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A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death and jailed three others over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed inside the kingdom’s consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul by a team of Saudi agents. The Saudi authorities said it was the result of a “rogue operation” and put 11 unnamed individuals on trial. A UN expert has concluded that it was an “extrajudicial execution”. Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard said in June that there was credible evidence warranting further investigation that high-level Saudi officials,…

The stalemate over President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial is deepening with both sides in the polarized process lacking an incentive to move forward over the holidays. Democrats Sunday issued new demands for Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call witnesses that the President refused to provide for the House investigation. They seized on fresh ammunition for their case after the release of emails that show Trump’s budget office ordered a freeze in security funding for Ukraine 90 minutes after Trump spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25. The documents suggest a close connection between the call and Trump’s pressure on…

Five technical universities as well as 10 technical institutes are set to see a massive upgrade in their training and other facilities, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. The institutions will see upgrades in and construction of state of the art training workshops for mechanical engineering, automobile engineering, civil engineering, welding engineering and others. Assisted by the visiting Vice-Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Sun Chunlan, who is on a three day official visit to Ghana, Vice President Bawumia symbolically cut sod at the Tema Technical Institute for construction works to begin on the $130m TVET upgrade…

Nigel Pearson say he is “very confident” that his Watford team can avoid relegation from the Premier League after they collected just their second win of the season against Manchester United at Vicarage Road. The Hornets moved within six points of safety and level on points with Norwich in 19th after defeating a dismal United side that remain eighth. “We are in a difficult situation but I believe we can get out of it,” said new Watford boss Pearson. “We needed that very badly because it would have been difficult to go beyond Christmas without a win. “I thought we…

Dancehall artiste Samini brought the Dansoman High Street to life Saturday night when he hosted his annual Saminifest concert. Dansoman is the home of the dancehall artiste who grew up in the area and has since spent most of his time living there, hence the decision to take the concert ‘home’ this year. Prior to the main concert on Saturday, December 21, there were a number of activities led by Samini in the area including a clean-up exercise, donation to an orphanage, and a tour of some Senior High Schools within the Dansoman enclave. Samini, together with other artistes thrilled…

Media General’s, Josephine Antwi-Adjei has been adjudged the best Fisheries Reporter at the maiden Ghana Journalists Association Awards for the Tema branch. She was nominated alongside 14 other journalists from the electronic and print media. Her story titled ”fishing vessel hijacked” which brought to light the fact that piracy was a serious crime on West African sea won her the award. Josephine Antwi Adjei has been the Tema correspondent for TV3 for close to seven years, exposing social ills and reporting accurately on industrial and port related matters as well as socio-economic and political issues confronting communities within Tema and…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says it would take only his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to transform Ghana for good. The president made this remark while addressing delegates at the NPP’s National Delegates Conference in Accra on Sunday, December 22, emphasizing the fact that no other political party is capable of attaining such a feat. “We have a responsibility, and the responsibility is that the transformation of Ghana that the people of Ghana are looking for cannot take place without the NPP in office. “Our party is the only party capable of engineering and  masterminding the transformation of…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has belittled the chances of his archrival John Dramani Mahama as the country goes to the polls in 2020, which is likely going to be the usual two-horse race. Without giving former president Mahama who is staging a comeback to the presidency a dog’s chance, Akufo-Addo declared, “We are going to see another emphatic victory in 2020”. President Akufo-Addo defeated then President Mahama in the 2016 presidential election with close to one million votes. According to him, he has travelled across the length and breadth of the country to assess his stewardship for the past…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government would soon make data available to prove that it has made good all its key promises to Ghanaians prior to the 2016 elections. He told a charged gathering of New Patriotic Party functionaries in Accra that the government led by Nana Akufo-Addo has scored 72% in terms of achieved promises. “After three years in office we can say without any shadow of a doubt, that we have fulfilled at least 72 percent of the promises we made”. The event was the 37th Delegates Conference of the government NPP at the Ghana International Trade…

Former president John Agyekum Kufour has asked the Akufo-Addo-led administration not to relent on highlighting its achievements since assuming power. The former president said government has done a lot in terms of developing the country, and that, it is important some of these achievements are told for Ghanaians to appreciate government’s work. Mr. Kufuor said this while addressing party faithfuls at the National Delegates Conference of the NPP at the Trade Fair Centre in Accra on Sunday, December 22. The former president admonished government to learn from past mistakes of keeping mute about achievements which caused the party years back.…