Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been jailed for 14 years, the second sentence handed to Pakistan’s former prime minister in two days. The two sentences come just a week before the South Asian country is due to hold an election in which he is barred from standing. Khan, who was ousted as […] The post Imran Khan: Former Pakistan PM and wife
A Delaware judge on Tuesday voided the $56 billion pay package of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, ruling that the company’s board of directors failed to prove “that the compensation plan was fair” or show much evidence that they had even negotiated with him. Tesla’s share price slid about 3% in after-hours trading Tuesday following news […] The post Elon Musk’s
An Analyst with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Emmanuel K. Bensa, has described the exit of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the ECOWAS as an unwise decision. According to him, this is not the right time for these countries to depart from the organization […] The post Burkina-Mali-Niger
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case in which he was accused of leaking state secrets. Khan, who was ousted by his opponents as PM in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption. He has called all the charges […] The post Imran Khan: Pakistan former PM jailed
The US government has released the names of three troops killed by an enemy drone attack in Jordan on Sunday. Sgt William Jerome Rivers, 46, Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24 and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23 were killed when a drone hit their housing unit. The US has blamed Iranian-backed groups and the Pentagon said […] The post Three US soldiers killed in Jordan
Police have arrested five people after several bodies were found shot dead in a remote area of southern California’s Mojave Desert. Six bodies were found after a gunshot victim called 911, sending a police helicopter to the grisly crime scene. Investigators for the San Bernardino Sherriff’s Office said on Monday that the dispute appears to […] The post Police
According to Zulfiqar Bukhari, spokesman for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, the court announced the verdict at a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Khan, who was ousted through a no-confidence vote in Parliament in April 2022, is currently serving a three-year prison sentence in a graft case. The latest development comes ahead of the […] The post Pakistan’s
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has disclosed some measures being put in place to address the challenge of unearned salaries in the sector, starting February 10, 2024. This follows concerns raised by the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, James Klutse Avedzi, regarding the number of unearned salary cases cited […] The post We’ve
Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement claims it launched a missile at a US warship in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday evening. Military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement that the Iran-backed group’s naval forces targeted the USS Lewis B Puller, an expeditionary mobile base platform ship deployed in the region to support the US […] The post Yemen’s Houthis say they fired
A United Nations peacekeeper from Ghana has been killed alongside some civilians after clashes between rival local groups in the Abyei region on South Sudan’s border with Sudan, a U.N. statement said. According to the statement by the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), the clashes occurred in three locations in the Abyei […] The post Ghanaian
China has tightened its financial industry rules as the government tries to halt a deepening sell-off in the world’s second-largest economy. Nearly $6tn (£4.7tn) has been wiped off Chinese and Hong Kong stocks since their most recent peak three years ago. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) says the measures will create “a fairer market […] The post China
The Kumasi Traditional Council has urged the public to cease discussions on issues regarding alleged derogatory remarks the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) reportedly made against the Asantehene, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II. The Council however cautioned Wontumi and other political figures to be mindful of their […] The post Cease
Three West African countries, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their decision to break away from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect. These countries are currently led by militaries that seized power from civilian leaders. “After 49 years, the valiant peoples of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger regretfully and with […] The post ECOWAS
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The hopes of the Controller and Accountant General, Mr. Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, have been dashed as he has lost the Akim Swedru in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary. He secured 94 votes against the incumbent MP Kennedy Osei, who had 194, whereas Okyere Jerome Kwame polled 10. The race in the constituency became topical […] The post #NPPDecides: Controller
The auditorium of the Church of Pentecost at Ejisu was filled to the rafters on Wednesday as Chiefs and constituents gathered at an acclamation ceremony for the Member of Parliament for Ejisu, John Ampontuah Kumah. The Ejisu MP went unopposed in the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary primaries, and by the party’s constitution, he had to […] The post NPP
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