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A ranking member on the communications team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Beatrice Annan, has added her voice to calls by organized labour in demanding 65% base pay increase. Speaking on Joy News’ Newsfile she said, labour is right to demand an increase from the initial 60% to meet Read more…

Former Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, says the team could have done better at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar if the technical team had enough time with them. The 48-year-old was the head of the technical team which was appointed following the dismissal of Milovan Rajevac after Read more…

The actress tells the BBC ministers should make firms enforce strict age limits on their platforms. Source: BBC

Deputy Attorney-General (AG), Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, says he disagrees with Justice Eric Kyei Baffour that the proposed settlement in the Capital Bank trial will make crime attractive On Thursday, the Commercial Division of the Accra High Court presided over by the Justice rejected the terms of settlements reached between state prosecutors Read more…

Otto Addo says he stepped down as Ghana coach to continue his role as a talent trainer for Borussia Dortmund. The 47-year-old announced his resignation after Black Stars’ group-stage elimination from the 2022 World Cup after losing 2-0 to Uruguay in their final Group H match on Friday. Addo took Read more…

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, says the judge in the ongoing trial of founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, was well within his powers to accept or reject the settlement deal reached by state prosecutors and Ato Essien. He made this statement to clarify some Read more…

Somewhere in 1998, it was not easy getting an appointment to renew or acquire a visa to the United Kingdom. As a medical student, queuing all night to get my passport number written down for an interview was the norm. Those were the days when the security guys at the Read more…

Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, says the office of the Attorney-General has not been compromised in the ongoing trial of the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien. Presiding judge in the trial, Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, had rejected the terms of settlement reached between state prosecutors and Ato Read more…

Yesterday, the Black Stars failed the nation. That’s easy to say. But I think that those of us in the stands also failed the Black Stars and the nation. And it’s because several of us haven’t developed the mentality that confronts adversity. The missed penalties I was in the stadium Read more…

Police have arrested a man and charged him with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff. The 28-year-old Grammy-nominated musician was shot and killed outside a bowling alley in Houston, Texas last month. Houston police said the shooting was over a game of dice, but the singer Read more…

Police in the US state of Alabama has arrested an 82-year-old woman over an outstanding rubbish bill. Martha Louis Menefield said she was confused as officers handcuffed her and arrested her on Sunday. The amount that led to her arrest was reportedly $77.80 (£63.28). In a statement on Facebook, City Read more…

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has disagreed with Justice Eric Kyei Baffour’s suggestion that Section 35 of the Courts Act may be making crimes attractive. According to him, the opposite of that assertion is true. Justice Eric Kyei Baffour on December 1, rejected the terms of settlements Read more…

In December 1992, the first SMS text message was sent to a mobile phone by an engineer in Berkshire. Source: BBC

Parliament will on Wednesday, December 21, adjourn its sittings, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, has announced. Presenting the Business Statement for the week ending Friday, December 9, Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said the House had been programmed to sit on Monday, December 5. This, he Read more…

Nana Yaw Sarpong Serebour has been adjudged best farmer at the 38th National Farmers’ Day celebrations. The mixed crop and livestock farmer takes home GH₵1,000,000 and two night all-expense paid stay for two at the Peduase Valley Resort. Mr Serebour owes about 900 acres of oil palm plantation, 65 acres Read more…

Otto Addo has left his role as Ghana head coach following the Black Stars’ elimination from the 2022 World Cup at the group stage.  The Borussia Dortmund assistant coach was already set to leave after the Mundial as his contract was extended until December.  “I always said if we qualified Read more…

Otto Addo has resigned as Ghana’s coach following their World Cup group-stage elimination. The 47-year-old former Ghana international replaced the sacked Milovan Rajevac in February, initially as interim boss, and was given a deal until the end of December. He also has the role of talent coach at German side Read more…

Ghana would leverage its potential for grain production to feed the West African region and beyond, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He said the loads of grain such as maize, rice and soya, exported to neighbouring Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, and Côte d’Ivoire in the last three years Read more…

Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Hawa Koomson, says the government is poised to address the huge losses that have bedeviled the post production processes in the fisheries sector. The Minister, who doubles as Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya East constituency, said traditional processing methods are not in compliance Read more…