Big Brother Hotshots gets underway in a matter of days and IK Osakioduwa is set to host Africa’s biggest reality show for the sixth time in a row. IK has won the hearts of many fans across Africa for his ability to speak openly and directly with housemates and allow them to be at ease ...

The leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) will today resume discussions with government over the payment of their book and research allowance after an inconclusive meeting last week. The meeting is also aimed at getting the striking lecturers back to the classroom after five weeks of withdrawing their services. UTAG members joined their ...

About 153 cases of cholera have been recorded in Cape Coast in the past two weeks. Four of the patients have died, with three deaths occurring at the Metropolitan Hospital at Bakaano while the other occurred at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. The Metropolitan Director of Health Services, Mr Samuel Sosi said the situation is ...

Residents of some communities around the Weija Dam have abandoned a footbridge constructed over the Densu River to aid their movement. They have, instead, reverted to the old practice of scaling the fence of the dam to get access to Weija. According to them, the current steel footbridge does not link residents on one side ...

Barely a week after a major debate about the dwindling quality of education in Ghana, a new survey has also revealed that majority of pupils in basic schools can neither read nor understand English or any Ghanaian Language properly. This was published in the National Education Assessment (NEA) report. The survey was carried out by the ...

Ghana’s education sector is challenged but not failing. This is according to the Deputy Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Stephen Adu. The sector has been in the news recently due to the poor performance of students at this year’s West African Secondary School Certificate Exams (WASSCE). Various reasons have been attributed to the ...

Bernard Avle, moderated the 13TH edition of the MTN Business World Executive Breakfast with African Technology entrepreneur and founder of IrokoTV Jason Njoku. In this article he shares five powerful insights for startup success from the 2-hour interaction with the man widely acclaimed as being the founder of the Netflix of Africa. Jason Njoku is ...

Nokia’s mapping service will soon be appearing on Samsung smartphones. A deal between the two will see a test or beta version of an Android app for Nokia’s Here maps included free on handsets and the Gear S smartwatch. The move is widely seen as a way to help Samsung distinguish itself from Google which ...

Barring any last minute hitches, the Ghana Alternative Market (GAX) will see its first listing by the end of this year. Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Adu Anane Antwi tells Citi Business news ‘GAX will see its first listing by the beginning of the last quarter of this year’. This follows the submission ...

Workers of Golden Tulip hotel have slammed the minister of finance Seth Terkper for turning a blind eye on allegations of embezzlement being leveled against managers of the hotel. The workers have twice petitioned President John Mahama to intervene and address the growing tension in the hotel between workers and management. The workers are accusing ...

Residents of Anum, a suburb of Asamankese, in the Upper West Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region, were over the weekend thrown into a state of shock when a 37-year-old trader, Kwaku Obiri Aboagye, alleged­ly shot himself dead. The body of the deceased is at the Asamankese Gov­ernment Hospital awaiting autopsy while the police are ...

A Political Science Lecturer, Dr. Evans Aggrey, is advising the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to go ahead with its October Congress. This, he said will make the marketing of the winner to Ghanaians “a little bit easier” because “…the person who actually wins the flagberarship slot has the wide legitimacy and has a lot of ...

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and nine other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) within the National Statistical System have received $40 million from government and its development partners. The funds would support the agencies to produce timely statistics for the country’s development. Dr. Osei Boeh-Ocansey, Chairman of the Governing Board of Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) made this known during the publication of the Ghana Living Standards ...

Kenya has started biometrically registering all civil servants in an attempt to remove “ghost workers” from the government’s payroll. Employees who failed to register over the next two weeks would no longer be paid, a government statement said. The government suspects that thousands of people continue to receive salaries after leaving the civil service. President ...

AC Milan’s talented Ghanaian striker Isaac Akuetteh is fighting for his life in an Italian hospital after being knocked down by a train in the town of Como. The 15-year-old, who is regarded as one of the brightest talents in the youth football in Italy today, was hit by a moving train on Sunday afternoon ...

Praise the Lord…Better shout Hallelujah as a new soul seems to be on the way for God. The popular Ghanaian musician-Guru who brought us Lapaz Toyota, Alkayida and other hit songs have mentioned on a serious note that, he may soon become a prophet by honoring God’s call. Making a donation in Kumasi at Baba ...

Odds are you’re getting in your own way. Love is challenging enough to find without self-defeating behaviors. As such, many women can’t find a successful relationship and they become their own worst enemy. After discussing the issues with over 250 women on Facebook, many were awakened to their own behaviors and how they were subconsciously destroying ...

Lots of people have told me unequivocally that they would never date a friend’s ex. They wholeheartedly believe that it’s wrong, disrespectful, and if a friend did that to them, they’d never talk to that person again. They believe this is something everybody knows, that they’re just following the rules. So if one does want ...

Some Polytechnics across the country will resume academic work this week after three months of closure. This is according to the president of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG), James Dugrah. The decision to re-open follows government’s decision to pay the Polytechnic lecturers their 2013/2014 book and research allowance after a three-month long strike. ...

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) says individual companies in Turkey have shown interest in buying honey from Ghana, but the volumes cannot be met now. Stephen Normeshie, General Manager, GEPA said the Authority would organize the honey producers to train them on group marketing to enable them to meet the demands of these companies. ...