A Sierra leone athlete Mohammed tholley went awol last thursday after his team-mate Moses Sessey got tested for the ebola virus. The mountain biking champion was due to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last Thursday but he failed to show up. He was believed to have absconded for fear of  testing positive for or catching the virus which hit his home country. Tholley’s team-mate, cyclist Moses Sessey, 32, tested […]

Martin Poku Yaw Ofori wrote his name in the history books when he won the men’s Group A of the July edition of the Monthly Medal Golf Tournament played at the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi. The second position was picked by Y.A. Boateng, followed by former Black Stars striker, Tony Yeboah and S. Frimpong, in that order. The Group B version […]

Alexander Kwaning (Director-RSIN-MESTI) cutting the air conditioner cake while Nii Ayi Hyde and Pranab Mohanty look on  Somotex Ghana Limited, the sole authorized distributor of LG Electronics in the country, has launched Ghana’s first Mosquito repellent air conditioner in Accra. The new air conditioner, which is specifically designed and built for the African market, uses […]

Stockpile of Rosewood, INSET: Osah Mills The government has imposed a ban on the felling, harvesting and exportation of Rosewood in the country. Nii Osah Mills, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, who made this known in a statement, said the decision to impose a ban was informed by the abuse of permits granted to some […]

Mohammed Amin Adam The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has commended the current reforms in Ghana’s power sector following the country’s qualification to receive the Second Compact of the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation. Describing that as appropriate and timely, the energy think-tank indicated that the reforms will enhance government’s efforts at injecting efficiency […]

John Apea Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II recently created a Leadership programme for the youth from Commonwealth countries. Run in partnership with Comic Relief and the Royal Commonwealth Society, the programme was officially launched by His Royal Highness Prince William and His Royal Highness Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace in London. The programme will offer leadership […]

Dr. Osaafo Maafo  Osaafo Maafo has stated that an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, which the government intends to seek, is the only option in the face of a biting financial predicament. Speaking on Oman FM radio yesterday following the decision to turn to the Bretton Wood institution by a previously reluctant government, he said besides […]

Dan Abodakpi The Former Ghana’s Ambassador to Malaysia, who is vying for the national chairmanship position of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dan Abodakpi, says he will annex the post from the incumbent Dr. Kwabena Adjei at the party’s delegates’ congress scheduled for October 24, 2014. The current first Vice National Chairman and National Coordinator of NADMO, Kofi Portuphy is also vying for the chairmanship position. Mr. Abodakpi, who travelled to the

Nana Akufo-Addo at one of the registration centres yesterday NANA AKUFO-Addo yesterday toured various registration centres in the Greater Accra region to acquaint himself with how far things were going. The flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) curtailed his campaign tour of parts of the country in order to partake in the limited registration exercise being undertaken by the Electoral Commission (EC) across the country. He […]