Industry players in Ghana’s housing sector want the government to critically address Ghana’s land acquisition and documentation system to ease the burden associated with the provision of decent accommodation. The estate developers contend that the high costs of properties have priced out the majority of prospective homeowners and compounded the housing challenge. Participants at Citi ...

VGMA Artiste of the Year, Joe Mettle has honoured veteran gospel singer Yaw Sarpong who has been in the ministry for the past 40 years. “It is important to respect and honour those who have gone ahead of you. When you honour them, God will honour you. You attract the anointing and grace that you ...

The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) celebrated #OlympicDay with a “Get Into Rugby” exhibition at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday 24 June 2017 to showcase Rugby as an Olympic sport. The event formed part of the celebrations organized by the Ghana Olympic Committee. According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), “Olympic Day is much ...

A physically challenged pastor, Mr Clement Ofori, has threatened to drag Africa World Airline (AWA) and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to court for disembarking him from an aircraft because of his disability. The 37-year-old clergyman, who is the General Overseer of the House of the Rock Ministry, was not allowed to embark on ...

The final outdoor event of the Citi Business Festival, which is the Real Estate/Housing  Forum, is underway at the Alisa Hotel in Accra. The forum is a thought leadership platform created to discuss key issues within the real estate and housing sector in Ghana. The forum is looking at pertinent issues in the sector such ...

Government is devising measures to find the requisite funds needed to clear the huge debt the Energy Sector is saddled with. The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, who made this revelation in Zambia, during his interaction with the Ghanaian community, said the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is championing this cause. He revealed that government had already initiated ...

Jose Mourinho has led mourners at his father’s funeral in Portugal. Jose Manuel Mourinho Felix passed away at the age of 79 on Sunday after a battle with illness. A church service was held upon the Manchester United boss’ arrival in Portugal. Mourinho laid his father to rest on Tuesday and was seen carrying the ...

Ports all over the world assess their performance using set key indicators, and Ghanaian ports are not an exception to this practice.  In fact, Ghana adopted the Uniform Systems of Port Statistics and Performance Indicators (USPSPI)[1] pioneered by UNCTAD[2] in the 1980s to access and track operational efficiency. They use a set of indicators to ...

Freshly-published Ghanaian author, Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng has been announced as the latest guest reader for the National Book Reading Campaign. Dubbed DAkpabli Readathon, the initiative seeks to promote book reading for pleasure as well as local authorship across Ghana. Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng, popularly known as the Facebook MP, was announced at a brief ceremony in Accra yesterday. ...

Ghana has co-signed a resolution to end violence against women and girls along with 60  countries. The resolution places a significant amount of responsibility on men and boys to prevent violence against women and girls, which has made it controversial among other nations. The intention of the resolution to transform “social-cultural norms and traditional and ...

The Minority in Parliament has called for the immediate interdiction of the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST)Company, Alfred Obeng Boateng, over the sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel. This call comes barely 24-hours after ACEP also called on the CEO to step aside for investigations into the matter. ...

Interdicted former East Legon Police Commander, DSP Emmanuel Basintale, and four others, have sued the Ghana Police Service contending their rights were violated during investigations into the GHc1.3m gold scam. The five, who were accused of playing various roles in the alleged gold scam were interdicted in March 2017. An American company, Green Global Resources, accused  DSP ...

A Koforidua Circuit Court has granted the 12 suspects who attacked and vandalized the Somanya office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Police station to a GHc70,000 bail with two sureties each. The suspects, Adamptey Jones Dendenden, Teye Israel, Michael Adjei Nortey, Theophilus Narh, Kosivi Amana, Wisdom Tetteh, Jerry George Klutse, Sackey Wisdom ...

Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, has called for a dispassionate discussion on the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill 2017, to enable the creation of a truly independent office to deal with public sector corruption. The Bill is expected to among other things define modalities for the appointment and operations of the Special Prosecutor. It is ...

Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, has called for a dispassionate discussion on the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill 2017, to enable the creation of a truly independent office to deal with public sector corruption. The Bill is expected to among other things define modalities for the appointment and operations of the Special Prosecutor. It is ...

Pressure is mounting on the West African Examination Council (WAEC), following its refusal to allow some 200 candidates to rewrite two papers they could not write during the just ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at Bunkpurugu in the Northern Region. An advocacy group, Child Rights International, which has written to WAEC to allow the ...

One of the oldest mission schools in the Koforidua Municipality, Presby Junior High School ‘A’, has held its first ever graduation ceremony. The colourful event, held on Wednesday, 21st June, 2017 at the P.C.G Koforidua District Ascension Hall, was organized to officially graduate 68 Students who took part in the 2017 BECE after Nine (9) ...

The Director of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEDC), Dr. Steve Manteaw wants Ghana to be “cautiously optimistic” with China’s intention to commit to $15 billion into Ghana’s economy. Dr. Manteaw reminded that, there are as yet undisclosed conditions that are tied to the money, making the overall deal hard to assess at the moment. “Whether or ...

The Head of the Legon Centre for Asian Studies, Dr. Lloyd Amoah, has downplayed suspicions around China’s commitment to invest about $21 billion dollars into Ghana’s economy. Following the Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia’s visit, a number of Memoranda of Understanding were signed to invest $15 billion dollars while an additional $4 billion dollars is ...

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), has refuted claims it failed to carry out due diligence in its award of contracts to Movenpiina and ZUPOIL with regards to the sale 5 million litres of contaminated fuel. This claim was made by the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP). Among the claims, against BOST, ...