The Snapchatification of everything has resulted in backlash for WhatsApp, prompting it to revive its text Status option while keeping its image-based replacement. The move shows how social apps must quickly react to feedback if they make a false step in modernizing to adapt to visual communication. In mid-February, WhatsApp removed the feature that let ...

Asante Kotoko stayed with Aduana Stars at the top of the Ghana Premier League following a 1-0 win over WAFA in Kumasi on Wednesday. Frank Sarfo Gyamfi’s goal late in the second half gave the Porcupine Warriors the win to move them to 17 points and set them up for a clash with rivals Hearts ...

Russia’s competition watchdog has found that Apple fixed the prices of certain iPhone models sold in the country. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (Fas) said that Apple’s local subsidiary told 16 retailers to maintain the recommended prices of phones in the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 families. Non-compliance with the pricing guidelines may have led to ...

Emma Watson is taking legal action after dozens of private images of her appeared online. A spokesman for the Beauty and the Beast star confirmed the pictures – which show her trying on various outfits – were stolen. “Photos from a clothes fitting Emma had with a stylist a couple of years ago have been ...

A Federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, hours before it was due to begin at midnight on Thursday. US District Judge Derrick Watson cited “questionable evidence” in the government’s argument that the ban was a matter of national security. President Trump described the ruling as “unprecedented judicial overreach”. The ...

Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid, has justified President Nana Addo’s decision to appoint some 110 Ministers including deputies to serve in his government, explaining that the “weak nature of the economy, requires a competent army” of people to restore it and achieve the needed transformation. The President named 50 deputies and 4 others to serve as Ministers ...

Parliament has approved the Akufo-Addo government’s 2017 budget, amidst protests from the Minority Members of Parliament. According to the Minority, the House lacked the quorum at the time of the budget approval. In a Citi News interview, the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, accused the Speaker of Parliament, Mike Ocquaye of exhibiting bias in the matter. ...

Parliament has approved the Akufo-Addo government’s 2017 budget, amidst protests from the Minority Members of Parliament. According to the Minority, the House lacked the quorum at the time of the budget approval. In a Citi News interview, the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak accused the Speaker of Parliament, Mike Ocquaye of exhibiting bias in the matter. ...

As part of measure aimed at deepening financial inclusion, Ecobank Ghana has launched the Ecobank MasterPass QR to its digital range of products. The MasterPass QR was designed together with world electronic card producer, Master Card to support the bank’s retail payment strategy. Speaking at the launch of the product, the Managing Director of Ecobank ...

President Akufo-Addo has appointed renowned activist with special interest in governance and human rights, Kathleen Addy, as a Deputy Commissioner of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE). Kathleen Addy comes to the new position with a vast experience in communications and development sectors. She has worked with various Civil Society Organizations in Ghana, including ...

The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has likened President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominations to the game of ‘chaskele’ saying it appears the portfolios were just being passed on to “everyone.” He described as shameful and ridiculous the president’s decision to appoint over one hundred (100) ministers, including deputies and regional ministers, the largest by any government ...

Exporters in the country have been trained on the implementation of a single and shared exporter online registration system for export declaration. The export platform will enable exporters lodge their documents, including the Ghana Export Promotion Authority Registration Certificate, GNCC Certificate of Origin, invoices, customs declarations and all export permits, at a single location(electronically) to ...

President Nana Addo’s decision to appoint some 110 Ministers including deputies and regional ministers, has generated mixed reactions among Ghanaians who are mostly outraged by the move. The President today [Wednesday], named 54 persons to serve as Ministers of State at the presidency/ministries, and deputy ministers  in his government, bringing to 110, the number of ...

President Akufo-Addo is the first head of state in the 4th Republic to have more than a hundred (100) ministers serve in his government. He has beaten his predecessor, John Mahama, by 26 appointees. John Mahama had 84 ministers – deputies included. This development comes after Nana Addo named 50 deputy ministers and 4 new ministers ...

Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, and Deputy Majority Leader, Adwoa Sarfo, has been appointed a Minister of State at the presidency in charge of Public Procurement. Her name was among a list of four new ministers of state that was presented to Parliament for vetting and approval. The other three ministers of state appointed ...

Inflation for the month of February dropped to 13.2 percent. It represents a monthly change rate of 0.1 percent compared to the 13.3 percent recorded in January this year. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the food and non-alcoholic beverages recorded an inflation of 7.1 percent while the non food category recorded an inflation of ...

Final year students of Navrongo Senior High School (NAVASCO) in school the Upper East Region have been sent home by school authorities for refusing to eat their breakfast and threatening to cause mayhem. According to the District Director of Education for Kassena-Nankana Municipal assembly, Kye-eebo Anne, the final year students exhibited acts of indiscipline by ...

Final year students of Navrongo Senior High School(NAVASCO) in school the Upper East Region have been sent home by school authorities for refusing to eat their breakfast and threatening to cause mayhem. According to the District Director of Education for Kassena-Nankana Municipal assembly, Kye-eebo Anne, the final year students exhibited acts of indiscipline by threatening ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) will only order the reopening of schools in the Banda Ahenkro district in the Brong Ahafo Region when the security situation in the area improves. An unidentified group in the area is fiercely opposed to all government workers who are not natives of the district and wants all people they ...

Daniel Asiedu, the suspected murderer of the former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, has been committed to the High Court for a full trial to commence. The committal, which took place at an Accra District Magistrate Court, was after he was indicted by the State and charged with murder. According to the ...