Ghana’s power sector has within the last few weeks been characterized by quite a number of agitations on the labour front. Concerns bordering on job losses, poor conditions of work, management inefficiencies are but a few of the reasons cited by the agitating workers. The issues have also led to divided opinion among industry watchers ...

Apple might ditch Bluetooth and rely on a new, homemade wireless technology for the headphones in the forthcoming iPhone. That’s according to a new report by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has an impressive track record of accurately predicting changes to Apple products. AppleInsider obtained the report. In his note, Kuo says Apple will ...

The Ghana Gas Company Limited has been given the green light to build a separate pipeline from the Atuabo Gas Plant in the western region to Tema in Greater Accra region. This is to allow for an independent piping of processed gas from the Aboadze plant to the Tema enclave. Earlier the BOST was originally ...

An audacious target set by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to achieve 60% landslide victory in the upcoming general elections has been described as too ambitious. According to a Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Evans Aggrey Darko, the target will be very difficult to achieve. This he said is because their ...

President John Dramani Mahama has said he is saddened Parliament was recalled recently to investigate issues surrounding the $100,000 ford vehicle he received from a Burkina contractor. According to him, the process was a complete waste of taxpayers’ money because the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) was already investigating the matter. The ...

President John Mahama has refuted assertions that Ghana is economically lagging behind the Ivory Coast. According to him, the UN Human Development Index puts Ghana second to only Cape Verde in access to portable water, and other human indicators used to measure progress in the West African sub-region. Speaking on Good Evening Ghana with Paul ...

Switzerland beat European champions Portugal 2-0 in their opening World Cup 2018 Group B qualifier on Tuesday. Breel Embolo and Ahmed Mehmedi scored first-half goals for the hosts, who had Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka sent off in stoppage time. Portugal were missing Cristiano Ronaldo, with the Real Madrid forward injured since July’s Euro 2016 final. ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new treatment guideline for the treatment of the three common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) – Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Syphilis. Globally it is estimated that 78 million people are infected with gonorrhea, 131 million are infected with chlamydia, and 5.6 million with syphilis. The WHO is calling on ...

President John Mahama has in a rather audacious response to those claiming that he pardoned the Montie FM trio due to their affiliation to the ruling party, noted that, he would have exercised that power even if the men were not sympathisers of the party. The President, who was speaking for the first time since ...

President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians to give him a second term mandate to among other things enable him complete construction works on some bad roads in the country. Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana on Tuesday, Mr. Mahama explained that,  although government has done considerably well in road infrastructure, there is still ...

President John Dramani Mahama has said Ghana currently needs a leader who can unify the country saying such traits are deficient in flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo. According to Mahama, Nana Addo has in recent times demonstrated that he cannot unify his party; hence cannot be trusted with political power to ...

Beyonce has postponed the New Jersey stop of her Formation world tour after doctors told her she needs to rest her voice. The singer, who celebrated her 35th birthday on Sunday, released a statement to say the gig would now take place on 7 October. She will continue with concerts in cities including Los Angeles, ...

President John Dramani Mahama has pooh-poohed Nana Akufo-Addo’s streak of promises ahead of the elections in December, saying those tactics to hoodwink voters are outmoded. According to President Mahama, Akufo-Addo’s over-hyped one district one factory, and one village one dam up north, are not only an archaic way of politicking, but they are also ideas that ...

The names of almost 800,000 registered users of porn site Brazzers have been exposed in a data breach. The account details were taken from forums associated with the site on which porn fans discuss favourite scenes and performers. It is thought attackers stole data using vulnerabilities in the vBulletin software used to run the chat ...