Game of Thrones characters will feature on a new series of stamps, Royal Mail has announced. The collection of 15 first-class stamps aims to highlight British contributions to the hit fantasy TV programme, based on the books by George R R Martin. The US show has largely been filmed in Northern Ireland with a predominantly ... The post New Game of Thrones stamp set unveiled appeared first

Items worth thousands of Cedis were destroyed early Wednesday morning at the Ho Market in the Volta Region, after stores were razed by fire. The fire, reportedly started this dawn at 5:00 am, and swept through three shops and three warehouses filled with cosmetics, Unilever products, rubber products, footwear and secondhand clothes. The affected traders ... The post Fire ravages portions

Leicester City have asked about Stoke City target Daniel Opare. The Ghana international full-back is available for around £3million as he is out of contract with his club Augsburg in the summer. Stoke City were considered frontrunners for the 27-year-old but the situation surrounding Mark Hughes’s future as manager will influence his decision. Leicester have ... The post Leicester

Zambia’s foreign minister has announced his resignation in a scathing Facebook post, denouncing the country’s “path of insatiable greed and shame”. Henry Kalaba said his decision was prompted by the “swelling” levels of corruption “perpetrated by those who are expected to be the solution”. Analysts suspect the move is an attempt to pressure President Edgar ... The post Zambia

The College of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), has threatened a strike action if  government fails to constitute governing councils for public colleges of education, by end of January 2018. It also wants the government to conclude its negotiations with them and implement their agreed market premiums by the end of April 2018 as promised. ... The post CETAG

The West African state of Equatorial Guinea said Wednesday it had thwarted “a coup” in late December mounted by mercenaries who sought to attack President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Africa’s longest-serving leader. In a statement read on public radio, Security Minister Nicolas Obama Nchama said: “Mercenaries… were recruited by Equatorial Guinean militants from certain radical opposition ... The post Equatorial

A private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong, has insisted that Ghana’s TV license law does not cover smartphones as suggested by the Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GCB). Lawyer Oppong also said per his understanding of the law, it does not also border on content but owning a Television set. Dr. Akuffo Annor-Ntow, Director-General of ... The post 50-yr

The Member of Parliament for the Savelugu Constituency, Alhaji Mohammed Abdul Somed Gunu, has extended pipe borne water to Bihinaayili, a densely populated farming community in the Savelugu/Nanton Municipality of the Northern Region. This is in fulfillment of his 2016 campaign promise to save the lives of residents of Bihinaayili who over the years have ... The post Savelugu

Vice President of Groupe Nduom, Papa-Wassa Chiefy Nduom, has urged the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to consider investing foreign currency reserves into bitcoin. Chiefy Nduom, wh0 has a background in banking technology, believes that the bitcoin cryptocurrency could become digital gold for Ghana and other countries. Just in 2018, bitcoin jumped to $14,951 on January ... The post BoG

Citizens of Saviefe living in the diaspora have donated computers to some schools back home, to support ICT education. The donation of ten desktop computers worth GHC8000 according to the sons and daughters of the Ho West community, forms part of their resolve to support the community in areas of education and industrialization. The natives, ... The post Saviefe diasporans support

The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment. The migrants will be given up to $3,500 (£2,600) for leaving within the next 90 days. They will be given the option of going to their home country or third countries. If they do not leave, ... The post Leave or face imprisonment – Israel orders African

Yes, I actually wrote that. Working in or around finance in Ghana requires learning forex markets. You must read Bank of Ghana reports, watch trade flows, foreign fiscal and monetary policy. Because you never know what’s going to happen with the Ghana Cedi – but right now I’m concerned about the US Dollar. The experts ... The post Chiefy Nduom

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, believes the ongoing digital migration justifies the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation’s (GBC) intent to extend TV license fees from consumers of traditional TV sets to mobile consumers. The Director-General of the GBC, Dr. Akuffo Annor-Ntow earlier noted to Citi News that collection of TV licenses ... The post TV

Entertainment analyst and leading team member of Uncle Ebo Whyte’s Roverman Productions, Kwaku Osei Korankye Asiedu, has mooted an idea he says will serve Ghanaians better than the TV Licence Fee. In an interview with Citi Showbiz, Kwaku Asiedu intimated that the TV Licence Fee was not going to help Ghanaians and creative artistes for that ... The post Content tax better

Gaming addiction is to be listed as a mental health condition for the first time by the World Health Organisation. Its 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) will include the condition “gaming disorder”. The draft document describes it as a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour so severe that it takes “precedence over other ... The post Gaming addiction

The US may stop aid payments to Palestinians who are “no longer willing to talk peace”, President Trump said. On Twitter, Mr Trump said the United States received “no appreciation or respect” in return for its aid. He also said his controversial recognition of the contested city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital took the hugely ... The post Trump threatens

Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs, including those of Tom Petty, Neil Young and the Doors, without a license and compensation to the music publisher. Wixen, an exclusive licensee of songs such as “Free Fallin” by Tom Petty, “Light My Fire” by ... The post Spotify hit with $1.6 billion copyright

The three teacher unions have told the government to brace itself for a strike during the second term of the 2017/2018 academic year. Although a specific date for the strike has not been given, the second term begins next week. The intended strike is in connection with the non-payment of arrears amounting to over GHc 50 ... The post Teacher unions set to strike over GHc 50m arrears

The Chairman of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council, Michael Nsowah, has said Ghana Education Service [GES], did not approve a directive to students of Manya Krobo SHS to pay an amount of 75 Ghana cedis each for the purchase of gloves and nose masks. A letter which was signed by the headmaster of the ... The post Manya Krobo SHS: GES denies approving GH¢75

The Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Dr. Akuffo Annor-Ntow, is at odds with the laws governing the collection of TV License fees. Ghana’s TV licensing Act 1966 (NLCD 89) mandates the collection of license fees from persons or households that own TV sets, as is the case in many other jurisdictions. However, following recent ... The post License