A judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump campaign that sought to invalidate millions of mail-in votes in the battleground state. Judge Matthew Brann said the suit, which rested on allegations of irregularities, was “without merit”. The move paves the way for Pennsylvania to next week certify …

Former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Stephen Asamoah Boateng has said that the free SHS policy implemented by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made him the greatest leader in the history of Ghana. He said “What Nana Addo is doing in the education sector is unprecedented in the …

Vice President Dr Bawumia commissioned Government’s flagship Free Wi-fi Project to tertiary institutions in Accra on Friday, November 20, 2020. The project, which was executed by ECG, leverages ECG’s fibre-optic network to provide free internet connectivity to tertiary institutions. The pilot covered 13 tertiary institutions within the ECG coverage area. …

Boris Johnson’s adviser on the ministerial code has resigned after the PM backed Home Secretary Priti Patel over a bullying inquiry. The government’s standards adviser Sir Alex Allan found that Ms Patel’s behaviour had breached the code. But Mr Johnson rejected Sir Alex’s findings and said he had “full confidence” …

Donald Trump has had a fresh setback in his bid to overturn his loss in the US election as Michigan lawmakers indicated they would not seek to undo Joe Biden’s projected win in the state. Two Republican legislators pledged to follow “normal process” in validating the vote after a White …

A video circulating on social media shows a young man and lady beating a woman believed to be in her 60s. In a video released by the New York Police Department, it was seen that the woman was telling the young duo to wear their nose masks. This seemed not …

US President-elect Joe Biden has condemned Donald Trump’s refusal to accept defeat in the presidential election, saying it sent “a horrible message about who we are as a country”. Mr Biden said he was confident Mr Trump knew he was not going to win and had shown “incredible irresponsibility”. There …

Management of the University of Ghana (UG) has reversed its decision to increase the facility user fees for students for the 2020/2021 academic year. The students by this release, are directed to pay the exact amount they paid for the previous academic year for the 2020/2021 academic year. “After due …

A handful of current Trump administration officials, as well as some political appointees who left in recent months, have quietly started to reach out to members of President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team, according to people briefed on the matter. The outreach is a sign that President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the election …

Fire has gutted the Sakumono School complex near Tema in the Greater Accra region. The incident, according to eyewitnesses began around 5 am Thursday morning. The cause of the fire is not immediately known. Personnel from the fire service have been able to bring the fire under control. More to …

Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah, the second accused person in connection with the murder of Professor Yaw Benneh, is scheduled to receive a “particular treatment at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on November 25, 2020”, the prosecution has told the court. At the last court date, lawyer for the accused persons, Emmanuel Larbi …

The Federal Aviation Administration issued an order Wednesday that paved the way for the troubled Boeing 737 Max to carry passengers again, ending the jet’s 20-month grounding. The plane, the best-selling jet in Boeing’s (BA) fleet, was grounded in March 2019 after two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. It was discovered that a safety feature meant …

Donald Trump says he has fired a top election official who contradicted the US president’s claims of voter fraud. President Trump said he “terminated” Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) chief Chris Krebs for his “highly inaccurate” remarks on vote integrity. Mr Trump has refused to concede the US election, …

Joe Biden has warned “people may die” if his incoming presidential administration continues to be impeded by Donald Trump. Speaking in Delaware, the president-elect said co-ordination was needed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. He called President Trump’s refusal to acknowledge he lost the vote, despite calls to do so from …

When President Donald Trump learned at the end of last week that his lawyers were dropping their lawsuit seeking a review of ballots in Arizona, the news caught him by surprise. Summoning members of his team to the Oval Office, where he has been spending afternoons and evenings lately when not in …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has revealed why it cancelled the results of some 2,283 candidates who sat for this year’s WASSCE exams. According to the Council, students whose results were cancelled went against regulations and brought foreign materials to the examination hall. The head of Public Affairs for …

Former US president Barack Obama said in an interview that aired Sunday with CBS News that he wasn’t likely to show up in President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet but offered to help the incoming president in “any ways” he could. When CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King asked if the former president had …

As United States President-elect Joe Biden faces an ugly, potentially contested transition, foreign policy may be the last thing on his mind. But in capitals around the world, foreign leaders are already clamoring for his attention, hoping to reset relationships and restore norms that shifted under President Donald Trump. Nowhere will …

The US faces a huge task in reversing a culture of “crazy conspiracy theories” that have exacerbated divides in the country, Barack Obama says. In a BBC interview, the former president says the US is more sharply split than even four years ago, when Donald Trump won the presidency. And …

Belarusian police detained hundreds of people who took to the streets in mass demonstrations on Sunday chanting “I’m going out”, the last known written words of an anti-governmemt protester who died last week. A witness in the capital Minsk said police had used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades …

President Donald Trump backtracked after appearing on Sunday to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the November 3 election, saying he conceded “nothing” and repeating his unfounded claims of widespread voting fraud. Biden defeated Trump by winning a series of battleground states that the Republican incumbent had …

Donald Trump has appeared to concede the US election for the first time, saying that president-elect Joe Biden “won”. He made the admission in a tweet along with more unfounded claims the vote was unfairly and deliberately stacked against him. “NO VOTE WATCHERS OR OBSERVERS allowed, vote tabulated by a …

The identities of some five US soldiers murdered in a UH-60 helicopter crash in Sinai, Egypt, have been released. The US Army released the identities today, Saturday 14, 2020. According to local media reports in the US, the crash occurred on Thursday, November 12, 2020. Reports say the dead soldiers …

Legal experts have been saying for a week now that President Donald Trump’s court cases to throw out ballots and turn around his election loss were bound to fail. Throughout Friday, the failures piled up. In one day, nine cases meant to attack President-elect Joe Biden’s win in key states were denied …

Mercy Nana Ama Akomprah of Achimota Senior High School fame has scored all As in the 2020 West African Senior Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The brilliant Science student obtained As in all eight subjects. As a student of science, she scored A in almighty Physics, Biology and Chemistry. Mercy Akomprah is …

PRESEC’s National Science and Maths Quiz 2020 (NSMQ) star Gakpetor Daniel Kekeli scores 8A’s in the WASSCE The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Since the provisional results were released on Friday, November 13, 2020, it …

It can be very frustrating when a man wants to make love to his woman but she seems to be off all the time. This is usually a case of low libido and most times, the man has to do a lot of foreplay to be able to get the …

The Brazilian clinical trial for a high-profile Chinese Covid-19 vaccine has been suspended after health authorities reported a “severe adverse” incident. Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said it took place on 29 October, but did not give further details. The Sinovac vaccine is one of several in final-stage testing globally. But …

President Trump on Friday inched closer to acknowledging he will not be president after Jan. 20, though stopped well short of recognizing his loss, in vowing his administration wouldn’t order new coronavirus lockdowns. “I will not — this administration will not be doing a lockdown. Hopefully whatever happens in the …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the WASSCE in 2020 in Ghana, showing a massive improvement as compared to the 2019 batch. “The provisional results indicate that there were improvements in the performance of candidates at Grades A1 to C6 in …