Eleven people including two children have been confirmed dead after a minibus they were travelling in crashed into a stationary vehicle at Dikpa on the Bole-Bamboi Highway. Seven others are also receiving treatment at the Bole Government Hospital after suffering varying degrees of injury. Eight persons were initially rushed to the hospital, but one person died ...

Fifa says “it is still investigating allegations” that footballers were involved in a state-sponsored doping programme in Russia. At least 30 sports, including football, covered up samples involving more than 1,000 athletes between 2011 and 2015, according to the McLaren report. The Mail on Sunday has said Fifa was investigating if Russia’s 2014 World Cup ...

Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have thwarted attempts by organisers to hold a banned Gay Pride march. The organisers of the annual event had vowed to press ahead despite the ban by the authorities, who had cited threats from far-right groups. But police briefly fired rubber bullets to disperse the marchers and detained ...

On 22 June 2017, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that the imposition of an entrance examination and interview requirements by the General Legal Council for the Professional Law Course violates Articles 11(7), 23, 296 (a), 296 (b) and 297(d) of the 1992 Constitution. This decision by the Court has been described variously as ‘a historic ...

The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that the government of China has committted 15 billion dollars worth of investment to Ghana. Dr. Bawumia pointed out that Ghana was able to secure the commitment due to   new financing model designed by the Economic Management Team. Speaking to journalists after returning from a four-day visit ...

China is prepared to partner Ghana to undertake a massive transformation of the country, Chinese Vice President, Li Yuanchao, has announced. He said China stood ready to pass on knowledge, expertise and assistance to Ghana to facilitate the transformation agenda of the Akufo-Addo government. The Chinese Vice President disclosed this during a State Reception for ...

The Municipal Chief Executive for the Komenda, Edina, Eguafo, Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly, Nana Appiah Korang, has urged members and sympathizers of the ruling New Patriotic Party who have high hopes of getting appointments and employment opportunities but are yet to have their expectations met, to exercise restraint and desist from causing unrest in their ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has downplayed possible concerns the support Ghana is getting from China could compromise efforts against illegal mining, of which Chinese nationals are known to be heavily engaged in. According to him, China is happy with Ghana’s clamp down on illegal mining, which has seen a significant number of Chinese nationals ...

Morgan Freeman & Kofi Anan via Getty Images When Kofi Anan first addressed the world as the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Morgan Freeman fans had an unimaginable shock. Why give up Hollywood to make the world a better place? Last time we checked the UN had no real authority and Russia could veto their ...

The Minister of Environment, Science and Innovation, Professor Frimpong Boateng, has said that it will be very difficult for a country that has deeply been engulfed by corruption to succeed. According to him, corruption holds the highest percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in most African economies, adding that if such issues are not tackled ...

The UK Parliament has been hit by a cyber attack, officials at Westminster say. The “sustained” hack began on Friday night, prompting officials to disable remote access to the emails of MPs, peers and their staff as a safeguard. The parliamentary authorities said hackers had mounted a “determined attack” on all user accounts “in an ...

Ghana’s David Accam played out an outstanding display for Chicago Fire as they thumped Orlando City 4-0 in the Major League Soccer in the United States on Saturday. Accam had been in good form since the start of the season and fans and followers of the league had been speaking of his making the MLS ...

As part of efforts to reinvigorate the grassroots support base of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Greater Accra region, the NDC Parliamentary caucus in the region has started a programme to whip up support for the party, and ensure peace and harmony in the region. As part of this, the leadership of the ...

Prince Harry was once so disillusioned with being part of the Royal Family that he decided he “wanted out”. Having considered giving up his title, he finally decided he should remain and “work out a role for myself”. Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, the prince – who is fifth in line to the throne ...

President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has revealed that the United States government consulted him before the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees were brought to Ghana. Although he failed to give details on what transpired, according to Mr. Cudjoe, he was again contacted during the heat of the issue in Ghana. “In ...

President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, has revealed that the United States government consulted him before the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees were brought to Ghana. Although he failed to give details on what transpired, according to Mr. Cudjoe, he was again contacted during the heat of the discussion around the two in ...

The London Eye has been evacuated after a member of the public spotted an unexploded World War Two bomb. Cordons in the Waterloo area of the capital were put in place and police and people were forced to leave the ride. Police boats were seen on the River Thames and a force helicopter also circled ...

The London Eye has been evacuated after a member of the public spotted an unexploded World War Two bomb. Cordons in the Waterloo area of the capital were put in place and police and people were forced to leave the ride. Police boats were seen on the River Thames and a force helicopter also circled ...

A French-Vietnamese dissident blogger has been deported to France after losing his nationality of birth. Pham Minh Hoang served a jail sentence after being convicted in 2011 over articles that “blackened the image of the country”. Hoang, 62, was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday after losing his appeal against deportation. It is ...

Ms Ivy Barley, student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology offering Masters in Mathematical Statistics emerged winner of this year’s maiden TEN Ghana Elevator Pitch Contest, a business ideas competition for Tertiary students across the country. Ms Barley took away an amount of 7,500 dollars after convincing a seven-member jury for the competition ...