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US President Joe Biden has promised there will be no “new Cold War” with China, following a conciliatory meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He also said he did not believe China would invade Taiwan. It was the first in-person meeting between the two superpower leaders since Mr Biden took office. The pair also discussed North Korea and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the talks in Bali, a day before the G20 summit on the Indonesian island. In a three-hour meeting held at a luxury hotel shortly after Mr Xi’s arrival, the leaders discussed a wide range of topics including…

The Mfantsipim Old Boys Association (MOBA) has handed over a 140,000-litre capacity water supply project to the school to improve the water and sanitation situation in the school. The facility comes to resolve the age-old acute water shortage in the school which forced both staff and students to roaming in search of water before attending classes, gravely affecting teaching and learning. The 1.5 million-Cedi project was funded and built by the 2022 Sponsoring Year Groups (SYG) led by MOBA 1992 with support from MOBA 1962, MOBA 1972, MOBA 1982 and MOBA 2002. The water facility forms part of a raft…

Black Stars coach Otto Addo on Monday announced his 26-man squad for the 2022 World Cup. Here’s everything you need to know about the players who will be in Qatar. GOALKEEPERS Name: Lawrence Ati-Zigi Club: St Gallen Age: 25 Position: Goalkeeper He is the first-choice keeper for ST. Gallen in the Swiss Super League. He has kept the post 107 times. He has already kept 13 matches and conceded 19 goals. Having kept the post 4 times for the Black Satellites, he was invited to the Black Stars in 2017 and has made 15 appearances Qatar 2022 will be Ati…

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court Clemence Honyenuga says he will continue to hear the trial of former COCOBOD CEO, Dr Stephen Opuni, despite retiring as a judge two months ago. He made this declaration when he delivered his ruling on an application by lawyers for Dr Opuni. Lead Counsel Samuel Codjoe had urged the Judge to restrain himself from hearing the matter. Justice Honyenuga has since March 2017 been hearing the case as an additional High Court Judge. His tenure as a Supreme Court judge terminated on September 4, 2022, when he attained the age of 70. The Judge…

Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations, DCI, says it has rescued an 8-yr-old boy who was kidnapped by his father on November 12 and used to demand for a ransom of Sh50,000 from his wife. A distraught mother of the boy, Everline Nandera who filed a report at Embakasi police station said the incident occured after a domestic disagreement with the father identified as Nemwel Ondari. “Nandera told detectives that she had left their home in Embakasi’s Tel Aviv area at the crack of dawn, headed for Muthurwa market.” A statement read “But upon coming back at around 9:20am, she found…

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has denied asking any prospective investor to pay USD200,000 to him as “appearance fees” before investing in Ghana. The Vice President was responding to a video posted by Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, on his social media handle showing Mr Charles Adu Boahen, the Minister of State for Finance, allegedly using the name of the Vice President to peddle influence and collect money from supposed investors. “My most cherished asset in life is my integrity and I will not allow anyone to use my name to engage in corrupt activities,” Dr Bawumia wrote on his Facebook…

Jasmine Okafor, a content creator and daughter of the famous comic actor, John Ikechukwu Okafor, popularly called Mr Ibu, has announced divorce from her UK-based husband. Jasmine, who announced this on her Instagram page Sunday evening, explained that her husband had lied to her about his previous marriage and kids. “This was the best nine months of my life! I have no regrets whatsoever! I just won’t settle for asking you about this severally before we start! Finding out today from your mum really broke me! A foundation built upon a tiny lie won’t stand! I love how you loved…

Global streaming service, Netflix, said it had invested over $40 million in the Nigerian film industry from 2016 to 2022. Speaking at a Digital Content Regulation Conference in Lagos, Nigeria, Ms Shola Sanni, Director of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa, Netflix, said the investments were spent on converting local film titles, capacity building and infrastructure development in the industry. She stated that Netflix had invested in over 200 local licensed titles, co-produced and commissioned original film content. Accordingly, more than 125 Nigerian films and TV series are available on Netflix as of November 2022. The Netflix official said the streaming…

New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Mpraeso says the sacking of the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry in relation to alleged influence peddling and corruption, is not satisfactory if the substantive minister is also not sacked or made to resign.  Davis Opoku Ansah says Charles Adu Boahen’s sacking is not enough and that the Finance Ministry needs a total overhaul. In a Facebook post on Monday, the deputy ranking member of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee said the data bankers should be taken from the Ministry, implying that persons known to have links with the financial services firm, Databank,…

One of the aspirants seeking the Oti Regional Secretary position, Gado Yakubu Ninsaw, collapsed on Sunday after losing the election. Dressed in all white in expectation of a resounding victory, Mr Ninsaw had the shock of his life when the results did not go in his favour. He collapsed after realizing the opponent was in a comfortable lead during the counting and ahead of the official declaration. Party officials and onlookers rushed to revive him and he was later sent to the hospital for medical treatment. In the comments, the Member of Parliament for Krachi West, Helen Adjoa Ntoso, advised…