The Electoral Commission (EC) has terminated the contract of the foreign IT firm engaged in 2012 to manage the country’s elections data centre. According to the EC, the foreign firm was given unfettered access to the data centre, could shut down systems arbitrarily, and was charging US$5.2 million for maintenance …

The 9th edition of ‘BCI Walk for the Cure, 2019’ has been launched in Cape Coast, the Central regional capital, on Thursday, September 12, 2019, with the theme ‘Early detection is the best prevention. The annual global event is organized by Breast Care International (BCI), non-governmental organization, is to create …

Ghana’s Akua Amankwah, has been adjudged the overall winner of Worldreader ‘inspire Us’ writing competition in West Africa, grabbing the $2000.00 prize. The Ghanaian author was awarded for her immense contribution to literary discourse aimed at empowering and elevating the status of women and girls in the sub-region. Other finalists and …

An aide to Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia Manaf Ibrahim says he is remorseful for disrespecting the hierarchy of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region in a media exchanges. Manaf, who wants to be the NPP’s Parliamentary candidate for Asawase in the 2020 Parliamentary election, was suspended …

Jordan Ayew has been voted as the club’s ManBetX Player of the Month for August, his first such award for Crystal Palace. The 28-year-old has two goals from his three appearances in the league so far, scoring the winner in the Eagles’ last league outing against Aston Villa, as well …

Popular radio presenter with Adehyie FM in Kumasi has died in what family, friends and colleagues say is difficult or impossible to understand. Badala Hassan reportedly fell down and fainted Thursday morning September 12, 2019, and was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Just last …

President Akufo-Addo’s government has come under stern scrutiny in the past few weeks over its perceived failure to prosecute officials of the Mahama administration for alleged cases of corruption. The President, in the lead up to the 2016 election campaigned forcefully on corruption and pledged to prosecute government officials at …

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will not attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York later this month. Instead, he says he will stay in the country to focus on “critical” domestic issues including the recent spate of xenophobic violence and the spate of attacks on women. Mr Ramaphosa …

Three frontrunners in the race to become Democratic Party candidate for US president have clashed over healthcare at the party’s third debate. The debate in Houston, Texas, was the first time Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders faced off on stage. Former Texas lawmaker Beto O’Rourke drew some of …

A Kenyan MP has demanded that a law be passed to help flight crews deal with passengers battling flatulence on board. Lilian Achieng Gogo, MP for Rangwe constituency in western Kenya, told parliament that farting passengers were increasingly becoming a security threat because of the discomfort caused to fellow travellers. …