Cardinal Pell guilty of sexual offences
Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty of sexual offences in Australia, making him the highest-ranking Catholic figure to receive such a conviction. Pell abused two choir boys in the rooms of a Melbourne cathedral in 1996, a jury found. He had pleaded not guilty. The verdict was handed down in December, but it could […]
Ayawaso Probe: Ningo-Prampram MP denies video opportunity
Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram Constituency, Sam George, has been denied the opportunity to screen a video before the Emile Short Commission. Mr. George, who appeared before the commission on Monday, February 25, 2019, to give testimony on the violence that erupted during the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election on January 31, 2019, wanted to […]
Olympics Committe President lauds DPS International
Ghana Olympics Committee President, Ben Nunoo Mensah has lauded the level of sports development at Tema-based Delhi Public School (DPS) International. Mr. Nunoo Mensah was a guest of honour at DPS International’s Sports Day event held on Saturday, February 23, 2019, at the school’s sports grounds. Mr. Nunoo Mensah seeing the state-of-the-art sports facilities […]
Kumasi Declaration on SDGs presented to Prez Akufo-Addo
The Kumasi Declaration on The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has been presented to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a gesture by the Asantehene, Otumfuor Osei Tutu to support the President’s global role as Co Chair of the Eminent Group of Advocates for the SDGs. The Kumasi declaration among other things addressed the need for […]
JJ Rawlings congratulates JDM
Founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has called on the leadership and the grassroots of the party to work together and re-embrace its core principles. According to a statement issued by the office of the former president and signed by Kobina Andoh Amoakwa of the communications directorate, the […]
Rawlings directs traffic on Prampram-Aflao road
Former President Jerry John Rawlings was on Monday, February 25, spotted directing traffic on the main Prampram –Aflao road. The founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) was said to be on a journey but had to alight from his Toyota Landcruiser V8 vehicle and took on the responsibility of the Motor Traffic and […]
Tourism can be a game-charger in the fight against poverty in U/W
The Upper West Regional Minister, Alhaji Sulemana Alhassan says the tourism industry can be a game-charger in the fight against poverty in the Upper West but unfortunately, many of the tourist sites are under-developed and therefore do not attract a lot of tourists. He observed that more needs to be done to promote the sites […]
LSE, Ghana agree to cooperate for capital markets development
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has agreed to cooperate with Ghana to build partnerships, deepen and tighten harmonization, as well as, help develop some of the capital markets infrastructure that can sustain and deepen the financial markets in Ghana. The cooperation agreement was reached when a Ghanaian delegation led by the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu […]
Senegal awaits election results
Vote counting has begun in Senegal after a peaceful day of voting in Sunday’s presidential election. Polls closed at 6 p.m. local time and preliminary results are expected as soon as Monday or Tuesday, according to CENA. After three weeks of campaigning, long lines of voters formed early Sunday to either support incumbent Macky Sall’s […]
Mahama secures 95.23 % to lead NDC to 2020
The certified results from the Electoral Commission indicate that former President John Dramani Mahama secured 95.23 per cent endorsement, to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as flagbearer to Election 2020. Mr. Mahama polled 213,487 votes representing 95.23 percent of the total valid votes cast with the other six contenders managing with about 4 percent. […]
GFA denies $7.2 million AFCON budget
The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has denied media reports suggesting that it has presented a budget of $7.2 million to the government for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. A statement signed by Spokesperson of the Committee, Dan Kwaku Yeboah, said:, “We wish to state unambiguously that the said publications […]
One person injured as confusion erupts at NDC presidential primaries at Prampram
One person sustained injury on his face on Saturday at the Prampram Anglican School when confusion erupted among delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) voting in the party’s presidential primaries. The confusion emanated from some missing names from the register as three branches were excluded. The election was disrupted in the morning when it […]
Prez Akufo-Addo hosts four (4) West African Leaders
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on February 22, hosted four (4) West African Leaders at the Jubilee House in Accra. They were the Ivory Coast’s President, Alassanne Ouattara, Benin Leader, Patrice Talon, Burkina Faso’s President, Roch Marc Christian Kabore and Togolese Leader, Faure Gnassingbe. The meeting, according to Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in a […]
#NIGERIADECIDES2019: Disregard any "RESULT" you see on Social Media platforms -INEC warns
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says election results being circulated on the various social media platforms, must be disregard. In a tweeted message, INEC said it is the only constitutional body empowered to declare the outcome of the election results. Kindly disregard any “RESULT” you see on Social Media platforms. INEC is the only […]
