Cruiserweight Braimah Kamoko has called for a ban from the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) if he cannot defeat Aryeetey Powers in their April 18 bout in Accra. Their meeting, dubbed “Judgement Fight”, is the most talked about fight in Ghana and a lot has been said by the boxers in terms of their expectations and ...

An Accra Fast Track High Court has asked the Informer Newspaper to pay Three Hundred Thousand Cedi (GHC 300,000) in damages to a timber processing company, Evans Timbers. The court, presided over by Justice Uuter Paul Dery found the Informer News paper guilty of publishing a defamatory and malicious article about the company on 13th ...

The Ministry of Health has given authorities of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) a two week ultimatum to produce the bodies of five dead babies, including that of Suwaiba Mumin. This was part of the recommendations made by a committee instituted by the Minister OF Health, Sherry Ayitey to investigate circumstances that led the ...

Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has strongly condemned the degrading ordeal suffered by three female students who were reportedly caught  shoplifting from a clothing store at the Accra Shopping Mall. A statement released from his office stated that “while we must not condone any form of wrongdoing, I find it outrageous that ...

Labour Unions in Ghana are proposing a 20 percent increment in the National Daily Minimum Wage for 2014. The current daily minimum wage is GHC 5.24pesewas. It was increased by 17 percent from the previous GHC4.48pesewas in 2013. A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to ...

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), is expressing concerns about the discretionary powers guaranteed the Minister of Energy and Petroleum by the local content law. According to the energy policy think tank, the power allowed the Minister to decide persons with minimum equity for licensing might be open for abuse. Speaking to Citi Business ...

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has served notice he will claim to the last penny, damages awarded him by the High Court on Thursday in a defamation suit brought against the Daily Guide newspaper. He said contrary to assertions that “the intention is just to go to court ...

The University of Ghana has closed all access routes into its campus to the public with the exception of the entrance from the Okponglo intersection. According to the University, “it cannot support academic work with the needed environment when 16,000 vehicles travel through its Legon campus every day, creating significant congestion at crucial times as ...

Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL), Ghana’s only total beverage business has introduced the first ever portable spirits packaging and bottling line in Africa. The ultra-modern packaging line, which is christened the CUBE blends and bottle GGBL’s first mainstream spirit, Gilbey’s Dry Gin – a brand with strong heritage, a high quality liquid and distinctive packaging. ...

The countdown to this year’s Citi FM Singles Mingle is almost over as Saturday approaches. Hundreds of unmarried young adults will get together for a day of fun games, networking and pre-marital counseling. Renowned speakers like Dzigbordi Dosoo, Amos Kevin-Annan, Renee Q. Boateng and Rev. Bernard Arde-Acquah shall take turns to treat the topics “winning ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will only grow by 4.8% this year despite government’s 8% projection. The IMF came to this conclusion after days of accessing the health of Ghana’s economy. The fund also projects that the country’s growth without input from revenues from oil will be about ...

91% of children in the Upper West region are said to be victim of physical violence both at school and their home environments. Most of the victim are abused by adults, the youth and by their peers. This was disclosed by Mr. Salifu Yussif Kanton, executive director of Community Development Alliance( CDA), a non-governmental organization ...

President Alassane Ouattara is due to return to Ivory Coast on Sunday after an operation in a French hospital this month, an aide said on Thursday. Ouattara, who came to power in the world’s top cocoa-producer following a brief post-election civil war in 2011, underwent a successful operation to alleviate pain caused by sciatica, the ...

Seven people have been officially charged by the Police in Ashanti region for their role in the missing dead baby saga at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). They have been charged with stealing and conspiracy to steal. The body of the baby in question could not be found after it was pronounced dead after ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended a $74.37million facility to Ghana to improve electricity supply. The facility which is made up a $30.47 million grant and a $44.3 million loan is to be used to fund the Electricity Distribution System Reinforcement and Extension project. The project is expected to cost about US $86.18 million, and aims ...

The National Sports Authority (NSA) has said that the Ghana Football Association had prior knowledge of the use of the Accra Sports Stadium by the International Central Gospel Church. The church had rented the grounds for a program on Sunday 2nd March meaning the scheduled African Women’s Championship qualifier at the Stadium on the same ...

An Accra Fast Track Court presided over by His Lordship Justice Abodakpi on Thursday February 27 ruled in favour of the General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah who filed a law suit against Western Publications, publishers of the Daily Guide newspaper. Mr. Asiedu Nketiah in 2003 dragged the newspaper ...

Mas-ud Didi Damani, the head coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko has chastised, the fans of the club for calling for substitutions in their 1-0 victory over Amidaus Professionals on Wednesday at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. He has described the calls by the fans as unnecessary, because such chants doesn’t change his mind. “We work ...

Suspected militant Islamists have killed at least 28 people during an assault on a town and village in north-eastern Nigeria’s Adamawa state, witnesses said. Banks, shops and houses were also looted and burnt during the six-hour raid by militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades, they added. A military spokesman confirmed the attacks, but did not give ...

A leading member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa has called for the creation of a position in governance for leader of the largest opposition party in Ghana. The position, he explained will be held by the flagbearer of the largest opposition party in Parliament and it will help put the ...