Gambia has been adjudged the winner in the Jollof Rice Competition organised by the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) as part of activities marking the Jollof Festival at the weekend. The competition, which featured Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria and Senegal, formed part of the “See Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana, and Feel Ghana” campaign being championed by ...

Uber Technologies Inc’s [UBER.UL] choices for a new chief executive officer narrowed further on Sunday when Jeff Immelt, chairman of General Electric Co, said he was no longer in the running for the top leadership position. Uber’s board of directors has been searching for a new CEO since June, when investors forced out co-founder Travis ...

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has declared as “persona non grata” the head of an influential U.N. anti-graft unit seeking to investigate his campaign financing and ordered the official to leave the Central American country immediately. Speaking in a video published on his Facebook account on Sunday, the president said Ivan Velasquez, head of the International ...

The father of the leaders of the pro-Islamic State Maute group that seized control of a southern Philippine town in May died while in government custody, authorities said on Sunday. Cayamora Maute was taken to a hospital on Sunday afternoon after his blood pressure rose but he died along the way, the Philippines’ prison bureau ...

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has called on the Government to, as a matter of urgency, engage stakeholders on their roles in the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) Policy to ensure its success. The Council said the implementation of the SHS Policy must be a collective responsibility of all key stakeholders ...

The Council of Elders of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has admonished members of the party to desist from ventingtheir grievances in the media. According to the Elders such actions bring the party’s “good name” into disrepute. A statement signed by Vice Chairman of the NDC’s Council of Elders, Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu, said the ...

1. “Everyone is doing it” No! Not everyone is having an affair. There is a huge percentage of faithful lovers you just choose to ignore that percentage to justify your selfish ways. 2. “We’ll use protection” Protection is more than using a condom. Protection is guarding your partner from the pain of your unfaithfulness, guarding ...

Usher has asked for a $20 million lawsuit accusing him of giving a woman herpes to be thrown out. The ‘OMG’ singer is being sued for $20 million by an unnamed woman in Georgia, who claims she contracted the sexually-transmitted disease from him in April, and he has now filed a response to her case. ...

Liverpool put in a scintillating display to thrash a woeful Arsenal at Anfield. Joe Gomez crossed for Roberto Firmino to head home and the scorer set up Sadio Mane, who cut in from the left and curled home their second goal. Mohamed Salah scored a third after dispossessing Hector Bellerin 70 yards from goal before ...

A Deputy Chief of Staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye has rejected corruption accusations made against him and his other colleague, Abu Jinapor by musician A-Plus. A-Plus while commenting on Facebook on President Akufo-Addo’s achievement so far said some of his officials are very “corrupt.” He in the post also took on Mr. Asenso-Boakye and Abu Jinapor describing ...

The District Chief Executive for the Bongo District Assembly has hinted of ambitious plans to give a facelift to the district through governments ‘One-Constituency-One-Million-Dollars’ policy. The district lacking in social amenities is optimistic that, through the flagship programme, most of its developmental issues can be addressed. District Chief Executive for Bongo Mr. Peter Ayamga Ayinbisa ...

President Akufo-Addo has called on Christians and all Ghanaians to seek God’s intervention in the affairs of government to help them work to the benefit of the country. Speaking at a thanksgiving service on Sunday at the Wesley Methodist Cathedral in the Central Region after the New Patriotic Party’s delegates’ conference, Akufo-Addo expressed his commitment ...

The member of Parliament for the Kpone Katamanso Constituency, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo has been inducted into the Nungua Traditional Council as the regent of Katamanso in the Greater Accra region. Nii Laryea was installed as regent of Katamanso earlier this year when the elders of the Katamanso stool picked him as a care taker ...

The member of Parliament for the Kpone Katamanso Constituency, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo has been inducted into the Nungua Traditional Council as the regent of Katamanso in the Greater Accra region. Nii Laryea was installed as regent of Katamanso earlier this year when the elders of the Katamanso stool picked him as a care taker ...

An independent financial analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford has accused the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of being business unfriendly. According to him, EPA’s handling of the of the Exton Cubic Group’s bauxite deal has not been encouraging. “We have an EPA that is coming across to me as very business unfriendly. This is a very unfriendly way ...

The Chinese military says excessive masturbation and too many video games are among the reasons its physical-test failure rates have reached an “alarming high.” The People’s Liberation Army is now dishing out advice after one city saw more than half its candidates — 56.9 percent — fail their physicals, according to the BBC. PLA found that ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) must focus of ensuring peace in the country while developing it as promised Ghanaians during the 2016 election campaign. According to the NDC, the John Mahama government handed over “a peaceful and fast-developing Ghana”  and the NPP government must build upon it. ...

Chelsea produced a dominant home performance to comfortably beat Everton for their second win of the Premier League season. Cesc Fabregas broke Everton’s resistance by coolly clipping into the bottom corner from Alvaro Morata’s instinctive knockdown, ending a smart move that began with a quick free-kick. Morata’s thumping header doubled Chelsea’s lead before the break, ...

President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has opined that the $72 million wasted on the digitization of the operations of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) should have cost $5 million instead. According to him, the software component of the process should have just been $1 million while $4 million ...

There are calls for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to increase its electoral college to include more delegates who will elect the party’s national executives. This is one of the many proposals that have came up for consideration at the party’s 25th Annual Delegates’ Conference at Cape Coast on Saturday. Only 5,000 delegates are allowed ...