The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has impressed on the Bank of Ghana and Finance Ministry to target hedging Ghana’s oil reserves to protect the economy from massive revenue losses due to declining global oil prices. In its 2016 Annual report, PIAC warned of extreme financial losses in the near future following the over ...

Civil Society group, IMANI Ghana has lashed out at the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs over its decision to facilitate Christian pilgrimages. The Sector Minister, Samuel Kofi Dzamesi on Friday announced that his Ministry had already set up committees to oversee the planning and operations of Christian pilgrimage in the country. “Let me assure ...

The final funeral rites for the late Major Maxwell Mahama was held at Bole District of the Northern Region. The funeral ground was full of sorrow as some members of the bereaved family wept uncontrollably. A high-powered delegation from the security services, led by the deputy Minister of Defence, Maj. Derrick Oduro (rtd), and made ...

It was several weeks away from Mothers’ Day and Ghanaians we inundated with massive publicity on one program or the other advertising Mothers’ Day celebration. The publicity about the day was so massive that even if one was deaf or blind, he or she could hear, see and feel something big was about to happen. ...

Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari has revealed the identity of the father of her twins for the first time. For more than a year after she gave birth to the twins in February 2015 in the US, she has kept his identity secret, noting in a previous interview that she did not want her private life ...

Strategic Communications Africa Ltd (Stratcomm Africa) has launched the fifth Anniversary edition of the Ghana Garden and Flower Show at the Labadi Beach Hotel. The show, which  is on the theme, ‘Flower Ghana, Grow Ghana’ will take place from August 31 2017 to September 4, 2017 at the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park in Accra. Professor ...

A proposal to scrap 45-minute halves is to be looked at by football’s lawmakers to deter time-wasting. Instead, there could be two periods of 30 minutes with the clock stopped whenever the ball goes out of play. Lawmaking body the International Football Association Board (Ifab) says matches only see about 60 minutes of “effective playing ...

The Special Prosecutor will be up and running within six months, President Nana Addo has revealed. Addressing the Ghanaian community at an event held at the Central Hall, Westminster, London, the President said : “We made a commitment to establish an office of special prosecutor which will have the mandate to investigate and prosecute acts ...

Voter turnout in the second round of France’s parliamentary election is sharply down on the last vote five years ago, official statistics show. By midday on Sunday only 17.75% had cast a ballot, down from 21.41% at the same time in the 2012 election. The second-round vote is a run-off between the top candidates from ...

An attempt by two Nigerians to rob a couple of GH¢600 they had cashed from a bank was foiled by a motor rider near the Flagstaff House in Accra. The Nigerians, Ndubueze Odoemenam, 22, and Chiokoko Amade, 25, are said to have perforated the tyres of the couple’s vehicle, while they were in the banking ...

Actor, artist and filmmaker, Charles Kofi Bucknor who died in Accra on Tuesday, May 23, will be buried on Friday, June 30, at the Asokyeano Cemetery in Cape Coast. He was 64. Family sources have indicated that there will be a wake keeping ahead of the funeral, on Thursday, June 29, from 8.00pm at his ...

A man who posted pictures on Facebook of the body of someone believed to have leapt to his death from the Grenfell Tower fire has been jailed for three months. Omega Mwaikambo, 43, posted one video and two pictures of the body bag with the man inside and then later five pictures of the victim’s face and body after ...

How your spuds are cooked is key to your health. People who eat fried potatoes two or more times a week double their risk of an early death compared to those who avoid them, a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found. Eating potatoes that have not been fried was not ...

Award winning Nigerian gospel artiste, Joseph Omo Ebhodaghe, known in showbiz circles as Joe Praize has tied the knot with his long-time girlfriend, Joana Shittu. The beautiful wedding was held at the Christ Embassy Church in Ikeja, Nigeria on Saturday [June 17] . The engagement ceremony that preceded the wedding was held on May 28 in Nigeria. ...

Calls for the President to constitute new Boards for key government institutions have intensified due to the potential administrative lapses further delays could cause. The former Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Adu Anane Antwi has indicated that Ghana may have lost huge investments at least for the first half of ...

What can determine a serious relationship and distinguish it from a long-term romance? What does serve as a basis and help it start? How can you make a search for a lifetime partner? Every person goes eventually through a moment in life when short but eventful and bright romances cease to bring satisfaction. A person ...

The worst thing for buyers who are looking for an apartment is fraud. Today there are quite a lot of fraudulent schemes, and from time to time the new ones appear. In this post we will reveal a number of more or less known fraudulent schemes, so you are ready to distinguish them when signing ...

Montpellier midfielder Keagan Dolly has urged more South African footballers to leave the country’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) and play abroad. The Bafana Bafana international moved from 2016 African Champions Mamelodi Sundowns to French side Montpellier in January for a fee of around $2 million, making it one of the most expensive transfers in South ...

The SOS Children’s Villages marked the Day of the African Child on Friday, June 16, with a call on government to guarantee a zero-tolerance approach towards child rights violations in Ghana while also committing more resources to child protection. SOS, in a statement, served notice of its drive to accelerate the protection and empowerment of vulnerable ...