US soldier Chelsea Manning has been released from prison after serving seven years for leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and military files to Wikileaks. A US Army spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that she had left Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas. Most of what remained of her 35-year sentence was commuted by ...

The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has appealed to the two factions involved in the Bolgatanga chieftaincy dispute to give peace a chance because no development can take place in the municipality without peace. The minister made this clarion call after last Saturday’s clash between the two factions leading to the death of one ...

There are now more people using Sina Weibo, the Chinese micro-blogging platform, than there are using Twitter. According to the Chinese company’s first quarter results, it has 340 million active monthly users, 30% up on the previous year. About 154 million people use the site daily, 91% of whom access it via mobile. By comparison, ...

Black Stars head coach, Kwesi Appiah, has stated that Asamoah Gyan will keep his status as Black Stars captain. The coach explained that he would not want to rock the boat since the choice of captain was determined by how long a player had been with the team and that the arrangement was decided long ...

A senior Republican congressman has called on the FBI to hand over records of former director James Comey’s contacts with President Donald Trump. House Oversight Committee chair Jason Chaffetz demanded that all correspondence be presented by 24 May. US media have quoted a memo by Mr Comey that reportedly says Mr Trump asked him to ...

Two British men have been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly selling online access to illegally streamed football broadcasts. The Premier League said it supported local authorities in investigations that led to arrests on 11 May. The men were named as William Lloyd, 39 and William Robinson, 35. They are accused of causing damages worth more ...

SIC Insurance Company Limited, Ghana’s largest Insurer has given a cheque of GHS70,400.00 in support of the Pediatric Emergency  Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. The donation is to facilitate the purchase of two equipments; a Pediatric Fiber-Optic Bronchoscope and an Endocardiagram for the emergency children’s unit of the hospital. KATH ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo will not change his District Chief Executive nominee for Agrotime-Ziope, the Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa has has asserted. Speaking at Kpetoe after the rejection of the Agortime-Ziope District Chief Executive nominee, the Regional Minister stated that the President, upon considerable consultations, nominated David Dzokpe, to represent him in pursuing the development agenda of the ...

Powerful persons involved in illegal mining activities [Galamsey] should be prosecuted, Paramount Chief of Essikadu Traditional area, Nana Kobina Nketsia has said. Nana Nketsia who made the suggestion at a stakeholders’ forum on illegal mining, organised by Citi FM and WACAM, indicated that it will be unfair to arrest persons actively involved in galamsey  and ...

The Attorney General has dropped its case against eight members of pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force, who allegedly stormed the Kumasi Circuit Court and freed some of their members who were standing trial. According to the prosecutor, ACP Okyere Darko, the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, had instructed the police to stop pursuing ...

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta has inaugurated a nine member board for the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The Board is chaired by Mr. Harry Owusu with the Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Emmanuel Kofi Nti, Deputy Trade Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah and the First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Mr. ...

Following Government’s release of GHc 106,697,628 for the settlement of feeding grant arrears for second cycle schools in the three regions of the North, the Upper East Regional Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has scheduled reopening of the schools for Monday, May 22, 2017. The amount was released to the Registrar of Scholarships ...

Following government’s release of GHc 106,697,628 for the settlement of feeding grant arrears for second cycle schools in the three regions of the north, the Upper East Regional Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has scheduled the reopening of their schools for Monday, May 22, 2017. The amount was released to the Registrar of ...

The United States embassy in Ghana has been pursuing the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for two years to secure and pay bills for power consumed within the period. The Embassy has said though it is prepared to pay the power, it has been difficult to get official bills. The US Embassy, in a series ...

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The government has distributed agro-chemicals to various farms in the southern part of Ghana to help fight the threatening army worm invasion. The distribution is being coordinated by the National Taskforce for the Control and Management of the invasion. The chemicals are being distributed free of charge, as the government is treating the invasion as ...

Pressure group, OccupyGhana is raising concerns with the laxity of the immigration charges brought before some suspected Chinese illegal miners, thus prompting a petition to the Attorney General’s office. Making reference to what it said purports to be the charge sheet in the case of Republic v. En Huang & 4 Others, the pressure group ...

Pressure group, OccupyGhana is raising concerns with the laxity of the immigration charges brought before some suspected Chinese illegal miners, thus prompting a petition to the Attorney General’s office. Making reference to what it said purports to be the charge sheet in the case of Republic v. En Huang & 4 Others, the pressure group ...

Ghanaian public officials are fond of quoting Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist to literally beg for more aid, anytime donor agencies give money or items to help facilitate their operations. This was the case when the European Union (EU) donated vehicles, IT equipment and other items worth about GHc 2.3 million to help manage the country’s ...