An oil exploration firm has made what it has described as the “largest undeveloped discovery” of oil in UK waters. Hurricane Energy said one billion barrels of recoverable oil could be contained within the Greater Lancaster Area, 60 miles (97km) west of Shetland. The company hopes to begin production in 2019. Dr Robert Trice, Hurricane’s ...

Parliament is today (Tuesday) expected to pass the bill that will allow the government to cap its budgetary allocation to statutory funds at twenty-five percent. The bill, on Monday, March 27th, passed the consideration stage. When passed, all allocations to the eight statutory funds will not exceed twenty-five percent of all government revenue for this ...

President Nana Akufo Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has placed a ban on the purchase of new vehicles by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). A letter written by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, dated March 21, 2017 said the ban holds until further notice. MDAs have been directed to make use of the “existing fleet ...

Two persons were left injured, with many properties destroyed after a rainstorm in Bimbilla in the Nanumba North district of the Northern Region. The heavy storm on Monday evening started at about 4.45pm ripped off the roof of many houses and collapsed some. Areas worst hit by the storm include, Dangbe and Masaka, both suburbs ...

Two persons were left injured, with several properties destroyed after a rainstorm in Bimbilla in the Nanumba North district of the Northern Region. The heavy storm on Monday evening started at about 4.45pm ripped off the roof of many houses and collapsed some. Areas worst hit by the storm include, Dangbe and Masaka, both suburbs ...

Several persons have been left injured with two hospitalized after four armed robbers on Monday evening stormed a local supermarket at Sandema in the Upper East Region. The four masked robbers at about 5:30 pm posed as potential customers wanting to purchase goods from the super market, but in a ‘Rambo style’ took attendants hostage, ...

The Manso Adubia constituency in the Ashanti Region has seen the illegal mining activities over the past few years leave the area in the alarming position of having no natural water body fit for human use. The Member of Parliament for Manso Adubia, Yaw Frimpong Addo, had ominous words for the rest of the country ...

Versatile Ghanaian musician Yaw Oduro Agyei, popularly known as Trigmatic on Saturday, March 25, 2017 walked down the aisle with his longtime girlfriend, Dita Schandorf, at a low-key wedding ceremony in Accra. The ceremony was attended by family, friends and some renowned Ghanaian entertainers, including broadcaster Yaw Sakyi, actress Yvonne Nelson, among others. Dita, Trigmatic’s ...

Dr Fathea Bani, a Specialist at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, has said 200 million women were affected by Endometriosis globally. She said Endometriosis is a condition where the endometrial tissue is found elsewhere in the body especially in the abdominal cavity, in the liver, lungs and the brain. Dr Bani said this during a health ...

The Bolgatanga Senior High School Old Students Association is to construct a multi-purpose library complex, staff bungalow, an ICT Centre and fence the school at the cost of GHC 2.7 million. The project, which is expected to be completed in five years, would be financed through voluntary contributions and fundraising activities. Colonel M’Bawine Atintande (Rtd), ...

Samsung hopes to refurbish the 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 devices that it recalled after a battery fault led to some catching fire. If local authorities and carriers agreed, and there was demand, it may then resell the phones, Samsung said. It also unveiled two other proposals for recycling the devices, including detaching the components ...

Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada has died aged 87, his foundation says. It says Mr Kathrada passed away peacefully in Johannesburg’s hospital “after a short period of illness, following surgery to the brain”. Along with Nelson Mandela, Mr Kathrada was among eight African National Congress activists sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964. They ...

The Institute of Energy and Climate Change Policy (IECP) has charged operators of the Ameri Power Plant to accept the recommendations of the Philip Adisson Committee and renegotiate the deal with government. According to the institute, a relook at the terms of the deal will benefit both operators of the Ameri Power Plant, as well as ...

Manchester City have been fined £35,000 by the Football Association for their players’ behaviour during the 1-1 draw with Liverpool on 19 March. The club admitted to a misconduct charge for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion. It followed an incident “in or around the 50th minute”, when referee Michael ...

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, will be questioned by a US committee investigating alleged ties between the Trump team and Moscow. Mr Kushner has volunteered to speak to the Senate Intelligence Committee, the White House said. It is examining Russia’s alleged interference in last year’s election. The US intelligence community believes alleged ...

The professionalism and ethical conduct of the Ghana Police Service is being questioned following a twitter user’s terrible experience at a police check point at Dzorwulu in Accra. The user in a series of tweets on Monday [March 27, 2017] narrated how a police officer at the Dzorwulu check point made his way to forcibly ...

The committee charged to review the AMERI power deal which recommended abrogation of the deal on grounds of fraud, is too partisan to be taken seriously, the former deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor has intimated. The 17-member committee, which has been working under the auspices of the Energy Minister since February 1, 2017, said Ghana ...

The Minority in Parliament has accused government of shortchanging Ghanaians in the implementation of its campaign promises. According to the Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, government has lumped up most of its campaign promises such as one district one factory, and Zongo Development Fund among others, which they say are all being covered ...

A former Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Constituency, David Apasara, has defended the joint decision by some MPs to sue government over pensions owed them. David Apasara and thirty-nine other former MPs under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, have sued the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Finance over the issue, demanding at least GHc 233,495 each ...