The body of one of the 14 persons trapped in a collapsed mining pit at Prestea Nsuta in the Western Region has been retrieved. The body was retrieved by the 15 member rescue team deployed into the pit overnight. The search party reportedly has challenges pulling some of the other bodies out of the pit. ...

A road Engineer, Mahama Abdullai has described as a joke the Quality Bus System (QBS) also known as the Aayalolo bus service which has been struggling to make profit, eight months after its first bus hit the streets of Accra. He made the remark on the back of revelations that the management of the transport ...

A road Engineer, Mahama Abdullai has described as a joke the Quality Bus System (QBS) also known as the Aayalolo bus service which has been struggling to make profit, eight months after its first bus hit the streets of Accra. He made the remark on the back of revelations that the management of the transport ...

The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called for the need for a resolute and cooperative leadership comprising the family, community, educationists, health professionals and religious leaders in Africa to help in addressing adolescent reproductive health on the continent. This according to her, would “certainly position Africa to achieve its demographic dividend”. The First Lady ...

Images of three revered Chinese deity statues went viral on social media after they were seen travelling in business class on a flight from China’s port city of Xiamen to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Who are the divine passengers? The first was the Chinese sea goddess Mazu (also known as Matsu), widely worshipped in ...

Professor George K. T Oduro, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has said the school will continue to pursue strong academic standards. According to Prof Oduro, it is untrue that the University has harsh academic expectations, which scares prospective students from seeking admission adding that “UCC only believes in quality, and we cannot ...

In an Independence Day message, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick questioned the value the Fourth of July holds for black Americans, since the United States was founded on the backs of African-American slaves. “How can we truly celebrate independence on a day that intentionally robbed our ancestors of theirs?” Kaepernick wrote on Twitter. He instead touted the liberating effects of a ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has listed the absence of street names as a major challenge that hinders and impedes tax collection in Ghana. The Authority says the development remains one of their biggest constraints especially as they find it difficult to identify tax payers to retrieve tax revenue from. Business Associations had also earlier ...

A Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Isaac Agyei Mensah, has said that the Akufo-Addo government has no excuse not to improve road infrastructure in the country. According to him, despite the financial difficulties the previous government under John Mahama faced, it found ingenious ways of raising funds to undertake massive road infrastructure projects. The ...

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has admonished residents within the metropolis to desist from acquiring burial space from cemetery wardens instead of the assembly. AMA in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs, Num Blafo III, said it was illegal to deal with the cemetery wardens, and that “all payments concerning the space ...

The BOST contaminated fuel saga is a major test case for the country’s resolve to fight corruption and the lack of accountability. It is also an evidence of our state as a people, a people whose sense of reason is moderated by political colours and tribal stereotyping, with limited commitment to our nation. We have ...

Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette has completed a medical at Arsenal before his proposed £45m record move. The Gunners had an initial bid for the 26-year-old France international rejected, but talks continued. His fee, of up to £52m with add-ons, will surpass the £42.4m Arsenal paid Real Madrid for Mesut Ozil in 2013. Lacazette was second top scorer in ...

Ed Sheeran says he’s quit Twitter after receiving a stream of abuse. “I’ve actually come off Twitter completely,” he told The Sun. “I can’t read it. “I go on it and there’s nothing but people saying mean things. One comment ruins your day. But that’s why I’ve come off it.” The star, who has 19 million ...

An independent panel set up to oversee the activities of Google’s DeepMind has agreed that its initial deal with a UK hospital was “illegal”. The Information Commission (ICO) ruled on Monday that the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust had not done enough to safeguard patient data. The controversy is over an app DeepMind developed to ...

Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are to discuss the Qatar crisis, a month after they severed ties with the Gulf state. The meeting of foreign ministers in Cairo comes on the day a deadline expires for Qatar to accept a list of demands or face further sanctions. The demands to Qatar ...

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has said it will punish Movenpinna Energy, Zup Oil and over forty other unlicensed companies that purchased off-spec fuel from BOST despite government’s claim that there was nothing wrong in the transaction. According to the acting Chief Executive of the NPA, Hassan Tampuli, although it is still investigating the matter, its preliminary ...

A Former Deputy Minister of Local Government in the Mahama administration, wants persons whose actions rendered some 86 vehicles meant for government dormant and corroded at the Local Government Institute punished. The vehicles which were originally brought into Ghana to be used by District Chief Executives across the country, have been under the mercy of ...

Managers of the Quality Bus System (QBS) in Accra, have revealed that the programme is still operating at a loss, about eight months since commercial services commenced in the capital, Accra. Reports indicate that, about 197 out of the 245 Aayalolo buses imported into the country for the QBS, have not been used since 2016. ...

The Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko has indicated that the eight member committee tasked to look into the alleged sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel to Movenpiina, would now offer advice to the Minister on how to avert the possible sale of contaminated or off-spec products. According to him, the mandate also comes after ...