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Viola Davis has appeared in films ranging from Ma Rainey's Black Bottom to Suicide Squad Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis has hit back at critics over her portrayal of Michelle Obama in the new US TV drama series The First Lady. Some viewers said Davis was overly pursing her lips, with many complaining her facial expressions were distracting and...

We should get rid of him…. We should own the situation. We are the Tory party. We are not delivering good governance." That stinging verdict from a Conservative MP does not, at least not yet, seem to represent the consensus among the party's ranks on what to do about the current situation in Downing Street. But the goodwill-to-all-men...

Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is calling for the restructuring of the global financial architecture, so it can respond better to the needs of Africa. He has also asked for the cancellation of debts owed by African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking his turn to address the Summit on Financing African Economies in Paris, France, on...

There is "nothing conclusive" in the data that means England "would have to deviate from the roadmap" out of lockdown, Boris Johnson has said. The government plans to end remaining legal limits on social contact from 21 June, but there is increasing concern about the Indian variant. The situation, including data from hotspots such as Bolton, was "under...

The General Secretary of the Ghana Olympic Committee, Mohammed Sahnoon, has described the purported suspension of Herbert Mensah from being President and Board Chairman of the Ghana Rugby Football Union as “flawed and unconstitutional”. According to Sahnoon, only a special general meeting of the union has such powers to cause the suspension of an elected member. The GOC...

The Minority in Parliament has expressed disappointment in the government for its failure to procure additional Covid-19 vaccines to vaccinate the targeted 20 million Ghanaians. According to the NDC MPs, Parliament in the 2021 budget estimates approved the allocation of $420 million for the procurement of 42 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines targeted at vaccinating 20million Ghanaians by...

Rosemond Alade Brown, aka, Akuapem Poloo, an actress, jailed 90 days for posting her nude picture with her son on Instagram, has filed application for bail pending and an appeal. Rosemond, through her lawyer, Mr Andy Vortia, has also filed a substantive appeal against her (Rosemond’s) sentence. Checks revealed that the two applications would heard by Criminal Court...

Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo is now a Senior Presidential Advisor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Mr Osafo-Maafo who served as a Senior Minister in President Akufo-Addo’s first tenure but retired and chose to remain in the background in the second term disclosed his new role on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. He was addressing the Birim Central Municipal Assembly...

Noah Kini, the grandfather of the 18-year-old suspect who has been arrested in connection to the Kasoa ritual murder has disclosed that this will be the second time his grandson has been remanded into police custody. Although some residents in the area claimed Nicholas Kini’s first arrest was related to a defilement case, his grandfather refuted the claim...

The Plenary of Parliament in the early hours of Thursday approved 13 ministers designate recommended by the Appointments Committee, after their vetting, following their nomination for the portfolios by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Three of the nominees, widely speculated to have been rejected by members of the Minority side of the Appointments Committee, were recommended by a...