Netflix has reached an impressive milestone – it now has over 1 billion downloads of its Android app on Google Play. This number includes the cases when the application comes pre-installed but that doesn’t take away of the mind-blowingly high number of installs. Quick comparison with other streaming platforms reveals Amazon Prime is in the 100-500 million tier, Hulu is ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry says it is working closely with the Interior, Local Government ministries and other bodies, to phase out birth certificate as one of the requirements for acquiring a passport.According to Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Mohammad Habibu Tijani, although the birth certificate has long been one of the requirements for acquiring a passport, it has not been a ...

A 20-year-old man, identified as Samuel Asare, is in the grips of the Akosombo Divisional Police Command in the Eastern Region for being in possession of items believed to be human parts. He was arrested after his father lodged a complaint to the police. According to a police report, the suspect’s father, Mr Amoako Attah, went to the suspect’s room ...

Parliament has approved a tax waiver of $3.2 million for the supply of KAPEK scientific mathematical instruments to be procured for use in the upcoming West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). According to a report of the Finance Committee of Parliament, WAEC has resolved to supply students with the instruments that will reduce the incidence of examination malpractice. Dr. ...

A Deputy Minister for Health, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has said closing schools for students to go home following COVID-19 cases is not advisable. The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations of Ghana in a press statement on Monday, July 13, 2020, called for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to be ...

Norwich City became the first club to be relegated from the Premier League this season as Michail Antonio scored all four goals to ease West Ham’s troubles near the bottom of the table. A seventh successive league defeat left Daniel Farke’s side anchored at the foot of the table, 13 points from safety with only three games – and a ...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ho West Constituency of the Volta Region is calling on the public, especially people outside the constituency to disregard any report of intimidation by members of the Ghana Armed Forces who are deployed to help police the porous borders of the constituency during this COVID-19 pandemic. The NPP in a press conference ...

A VIP bus enroute to Wulensi in the Northern Region on Thursday morning plunged into River Oti at Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality. The bus with the registration number GT 5313-19 which is believed to be travelling with passengers from Accra to Wulensi plunged into the river while manoeuvring to get onto the pontoon to cross to the other ...

Municipal Chief Executive of Hohoe, Hon. Andrews Teddy Ofori has handed over a modern toilet facility to St. Mary’s Seminary Senior High School, Lolobi. The project according to the MCE, is part of various developmental projects being undertaken in the municipality with the $1 million per 1 constituency initiative by the NPP administration. Three other senior high schools in the ...

As one of the oldest towns in the Volta Region of Ghana, Keta is set to have a new sports stadium. The town which was the first regional capital of the Volta Region has over twenty-three thousand population. Some parts of the town were devastated by sea erosion between the 1960s and 1980s affecting then Keta Landon Park which used ...