The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has asked the President of the Student Representative President (SRC), Michael A. Abuah, to refund the over GH¢ 9,000 given him for an educational trip to South Africa. In a letter addressed to Abuah, the university asked that …
Read More »Zimbabwe’s president Mnangagwa accused of rape
A 33-year-old woman has filed a police report in Queensland, Australia, accusing Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa of raping her when she was 15. Susan Mutami told police that Mnangagwa – then a cabinet minister – pursued her after meeting her during an interschools competition in 2003. She was in Form …
Read More »Five NPP sympathizers who have fallen out with Akufo-Addo after he became president
Relationships are formed and broken on various grounds. In politics especially, considering the popular saying that it is a ‘dirty game’, it is inevitable that one’s actions and or inactions have the possibility of creating tension and friction between them and others, even friends sometimes. This may be applicable in …
Read More »Atta Mills had sinus infection – Brother discloses condition late president died with
On July 24, 2012, President John Evans Atta Mills becomes the first Ghanaian President to die in office. The cause of death has become a bone of contention with a former aide of the late President suggesting that the late President’s death was not natural. Koku Anyidoho, has constantly accused former President …
Read More »Sri Lanka elects new President
Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe as the country’s new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. Mr Wickremesinghe faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring public order after months of mass protests. He roundly defeated party rival Dullus Alahapperuma, …
Read More »Ghana does not need a Vice President – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu suggests
The Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has made a case for a comprehensive amendment of the 1992 Republican Constitution with a view to making the supreme law of Ghana a pragmatic rather than dogmatic legal document capable of changing the paradigm of the country’s democratic prospects and development. …
Read More »Sri Lanka President confirms resignation to PM
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has confirmed he will be resigning, the prime minister’s office has said. It comes two days after crowds stormed the official residence of both leaders. Demonstrators are still occupying the buildings and are refusing to leave until both leaders are gone. The parliament Speaker had …
Read More »It was needless to cancel road tolls – GUTA President
President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) Dr Joseph Obeng has said the cancellation of road toll collection by the government was needless. Contributing to a discussion on the decision by the Government of Ghana to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on TV3’s Key Points, Saturday July 9, Dr Obeng …
Read More »Daughter of Angola’s former president dos Santos demands postmortem alleging foul play after his death
A daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos is demanding an autopsy after the death of her father on Friday in Barcelona. Welwitschia dos Santos, 44, said the hospital should retain his body for a postmortem, alleging foul play. Welwitschia dos Santos “has requested… that the Teknon medical …
Read More »Sri Lanka President to resign after palace stormed
L Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced he will step down after protesters stormed his official residence and set the prime minister’s house on fire. Neither the PM nor the president were in the buildings at the time. Hundreds of thousands descended on the capital Colombo, calling for Mr …
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