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A key witness, Mr Scott Daehlin, has given a clear-cut account of how he witnessed Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash Sunday morning in California, America. Speaking to ‘Extra’s’ Samantha Harris, who was on location in Calabasas just after Kobe Bryant’s fatal accident, Mr Daehlin said the pilot might have lost control of …

Chat about football or cricket in the workplace should be curtailed, a management body has warned. Chartered Management Institute head Ann Francke said sports banter can exclude women and lead to laddish behaviour such as chat about sexual conquests. “A lot of women, in particular, feel left out,” she told …

The newly inducted General Secretary of the Bible Society of Ghana has charged the Electoral Commission (EC) and the opposition political parties to soften their stance on the compilation of the new voters’ register in other for peace to prevail. According to Rev Dr Enoch Aryee-Atta, the entrenched positions taken by …

Sammy Gyamfi says his arrest by the Police CID today will not intimidate him. Speaking to supporters of the opposition NDC at the premises of the Police headquarters after his release, the lawyer said: ” Some of us cannot be cowed by these things. And I want to assure you …

The director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Dr Badu Sarkodie says Ghanaian students locked up in virus-hit Wuhan in China should not be allowed in the country for now. It comes as Ghanaians students on scholarship in the Wuhan area are calling on government to bring …

The BBC‘s Africa editor, Fergal Keane, is stepping down from his role after suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by reporting on conflicts around the world. Keane had been “dealing privately” with the condition for “several years,” the British broadcaster’s head of newsgathering, Jonathan Munro, said in an email sent to …

The Northern Regional Police Command has rendered an apology to the Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa-Na Abubakari Mahama, over the “unprofessional conduct exhibited by some officers” at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi on Thursday, January 16, 2020. The apology was contained in a letter signed by Regional Commander, COP Timothy Yoosa …

La Liga champions Barcelona fell to their first defeat in three games under new coach Quique Setien as they were beaten 2-0 away at Valencia on Saturday. Valencia missed a chance to take an early lead when Maxi Gomez had a penalty saved by Barca’s Marc-Andre ter Stegen but the …

Former MUSIGA President Obour has announced his decision to contest the upcoming parliamentary primaries of the governing NPP at Asante Akim South. He said he took the decision after careful consideration with his family: “I am very happy to announce today the 24th Day of January 2020 that I, Bice …

MP for Abirem constituency, Hon. John Osei Frimpong has donated 200 hundred mono and dual desks to Birim North Education Directorate to be distributed to some schools in the District to enhance teaching and learning. The beneficial schools include Akoase St. Michael SHS, Amuana Praso SHS, and also Adausena Basic …