The ground floor of the Accra City Car Park at the central business district is currently on fire. Eyewitnesses say the fire started from a shop on the ground floor of the car park. The car park serves the workers in the area. It is believed the park is fully occupied to capacity at the ...

Global health experts at the World Health Organization are meeting to discuss new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak. The meeting – being held in Geneva, Switzerland – is expected to last two days and will decide whether to declare a global health emergency. That could involve imposing travel restrictions on affected areas. The outbreak ...

Taking aspirin every day can reduce the chance of developing or dying from bowel and stomach cancers, a review of all available evidence suggests. And scientists predict if everyone aged 50 and above in the UK took the drug for 10 years, some 122,000 deaths could be prevented over two decades. But they warn aspirin ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has suspended three more health facilities from providing service to NHIS subscribers. The facilities; North Western Eye Centre at Mataheko, Community Clinic also at Mataheko and Family Maternity Home at Dansoman, all in Accra, were suspended for offences ranging from illegally taking monies from subscribers for services already covered ...

One of Ghana’s political icons, the late Paul Victor Obeng, is set to be interred at his home town, Akrokerri in the Ashanti Region, on Saturday, August 16. PV, as he was affectionally called, died on May 18, 2014, in what was suspected to be an asthmatic or heart attack, at age 67. His sudden ...

Economic and Investment analyst, Kofi Arkaah is asking the Bank of Ghana to introduce a law to cap how much commercial banks can invest in government securities. This follows reports of a number of banks who are currently investing heavily in government treasury bills, notes and bonds because of the high returns offered. The Ghana ...

Deputy Minister in-charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that final year polytechnic students of  the 2013/14 academic year will undertake their national service in 2014. According to him, the students who have not completed their polytechnic education will be posted to regions where their schools are located so as to be able ...

A 100-day contingency plan has been put in place by the government to fight the outbreak of cholera in the country. The Chairman of the National WASH in Emergencies (WinE) Technical Working Group, Mr Kweku Quansah, who made this known in Accra yesterday, said GH¢213,000 had been set aside for activities to deal with the ...

Is it the love and acceptance or is it the possibility of having sex everyday? What do guys like most about being in a long-term relationship? 1. A sense of stability. Single life is confusing and horrifying and forces you to meet new people constantly. It’s exhausting. Dating someone long -term is warm and safe, ...

A 44-year-old electrician who is alleged to have repeatedly defiled his biological daughter for the past two years has been arrested by the police. The suspect, whose name was given as Solomon Addae Mensah, was arrested after the victim had confided in her class teacher about what she had been going through. The teacher, who ...