Ayawaso West Wuogon MP Lydia Seyram Alhassan has set up a relief and poverty alleviation fund to support some squatters of Shiashie whose homes were ravaged by fire on Friday night. Over 500 squatters were displaced by the ravaging fire, Read more
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Scammers posed as hotel staff to trick customers into handing over payment information. Source: BBC
Every year hackers descend on Las Vegas in the sweltering August heat to break ground on security research and the most innovative hacks. This year was no different, even if it was virtual. To name a few: Hackers tricked an Read more
Chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Club Licensing Board, Dr Kwame Baah Nuakoh, has noted that his outfit would have to become flexible to cater for the abnormalities that COVID-19 has brought on Ghana football. The GFA Executive Council cancelled the Read more
Senior Presidential Advisor to President Akufo-Addo has said former President John Mahama lacks the moral right to seek re-election after failing for eight years. Ken Amankwah argues that four years of power challenges and job losses does not give the Read more
The Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper has argued that there is no need for an independent audit of the new Voters’ register. Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr said the call by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) aligns Read more
The Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) says that Ghana’s fight against corruption has failed so far. Dr Kojo Pumpuni Asante said corruption in Ghana is very prevalent and is pervasive such Read more
There was drama in Parliament on Friday after Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah described former Deputy Energy Minister John Jinapor as “Papa no.” This phrase ‘Papa no’ has become popular on social media after actress Tracey Boakye used it repeatedly Read more
The just-ended voters’ registration exercise witnessed incidents of blatant violations of the country’s election laws. The politicians who will kill to win elections carried guns to the centres, fired shots and got their pampered hooligans in their usual criminal acts Read more
Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako has hinted the country’s airports will be opened to international traffic by September 1, 2020. This, according to the veteran journalist is to allow Ghanaians abroad who would want to Read more
A Nigerian man has been rescued from the garage of his parents’ house in the northern city of Kano, where he had been locked up for three years, police say. Ahmed Aminu, 30, was discovered after a police raid on Read more
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has expressed “deep remorse” over his country’s actions during World War Two, on the 75th anniversary of its surrender. “I earnestly hope that the ravages of war will never again be repeated,” he said at a ceremony Read more
The Battor Catholic Hospital in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region can now boast of an Infectious Disease Isolation Centre (IDIC) built from its own Internally Generated Fund (IGF) with support from the North Tongu District Assembly (NTDA). Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged Friday that the company was ‘embarrassingly late’ rolling out a security layer known as two-factor authentication for its mobile app. “Sorry, this is embarrassingly late. Two factor authentication via sms or authenticator app is going Read more
The Central Regional Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended the Awutu Senya West Constituency Chairman, Charles Amoansah. His suspension follows a petition filed by the constituency’s Council of Elders over what it described as acts of misconduct being Read more
Dancehall maestro Stonebwoy, real name Livingston Etse Setakla, has flatly denied reports making rounds that he brandished a weapon in a supposed altercation at a rehearsal on Monday. The rehearsal was for the Black Is Love Concert, an upcoming virtual Read more
Parliament has approved the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalty Limited agreement with the government of Ghana despite a walkout by the Minority. In 2018, parliament passed the Minerals Income Investment Fund Act 2018. The act establishes the Minerals Income Investment Fund Read more
The 8-2 drubbing by Bayern Munich in their Champions League quarter-final on Friday was one of Barcelona’s worst five defeats in a single match. SEVILLA 11 BARCELONA 1 (La Liga, 1940) Barcelona took a 10th-minute lead only to fall apart Read more
The controversial facial recognition software maker Clearview AI has a new contract with ICE, the most controversial U.S. government agency. Clearview was already known to work with the branch of Homeland Security fiercely criticized for implementing the Trump administration’s harsh Read more