Parliament has approved the nomination of Kojo Oppong Nkrumah as the Information Minister. Brong Ahafo Regional Minister Evans Opoku Bobie, Gender Minister Cynthia Morrison, Upper East Regional Minister Paulina Abayage, and two other Deputy Ministers have also been approved by the House. Their approval follows a successful vetting by Parliament’s Appointment Committee last week and its recommendation for all the ...

The CEO of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, has moved to assure Ghanaians that the gold dealership firm will not fold after the Deputy Minister of Finance controversially claimed that the company was on the verge of being closed down in the country. Mr Mensah said claims that the gold dealership company is a financial is not accurate insisting the company ...

The family of late Major Maxwell Adams Mahama has established a foundation in memory of the late soldier. The army commander was lynched by a mob at Denkyira Obuasi – now New Obuasi – while on official duties in 2017. He was killed on Monday, May 29, 2017. The Major Maxwell Mahama Foundation, as it is called, is aimed at ...

CLAUDE PUEL has revealed what he thought immediately after learning of the fatal helicopter crash that claimed five lives last week. Leicester manager Puel was in his office when he was told of the news that chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s helicopter had crashed outside the stadium shortly after the match with West Ham on Saturday. He was informed by goalkeeping coach ...

MANCHESTER UNITED take on Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium – but who will start? Manchester United face a tricky away trip to Bournemouth with their attacking options all under scrutiny ahead of the Saturday lunchtime kick-off. The Red Devils have endured a rough season so far, but a 2-1 victory over Everton last weekend will have given Jose Mourinho’s side ...

Government has been urged to amend sections of the Internal Revenue Act 2000 that gives tax incentives to multi-national companies in the country. Section of the Act 592 provides tax incentives and holidays to some companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. But, Mr Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Chairman of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Chapter of the Tax Justice Coalition, said ...

South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir said on Wednesday an imprisoned South African adviser to rebel leader Riek Machar and a rebel group spokesman would be released as part of the September 12 peace deal. James Gatdet former rebel group spokesman was arrested in 2017 after his deportation from Nairobi for alleged subversive activities against the Juba administration. Willaim Endley, a ...

President-elect of Cameroon, Paul Biya, is set to be sworn in on Friday, November 2, state-run CRTV reported earlier this week. The swearing in will take place before a joint sitting of the legislature in the capital, Yaounde. Both houses of parliament were reconvened after a break for the October 7 elections. Biya’s investiture for a seventh straight term is reportedly the ...

African migrants who lost the little they have to fire in an inhumane camp in Morocco’s second largest city, Casablanca are rebuilding the camp. The tents and belongings of nearly one thousand migrants were destroyed by a fire in Casablanca late on Saturday, October 27. This is the third fire outbreak at the camp since July 2017 and it is ...

The women-led wave in Ethiopia shows no signs of abating as the country welcomed its first Chief Justice, i.e. President of the Federal Supreme Court, on Thursday morning. Meaza Ashenafi, was approved unanimously by the lawmaking chamber, House of Peoples Representatives, HoPR, she had been nominated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Ashenafi, who is the founder of the Ethiopian Women ...