The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has banned some major activities marking hall week celebrations, following  violent clashes between some students last Friday night. The university has banned beauty pageants, town floats and health walks. Professor Koawo Edjah, the Dean of Students’ Affairs of UCC, said such activities presented an opportunity for some recalcitrant students ...

Two of India’s most iconic rivers, considered sacred by nearly a billion Hindus in the country, have been given the status of living entities to save them from further harm caused by widespread pollution. The High Court in the northern state of Uttarakhand ruled Monday that the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers be accorded the ...

The alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl by five or six males was streamed on Facebook Live, according to Chicago Police. Around 40 people were said to have been watching the stream at one point but nobody reported the incident to police. A police spokesman said authorities first learned of what happened after the ...

A Hollywood screenwriter and producer has accused Disney of copying the idea for its Oscar-winning animation Zootopia from him. Gary Goldman, whose credits include Total Recall and Minority Report, is suing the firm and says elements of the film are based on his work. He claims Disney copied themes, settings, plot, characters and dialogue and ...

An IT expert has been charged with hacking into Kenya’s Revenue Authority and stealing $39m (£31m). Alex Mutunga Mutuku, 28, is accused of electronic fraud but he denies any wrongdoing. The prosecution says he is part of a wider network that is stealing money from several high-profile institutions. Mr Mutuku was arrested after police conducted ...

Figures from the Ghana Water Company Limited has revealed that the Western Region is losing a total of 5.3 millions gallons of water daily due to the increased activities of illegal miners in the Pra River. This means over half of the company’s customer base of 31,327 are denied of portable drinking water on daily ...

Two days after Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was given a lifetime ban by FIFA, Senegalese football authorities are said to be considering calling for a rematch of their match against South Africa which was handled by referee Lamptey. In the said match which was a 2018 World Cup qualifier played in November 2018, the referee ...

Patrons of Citi FM’s Music of Ghanaian Origin [#MOGO2017] will be treated to a time of their lives as one of the performers that night, Paapa Yankson, has promised to give them the best of him that night. Paapa Yankson will be performing at the MOGO Dinner Dance with Amandzeba Nat Brew, Adane Best, Nana ...

President, Nana Akufo-Addo has advised his African counterparts to stop depending on foreign aid. According to him, the continent’s many challenges will be resolved if African leaders learn to devise internal measures to address “… To construct a better path for the nation. Even more importantly is for us to position our nation’s economies on ...

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has disclosed it is considering plans to review the cap for investments into the country in a bid to attract more investors into Ghana. The move also follows the centre’s plan to review its laws to accommodate global standards. “We have noticed that even the issue of capital limit ...

About 23,700 jobs are expected to be created in Ghana’s construction sector by the end of the year. This follows a new report by the World Bank which shows that one million jobs will be available in Ghana’s construction sector between 2015 and 2020. Ghana’s Construction Sector grew by 4.9% in the first quarter of ...

West Blue Consulting, a world class business and IT-consulting and technology firm has provided a single platform to boost the operation of Courier Services in the country. The platform which forms part of the Pre-Arrival and Assessment Report System (PAARS) of the National Single Window has placed the country’s courier services on International stage and ...

The Yendi Peace Centre, a non-governmental organization in Yendi in the Northern Region, has met with victims of the recent chieftaincy crisis in Bimbilla in the Nanumba district of the Northern Region. The Centre assured them of playing its role to ensure a lasting peaceful solution to the crisis in the area. Speaking to Citi ...

Ghana may miss its cocoa production target for the 2017/2018 crop season if the weather pattern forecast by the Ghana Meteorological Service is anything to go by. The service has predicted severe weather pattern that may cause downpour leading to flooding in the coastal zones but minimal levels in the middle belt. Already, the number ...

Fire has gutted the main dormitory of St. Charles Senior High School in Tamale. The cause of the inferno which destroyed properties worth thousands of cedis is yet to be established. An eyewitness narrated that the students were studying when the disaster occurred at 9pm. St. Charles which was established as a minor seminary and ...

Beauty and the Beast will be released in Malaysia without any cuts, Disney says, days after it rejected censors’ demands for a gay scene to be removed. The blockbuster would be released on 30 March with a PG13 rating, Disney said. Two major cinema chains have confirmed the new date, two weeks after the postponed ...

Apple has launched a red version of its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus as well as a new video app for iOS. The red iPhone celebrates Apple’s 10-year partnership with Red, an organisation that aims to combat Aids. A video app for iOS, called Clips, has also been revealed and will be released with iOS ...

The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after they had fled from the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency. The UNHCR said forced returns had “continued unabated” despite an agreement earlier this month. Under the deal, any returns would be voluntary and only “when conditions were ...

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his belief that Ghana can develop local solutions to its many problems and create prosperity for its citizens. According to him, Ghana, like many other African countries, is endowed with a lot of natural resources that can help it develop. Speaking at the 5th African CEO Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, the ...