Bankable projects across Africa’s diverse business sectors including agribusiness, natural resources, power and infrastructure sectors worth billions of dollars will be reviewed by investors managing capital in excess of $265 billion at a summit in London this October. The inaugural Global African Investment Summit (TGAIS), chaired by Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo will be held ...

Management of the Achimota Hospital has denied reports that health workers have abandoned their duties following reports of a suspected Ebola case. The suspected Ebola patient, a Nigerian, sought medical attention at the Achimota Hospital after battling a severe fever for a while. The Doctors suspected him because he showed symptoms of the deadly Ebola ...

TB Joshua, one of Nigeria’s best known preachers, has linked a small plane circling over a church guesthouse in Lagos to its subsequent collapse. At least 40 people died when the two-storey guesthouse for members of the Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed on Friday. There is no official comment. Local officials have said additional ...

By Richard Annerquaye Abbey For the umpteenth time I find myself pondering our vision as a country. Like sociologists say, change always starts with an individual – that’s you and I. But many a time, I can’t help but to imagine what path we have chosen as a country. We are locked up in a ...

The Great Dane who held the title of world’s tallest dog, has died of old age, two months short of his sixth birthday. Zeus was 1.12m (3ft 7in) tall at the shoulder and 2.24m on his hind legs Owner Kevin Doorlag pats Zeus, then aged two, as he and his wife, Denise (R), listen to Julie ...

The Christian Council of Ghana has said Ghanaians have lost confidence in government and President John Dramani Mahama. This was contained in a communiqué issued after a meeting with the heads of churches, organizations and executive committee members. The statement said, “the current economic situation in the country is worsening the livelihoods of our people and ...

The former Member of Parliament for Kwadaso, Hilda Addo has blamed two-time presidential aspirant Nana Akufo-Addo for the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) inability to win power. Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of Alan Kyeremanten’s campaign launch at Abeka Lapaz in Accra, she said the NPP can only win power in 2016 if a new ...

The Amasaman Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs Barbara Tetteh-Charwey, has sentenced Nii Adu Otu, an elder of Addyman, near Amasaman, to a four-year prison term with hard labour. When the case was first mentioned in court, he pleaded not guilty but subsequently changed his plea to guilty. Nii Otu was charged with causing harm ...

Egypt has a key role to play in countering Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on a visit to Cairo. He said Egypt could “publicly renounce” IS ideology, reaffirming US support for Egypt’s battle against Sinai militants. Foreign fighters crossing Sinai en route for Syria are advising ...

A brutal student tried to blackmail his former girlfriend out of £700 and force her into cleaning his flat by threatening to release their home made sex tape. Feng Xiao, 21, even sent her snapshots of the video to prove his threat was serious, a court in New Zealand heard. Xiao met his 20-year-old partner last ...

A student died of a heart attack while looking at erotic magazines in a private booth at a sperm bank. It was Zhen Gang’s fourth visit in just over a week. Medics at the sperm bank set up at Wuhan University in China noticed that the young man seemed to be taking a long time ...

A Fast Track High Court on Friday threw out an interlocutory injunction filed by three persons seeking to restrain National Democratic Congress (NDC), Greater Accra Regional Committee from holding elections at the Kpone Katamanso Constituency. Patience Boakye, King Estie and Setordjie Wilson were vying for positions including women’s organiser, deputy youth organiser and executive members ...

The Northern Regional branch of the National Disaster National Management Organisation (NADMO) is asking government and philanthropists to supply them with boats and life jackets to save residents affected by the Bagre Dam water spillage. The spillage has increased the levels of water bodies along the water way of the dam. Four people drowned when ...

An advice to African youths not to focus only on money coming from Ashish Thakkar may seem ironic giving the fact that he is Africa’s youngest Billionaire. That advice is however worth the money as is the Mara Mentor App launched by Thakkar over the weekend. Ugandan business tycoon and Founder of Mara Group Mr ...

Diego Costa scored his first Chelsea hat-trick as they came from behind to beat Swansea and maintain their 100% start to the Premier League season. Swansea took the lead as John Terry turned a low cross into his own net but Costa equalised just before half-time. Chelsea’s dominance was rewarded when Costa converted a Cesc ...

Shinji Kagawa dazzled on his Borussia Dortmund return to inspire a 3-1 victory over Freiburg in the Bundesliga. The 25-year-old was given a huge reception when his name was announced in Jurgen Klopp’s injury-stricken side before kick-off, and he responded by helping set up the first for Adrian Ramos and scoring the second at Signal ...

Franck Ribery marked his first appearance of the season with a goal as Bayern Munich beat Stuttgart 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The former France winger came off the bench to seal a deserved win for the champions with a well-taken late goal on his return from a knee injury. Ribery, who this week stated he would not reverse ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has underscored the relevance of research, science and technology in a nation’s socio-economic development, stressing that the subjects play crucial roles in this competitive world. At the 6th graduation ceremony of the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT) at Cantonments in Accra, he said: “I can see that a time is ...

The Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Aristo Aryee has described a court injunction restraining the party from holding its constituency elections as unnecessary. He accused the plaintiffs of failing to use internal party channels to address their grievances. “As much I want to believe that they went to court genuinely ...

When our politicians visit abroad, don’t they feel ashamed when they see/experience the facilities which they fail to roll out for the benefit of their citizens back home? When they visit museums abroad, don’t they feel ashamed knowing there is no proper museum in Ghana? Don’t they feel ashamed when they drive on wide, first-class, ...