislike button, but it’s not where you’d expect. How do you reply to a specific message in a rapid-fire chat thread? Facebook wants you to attach emojis to your friends’ messages the same way you do with News Feed posts. TechCrunch reader Hoan Do sent a tip that Facebook Messenger is ...

Renowned music producer, Mark Okraku Mantey will be part of the team that will help in selecting Ghanaian musicians for this year’s Black Entertainment Television Awards. He said he had received a mail from the organisers notifying him of his inclusion in selection team for Ghana. According to a report by abrantepa.com, the astute music ...