The Paramount Chief of the Efutu Traditional Area, Nenyi Ghartey VII, has appealed to government to revamp the defunct Pomadze Poultry Farm to provide jobs for the youth in the area. He said the structures of the factory are going waste, and called for it to “be rehabilitated in phases”. He added the area could ...

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has urged residents in the Accra Metropolis to observe this year’s ban on drumming and noise-making which comes into force today, May 8, 2017. It said during the period, all religious bodies and the general public within the metropolis will be expected to reduce the level of noise they make. ...

Facebook has broadened its campaign to raise awareness about fake news, by publishing adverts in the UK press. The ads, in papers including The Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph, carry a list of 10 things to look out for when deciding if a story is genuine. They include checking the article date and website ...

North Korea says it has detained a US citizen on suspicion of “hostile acts” against the state. Kim Hak-song worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) and was held on 6 May, state-run news agency KCNA said. Three other US citizens are currently held in North Korea, including Kim Sang-duck, who had ...

A group calling itself Kwahu Youth for Social Development has described as regrettable a chieftaincy dispute that bedeviled the community recently. There was tension at Kwahu-Abene over the supposed enstoolment of renowned pathologist, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa as the chief of Kwahu-Abene. Some chiefs and heads of families including the Acting Paramount chief of Kwahuman, ...

All but one of the fifty insurance companies have met the new minimum capital requirement set by the National Insurance Commission (NIC). As a result, the company has until June 2017 to recapitalize in order to escape a possible revocation of its license. This is the indication from the Commissioner of Insurance, Lydia Lariba Bawa. ...

The World Bank has blamed Ghana’s relative high cost of power on the adoption of sole sourcing in the granting of power purchase agreements under the past NDC administration. The Bank has also warned of some economic consequences following the country’s inability to sell off its excess power due to the high cost. The World ...