The Chartered Institute of Bankers [CIB] has expressed concern that the possible increase in the minimum capital for commercial banks in the country will affect banks that focus only on particular categories of customers. The Institute believes the targets of such banks are likely to suffer over any attempt to revise their operational strategies to ...

President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday joined the chiefs and people of Oguaa to celebrate this year’s Oguaa Fetu Afahye at Cape Coast in the Central Region. He was accompanied by the Central Regional Minister, Kwaku Rickett Hagan, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ebo Barton Odro, Chairman of the National Democratic Congress in the region, ...

Actress Joselyn Dumas has emerged the most glamorous celebrity in Ghana. At the maiden edition of the Ghana Makeup Awards, she got this award, while FC School of Cosmetology emerged the best makeup beauty school. The ceremony was held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra. There were fifteen categories that various makeup ...

Ghana’s senior national football team, the Black Stars have rounded off qualifying for the 2017 African Cup of Nations with a 1-1 draw at home with Rwanda. With qualification already secured, the Black Stars left a few of the big names like Jordan Ayew on the bench; Samuel Tetteh and David Accam led the line while Emmanuel ...

Child marriage and teenage pregnancy have been identified as some of the causes of increasing maternal deaths, infant mortality, under-weight and mal-nourishment in children in the Brong-Ahafo Region and Ghana as a whole.Data from the Ghana Health Service shows that about 750 thousand teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 became pregnant in 2014. ...

Turkey has sent more tanks into northern Syria, in an operation against the Islamic State (IS) group, Turkish media reports say. The tanks crossed the border near the Turkish town of Kilis and journalists later heard firing and saw plumes of smoke rising on Syrian territory. Civilians were seen fleeing as the Turkish military advanced. ...

The Majority in Parliament has indicated that they will reject any move by the Minority to remove President John Dramani Mahama from office before December’s general elections. The Speaker, Edward Doe Adjaho, dismissed a motion filed by the Minority on Thursday] to initiate a probe into the Ford gift saga by Parliament. The Minority believed that the President ...