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The world’s richest man, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and his wife MacKenzie have agreed a record-breaking divorce settlement of at least $35bn (£27bn). Ms Bezos keeps a 4% stake in the online retail giant, worth $35.6bn on its own. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in Seattle in 1994, a year after the couple married, and Ms Bezos was one of its first employees. Both parties tweeted positive comments about the other in the wake of the announced settlement. The two did not provide any further financial details about the settlement. The Amazon shares alone will make Ms Bezos the…

A Ugandan man, who was only six years old when his father lost his land in a legal dispute, has finally won it back 23 years later, after becoming a lawyer. Jordan Kinyera went through 18 years of education and legal training before taking on the case. On Monday, the High Court delivered a final judgement which ruled in his family’s favour. Mr Kinyera told BBC Newsday that the loss of the family land when he was aged six had changed his life. “I made the decision to become a lawyer later in life but much of it was inspired…

About 400 students of Asanteman Senior High School in Kumasi have been displaced by a rainstorm that ravaged parts of the city late Thursday evening. One of three girls’ dormitories hosting the students had its roofs ripped off by the storm that started about 6:00pm and lasted for an hour. Rainstorm ravages Kumasi; students, residents rendered homeless Personal belongings, including mattresses, clothing and academic materials for the girls were all soaked in water, destroying a chunk of them. The students were forced to spend the rest of their Thursday night with their colleagues in the two other girls’ dormitories. Academic…

Fast-rising afro-beat act, Pacy Mordey, has revealed that, she receives over 500 marriage proposals on social media daily. According to the World Map Records signee, this happened after she released her maiden single “Korti Beka”, which has dominated the airwaves over the past months. ”I’m not bothered about the proposals because am not ready to be in a relationship. For now I want to focus on doing some good music. ”I acknowledge their admiration for me but I will urge them to support me because I have a lot to offer them. I’m pleading with them to support my music…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has challenged Ghana’s youth to take advantage of the various partnerships, policies and programmes being implemented by the government to innovate and make technology an integral part of Ghana. For him, government’s focus on building a technologically adept society, leading to the decision by several global players to set up shop in Ghana, is a god-sent opportunity for the youth to explore new technology and innovate to meet the needs of society. Dr Bawumia made the call when he launched the first ever collaboration between the government of Ghana and Oracle Corporation to develop technology-enabled…

Member of Parliament for the Efutu, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has questioned the decision by the governing council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to reinstate only three of the lecturers who were sacked. According to him, the council was being selective in the implementation of the consensus reached between stakeholders at a meeting to resolve the impasse that resulted in the closure of the school on March 14. The MP told journalists Friday that the stakeholder meeting agreed that all lecturers who were either dismissed or demoted be reinstated, and others compensated in addition. But the council in April…

Member of Parliament for the Efutu, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has questioned the decision by the governing council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to reinstate only three of the lecturers who were sacked. According to him, the council was being selective in the implementation of the consensus reached between stakeholders at a meeting to resolve the impasse that resulted in the closure of the school on March 14. The MP told journalists Friday that the stakeholder meeting agreed that all lecturers who were either dismissed or demoted be reinstated, and others compensated in addition. But the council in April…

Beyoncé Knowles found a new home for her Ivy Park athleisure brand — and Adidas is adding one of the world’s biggest celebrities to its ranks. The singer has signed an agreement with Adidas to relaunch Ivy Park, her athleisure line previously sold at Topshop. As part of the deal, Knowles will become a creative partner for the company, developing new footwear and clothes for Adidas. Knowles called the opportunity a “partnership of a lifetime” in a release. Her new collection of products will be based on the singer’s “meaningful and rich storytelling.” Her Ivy Park collection launched at Topshop…

The National Democratic Congress has released economic figures to ‘expose’ what they described as “cooked figures” on Ghana’s debt to gross domestic product (GDP) which vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia pegged at 48 per cent. Dr Bawumia at a town hall meeting on Ghana’s economy Wednesday stated Ghana’s debt to GDP stands at 48 per cent, and indicated the economy has been performing better in the last two years than it was under the John Mahama administration. But delivering a counter economic lecture Thursday, Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, said the figure given by the vice president…

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu has led a team from the University of Ghana to the Reinventing Higher Education Conference in Brown University in the United States of America. Brown University is the seventh oldest college in the USA and they hosted the conference in conjunction with IE University of Spain. Other prestigious universities that were represented included the London School of Economics and University College London. Speaking on the sides of the conference, the Vice Chancellor noted that the University of Ghana was making progress in formulating policies related to Marketing Communications…