Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has told the Supreme Court that comments made by Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong regarding a Justice of the High Court were scandalous. These are the comments that have resulted in the MP standing trial for contempt. The legislator’s lawyers had urged the Supreme Court to stop High Court […]
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has revoked the membership of members who have filed as independent parliamentary candidates in the upcoming general elections. Citing Article 3(9) of the party’s constitution, the party’s General Secretary, John Boadu in a statement on Tuesday said when members filed their nomination, they automatically forfeited their membership. “Equally, by […]
A video of how the Ghana Police Service retrieved items stolen by the suspected Volta secessionists has surfaced. A company of policemen is seen marching through a pathway in a bush with a man suspected to be a member of the secessionist group to where he had buried the rifles. The items including [at least] […]
The Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal Assembly has inaugurated the unit committee members as well as constituted the zonal councils. In his inaugural speech, the MCE, Hon. Isaac Kwadwo Buabeng charged the unit committee members as well as the zonal council members to avail themselves to ensure the development of the municipality. He outlined their functions and […]
President Akufo-Addo has expressed his ‘deep condolences’ to former President Jerry John Rawlings and his family on the loss of Madam Victoria Agbotui, mother of the former President. The President, in a visit to former President Rawlings on Monday, said the loss of a mother is different from the loss of a father, describing the […]
Ghana’s Embassy in Belgium capital Brussels, has been ordered by its banker to withdraw all its money so that the bank will proceed to close the embassy’s accounts. The ING Bank has not given any reason for the decision to close the embassy’s accounts, but says the decision is irreversible. The embassy has up to […]
The Information Minister says the robust testing deployed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) will help curtail the importation of the novel coronavirus even as parts of the world goes through a second wave of virus infection. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said government has taken note of the new wave of the virus in some parts […]
Amazon’s smart home security division Ring has unveiled a flying camera that launches if sensors detect a potential home break-in. It is designed to activate only when residents are out, works indoors, and is limited to one floor of a building. The firm also unveiled an online games-streaming service and a voice-activated screen that swivels […]
A team of researchers led from Edinburgh have unveiled a new system that allows humans and robots to speak the same language. The system is called MIRIAM – Multimodal Intelligent inteRactIon for Autonomous systeMs. It allows users to ask robots questions and understand their actions in real time. The researchers have been working from the […]
Facebook’s Oversight Board is “opening its doors to business” in mid-October. Users will be able to file appeals against posts the firm has removed from its platforms, and the board can overrule decisions made by Facebook’s moderators and executives, including chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. The timing means that some rulings could relate to the US […]