The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Djaba, has asked traditional leaders to desist from arbitrating criminal matters, like the case of the alleged defilement of a four-year-old girl at Assin Adadientem in the Central Region. The chief in Assin Adadientem was reported to have declared the suspect in the alleged defilement case innocent, after a ruling ...

National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinganow says he can only dialogue with President Uhuru Kenyatta on holding fresh elections in 90 days and nothing else. Because Mr Kenyatta shunned dialogue before Thursday’s repeat poll, Mr Odinga holds that there is little else left to talk about. Tunout In an interview with CNN on Friday,  Mr Odinga said that ...

At one time or another, most of us have found ourselves in a relationship where we’re clinging. But, this is never to our advantage. When you get a fleece jacket out of the dryer and every sock you own is stuck to it, it’s annoying, right? This clinginess is also aggravating in a relationship. Ergo, don’t be ...

The Swiss Spirit Hotel & Suites Alisa in Accra, is currently hosting the grand finale of Citi FM’s Literacy Challenge where 10 contestants are battling it out for the GHc 10,000 prize money. This finale, which is live on Citi FM’s Facebook page, marks the end of a three-month-long process that began on July 19, 201, for JHS students in ...

The Swiss Spirit Hotel & Suites Alisa in Accra, is currently hosting the grand finale of Citi FM’s Literacy Challenge where 10 contestants are battling it out for the GHc 10,000 prize money. This finale, which is live on Citi FM’s Facebook page, marks the end of a three-month-long process that began on July 19, 201, for JHS students in ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in collaboration with the USAID on Thursday, launched the Supportive Supervision Guidelines to promote quality healthcare delivery at all levels in the country. The Supportive Supervision Guidelines seeks to strengthen the relationship between practitioners, and improve services that would be provided to clients. This is aimed at teaching, learning, facilitating, ...

Sulemana Alhassan, Upper West Regional Minister, has downplayed the incident at the office of the Sissala West District Chief Executive that saw rowdy New Patriotic Party youth boldly lock up the office of the public officer. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Alhassan, who did not emphatically condemn the action of the youth, described it as a ...

Tiger Woods has been sentenced to a year’s probation after pleading guilty to reckless driving. The professional golfer was arrested in May after officers found him slumped at the wheel of his parked Mercedes-Benz not far from his Florida home. A toxicology report found Woods had several legal medications in his system and marijuana’s active ...

Former Asante Kotoko striker Eric Bekoe has told Citi Sports that Accra Hearts of Oak will go into the FA Cup final against his former side on Sunday as favorites. Hearts of Oak finished 3rd in this season’s Ghana Premier League; 2 places above Kotoko who finished 5th. Bekoe said while Kotoko and Hearts of Oak ...

The threat of nuclear attack from North Korea is increasing, US Defence Secretary James Mattis said during a visit to South Korea. Mr Mattis warned it would face a “massive military response” if it used nuclear weapons. Separately, North Korea released a South Korean fishing boat which it said had been found in North Korean ...

Facebook has announced measures to make political advertising on the social media platform more transparent. Political advertisers will have to verify their identity and location and their posts will carry a disclosure saying “paid for by”. The steps come amid allegations that Russian-backed groups used social media ads to interfere in the US election. Executives ...

The Spanish government has stripped Catalonia of its autonomy and taken charge of its government. The measures early on Saturday came after the Catalan parliament voted to declare independence on Friday. An official state bulletin dismissed Catalan leaders and handed control of Catalonia to Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria. Earlier, Spain’s interior ...

At a time when many well-meaning Ghanaians are demanding action against vigilantism, the Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid, has asked members of such vigilante groups engaged in all manner of lawless acts, to be patient with the government since they will soon have their share of the national cake. His appeal comes in the wake of ...

Burkina Faso football has been dealt a huge blow following the sad news of the death of Stallions shot stopper Soulama Abdoulaye on Friday afternoon, Burkina24.com has reported. The former Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak goalkeeper, who also played for ASFA Yennega of Burkina Faso, passed away in Bobo Dioulasso at the age of ...

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has made a case for how robust the recently launched Ghana Post GPS system is. According to her, enough measures have been put in place to prevent any external intrusion or hacking. Speaking to claims by some tech analysts that the data of Ghanaians fed into the system could fall ...

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), have launched the 2017 Northern Region District League Table (DLT) in Tamale. The DLT, which was introduced in 2014 and is released annually, is a social accountability tool that ...

The ten finalists of Citi FM’s Literacy Challenge, will today [Saturday], battle it out in the grand finale for the ultimate prize money of Ghc10, 000. The event, which comes off at the plush Swiss Spirit Hotel & Suites Alisa in Accra, will be live on Citi FM’s Facebook page at 10:00am. Programmes Manager at ...

The ten finalists of Citi FM’s Literacy Challenge, will today [Saturday], battle it out in the grand finale quiz competition for the ultimate prize money of Ghc10, 000. The quiz competition, which comes off at the plush Swiss Spirit Hotel & Suites Alisa in Accra, will be live on Citi FM’s Facebook page at 10:00am. ...