Former President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday delivered a lecture on challenges of democracy in Africa. He gave the lecture when he spoke at a graduation ceremony at the Institute of Security Studies in Abuja, Nigeria. He touched on a number of issues  including his life after handing over power to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, ...

Police have arrested a 30-year-old suspect in connection with the false terrorist attack alert at the Accra Mall. His arrest is the outcome of an investigation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. “The suspect was arrested in his hideout at Offinso in the Ashanti Region on 1st November, 2017, and is ...

The Accra Regional Police Command has warned of a car-stealing syndicate purposely targeted at commercial drivers, by incapacitating them with drinks laced with sedatives. The police, in a statement said the perpetrators normally struck halfway through a journey on the pretense of courtesy. “The Police has observed that victims of this trend hired by a member ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has revealed what he did the following day after he handed over the administration of Ghana to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. John Mahama, after suffering an excruciating defeat on December 7, 2016, handed over the baton to Akufo-Addo on January 7, 2017, at the Black Star Square in Accra. ...

Police are on a manhunt for a 28-year-old man, Francis Boakye, who allegedly defrauded a  man of an amount of GH¢28, 000, whilst pretending to be a member of the military. According to a statement from the Ghana Police Service, the complainant was duped by the suspect into paying the said amount with the hope of ...

A controversial bill amending Kenya’s election law has come into effect, which makes it more difficult for the Supreme Court to annul elections. Uhuru Kenyatta won last week’s re-run of the election, after the Supreme Court declared August’s poll invalid. President Kenyatta said on Monday that he did not agree with the new election law, ...

Kevin Spacey is being investigated by UK police over an alleged sexual assault. The Sun newspaper said a man, aged 23 at the time, made a complaint on Tuesday about the alleged incident in the London borough of Lambeth. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that they are investigating an alleged assault on a man from 2008. They ...

South African prosecutors are appealing for a longer sentence for Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. They told the Supreme Court of Appeal the six-year sentence was “shockingly light” and he should get 15 years. Defence lawyers say the sentence handed down by a lower court is appropriate. Pistorius claimed he shot ...

The five students who were arrested in connection with a recent clash between students of Tema Technical Institute and Chemu Senior High School also in Tema, have been granted bail. A student, who was reported to have been injured in the clash, is still on admission at the hospital. Police are yet to establish what sparked ...

Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, affectionately called His Royal Blackness has penned a response to critics who have slammed his son for his sexual preference, saying he will always love his son irrespective of his sexual orientation. Darkwah Kyei Darkwah recently wrote an article titled ‘To be Young, Gifted, Black and Queer’ on intomore.com, saying he is gay but ...

The seven New Patriotic Party (NPP) members suspected to have played various roles in disturbances at Gwollu in the Sissala West District, have been granted a Ghc5,000 each with two sureties by a Wa High Court. The court, presided over by Justice Kwesi Boakye, took the decision after counsel for the seven, Ubaidu Sadique, appealed for ...

The seven New Patriotic Party (NPP) members suspected to have played various roles in disturbances at Gwollu in the Sissala West District, have been granted a Ghc5,000 each with two sureties by a Wa High Court. The court, presided over by Justice Kwesi Boakye, took the decision after counsel for the seven, Ubaidu Sadique, appealed for ...

The son of Ghanaian broadcaster Kwasi Kyei-Darkwah (KKD), Kwaku Darkwah Kyei-Darkwah has made a ‘shocking’ revelation about his sexual orientation. The model has written an article titled ‘To be Young, Gifted, Black and Queer’ on intomore.com, saying he is gay but has had a difficult time coming out about his sexuality. He said in the past he ...

Since the early 2000s, stakeholders in the housing sector have accepted without much question the notion that the nation faces a housing deficit of about 1.7 million housing units. This has been quoted so often both in the media and academic publications that it appears to have been cast in stone and become an incontrovertible ...

The Red Cross has confirmed that more than $5m (£3.8m) of aid money was lost to fraud and corruption during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Auditors found overpriced supplies, salaries for non-existent aid workers and fake customs bills. The disease, which raged between 2014 and 2016, claimed at least 10,000 lives. It required a ...

The Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), has called on Ghanaians to report cases of unsatisfactory service at various Embassies in the country in their quest to secure visas for their travels. His advise comes following several complaints of poor service at some embassies, and this was highlighted by a statement from the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, ...

Government is taking steps to fix the infrastructure deficit at Vitting Senior High School in Tamale that has compelled some students to sleep under trees. The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, today [Friday] visited the school on a fact-finding mission. This followed a Citi News report of the dire situation of some students sleeping in ...

Two directors of the Department of Urban Roads accused of taking bribes have been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. The two; Benjamin Bampoe, who is the Tema Metropolitan Director and Francis Torsu, who is the New Juaben Municipal Director of the Department, were charged with conspiracy and corruption by a public officer. They ...

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), has arrested and handed over three persons to the Suame District Police Command for alleged extortion. The three; were allegedly extorting monies from traders who are to be relocated to the Race Course Market on Monday, 6th November. The two men and a woman were among 10 persons registering affected ...

A Medical doctor at the Kwahu Government Hospital, Dr. Akoto Ampaw, has lamented the number of gunshot cases and subsequent deaths the hospital has been attending to in recent times, following clashes between local residents and some nomadic herdsmen in the area. About eight people lost their lives with several others sustaining injuries in separate reprisal ...