Former footballer George Weah is set to become Liberia’s president at the second attempt. With most ballots from Tuesday’s run-off vote counted, Mr Weah is well ahead of opponent Joseph Boakai. He will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female president, in Liberia’s first democratic handover in decades. Mrs Sirleaf defeated Mr Weah in ... The post George

Former footballer George Weah is set to become Liberia’s president following Tuesday’s run-off election. The National Elections Commission said that with 98.1% of ballots counted, Mr Weah had won 61.5% of the vote. Opponent Joseph Boakai is far behind with 38.5%. He will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female president. She defeated Mr ... The post George

The Minority in Parliament has called for the arrest of the perpetrators of the Christmas Day attack on the residence of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South, Eric Opoku. Six unidentified assailants, armed with machetes and a gun stormed Mr Opoku’s residence on Monday as he was holding a series of engagements and ... The post Arrest Asunafo South MP’s assailants –

The Minority in Parliament has called for the arrest of the perpetrators of the Christmas Day attack on the residence of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South, Eric Opoku. Six unidentified assailants, armed with machetes and a gun stormed Mr Opoku’s residence on Monday as he was holding a series of engagements and ... The post Pursue and arrest Asunafo South MP’s

The Tamale North Member of Parliament, Alhassan Suhuyini is working towards increasingly satisfying the health needs of his constituents by building new health facilities while refurbishing dilapidated projects across his constituency. The latest of such facilities are a newly built Reproductive and Child Health Service Centre and a rehabilitated health post at Choggu in the ... The post Suhuyini

The Citi Breakfast Show got lit this morning [Thursday] when internationally-acclaimed keyboardist Isaac Aryee treated listeners to some great compositions. Isaac who recently released his maiden album ‘On a Serious Note’ did renditions of some songs from his repertoire and others from both local and foreign artistes. With Kwayba and Niella on vocals, Isaac and his ... The post Citi

Hundreds took to the streets of Iran’s second largest city of Mashad on Thursday to protest over high prices, shouting slogans against the government. Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators in Mashad in northwest Iran, one of the holiest places in Shia Islam, chanting “death to (President Hassan) Rouhani” and “death to the dictator”. ... The post Hundreds protest against

Scores of New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters in the Klottey Korley constituency besieged the party’s headquarters in protest of what they say are attempts to expunge persons who supported independent candidate Nii Noi Nortey in the 2016 elections, from polling registers. Some party members are said to have resisted attempts to keep Nii Noi Nortey’s ... The post Protests

John McAfee has said his Twitter account was hacked and used to promote lesser-known crypto-currencies. The cyber-security pioneer has rebuffed suggestions that the alleged incidentundermined his own credentials saying: “I have no control over Twitter’s security”. But he also posted that he believed his mobile phone had likely been compromised. Twitter declined to comment but highlighted its security advice ... The post John

The first provisional results from Liberia’s presidential election run-off election are due later. Unofficial results broadcast by local media suggest that ex-football star George Weah is ahead of Vice-President Joseph Boakai following Monday’s vote. The electoral commission has warned against “premature pronouncements”. Armed police have been deployed around its headquarters in the capital, Monrovia, ahead ... The post Liberia

The Scottish Professional Football League has no plans to introduce goal-line technology, saying that the cost is prohibitive. Officials failed to spot a goal for Oli Shaw in Wednesday’s Edinburgh derby. Shaw’s Hibs boss Neil Lennon said the incident “makes a mockery of the game”, while former referee Charlie Richmond believes the technology should be ... The post Goal-line

The Birim North District recorded 309 cases of teenage pregnancies between the ages of 10 to 14 years  in 2017 as compared to 280 in the previous year. Mr. Thomas Azurago, the Birim North District Health Director who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) called for the need for the Directorate, the District Assembly ... The post Birim North records rise in teenage pregnancies 

As the year gradually screeches to an end, the entertainment fraternity takes stock of all the things that happened in the year and projects how they want to see the industry in the coming years. The year 2017 has been very eventful with a lot of song releases and hits, few movies and for the ... The post Top 10 entertainment stories that got everybody talking in 2017

One of the songs on Ghanaian rapper M.anifest’s ‘Nowhere Cool’ album has been featured on the soundtrack of a documentary called ‘Hoops Africa – Ubuntu Matters.’ The rapper announced this via his twitter handle expressing his joy at hearing his song ‘B.E.A.R in the documentary which aired on NBA TV 24th and 26th December, 2017. ... The post M.anifest’s song features

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as successful, the work of Operation Vanguard, the team tasked to enforce the government’s campaign against illegal mining activities in the country. According to the President, although few challenges have been recorded, the operation has largely been worthwhile. Operation Vanguard was launched by President Akufo-Addo in July 2017 after an ... The post Operation

Swansea City have appointed former Sheffield Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhal as their new permanent boss. Player-coach Leon Britton had been in temporary charge of Swansea since the Premier League’s bottom side sacked Paul Clement on 20 December. Carvalhal, 52, was dismissed by Wednesday on Christmas Eve, with the Owls 15th in the Championship table. The Portuguese joins Swansea initially ... The post Swansea

Apple and Amazon are in licensing discussions with Riyadh on investing in Saudi Arabia, two sources told Reuters, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s push to give the conservative kingdom a high-tech look. A third source confirmed that Apple was in talks with SAGIA, Saudi Arabia’s foreign investment authority. Both companies already sell products ... The post Apple and Amazon in talks

Over 2,500 children on Boxing Day, December 26, converged on International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Horeb Temple at Weija, Accra, for the 4th edition of the church’s Jesus Kids Rally. The rally, since 2014, has seen a sharp increase, as kids from the church are joined by many others in the immediate environs and beyond, ... The post ICGC Horeb Temple’s 4th

A judge in Cameroon has ordered the release of a US-based author and academic who was detained for allegedly threatening President Paul Biya’s life. The judge ruled that Patrice Nganang should be expelled from the central African state, his lawyer said. No official reason was given for the the decision to free the US citizen. ... The post Cameroon to deport US-based author

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Water for Rural Africa, has constructed 10 boreholes in a number of communities at Akatsi North in the Volta Region to provide access to clean water. Some of the beneficiary communities include Agormor, Ave-Avevi, Kpevi, Avevoe, Atsinuve and Buvikope, among others. The founder of the NGO Dr Donald Senanu Agumenu, announced this ... The post NGO