Jacob Sackey giving the opening address at the Ghana AIDS Commission forum The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), in its quest to prevent the spread of HIV among young people, has incorporated the use of social media to educate and raise awareness. For the past four years, GAC used social media and social network platforms such […]

I am on a morning run to Korle Bu Hospital, my sixth run so far to give a basket of fruit to Arnold, a bosom buddy recuperating from minor surgery. I have come to understand why everything is so underserved in this hospital, stories of horror float in the car park making the trip to […]

Yaw Ampofo-Ankrah Seasoned Ghanaian sports journalist Yaw Ampofo-Ankrah has hit back at ‘sponsored’ online and newspaper allegations claiming that he was responsible for carrying supporters to Brazil. The brother of the immediate past Sports Minister Elvis Afriyie Ankrah says he can understand why some people might genuinely confuse his professional work as a sports journalist […]

Kwesi Nyantakyi Ghana FA has rubbished claims by goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey that he was axed from the Black Stars post at the World Cup for non-footballing reasons at the last minute. GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi hit back at the Norway-based goalkeeper claiming he is peddling falsehood after the Black Stars’ disastrous campaign in Brazil. The […]

Sulley Muntari Brazilian police were seeking to arrest Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari in the wake of his unprovoked physical attack on a Ghana FA member at the World Cup in Brasilia last week, it has been revealed. The AC Milan midfielder physically attacked Moses Armah without any provocation during a meeting with the players over […]

Dr. Kwame Baah-Nuako of the Royal Bank doing the aerobic exercise after the walk SENIOR VICE President, Strategic Planning, Research and Corporate Affairs of The Royal Bank, Dr. Kwame Baah-Nuako, has proposed continuous body exercise for Ghanaians. Frequent body exercise, he stated, has several advantages, as it would enable a person to stay strong and […]

Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, Former Sports Minister Ex Sports Minister Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah has vehemently denied having sex with actress Jackie Appiah in Brazil. The minister’s name came up, in the heat of the World Cup fiasco, as allegedly having had sex with the actress a few weeks ago; but he rubbished the claims and described it as […]

A suspected case of Ebola disease detected at the Nyaho Medical Centre in Accra on Sunday has tested “tentatively negative”, according to the Ghana Health Service. Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie, told Joy News more work would be done Tuesday before a substantive conclusion would be announced. “What […]

The Supreme Court (SC) of Ghana will today commence hearing of a case involving the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and the Attorney-General (A-G,) the defendant in the case, on the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE). The PPP on March 31, 2014 filed a writ at the Supreme Court seeking to, among other things, have […]

A contraceptive computer chip that can be controlled by remote control has been developed in Massachusetts. The chip is implanted under a woman’s skin, releasing a small dose of levonorgestrel, a hormone. This will happen every day for 16 years, but can be stopped at any time by using a wireless remote control. The project […]

Sepp Blater, FIFA President The inauguration of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Electoral and Appeals Committees scheduled for yesterday was called off because a letter from FIFA addressed to NFF declared the bodies illegal. The NFF Congress had on Saturday sacked the Executive Committee headed by Aminu Maigari and set up new electoral and appeals […]

The organizers of the ‘Occupy Flagstaff House’ demonstrations, Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance (CGRG) have hinted of plans to introduce a new campaign which will be known as ‘Red Friday Campaign’. Executive Secretary of the group George Kojo Anti, in an interview with Citi News said “the new campaign is expected to put pressure on […]

Elvis Afriyie Ankrah Former Youth and Sports Minister, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has said he does not know where his office is at the moment and therefore regards himself as a Minister without portfolio. Afriyie Ankrah, who was recently re-assigned by President John Mahama to the Presidency as a Minister of State after an abysmal performance […]

Members of the Nurses and Midwives Trainees’ Association Monday morning converged at the Obra Spot in Accra to demonstrate over delays in the payment of their allowances. According to the group, they are fed up with government’s verbal assurances that the allowances owed them since 2012 would be paid. Expressing their frustration on Peace FM, the […]

Rev Gabriel Ansah Credible reports reaching BEATWAVES indicate that the renowned end-time preacher, Rev Gabriel Ansah, the host of N’asem University on Adom FM, is planning to quit the station. According to BEATWAVES’ investigations, Rev Gabriel Ansah’s decision to say good bye to the station is based on ill-treatment meted out to him by the […]

Becca Award-winning afro pop artiste, Rebecca Acheampong, known in the music scene as Becca, has denied rumours that she had sex with a Black Stars player in Brazil for money. The songstress was recently in Brazil as part of ambassadors selected by the Sports Ministry to rally support for the Black Stars and raise funds […]

DEAD! Castro and Jane News broke in Accra yesterday afternoon about the death of hip-life artiste, Castro, who reportedly drowned in the Volta River at Ada Foah after a failed attempt to save a drowning female friend believed to be his lover. Early reports said Castro De Destroyer was cruising in a Ski Jet on […]

Nana Akufo-Addo The Nana Akufo-Addo campaign team has dismissed media reports claiming that the 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is standing down in the impending flagbearership race of the party. “The attention of Akufo-Addo For 2016, UK, has been drawn to vicious lies against Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. “The new lies is […]

The Maamobi suburb of Accra was Saturday night turned into an arena when an angry mob turned their spleens on a local restaurant, Marwako, setting it alight alongside three vehicles. The situation was triggered when the Lebanese owner of the restaurant offered sanctuary to an escaping policeman, who had allegedly shot a cabbie and was […]