The decision of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government to permanently resolve the age-long Dagbon chieftaincy impasse between the Abudu and Andani Royals in Dagbon, has again hit a snag at the Manhyia Palace. Representatives of both sides of the chieftaincy divide in Dagbon, resumed sittings at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Saturday October ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that, the Tamale Sports Stadium will be renamed “Alhaji Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium”, in honour of the late Vice President of the Republic, and in fulfillment of a campaign pledge made in the run-up to the December 2016 elections. According to him, the late Alhaji Aliu Mahama “had ...

Some former presidents of the Tertiary Students’ Confederacy Network (TESCON), in the Ashanti Region, have commended Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, for making public his commitment to prioritize members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in his dealings with Ghanaians. The former executives said they are hopeful that Mr. Ayisi Boateng ...

Two men from the Tamale Township are in police custody for attempting to sneak into the girls’ dormitory of Vitting Senior High School over the weekend. They were accosted by the school’s Cadet Corps led by the Senior House Mistress upon a tip-off, and handed over to the police. This happened 10 hours ahead of ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, is angry at Members of Parliament for being late for meetings of the House today [Tuesday]. His comments follow the presence of less than five MPs on their seats, at the time proceedings were scheduled to begin at 10:00am. Disappointed by the emptiness of the House, Prof. Oquaye ...

The increase in teenage pregnancies in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region has become a major concern apart from the incidence of child marriages in the district. Teenage pregnancies reported at health facilities in the district increased from 160 cases in 2016, to 201 in 2017, according to Alex Bapula, the Sissala ...

Facebook has said as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based operatives over the past two years. The social networking site said about 80,000 posts were produced before and after the 2016 presidential election. Most of the posts focused on divisive social and political messages. Facebook released the figures ...

A new World Bank report on education in Ghana, says less than 10% of children of primary school age (age 6-11), are out of school. The World Bank Group Education report 2018, dubbed “Facing forward: Schooling with Learning in Africa” said 16 per cent of kids from the poorest quintile were out of school, and that there ...

WhatsApp is adding the ability to delete and revoke messages after you’ve sent them, following a test of the feature for most of 2017. You’ll be able to delete messages up to seven minutes after you sent them, and they’ll disappear from conversations or group chats. A new WhatsApp support article, spotted by The Next ...

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan came off the bench to score his first league goal for Kayserispor in an entertaining 3-3 draw on Monday night against Fenerbahce. Gyan was introduced in the 73rd minute with his side 3-2 down, but rose highest in the 95th minute to head home from a Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik cross to ...

An Accra High court has dismissed an application for interlocutory injunction by the leadership of the Public Utilities Workers Union’s (PUWU) seeking to halt the privatization of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). According the court presided by Justice Lorrenda Owusu, her decision was based on the governing principle of balance of convenience. She further ...

A recent scientific discovery has shown that Tideglusib, a drug developed for and trialled to treat Alzheimer’s disease happens to promote the natural tooth re-growth mechanism, allowing the tooth to repair cavities. This breakthrough suggests that dental fillings may soon be left in the ash heap of history. The discovery was captured in a press ...

Customers of Accent Financial Services have threatened to use all means possible to get back their locked up cash. The customers who staged a protest last week over the matter said all efforts to get their cash have been unsuccessful. The agitated customers of the company besieged the premises of the alleged owner of the ...

Netflix has pulled the plug on House of Cards, a day after its lead actor Kevin Spacey was accused of sexually harassing a teenage boy. The media streaming company said it was “deeply troubled” by the allegation, made by the actor Anthony Rapp. In an interview with Buzzfeed, Rapp alleged Spacey tried to seduce him when ...

A group calling itself the Northern Progressive Youth Group has renewed calls for a split of the Tamale South constituency ahead of the 2020 general elections. There were similar calls during the creation of new constituencies before the 2012 polls. There is an ongoing debate that another constituency should be carved out of the Tamale ...

The Christian Council of Ghana has called on the government to take a decisive measure against political party vigilantism in the country. It said the government must first admit the problems the New Patriotic Party (NPP)-affiliated vigilante groups are causing in the country, and find a way to clamp down on their activities. Speaking on ...

Retired Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng believes handwork and discipline are the reasons behind Michael Essien’s long and successful career. At his peak, Essien was considered one of the best central midfielders in the world and spent his prime years playing for Chelsea where he won the Champions League before later moving on to play ...

Japanese police have arrested a man after finding parts of nine bodies in his apartment in Zama, near Tokyo. Police found two severed heads in a cold-storage container outside the flat of the suspect, named as Takahiro Shiraishi, while investigating the disappearance of a woman. They also found the body parts of seven other people, ...

Facebook has said as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based operatives over the last two years. The social networking site said about 80,000 posts were produced before and after the 2016 presidential election. Most of the posts focused on divisive social and political messages Facebook released the figures ...