Mahama Bows Out of 2020 Polls
Ghana’s immediate past President, John Dramani Mahama, has yet given the strongest indication he may not be a candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress for the next presidential...
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Pakistan Mourns Lahore Victims of Taliban Attack
Pakistanis Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide bomb in Lahore, as the death toll rose to 15 and the city's residents railed at the government for failing to protect them. The...
NBA Chief Attempts To Broker Peace Deal In Oakley, Knicks Feud
NBA chief Adam Silver met New York Knicks legend Charles Oakley and team owner Jim Dolan on Monday in an effort to end the spectacular public feud that has gripped the league over the past week....
Australia Fires Ease As Damage Mounts After Record Heat
Australia was counting the cost to property and livestock Monday after firefighters battled weekend blazes in some of the hottest conditions on record. At least 19 homes were destroyed in eastern...
Fire Ravages Small Australian Town
Most buildings in a tiny Australian town have been damaged as bushfires ravage New South Wales (NSW) state, authorities have said. More than 80 fires – including 20 uncontained – were still...
‘Most Buildings’ In Tiny Town Damaged
Most buildings in a tiny Australian town have been damaged as bushfires ravage New South Wales (NSW) state, authorities have said. More than 80 fires - including 20 uncontained - were still burning...
Nigerian Woman Poisons Her Two Children To Punish Husband
In what appeared to be a classic tale of someone who cut her nose to spite her face, a heartless mother who felt the best way to deal with a husband for failing to provide for the family was to...
Australia Warns of ‘catastrophic’ Fire Conditions Amid Heatwave
Eastern Australia was bracing for severe "off the scale" fire conditions on Sunday as it baked in a heatwave that has broken temperature records and sparked dire warnings from authorities. While...
Red Wings, Tigers Owner Ilitch Dies At 87
Mike Ilitch, owner of baseball's Detroit Tigers and the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, died on Friday at the age of 87, his company Ilitch Holdings said. Ilitch, the son of Macedonian immigrants, opened...
The Gambia To Remain In ICC
Gambian President Adama Barrow has reiterated his pre-election promise that the country will not pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), reversing the decision of his predecessor Yahya...
Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Elected Somalia’s President
Somalia's Parliament elected former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a dual US-Somali citizen, as the country's new president Wednesday. Farmajo was declared victorious after incumbent...
Enquiry Into Bribery Scandal In Parliament To Open To Public
Indications are that the five-member committee appointed by Parliament to investigate the bribery allegation involving some Members of Parliament (MPs) and a minister of state will conduct public...
Public Office Holders Must Declare Assets
The Auditor-General, in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution, has tasked eligible public office holders who have not yet submitted their completed Assets Declaration Forms to his...
Public Office Holders Must Declare Assets – Auditor General
The Auditor-General, in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution on Tuesday tasked eligible public office holders who have not yet submitted their completed Assets Declaration Forms to...
Akufo-Addo’s ‘planting For Food & Jobs’ Programme Gets $120M Boost
The Canadian government is set to inject a total of 120m dollars (125 million Canadian Dollars) into the Planting For Food and Jobs initiative being spearheaded by the Ministry of Food and...
Involve Parliament In Appointment of EC Boss, Others – Mensah-Bonsu
The Minister-designate for parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has bemoaned the executive’s continuous sidelining of parliament in appointing some key officers of certain...
Only 206 Recruits Sacked, Not 3000
The Ghana Police Service has dismissed 206 police recruits who were undergoing training at the Pwalugu Police Training School in the Upper East Region, not 3000 as is being speculated in a section of...
Sacked Cop Recruits’ll Be Prosecuted
Some of the dismissed 206 police recruits who were undergoing training at the Pwalugu Police Training School in the Upper East Region will face criminal prosecution for forging documents used in...
Ghartey Committee Starts Hearing Today
The five-member committee chaired by former second deputy speaker of parliament, Joe Ghartey, tasked to investigate the bribery allegation involving the leadership of the Appointments Committee of...
Parliament Is Really In Need
Parliament, seeking to expand its infrastructure, has solicited the support of the Government and people of China to build a new chamber block. At least, some legislators are complaining that the...