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US President Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he would face mass protests. It will not be the full-blown state visit Mr Trump was promised when Prime Minister Theresa May visited the White House in January last year. But an invitation to a state visit still stands, the BBC understands. BBC North America editor Jon Sopel said he understood the president was likely to meet the Queen during the visit. Mr Trump will hold talks with Mrs May, Downing Street said, with further details to be “set out…

The GNPC Foundation has kick-started community engagements in the Western Region as part of its preparatory activities for the provision of potable drinking water to deprived communities across the country. For 2018 only, the Foundation has earmarked some 20 deprived communities in the Western Region to benefit from the provision of boreholes. This is expected to alleviate the water and sanitation challenges in rural Ghana. The Projects Manager at GNPC Foundation, Patience Lartey, said the community entry activities have been necessitated by the need to ascertain the veracity of the conditions of the selected communities, their water needs and to…

The Airport District Police Command has vowed to investigate and arrest floating commercial drivers who have planned to attack guards of 24 Hour Towing & Accident Recovery Services, which operates at the Kotoka International Airport. This follows the arrest and detention of 17 taxi drivers by the towing guards. One taxi driver is said to have picked a passenger in front of the Domestic Terminal of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). After his car was immediately clamped by the guards on Wednesday, he threatened to organize his colleagues to attack the company. The District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Leonard Abaka,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated a former Director of Public Prosecutions, Jane Cynthia Naa Koshie Lamptey, as Deputy Special Prosecutor. The president presented his nominee to Parliament on Thursday. It has been referred to the Appointments and Vetting Committee. When approved, Ms Lamptey will assist Martin Alamisi Benz Kaizer Amidu at the Office of Special Prosecutor. The two coincidentally worked together at the Attorney General’s Department in the late Atta Mills’s government. She was part of the prosecution of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome as well as the former National Service Scheme Executive Director, Alhaji Alhassan Imoro, who was…

Saturday, April 28 will witness the launch of the Clean Zongo Project, an initiative of the Ministry of Inner City and Zongo Development. The Project will be launched in Nima, one of the popular slums in Ghana’s capital, Accra. The Project will mark the beginning of a monthly exercise that will see residents clean up their environment like in the case of the National Sanitation Day. Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Thursday, Minister of Inner City and Zongo Development Alhaji Boniface Abubakar Saddique said the exercise is part of the sanitation model of his ministry. He said the exercise…

Rapper Kanye West is already under fire after his recent return to Twitter for tweeting his support for US President Donald Trump. West, 40, posted a series of pro-Trump tweets, including a photo of himself wearing one of the president’s red “Make American Great Again” hats. “You don’t have to agree with Trump but the mob can’t make me not love him,” he tweeted. The president responded on Twitter: “Thank you Kanye, very cool!” West’s wife, Kim Kardashian-West, quickly came to his defence after his tweets sparked online backlash. “To the media trying to demonise my husband let me just say…

The Minister of Inner City and Zongo Development has backtracked on his promise that Nima, a popular slum in Accra, will have high-rise buildings as part of plans to develop Zongos. “That one, let me be honest with you,” Boniface Abubakar Saddique opened up on TV3’s New Day on Thursday as regards the promise of high-rise buildings. “It is a long-term project.” He said the project involves a lot beginning with negotiation for land from current owners and even subsequently evacuating current occupants. He said by his pronouncement in November last year, he meant the Ministry will lead as the…

Real Madrid took control of their Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich with victory in the first leg at the Allianz Arena. The holders, attempting to win the competition for the third successive season, struggled defensively but were clinical in attack – and Marcelo and Marco Asensio scored either side of half-time. Marcelo smashed home a half-volley from the edge of the penalty area to level matters before Asensio capitalised on an error by Rafinha to score a breakaway goal. Joshua Kimmich had put Bayern in front when he slotted past Keylor Navas at the near post. The German champions…

It is becoming increasingly disappointing to hear President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his ministers shifting and postponing major policy promises they made during the 2016 campaign, the Policy Advisor for Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has said. According to Kofi Asamoah Siaw, the trust Ghanaians had in the president hence giving him overwhelming endorsement in the 2016 elections is waning fast, a situation he says should alert the president to know that “nobody can take us for ride”. Mr Asamoah Siaw was commenting on a statement by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, that election…

Serious fighting broke out in Sierra Leone’s parliament, just as the swearing-in of new MPs was getting under way following general elections last month. Members of the All People’s Congress (APC) disrupted proceedings because 16 of their number had been asked to leave the chamber after a high court injunction against them. So chaotic and uncontrollable was the situation that the clerk announced a brief adjournment. The police were also called in. APC members were either taken out forcefully or left in protest. The swearing-in of other MPs then got under way.. The APC is the biggest party in parliament,…