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A power company has started cutting electricity to around 800,000 homes, businesses and other locations in Northern California, in an attempt to prevent wildfires. Large swathes of the San Francisco Bay Area – though not the city itself – are expected to be affected. The region’s utility company, Pacific Gas …

Rwanda has toppled its current world record of 64 per cent women representation in Parliament, setting a new one of 68 per cent. Out of 80 seats, women now occupy 54 seats, which is 67.5 per cent – a new world record for women representation in Parliament globally. The new …

An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off in Senegal because an engine had caught fire, an airport spokesman said. None of the 90 passengers or crew were injured, spokesman Tidiane Tamba told Reuters. The airline confirmed on Twitter that its Boeing 767 …

Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) is in a meeting with the Foreign Affairs Ministry to deliberate on government’s silence over the Nigerian border closure in the past two months. Dr. Joseph Obeng, the president of the union in an earlier interview with GhanaWeb, said they are discontent with the way …

Yingli Namene West Africa Limited, solar energy designing, developing and installation company, has submitted a proposal to government to construct a 50 megawatts rooftop solar energy for government buildings. The proposal is in line with the Ministry of Energy’s plan to improve renewable energy penetration from less than five per …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Tuesday ordered the closure of Aero Cash forex bureau operated by two Nigerians in Dzorwulu, Accra. This is due to failure by the operators to provide relevant documents to the Bank of Ghana to ascertain the legality of their operations. A team from the …

More often than not, many footballers enter into coaching after they hang their boots and even with some of them, they undertake coaching courses getting to the twilight of their careers so that when they retire, they start their new adventure. Coaches like Zidane, Laurent Blanc, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard …

The Chairman of the Finance committee of Parliament, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has accused telecommunications companies in the country of bad faith regarding the implementation of the recently increased Communications Service Tax, (CST). The tax which was reviewed upward from 6 to 9 percent now sees credits of customers deducted at …

Family of some of the persons accused of plotting to destabilise government have invoked on their gods to intervene in the matter. Making libation at the premises of a district court on Wednesday, relatives of a local gun manufacturer, said to be one of the masterminds of the alleged coup …

The Argentine believes that the Portuguese’s presence gave star quality to the league and El Clasico while he is not targeting more Ballon d’Or glory. Barcelona star Lionel Messi has admitted that he wanted Cristiano Ronaldo to stay with Real Madrid. The pair have set the standard for individual performances over the …

The State has sued former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of defunct Capital Bank, Ato Essien and Fitzgerald Odonkor and two others over the collapse of the bank. The state in its suit levelled 26 different counts of charges against the four which included Kate Quartey-Papafio and Tetteh …

State prosecutors have charged nine persons with treason felony for allegedly engaging in an “elaborate plot targeted at the Presidency”. They are Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Dornyah “Ezor” Kafui (a local weapon manufacturer) , Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu, also known as BB or ADC, a freight manager,  Colonel Samuel Kojo …

Celebrities Buzz has chance on a video trending online which has a two storey building totally collapsing to the ground level. The dangerous event occurred in Nigeria, specifically, Anambra State. Instagram Blogger, Gossipmailnaija shared a video to that effect. Taking a critical look at the video, it seems the building …

The suspected leader of a secret cult group, Eiye, Paul Sunday, has told the police that he enjoyed seeing his rival cult gang members beg him to spare their lives. The 28-year-old one-eyed suspect, known as Blade in the underworld, had been on the police wanted list for over six …

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said that five Boko Haram fighters belonging to the Al-Barnawi faction have surrendered to troops of the 3 Battalion following sustained bombardment of the insurgents’ hideout in the Northeast. Army Operations Media Coordinator, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu in a statement made available to journalists, gave the …

Anger is building up within the ranks of Police officers, which may snowball into a protest due to the stalling of promotions and retirements as a result of the face of with the Police Service Commission (PSC) over the recruitment of 10, 000 constables, The Nation has gathered. Following a …

Two police sergeant and a civilian have been abducted by Sea pirates in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers state. The victims were said to be returning to Port Harcourt, the state capital early hours of Tuesday before they were ambushed on Andoni river and kidnapped. The incident reportedly happened …

Professor Okwechime Emmanuel of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has said in a phone interview that there are some female students that dress half nude to class because they want to “obtain Sexually Transmitted Degree (STD)”, thereby a possible cause of the widespread Sex for Grade in Nigerian tertiary institutions. …

It was a sad Tuesday morning at CBA, Mambilla Barracks, Abuja, when a pit bull dog owned by one Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) attacked and butchered a 1-year-old boy. It was gathered that the victim was playing outside when he was sighted by the dog which immediately pounced on him …

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo has stated that all those who work less than the usual eight hours are corrupt. Corruption is not only in terms of monetary values, but poor attitude to work that stalls productivity and cripples the country’s economy, he said on Tuesday at a stakeholders meeting …

Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Barbara Ayisi Asher has said the BBC expose,‘Sex For Grades’ at the Tertiary institutions for grades is nothing new. According to her, issues concerning student-lecture relationship has been rampant in the various University campuses for a very long time. She advised the University authorities …

A victim of sexual harassment, Ms Gloria Adona, has described the BBC’s undercover documentary which captured two University of Ghana lecturers, Prof Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor, allegedly sexually harassing a female reporter who posed as a student, as the “best news” she has heard ever. Ms Adona …

Students of the University of Ghana’s Commonwealth Hall have threatened to embark on an intellectual walk should government fail to take action on their demands on issues of accommodation in the university. Addressing the press on the perennial accommodation challenges facing the University, the JCR President of the hall, Prince …

Founder of collapsed Capital Bank Ato Essien has been hit with 26 charges by government over his role in the fall of the bank. The outspoken businessman was charged alongside three others at the High Court on Wednesday. The others include Fitzgerald Odonkor, Tetteh Nettey and Kate Quartey-Papafio who were …

A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has said claims he was sacked from the United Nations (UN) because he was questioning activities of the intergovernmental organization that had to do with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) rights, are untrue. …