Parliament will today, January, 31 resume sitting after a weekend of orientation for new Members of the House.

Augustine Okrah scored his first goal for Al Hilal as they beat Al Rabta Kosti 4-0 in the Sudanese Premier League on Monday. Okrah's goal was the last for the Crescent who strolled to a comfortable win at home. His compatriot Abednego Tetteh, who bagged in brace in their league opener, did not find the back of the net. But the former Bechem United striker provided an assist in the demolishing exercise....

ATHENS (Reuters) - The third migrant to perish in a week was found dead in his tent on Monday on Greece's Lesbos island, raising alarm about the grim winter conditions in overcrowded camps that critics have denounced as deplorable.

Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general, after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban. Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president’s executive order. Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replaced her as acting attorney general. […] The post Trump sacks defiant acting attorney general appeared first on Ultimate FM. Donald Trump has fired the acting

Oyem (Gabon) (AFP) - Built in rainforest outside Gabon's fourth largest town as one of the venues for the Africa Cup of Nations, the Oyem stadium risks becoming a white elephant now the tournament has moved on. Ghana beat DR Congo at the venue in the quarter-finals on Sunday, the last of seven matches to be played at the stadium during the compe ...

A total of 35 people drawn from three regions have filed to contest the Council of State election slated for February 9.

Cameroon players refused to train on Monday in Gabon over bonuses row. The Indomitable Lions are demanding bonuses that are in dimension to their performance in the quarterfinal against Senegal where they stunned the favourites 5-4 on post match penalties. Reports from the camp indicate that Hugo Broos men are demanding 12 million CFA francs per player as a qualification bonus for the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. The government had offered the players 10 million CFA francs

New Zealand researchers claimed Tuesday to have debunked the widely-held belief that moderate alcohol consumption is good for your health. Researchers from Massey University’s College of Health found that among more than 2,900 older New Zealanders, with an average age of 65, around 45 percent of men drank daily while less than 25 percent of […]

American adventure film “Passengers” topped the Chinese box office in the week ending Jan. 22, earning 117.5 million yuan (about 17.1 million U.S. dollars), according to the China Film News. The film had reaped about 237.5 million yuan since Jan. 13, when it was released in theaters nationwide. Domestic comedy “Some Like It Hot” landed […]

Pressure group, OccupyGhana has called for an independent police investigation into the bribery scandal that has engulfed Parliament’s Appointment Committee. The allegations of bribery surfaced when a Minority member of the Appointments Committee, Mahama Ayariga, MP for Bawku Central, accused the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko of bribing the 10 Minority members on the Committee with GHc 3,000 to ... Pressure group, OccupyGhana has called for an independent police investigation into the

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Volkswagen China will recall 1,993 vehicles in Chinese mainland due to defective body control modules (BCM), according to the country’s top quality watchdog. The recall, set to begin on Feb. 20, affects 1,476 imported 2016 Magotan travel series manufactured between Feb. 9, 2016 and May 30, 2016,and 517 imported 2016 Magotan four-wheel drive series manufactured […]

It was a tragedy that reached across oceans. In southern Tunisia, Aboubaker Thabti's parents could not understand how their son was taken from them in a shooting in a Quebec City mosque. When he left his home country for Canada with his wife and two ...

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was discharged from hospital on Monday after recovering from pneumonia. Bush, 92, was discharged from Houston Methodist Hospital after being treated for pneumonia for more than two weeks, his family spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement. Bush finished off a last round of antibiotics and worked with physical […]

GENEVA — UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday said that he is deeply worried by the uncertainty facing thousands of refugees around the world who are in the process of being resettled to the United States. A statement issued by the UN refugee agency UNHCR on Monday said that this week alone, […]

The Chief Korleman, near Amasaman in the Ga West Municipality, has released a five-acre stretch of land for the construction of a school. Nii Korle, the chief, announced the decision at a community durbar held to discuss education development in the area. The land, he said, could be used by the government to build a ... The Chief Korleman, near Amasaman in the Ga West Municipality, has released a five-acre stretch of land for the construction of a school. Nii Korle, the chief, announced the decision

Parliament’s Appointments Committee will vet three more ministerial nominees today [Tuesday]. They are the Minister nominee for Lands and Forestry, John Peter Amewu; Minister nominee for Works and housing, Samuel Atta Akyea and the Minister nominee for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah. Parliament will also, later today, resume sitting following a weekend of ... Parliament’s Appointments Committee will vet three more ministerial nominees today [Tuesday]. They are the

About 181 people lost their lives as a result of suffering from Cerebrovascular Accident also known as stroke in 2016 at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua. Stroke, which topped the top 20 causes of death at the Hospital with HIV/AIDS, Chronic liver Cirrhosis, other heart diseases, pneumonia, birth Asphyxia, premature births, kidney diseases, septicemia, and ... About 181 people lost their lives as a result of suffering from Cerebrovascular Accident also known as stroke in 2016 at the

It will be out of place for the Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, to step down or be sacked by the President due to his alleged involvement in the bribery scandal that has hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Linda Ofori Kwafo, Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative, has said.