A District Court in Accra has ordered the police to relocate seventeen-year-old boy Ebenezer Asamoah, one of the suspects believed to have lynched a military officer, Major Maxwell Mahama. According to the court presided over by Ebenezer Kwaku Ansah, until the police is able to establish the that the boy is eighteen, he should be ...
A total of 58 suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama, have made an appearance at the Accra Central District Court today [Wednesday]. The suspects, including women, are in the grips of the police for their alleged involvement in the gruesome murder of the military man in Denkyira Obuasi in the Central ...
Mr Roland Agambire, the Group Chairman of Rlg Communications, has been declared wanted by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the national tax regulatory agency for defaulting tax obligations. The National Co-ordinator for the Task Force at the GRA, Henry Sam, explained that all attempts to reach Mr Agambire to live up to his tax obligations ...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has served notice that it will be compelled to sell off the assets of National Communications Backbone Company (NCBC) within the next fourteen days should the company fail to provide proof to benefit from capital gains tax reliefs. The NCBC, which is a subsidiary of Vodafone Ghana is reported to ...
The Council of State has bemoaned what it says is the spate of indiscipline in the country that does not auger well for the country’s development. It said these unfortunate developments must be appropriately dealt with to ensure that they do not leave dire consequences on the country’s social fabric. In recent times, various political ...
It would cost the government about $200 million to renovate dilapidated basic school structures across the country. This is according to Education Minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh, who has said the government has identified about 8,000 basic schools that need urgent refurbishment. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, the Minister said the schools identified ...
St. Peter’s Senior High school marked 60 years of its existence on Saturday with a homecoming and speech and prize giving ceremony. The school, which was established in February 1957 by the Catholic mission with just 15 students and 4 teachers, has risen to be among the best schools in the country, with a student ...
Uber boss Travis Kalanick has resigned as chief executive after pressure from shareholders. Mr Kalanick will remain on the board of the ride-hailing firm, however. His resignation comes after a review of practices at the firm and scandals including complaints of sexual harassment. Last week he said he was taking an indefinite leave of absence ...
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) on Thursday morning banned several children programs on the pay television, DSTV and GOTV that are said to promote homosexuality. KFCB chief executive officer, Ezekiel Mutua, through a statement, said that over the last couple of weeks they have received complaints from people that a section of pay TV ...
South Korean web-hosting firm Nayana has agreed to pay a $1m ransom to unlock computers frozen by hackers. It is believed to be a record amount, although it is worth noting that many ransom payments are never made public. Nayana’s chief executive revealed that the hackers initially asked for $4.4m, payable in bitcoin. Security experts ...
Venezuela’s president has replaced four top military commanders over the use of live bullets by security forces during months of unrest. On Monday images emerged showing security force officers apparently firing on protesters. President Nicolas Maduro also announced the recruitment of 40,000 new police officers and national guardsmen. Meanwhile Venezuela faced accusations of human rights ...
Manchester United have been cleared by Fifa of wrongdoing in the deal to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus last August. However, football’s world governing body will open disciplinary proceedings against the Italian champions after asking both clubs last month for “clarification on the deal”. The enquiry was believed to concern who was involved in the ...
The Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service and under the auspices of the Copyright Office, on June 19, organised a day’s seminar for members of the Police Service at the Miklin Hotel in Kumasi. The seminar was chaired by the Copyright Administrator, Madam Yaa Attafuah. Resource persons for the ...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will pay a 3-day state visit to the Republic of Zambia at the invitation of the Zambian President, His Excellency Edgar Lungu. The visit by President Akufo-Addo would be the third visit to be paid by a foreign Head of State to Zambia, following visits from President Rajaonarimam Pianina of ...
Belgian soldiers have shot a man suspected of being a would-be suicide bomber at Brussels Central Station, officials say. He was shot after reportedly setting off a small explosion and no-one else is believed to have been injured. Prosecutors later said the man had died. They are treating the incident as a terrorist attack. In ...
The Youth, Sports and Culture Committee of Parliament, has begun processes to summon the Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Ministry over its decision to airlift Christians on a pilgrimage to Israel. The committee exercises oversight responsibility for the Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Ministry, which has been criticized by some sections of the public over the pilgrimage. Speaking ...
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has begun processes to audit the Trust to improve its operations. The exercise is among others expected to inform the managers of SSNIT on the current position of the pensions’ regulator. It is also expected to give an understanding of what new measures ought to be implemented ...
A former Minister of state at the Presidency, Rashid Pelpuo, has claimed that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) collation system broke down completely at the most critical moment of the 2016 election. This, he said, made it difficult for the party to have a full grasp of the turf when the NPP had begun ...
Shortly after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) received a post-mortem report on its 2016 electoral defeat, some recommendations of the Professor Kwesi Botchwey committee has come under serious scrutiny by party members. The committee among other things recommended that some structural changes should be adopted by the party to ensure its victory in the 2020 elections. ...
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