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Businessman and Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group of Companies, Daniel McKorley, has been convicted by the Accra High Court for contempt. Daniel McKorley affectionately called McDan was found guilty after the court held that he had deliberately disobeyed orders of the High Court over a disputed parcel of lands …

Liberia President, George Oppong Weah has donated $10,000 to the family of the late former Newcastle United and Chelsea winger, Christian Atsu. The donation was made on behalf of George Weah, the only African footballer to have won the Ballon D’or award by former Black Stars player, Kwame Ayew. Kwame …

Boxing icon Floyd Mayweather has revealed that he still made money on the Super Bowl despite losing a $10,000 bet on the night. Mayweather attended the showpiece event in Arizona as Kansas City Chiefs took on the Philadelphia Eagles, and he could not resist gambling on the final result. The 45-year-old backed the Eagles to …

Ghanaian socialite Afia Schwarzenegger has been asked by the Tema High Court to pay GH¢60,000 instead of a jail sentence, during her contempt case hearing today, January 31, 2023. In an exclusive interview with Maurice Ampaw, Chairman Wontumi’s lawyer, he disclosed that her sentence also includes being barred from social media …

Two Nigerians, Gbemisola Akinrinade and Adebowale Adiatu, have been arrested by the Canadian police for allegedly enriching themselves with the proceeds from the sales of valid flight tickets to unsuspecting customers. According to Canada Today, the suspects fraudulently sold more than 250 airline tickets at a value of more than $500,000 in …

 Berlin’s museum authority announced this week that it was ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the former colony of German East Africa, after studying the remains to establish to which present-day countries they belong. Scientists examined 1,135 skulls at Berlin’s Museum of Prehistory and Early History, assigning 904 to areas …

The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, had their power supply cut after it emerged that they owed the utility provider to the tune of 400,000 rand ($23,000). The power cut happened on Wednesday (January 18) but was restored same day after officials arranged to pay a deposit of US$7,000. …

Prospective candidates of the upcoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential Primaries have an amount of GH¢30,000 and GH¢500,000 to pay as filing fees and registration forms respectively. This was announced by the NDC General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, at a press conference at the NDC headquarters in Accra on Wednesday, January 18, …

Tech giant, Microsoft is reportedly set to fire nearly 11,000 employees this week amid the global economic slowdown.   According to Sky News, the company is “finalising plans to become the latest technology giant to reduce its workforce during a global economic slowdown”.   The company’s contemplating reducing roughly 5 percent of …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced an increment in the maximum insurable earnings for 2023 from ¢35,000 to ¢42,000. The increment, according to SSNIT, comes on the back of careful consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority in accordance with Section 63 (3) of the National Pensions Act …