An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world’s lightest satellite, which will be launched at a Nasa facility in the US in June. Rifath Shaarook’s 64-gram (0.14 lb) device was selected as the winner in a youth design competition. The 18-year-old says its main purpose was to demonstrate the performance of ...

President Donald Trump asked FBI chief James Comey to drop an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser and Russia, US media report. “I hope you can let this go,” Mr Trump reportedly told Mr Comey after a White House meeting in February, according to a memo written by the ex-FBI director. The memo ...

Black Stars Head Coach Kwesi Appiah has raised fresh hope for the return of Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng after suggesting that the two will be considered for selection provided their performances merit a call-up. Both players were banished and subsequently suspended indefinitely from the team after an incident during the 2014 World Cup campaign. ...

Television and radio personality, Caroline Sampson has asked dance hall act Shatta Wale to lend his support to Stonebwoy after his nomination in the BET Awards. This happened when Caroline replied Shatta Wale’s tweet that said he was not worried about the BET Awards and that he was rather concerned about how make money. In ...

Government will hence forth procure power on competitive basis, the Minister for Energy Boakye Agyarko has indicated. The Minister at the National Policy Summit on Tuesday said though the Mahama administration failed to ensure competitive bidding in awarding power contracts, the NPP administration will take an entirely different approach to ensure value for money. “We ...

Government should be blamed for the poor management of the Electricity Company of Ghana, the Public Utilities Workers Union has said. According to the Union, the NPP administration’s failure to appoint a Board and acting Managing Director, four months after assuming office is negatively affecting ECG’s operations. “Four months into the new government, a Company ...

The government has said it is not perturbed by the Minority petition to the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States to investigate its $2.25 billion bond issued this year. It says the petition among other actions is only a diversionary tactic meant to sway Ghanaians from seeing the positive work the government is ...

Government’s total indebtedness to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has hit GH¢1,599,800,195 as at March 2017. The figure increased from the GH¢1,390,966,034 recorded as at December 2016. This also represents a 15 percent increase in the government’s debts owed the power distributor between 2016 and March this year. Government subsidy to some electricity consumers ...

Assembly Members of the La-Nkwantanang Municipal Assembly in Greater Accra Region on Tuesday rejected the President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the position of Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the municipality. The nominee, Madam Dede Jennifer Afegbedzi, failed to obtain two thirds of the votes of the Assembly members during her confirmation. Four out of the 13 ...

Efficient and effective health delivery in the Brong Ahafo region is greatly being affected as most of the operational offices of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the region are not offering full services. They currently serve only administrative purposes and are unable to issue and print NHIS cards for clients. Of the 21 operational ...

The CEO of Vodafone Ghana Madam Yolanda Cuba has expressed worry over the huge number of taxes being slapped on the telecom industry. She believes the situation has contributed to the industry’s current woes. ”It is an industry that is quite heavily taxed. We are taxed on top line, about three or four taxes that ...

As the presidents of the United States and Turkey meet at the White House on Tuesday, the leader of the country I have called home for almost two decades comes face to face with the leader of my homeland. The two countries have a lot at stake, including the fight against the Islamic State, the ...

A Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng, has blamed the past NDC government for what he says is the failure of the economic assistance program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to address Ghana’s economic challenges. According to him, the strategy adopted by the past government was not an appropriate means to ending the prevailing economic ...