The first batch of 450 Hajj pilgrims has been airlifted from Accra to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for their annual pilgrimage. A total of about 5,500 Muslims from Ghana will participate in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage and will leave Accra in batches of 450 up until September 27. Speaking to the pilgrims gathered at the ...

Government has rejected claims a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will lead to job cuts. The Minority in Parliament at a news conference on Tuesday predicted tougher times ahead including job cuts as government turns to the IMF for support. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has announced it will resist any program from the ...

42 personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have been dispatched to Mali for peacekeeping operations. The mission which is in accordance with of the United Nations (UN) Humanitarian requirement is expected to last for two years. The northern part of Mali has been in turmoil since 2012 after the Tuareg rebels ousted then President ...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has mounted an intensive search for a Canadian resident in Dubai for allegedly duping a Ghanaian businessman of $4 million dollars on the pretext of supplying the businessman with gold. The suspect, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of M.A Resources Limited in Accra, Alistair Jude ...

US actor, director and producer George Clooney is to receive an honorary award at next year’s Golden Globes. Organisers said the 53-year-old would be given its Cecil B DeMille award for “his outstanding contributions both in front of and behind the camera”. Clooney was being recognised “as much for his global humanitarian efforts as he ...

Panasonic has unveiled a hybrid smartphone-camera, at the Photokina trade show in Cologne. More camera than phone, the Android device has a Leica lens and a 1in, 20-megapixel sensor more often found in Panasonic’s dedicated cameras. The 2.5cm sensor will help the camera take snaps in low light conditions and shoot ultra-high definition video. Panasonic ...

A Nigerian IT worker is being sought by police for his alleged role in co-ordinating a £25m ($40m) cyber-theft at a bank in Abuja where he worked. Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou is being sought by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A wanted notice claims he helped conspirators dressed as maintenance staff get into the ...