Members of Parliament have been recalled to consider "some urgent parliamentary business."
A statement dated April 23, 2018 and signed by the Speaker of Parliament Prof. Aaron Michael Ocquaye said the MPs are to report on Thursday April…
Mr Divine Otoo Agorhom, Chairman of COB-A Group of Companies, was on Saturday elected the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after beating his main contender Mr Alfred Boye with seven votes.
Of the total va…
Internal Party issues have delayed processes of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Delegates’ Congress of the New Patriotic Party ((NPP) underway at the Catholic Pastoral Centre in Sunyani.
As at the time of filing this report, the more than 600 …
A senior US government official is making a rare visit to Eritrea - a country which is under sanctions over alleged ties to Islamist militants.
The acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Donald Yamamoto, is to meet government o…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Delegates’ Conference in Tarkwa ended successfully at the weekend with the election of Mr Francis Ndede Sikh as the Regional Chairman with 233 votes.
In all, 514 delegates participated in the exercise, supe…
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Election Committee has defied a court injunction allegedly restraining the party from holding the regional congress to elect new regional executives.
The 29 constituency chairmen of the Party in the Region have…
Africa’s political independence struggle was worth it, despite the current state of affairs in many of its countries, former President of Cape Verde, Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, has said.
He has therefore called for the new generation…
Kate, wife of Britain’s Prince William, will leave hospital in London on Monday after giving birth to a healthy baby boy.
The baby, now fifth in line to the throne, was born at 1001 GMT and weighed 8 lbs 7oz (3.8 kg). William was presen…
South Korea halted the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border with North Korea on Monday, aiming to set a positive tone ahead of the first summit in a decade between their leaders as the U.S. president cautioned the nuclear cris…
Two South African women who successfully challenged a secret, multibillion-dollar nuclear deal have won a major environmental prize.
Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid led a five-year court battle against South Africa's plans to build nuc…
Mr Kofi Makafui Woanya, the immediate past Volta Regional Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has been elected the Regional Chairman of the Party.He polled 296 out of 500 votes to beat three other contestants.
Earlier, Mr Ken An…
The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, has indicated that the election of municipal, metropolitan and district chief executives (MMDCEs) will come off in 2021.
She said this when she shared a tentati…
Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris attacks, has been jailed for 20 years in Belgium over a gunfight that led to his arrest.
Abdeslam, 28, and co-defendant Sofien Ayari were both convicted of terror-related ch…
A member of the Communications Team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Yaw Appiah Kubi says the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is suffering from obesity.
According to him, this is evident in the number of…
Contestants for regional executive positions in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been asked to accept the outcome of the voting in good faith.
The Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, said they should all accept to unite solid…
The US's first black President Barack Obama will deliver the annual Nelson Mandela lecture in South Africa's main city, Johannesburg, on 17 July to honour the centennial of the anti-apartheid icon's birth, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has…
The prospect of changing a country's name may seem like a rather daunting undertaking, but not for the king of Swaziland.
King Mswati III declared the country will now be known as the Kingdom of eSwatini in part, he says, to avoid forei…
A Liberian warlord known as "Jungle Jabbah" has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US for lying about his role in his country's civil war.
Mohammed Jabbateh was found guilty of immigration fraud for falsely telling US authoriti…
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) and the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), are collaborating towards an intensified nationwide public education on the election of metropolitan municipal and distr…
Mr. Phanuel Kade Donkor, Adaklu District Chief Executive has said the country’s development initiatives could be a mirage with the “African time mantra”.
He said time wasted could not be regained and charged traditional rulers and opin…
The National Pensioners Association (NPA) has called on the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection to continue with the National Endowment Fund in order to cater for their health challenges.
He said the most humiliating thing in a man…
Recent polls conducted by Africa Firm for Survey and Research (AFSUR), led by Dr Ibrahim Musah Irbard, projecting Mr Robert Kutin Jnr polling 70 per cent of total votes to win the chairmanship race of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the …
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) on partisan basis.
She said a process …
A French appeals court has upheld a ruling denying an Algerian woman citizenship after she refused to shake the hand of a senior official.
The woman, who has not been named, said her "religious beliefs" prevented her from shaking the ha…
Zimbabwe's parliament has summoned former President Robert Mugabe to give evidence about a claim he made about huge-scale diamond theft.
Mr Mugabe accused foreign mining firms of "swindling" and "smuggling" in an interview on state-run …
The Ho High Court has placed a 10-day injunction on the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Volta Regional Delegates Conference scheduled for Saturday.
The interim injunction was secured by a disqualified aspirant, Mr George Kofi Boateng, Frida…
Ghana and Israel have reaffirmed their commitments to boost relations, with Israel facilitating Ghana’s socio-economic development with its expertise in agriculture, communication, cyber security, health and other key areas in a win win s…
Mr Boye Laryea, a contestant for the Greater Accra New Patriotic Party (NPP) First Vice Chairmanship has stepped down from the contest slated for April 21, 2018. Mr Boye Laryea (aka Nii Ania) made this known in a statement copied to the Gh…
A former Deputy Attorney-General (A-G), Dr Dominic Ayine, who is challenging the nomination of Mr Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor, has failed in his attempt to file further arguments to support his case at the Supreme Court.
The …
US President Donald Trump will not attend the funeral of former first lady Barbara Bush on Saturday.
The White House said Mr Trump was missing the event "to avoid disruptions due to added security, and out of respect for the Bush Family…
Barring any hitches, delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region will on Saturday, April 21, 2018 vote for 52 aspirants who are vying for 10 executive positions of the party. There are seven female contestants in th…
Memos by ex-FBI director James Comey detailing his conversations with Donald Trump have been published.
The memos cover the president's concerns about a lurid intelligence dossier and also go into his relationship with his former Nation…
The wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Samira Bawumia, has called for members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remain loyal and unite behind the government to deliver on its mandate.
She said it would require their strong commit…
A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Hassan Wahab, has called for strict enforcement of the Political Parties Act that provides guidance on who may provide financial support for political parties in the country.
H…
The Nigerian press is reacting to comments by President Muhammadu Buhari criticising young people in his country.
At a Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster, UK, he is quoted as saying:
More than 60% of the population is below 3…
Swaziland's King Mswati III has announced he is renaming the country as the Kingdom of eSwatini.
The monarch announced the official change at Golden Jubilee celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence.
The celebration…
A former 911 operator in Houston, Texas has been found guilty of hanging up on emergency calls.
Crenshanda Williams, 44, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months of probation for interfering with emergency telephone calls.
The …
The Omanhene of the Kadjebi Traditional Area, Nana Ogyeabour Akompi Finam II, has described as misplaced a recent protest against the creation of a new region from the Volta Region to be called Oti region.
“I have in recent times heard …
Miguel Díaz-Canel has been sworn in as Cuba's new president, replacing Raúl Castro who took over from his ailing brother Fidel in 2006.
It is the first time since the revolution in 1959 that a Castro is not at the helm of the government…
Mr Alexander Kodwo Kom Abban, a member of the Public Accounts Committee, has urged internal auditors to remain resolute and protect the public purse in spite of some intimidation from superior officers in their organisations.
Mr Abban, …
British monarch Queen Elizabeth II says she wants her son Prince Charles to replace her as the head of the Commonwealth.
She was speaking at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm).
She said it was her "sincere wish" tha…
The ceremonial staff was stolen during a session of the senate
The mace stolen from Nigeria’s parliament has been recovered under a flyover in the capital, Abuja, police say.
Several intruders rushed into the Senate, the upper chambe…
A similar engine fault behind a fatal mid-air engine explosion that punctured a passenger jet window was reported in 2016, it has emerged.
A female passenger died after she was nearly sucked from the cabin of a Southwest Airlines flight…
The incumbent Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi, will contest the party’s regional primaries unopposed after his close contender, Mr Robert Asare-Bediako, decided to…
US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has fired back after a White House aide accused her of "momentary confusion" over new sanctions against Russia.
"With all due respect, I don't get confused," Ms Haley told Fox News television.
She …
Barbara Bush, the former US first lady and literacy campaigner, has died at the age of 92.
She was the matriarchal figure of a political dynasty that included two presidents - her husband George HW Bush and son George W Bush.
Mrs Bus…
CIA director Mike Pompeo forged a "good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un when they met last week, US President Donald Trump has tweeted.
Confirming media reports of the secret meeting in Pyongyang, Mr Trump said it had…
The “armed hoodlums” who walked into Nigeria’s parliament and stole the Senate’s mace have committed treason, the Nigerian Senate has said in a statement.
This action is an act of treason, as it is an attempt to overthrow a branch of th…
Zimbabwe is working on a new investment law to open up the economy to foreign investors, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday, part of his government’s drive to revive an economy that stagnated under Robert Mugabe last years in p…
With less than a week to go for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) regional election, an aspiring regional first vice-chairman has decided to inject what he described as modernity into the body politic by establishing ‘business’ centres in all…
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