Uber and Old Mutual have come together to take drivers in Accra, Lagos and Nairobi through a money management course. The course forms part of the Global Money Week celebrations and is being organised with the theme “Learn. Save. Earn.” Drivers who will be a part of the course will be empowered with the skills ...

Simon Osei-Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Minister, has announced a massive health education and surveillance to help save lives and curtail the upsurge of Meningitis in the Ashanti Region. This comes on the back of the recent death of four students of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School, confirmed to have been killed by the disease. ...

The Supreme Court has acquitted and discharged a former police officer, Tetteh Samadzi, who sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment for robbery. The five panel of justices presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, deferred the reasons for their decision. Constable Tetteh Samadzi was arrested together with one Foster on Friday March 6, 2009, for a robbery ...

SMSGH, Ghana’s number one mobile technology provider will hold the maiden edition of its much-anticipated business forum dubbed “The Rethink Series with the theme “The Go-Getter Mindset For Business” on April 7. The event will be held on 7th April, 2017, at 5pm at the M-Plaza Hotel, Roman Ridge. The event will host the pan-african business ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the United States Agency for Internaltional Development (USAID), has donated some devices and basic screening materials to support inclusive education in Ghana. The $100,000 equipment was donated to enhance the various regional Assessment Centers across the country to help them function effectively. The items include hearing aids, clutches, complete ...

A Chinese court has ordered Samsung Electronics’s (005930.KS) mainland subsidiaries to pay 80 million yuan ($11.60 million) to Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] for patent infringement, the China firm’s first victory against Samsung on its legal challenges over intellectual property. Three units of Samsung have been ordered by the Quanzhou Intermediary Court to pay the sum for ...

The new Eastern Regional Police Commander, ACP George Alex Mensah, has pledged his support in the fight against illegal mining, also known as galamsey, in the Eastern Region. The Eastern Region has been badly hit by the activities of illegal miners with a number water bodies, and farmlands polluted and destroyed. ACP George Alex Mensah, ...

Pepsi has pulled an advert that sparked an outcry and accusations that the drinks maker was trivialising recent street protests across the US. The advert featured reality TV star Kendall Jenner leaving a photo shoot to join a heavily policed demonstration. She defuses the tension by walking to the police line and handing an officer ...

Ghana’s inactivity during the FIFA date for international friendlies has cost the Black Stars on the world ranking after slipping two places. The Black Stars are now ranked 45th in the world but still remained eighth in Africa as FIFA took into account 129 games played. Egypt remained the Africa No.1 country as they moved ...

The former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ashaiman, Ibrahim Baidoo narrowly escaped death at the hands of robbers on Wednesday. He is currently receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after he was attacked by some three armed robbers in front of his house last evening at community 22 near in Tema. According to ...

An explosive device has been made safe in a flat in St Petersburg by Russian police, three days after a bomb on the city’s metro left 14 people dead. A city official said several suspects were detained after police raided the flat early on Thursday morning, Ria Novosti reported. Neighbours were moved away and witnesses ...

Five-times world champions Brazil have returned to what they will consider their rightful place at the top of the FIFA rankings for the first time in seven years. Brazil have enjoyed a impressive revival since Tite replaced Dunga as their national team coach last year, winning all nine matches they have played under his leadership ...

The infamy of the crimes against humanity carried out by Islamic State is legendary, but the still untold story is how Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan deliberately turned a blind eye to the Islamic State’s use of his nation as a staging ground for attacks, and how he and his family pro ted from il- ...

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is launching a faster version of its mobile service on Wednesday aimed at people with sporadic connections or little data on their smartphone plans, hoping to pick up users in harder-to-reach emerging markets. The company calls the version Twitter Lite and it will be aimed largely at users outside the United States. ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare as the new Director-General of the Ghana Health Service with effect from 1st March 2017. A statement issued in Accra by Ms Rebecca Ackwonu, the Public Relations Officer, Ghana Health Service said Dr Nsiah-Asare takes over from Dr. Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira who had retired from active service. It ...

A child-centered civil society group, Child Rights International is calling on the government to repatriate all migrant kids begging on the streets of Accra if it cannot provide adequately for them. Child Rights international, in the first of its monthly child streetism observation report, noted that 2 to 7 children are found on the streets ...

The Ministry of Energy is optimistic of meeting its ambitious ten percent target of installed renewable energy capacity by 2020, with the completion of the relevant policy and regulatory framework. The move is also expected to drive down the high cost of power in the country. At present, renewable energy accounts for only one percent ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described President Nana Akufo-Addo’s justification of his appointments of Ministers’s of State for the Education and Agric Ministers as misplaced. In an interview with Citi News, the NDC Greater Accra Regional Organiser, Anthony Nukpenu noted that the Akufo-Addo administration would have been better served by improving at the ministries ...

It is a glaring scenario and reality that for many years, we have succeeded in selling our birth right to foreigners. Particularly, in recent times, we seem to have sold it to the Chinese, who have taken over our country. These Asians have become synonymous with illegal mining activities popularly known as Galamsey. Documentaries on ...