The United States embassy in Ghana has issued an apology to President John Dramani Mahama and the people of Ghana over what it describes as “errant tweets” posted via its official Twitter account to President Mahama’s official Twitter account. This was contained in a series of tweets released on the official twitter account of the ...

Government is appealing to Organised Labour to ‘’reconsider their decision’’ to protest and boycott work on Thursday, 24 July, 2014 and rather engage government constructively in a dialogue. “Government appeals to organized labour to reconsider their decision and engage government in constructive dialogue and consultations with a view to addressing the issues raised within the ...

Ghana may have lost 2-1 to the United States in its opening Group G match in Fortaleza but Andre Ayew could be a winner from the sad episode. His goal, which briefly brought the two teams level, has been selected by FIFA’s experts in a shortlist for Goal of the Tournament of Brazil 2014. The ...

The Azumah Nelson Sports Complex will be the first major project of the new Youth and Sports Minister, Mahama Ayariga. This was revealed by the Minister as he visited the facility on Thursday to acquaint himself with the facilities under his purview. The Complex is in a poor state due to neglect and this has ...

Fifa has ended Nigeria’s suspension following Thursday’s court ruling to allow the reinstatement of the country’s Football Federation board. The ban, which had threatened the participation of Nigeria’s Women’s Under-20 in next month’s World Cup in Canada, had been in place since 9 July. Fifa punished Nigeria for government interference when a sole administrator replaced ...

Ace sports journalist, Christopher Opoku, has described as unfortunate, the decision by the Ghana Football Association to extend the stay of current Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah by two years. The competence of Kwesi Appiah has been the subject of intense debate after he failed to guide the national beyond the group stages of the ...

Farmers in the Brong Ahafo and the Upper West regions have called on the government to restore subsidies of fertilizers and withdraw the free supply policy, which they claim is causing the acute shortage of fertilizers on the market. The former fertilizer subsidy policy, according to them, made the fertilizer available on the market at ...

FIFA has today, 18 July 2014, lifted the suspension that was imposed on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on 9 July 2014 on account of interference. FIFA has noted that the court proceedings and order preventing the president of the NFF, the NFF Executive Committee members and the NFF Congress from running the affairs of Nigerian football ...

The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has criticised the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for condemning the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)’s approval of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The TUC condemned ECOWAS in a press statement for endorsing the EPA, saying that provisions in the EPA will lead to a total collapse ...

A senior U.S. diplomat pointed the finger Friday at pro-Russian rebels in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine, an act that killed 298 people. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the plane was “likely downed by a surface-to-air missile … ...

It all comes down to Biology. Our brains have two emotional systems that work simultaneously; males seem to use one system more and females seem to use the other system more. As men reach puberty, their emotional empathy is not the same as a woman’s and that boundary is there to prevent men from being ...

Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) have sworn new executive officers of the have been sworn into office. The new team led by the General Manager of ETV, Akwasi Agyeman will run the organization for the next three years. The new leaders who were elected at the organization’s Annual General Meeting held in Kumasi were sworn ...

1. Marriage Has Financial Benefits Couples accumulate more wealth by combining households and reducing living expenses. Dale and I, however, had already combined our households. We didn’t need marriage to get this benefit. On the other hand: Marriage makes it easier to get family health, dental and other insurance benefits and more difficult to get insurance through ...

Michael Owusu Addo, famously known by stage name Sarkodie, a Ghanaian hip pop and hip-life artist, has his popular album sold on the international market platform, amazon.com. Sarkodie is widely known for his fluent fast twi raps moved to the international scene since 2012. He won the BET Awards for best International Act, Africa, Independent ...

Government is expected to issue the country’s next Eurobond when it gets the green light from its transaction advisors. According to finance minister Seth Tekper the advice of the experts will determine the exact period for conducting road shows and floating the bond. Government has appointed Barclays Bank, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Bank as lead transaction ...

Internal communications in midsized firms are often irregular or absent, causing bad decisions and bad execution. A Towers Watson study (Capitalizing on Effective Communication – How Courage, Innovation and Discipline Drive Business Results in Challenging Times, 2010) concludes that companies with highly effective communication practices enjoy 47% higher total returns to shareholders compared with the ...

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong has served notice his office will not allow the traders to go back to the parts Kumasi central market that were burnt. “That is completely out and we will not allow them to come back,” the Minister announced. Portions of the Kumasi central market was gutted by fire on Thursday ...

The Railway Workers Union say they will stop working  if the Ministry of Transport fails  to respond to demands by June 20. This follows the failure to reach an agreement in their meeting between the Transport Ministry, and other stakeholders on Thursday. The meeting was convened to address the Union’s concerns over their salary revision. The General Secretary of the ...

UEFA has changed the rules on yellow cards making it harder for players to be suspended for the Champions League and Europa League finals. Real Madrid’s Xabi Alonso missed last season’s victorious showpiece in Lisbon after picking up a third caution of the campaign in the semi-final against Bayern Munich. The Spaniard joined an exclusive ...

It is a fearful thing to be in thick Accra traffic and to have an urgent call from Nature. The first confusion is how to manage the heat in the car and the heat in the alimentary canal simultaneously. Second challenge is how to control the pedals without disturbing the delicate equilibrium achieved as the ...