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Taylor Swift was named Billboard’s woman of the decade on Thursday night – but her speech contained none of the usual award show platitudes. Instead, the star criticised “toxic male privilege” in the music industry, championed fellow female artists and escalated her feud with Scooter Braun. “Women in music are not allowed to coast,” she observed. “We are held at a higher, sometimes impossible-feeling, standard.” “I’ve seen a lot,” she added. Swift, who turned 30 on Thursday, opened her 15-minute speech by reflecting on the last decade of her career, and the struggles she had faced. She said that in…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has rejected assertions that he is a corrupt person presiding over a corrupt, ‘family and friends’ government. Nana Akufo-Addo, who in the run up to the December 2016 election declared to fight corruption and not preside over ‘family and friends’ government, was asked whether three years on, he can go back to the electorates to tell them he has lived by those promises. “I’m certainly not corrupt, I’ll continue to say that I’m not corrupt, I’ve not been corrupt,” he responded at the 2019 Media Encounter with journalists at the Jubilee House in Accra Friday. He added:…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has rejected assertions that he is a corrupt person presiding over a corrupt, ‘family and friends’ government. Nana Akufo-Addo, who in the run up to the December 2016 election declared to fight corruption and not preside over ‘family and friends’ government, was asked whether three years on, he can go back to the electorates to tell them he has lived by those promises. “I’m certainly not corrupt, I’ll continue to say that I’m not corrupt, I’ve not been corrupt,” he responded at the 2019 Media Encounter with journalists at the Jubilee House in Accra Friday. He added:…

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has signed a new deal with the club that will run until 2024. Klopp, who joined the Reds in October 2015, signed a new six-year contract in July 2016 and that has now been extended further. Liverpool won the Champions League under the German last season and finished second in the Premier League. They lead the top flight this season and have an eight-point lead in pursuit of a first league title since 1990. “This club is in such a good place, I couldn’t contemplate leaving,” Klopp, 52, told Liverpool’s website. “For me personally this is…

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has signed a new deal with the club that will run until 2024. Klopp, who joined the Reds in October 2015, signed a new six-year contract in July 2016 and that has now been extended further. Liverpool won the Champions League under the German last season and finished second in the Premier League. They lead the top flight this season and have an eight-point lead in pursuit of a first league title since 1990. “This club is in such a good place, I couldn’t contemplate leaving,” Klopp, 52, told Liverpool’s website. “For me personally this is…

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he has fulfilled  72 per cent of the promises he made to Ghanains in the run up to the last general elections. Policy think-tank IMANI Ghana in its assessment of the Akufo-Addo government concluded the President has in his three years in office managed to fulfill only 48.78 per cent of the promises he and his New Patriotic Party made. According to IMANI, only 27 per cent of the 510 promises made by the then candidate Akufo-Addo has been fully fulfilled, with 21.75 per cent partially fulfilled. IMANI’s report also indicated that 51.22 per cent of…

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he has fulfilled  72 per cent of the promises he made to Ghanains in the run up to the last general elections. Policy think-tank IMANI Ghana in its assessment of the Akufo-Addo government concluded the President has in his three years in office managed to fulfill only 48.78 per cent of the promises he and his New Patriotic Party made. According to IMANI, only 27 per cent of the 510 promises made by the then candidate Akufo-Addo has been fully fulfilled, with 21.75 per cent partially fulfilled. IMANI’s report also indicated that 51.22 per cent of…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed reservation about Ghana’s middle income status, stating there is still a lot more work to be done for country to reflect that status. He said although Ghana’s economy is doing well, poverty is still very prevalent. Government statistician in November 2010 announced Ghana had attained a middle income status when the government found that the economy had been undervalued by 60% and the Gross National Product was valued at 31 billion dollars. But addressing journalists at the Jubilee House Friday, the President said until a lot more Ghanaians are able to fend for…

President Akufo-Addo says the macro-economic achievements of his government in the last three years are not only statistics in the books, but have significant impact on the economy and pockets of Ghanaians. Ghana, he said, was “stumbling” despite the IMF programme at the time that he took over the governance of the country on January 7, 2017. He argued the reduction in inflation and interest rates as well as fiscal deficits which his government has worked to restore, has a meaning in the life of the people as businesses are beginning to see a rise in their growth. Addressing journalists…

Boris Johnson has promised to deliver Brexit and repay the trust of voters after he led the Conservatives to an “historic” general election win. The prime minister – who will meet the Queen shortly to ask to form a new government – has a Commons majority of 78, with one seat still to declare. He said he would work “flat out” and lead a “people’s government”. Jeremy Corbyn said he would not fight another election as Labour leader, amid recriminations over the party’s defeat. The opposition was swept aside by the Conservatives in its traditional heartlands in the Midlands and…