Former President, John Dramani Mahama will be leading a 15-member Commonwealth Observer Group to monitor and report on the August 08, 2017 election IN Kenya. This will be the 5th Election in the East African country since 1991 when it ended its one party state rule. A statement signed by the Special Aide of the ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye, has directed Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee to investigate the recent killing of on-duty police officers and to recommend means of ensuring the safety of the officers. Four police officers have been shot at, and some killed, in the line of duty within June and July 2017. The ...

Acting Northern Regional Director of Islamic Education Unit, Sheikh Issah  Abubakar has launched the 60th Anniversary of Nuri Islam English and Arabic School in Tamale with a revelation that teacher absenteeism was high in Islamic schools. According to him, most Arabic instructors in English and Arabic Schools in the region were relaxed in carrying out ...

The man who killed one person and injured six in a supermarket knife attack in Hamburg was a “known Islamist”, police say. “He was known as an Islamist but not a jihadist,” police spokesman Andy Grote said, noting that the suspect also suffered from “psychological” issues. The man, a failed asylum seeker born in the ...

George Clooney is threatening to sue a French magazine for publishing photos of his twins. The actor said in a statement: “Over the last week photographers from Voici magazine scaled our fence, climbed our tree and illegally took pictures of our infants inside our home.” Voici printed the pictures on Friday, claiming they were the ...

The Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) has debunked claims that it is in a financial crisis. It said it has for the past 11 months successfully managed its operations and finances to avoid a crisis situation. A section of the media earlier this week reported that the school was in a dire financial crisis resulting ...

The Progressive Peoples’ Party (PPP) has criticized the government’s flagship educational policy, Free SHS, arguing that it is not comprehensive. According to the party, the policy, which is aimed at making Senior High School education in public schools free will not address the key issues on education. Speaking on Citi FM’s news analysis program, The ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Director of Operations, Nana Ofori Owusu, does not think Charlotte Osei has a handle on her job as Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC). For one, Mr. Ofori Owusu said the fact Mrs. Osei only got acquainted with information pertaining to money accrued and expended during the 2016 election process when she ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the governing council of the University of Education, Winneba, to immediately come up with measures that will ensure that all disputes and matters pending in court are dealt with. Despite the contentions with recent court rulings of interest to the school, President Akufo-Addo said the law was to be respected and ...

Electric car maker Tesla has rolled out its new Model 3 vehicle – the company’s cheapest car to date. The first 30 customers – most of them employees of the company – received their cars on Friday. Chief executive Elon Musk said the Model 3 was the “best car for its cost, either electric or ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says the club “will try” to sign a central defender this summer. Eliaquim Mangala is expected to depart, which would leave City with Vincent Kompany, John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi as established centre-backs. “We don’t have too much more to spend but we are going to see,” said Guardiola, speaking ...

Unidentified gunmen have stormed the compound of Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto’s home in the western county of Uasin Gishu, reports say. The Daily Nation newspaper said assailants overpowered a police officer at the gate and entered the compound. The attackers are still in the home and more officers have arrived, it says. Several gunshots ...

The Koforidua Technical University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Metrisys Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Siemens and a distributor of its engineering and laboratory equipment In an interview with Citi News after the signing, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Smile Dzisi stated that the move is first among several other partnerships with ...

The Board Chairman of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Kwaku Sakyi-Addo has urged the Board, Management and Staff of the Authority to utilise their collective strength and intellect to the benefit of the stakeholders. Speaking at a durbar of the members of the recently-sworn in Board and staff at the NCA’s headquarters, Mr Sakyi Addo said ...

Former President John Mahama has renewed his marriage vows with Lordina Mahama on the occasion of the couple’s 25th marriage anniversary. The ceremony, which was witnessed by some close friends and family of the couple, was held at a private Church service in Accra. John Mahama, 58, married Lordina Mahama, born Lordina Effah in 1992. ...

A circuit court in Tarkwa has sentenced a 45-year-old drinking bar operator, Yaw Essoun to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling his 14-year-old granddaughter. He was convicted on his own plea. The facts of the case as presented by Chief Inspector Stephen Toku was, the complainant who is a petty trader resides at ...

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service has invited former deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor for questioning over the controversial AMERI power agreement. This comes after some officers of the Department conducted an early morning search of the former state official’s home and seized his mobile phone. According to Mr. Jinapor, he has ...

SAVE-Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has presented 50 mobile devices to the Upper West Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to assist in tracking basic school teacher absenteeism. The android devices, which were purchased at the cost of GHc30,000.00, forms part of the implementation of the “Improving Learning Outcomes through ICT and Evidence ...

SuperSport is bringing Floyd Mayweather jnr versus Conor McGregor the richest, most-hyped and over-the-top boxing fight in history exclusively to viewers in Ghana and across Africa! ‘The Money Fight’ will be broadcast only on DStv and will air live and in glorious HD on SuperSport 2 and Maximo 1 in the early hours of Sunday, ...