Actress Omotola Okudero-Jagua has been delivered of a bouncing baby boy in Lagos. Omotola, the daughter of late comedian Afolabi Afolayan, better known as Jagua delivered the baby in a private hospital in Lagos. The actress and movie producer got married to her heartthrob, Arch. Olabode Okudero in a lavish wedding at the Chapel of St. ...

The body of the late former Chairman of the National Development Planning Committee, Paul Victor Obeng has been laid to rest in his hometown, Adansi Akrokerri in the Ashanti region of Ghana. His burial on Saturday marked the end of a three-day state funeral for the statesman. Hundreds of Ghanaians were at the family house in ...

Substitute Chris Wood struck late to deny Everton and earn Leicester City a point in their first Premier League match in a decade. The striker slotted past Tim Howard with five minutes to go as the promoted side twice fought back from behind. Aiden McGeady’s curled effort had been instantly wiped out by home debutant ...

Eric Dier scored a dramatic winner on his Tottenham debut to give Mauricio Pochettino the perfect start to his career as Spurs boss with victory at West Ham. Both sides finished the game with 10 men, with Tottenham’s Kyle Naughton sent off for handling inside the area. Noble fired wide from the spot-kick before the ...

Louis van Gaal’s reign as Manchester United manager began with a defeat by Swansea that revived memories of last year’s dismal campaign at Old Trafford. The hosts fell behind to Ki Sung-yueng’s precise 20-yard shot, before skipper Wayne Rooney levelled with a close-range volley from a corner. United had more of the ball but failed ...

The British Council in Ghana has announced the launch of the Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) Fashion and Design Award 2014 to foster business and collaborations between the UK and other countries. The 16 international brightest emerging entrepreneurs from participating countries – including Columbia, Russia, Nigeria and China – will be invited to take part in ...

Legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong, has described as “unfortunate” the government’s response to the demands of a new leadership by the General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church. Pastor Mensah Otabil last Thursday likened Ghana to a “sinking” ship, which he said needs a “decisive captain”, rather than an “overconfident” one, to steer the rudder ...

The Bolgatanga District branch of the Small Tax Office (STO) of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) collected a total revenue of GH¢3, 298,880.36 as at the end of May this year as against its target of GH¢2,937,440.00. This exceeded its set target by 34.14 per cent as against a shortfall of 1.7 per cent during ...

A Financial Analyst, Sydney Casley Hayford has attributed the nation’s current economic challenges to what he describes as the leadership paralysis within the Mahama-led administration. “The fact of the matter is we have a paralysis in leadership…we are not able to make the decisions that we need to make in order to change things,” Mr. ...

The managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako has reiterated his dislike for  what he describes as the politics of Ghana’s former President Jerry Rawlings. According to him former President’s continuous criticism of successive governments for their supposed inaction in the fight against corruption is unfair. Jerry Rawlings at a ...