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Justin Bieber has given fans an early Christmas present – confirmation he is to make a 2020 comeback. The Canadian pop star chose 24 December to announce he will release a new single, called Yummy, on 3 January – the debut track from an upcoming, as yet untitled fifth album. The 25-year-old also revealed he is to tour the US and his home nation between May and September. The singer announced as well he is to appear in a new documentary TV series. Bieber took an extended break from music in 2017 after cancelling the last 14 dates of his…

It was all joy for the children of staff of waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana, as they joined their parents for what could best be described as an early Christmas party last Thursday at the company’s recycling plant in Accra. The end of year Children’s bash saw the kids turned various waste materials into useful products to the amazement of patrons. Poised to continue its meaningful contribution   to a green and clean environment in the country and across the world, Zoomlion as part of its policies has rolled out a project for children of staff to widen their horizon on…

Communications officer of the National Democratic Congress Sammy Gyamfi has called the bluff of the Police CID, stating he will no longer present himself to be investigated for his alleged involvement in a cybercrime case. On the back of a complaint from the presidency, the CID invited, Mr Gyamfi on December 23 to the Police CID headquarters in Accra for possible questioning, but officers had to postpone it to the next day due to their other engagements. But Mr Gyamfi, who is a lawyer himself, in a letter to the Police CID, stated that he will no longer honour the…

Why does Ghana need to discard existing voters’ register and prepare a new one almost every four years when there are presidential and parliamentary elections? For some time now, we have been repeatedly told by successive governments since 1992 of the need to have new voters’ register. For that reason, huge sums of money are spent in engaging what they told us to be expert companies who were to give us registers which could be reliable. What has happened to technology? All last three of four registers were captured by computers and stored in databases, so we were told. So,…

Pope Francis has ushered in Christmas by saying God loves everyone – “even the worst of us”. He was speaking to thousands of people during Christmas Eve Mass in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. “You may have mistaken ideas, you may have made a complete mess of things… but the Lord continues to love you,” the Argentine pontiff said. This will be interpreted by some as a reference to Church scandals, including sex abuse, our correspondent says. Pope Francis will return to St Peter’s Basilica later on Christmas Day to deliver the traditional papal message to the world. Among…

The three companies in Ghana’s electricity transmission and distribution say they have put in place adequate measures to ensure “reliable power supply” in the Christmas and New Year festivities. A joint statement issued by the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Electricity Company of Ghana and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company said they recognise their role is critical to the sustenance of the country’s socioeconomic development. Some parts of the country, particularly some areas within the Greater Accra region have in the last week been experiencing unannounced power outages causing some people to questions as to what was happening. The Electricity Company…

Findings of investigations into alleged criminal acts that led to the collapse of some banks in country will soon be made public, President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians. Insolvency arising out of mismanagement and misappropriation of funds as well as bad institutional governance among other factors caused the Bank of Ghana to revoke the licences of some nine indigenous banks. Also, some microfinance, saving and loans companies as well as other investment houses have also been closed down on similar grounds Though some heads and top management of these institutions have since 2017 when the exercise started, are being investigated…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghanaians have every reason to be thankful to God for what he termed “modest successes” chalked by his government in 2019. According to him, 1.2 million children now have unfettered access to Senior High School education, which he said is the highest enrolment in the country’s history. He said Ghana’s healthcare system has been improved over the last year while there have been bumper harvest in the agric sector resulting in low prices of foodstuff prices on the market. Again, the President said government has in the last year employed thousands of Ghanaians in…

President of Ghana Rugby, Mr. Herbert Mensah has eulogized players, technical handlers and sponsors of the Ghana Rugby for the various roles they played that made 2019 a success. “It’s been a year of tremendous success; it’s been a year of tremendous over-achievements,” Mr. Mensah assessed in his Christmas and New Year message to the Ghana rugby family. Although he anticipated that 2020 would be difficult, he was hopeful the family made up of persons with the right attitude and dedicated players who worked with a goal of succeeding, they will pull through. Mr. Mensah remarked that various sporting disciplines…

The paramount chief of Mankessim, Osagyefo Amanfo Edu VI, and the queenmother of the town, Nana Ama Amissah III, are to spend the Christmas and the New Year seasons in police cells. The two traditional leaders were charged Monday by the police in the Central Region in connection with the murder of a Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) officer, Samuel Ampofo and one other person at Mankession on December 7. Police in the regional headquarters detained the two traditional leaders overnight and arraigned Tuesday morning on two counts of murder and causing harm at the Saltpond District Court. Upon the…