Asamoah Gyan, Black Stars Captain Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has named his squad for next month’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Uganda and Togo. The Black Stars coach has selected 24 players for the two Group E matches in the qualifying campaign. Jeffery Schlupp and David Accam, who both missed out of […]
Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo The 2012 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, who is seeking to lead the party in the 2016 elections, hit the Western Region yesterday with his campaign. Nana Addo was in the region to meet the delegates, as well as constituency and regional executives of […]
The White House has said it sent special forces into Syria to rescue hostages including James Foley, but could not locate them. News of the unsuccessful attempt came as it was revealed the journalist’s family were told he would be killed a week before his beheading by an Islamic State (IS) militant. The 40-year-old was […]
Kwabena Adjei, NDC Chairman Efforts by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to elect new officers for the Obuasi East constituency of the Ashanti Region turned bloody when two groups, whose members are battling for positions in the constituency, slugged it out, during which the incumbent Chairman, Francis Coffie, was injured. He was still at the hospital as at press time yesterday, with cuts, bruises and a […]
Deborah Asiedu The Dodowa District Police in the Eastern Region have detained a 22-year-old mother, Deborah Asiedu, for abandoning her eightmonth- old baby girl, Janet Amissah. She was charged with putting the baby’s life in danger. The District Commander, Superintendent Samuel Kwesi Ofori, gave indication that Deborah had gone to the baby’s father, Bowey Amissah, for some money to buy food for Janet. Bowey, according to the police, refused the request by […]
Dr Richard Amoako Baah A PoliticAl Science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and technology (KNUSt) has questioned the competence of the General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). Dr Richard Amoako Baah said Mr Kwabena Agyepong is “inexperienced” and does not appear to “understand his job.” He was commenting on the rumpus that rocked the opposition New Patriotic Party on Tuesday, culminating in a full blown chaos at
All telecommunications companies in the country are expected to begin using uniform short codes for their various customer service activities beginning September 8, 2014. The National Communications Authority (NCA), which made this known in a statement, said it was collaborating with telecommunications companies to make this a reality. Some activities that would require the […]
Nii Adumansa-Baddoo Nii Adumansa-Baddoo, Chairman of the Internal Audit Board, has charged management of public institutions to set high standards that would translate into transparency and accountability. Nii Anumansa-Baddoo, who was speaking at beginning of the 9th Annual Internal Audit Forum Tuesday in Accra, said improving governance in the public sector requires a robust and […]
Dr. Bernard Tetteh-Dumanya SGL Royal Kapita, an emerging financial institution, has introduced an investment service package aimed at supporting organizations and individuals in Ghana’s agriculture sector. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SGL Royal Kapita, Dr. Bernard Tetteh-Dumanya, who disclosed this to BUSINESS GUIDE in an interview, said the initiative would target farmers and other agriculture […]
Mohammed Amin Adam The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has questioned why the Volta River Authority (VRA) bought turbines to be used in submarines for the 132-megawatt Takoradi 3 (T3) power plant. According to Mohammed Amin Adam, Executive Director of ACEP, the $256 million thermal plant has been out of use for a couple […]
Dr Yaw Akoto, CEO, Surfline Surfline has officially launched Ghana’s first 4G LTE network in Accra and Tema, giving both consumers and businesses internet speeds that are 10 times faster than 3G services currently on offer. Marking the historic occasion, Surfline, the only telecoms company wholly owned by Ghanaians, announced free devices and double bonus […]
Dignitaries at the launch Weston Capital, a limited liability company incorporated in Ghana, has launched an oil and gas fund dubbed, ‘Weston Oil and Gas Fund (WOGFund) to support the drive for local content within the nation’s oil and gas industry. WOGFund is an open ended mutual fund approved, licensed and regulated by the Securities […]
Some fishermen waiting in a queue to buy premix fuel. The leadership of the Inland Canoe Fishermen Association has appealed to President John Mahama to relieve the Chairman of the National Premix Committee of his position. Kwaku Nicol has been accused of myriad improprieties to the detriment of the fishing industry in the country. He […]
A 34-year-old mason, Isaac Teiko Tagoe, who defiled a three-year-old girl, was yesterday sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the offence by an Accra Circuit Court. The accused person was arraigned after the victim informed her mum about the ordeal she went through when she had gone to play in his (accused) house with his […]
Ofori Amponsah One of Ghana’s most famous contemporary highlife artistes, Ofori Amponsah, has declared that he has no problem at all when radio DJs and presenters play his old songs on air. Ofori Amponsah, now a born-again, and pastoring the Holy Ground Sanctuary, made the comments after former hip-life star, Abraham Philip Akpor Kojo Kenya, […]
Naa Oyo Quartey The organisers of Miss Malaika beauty pageant, Charter House, have announced that GH-One TV will on August 24 air the Miss Malaika audition series which was held at the GH-One studios in Accra. The Miss Malaika audition series attracted hundreds of beautiful young ladies from various parts of the country, who showed […]
Junior doctors at Ghana’s biggest referral health facility, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, are threatening ‘to advise themselves’ if management fails to put in place adequate measures to handle Ebola patients at the health post. The doctors gave the management a 48-hour ultimatum on Tuesday to come up with a clear strategy towards dealing with the haemorrhagic […]
Men’s Health Foundation Ghana, a prostate care organisation, will stage the first-ever prostate health disparity symposium in Ghana. The symposium would address the needs of healthy men who are at high risk of prostate cancer, men newly diagnosed with the disease, caregivers, family members and men with recurring or advanced stage prostate cancer. The event is scheduled to coincide with the month that has been globally earmarked […]
Arthur Paes giving the money to Zianab Abukari, mother of the boy as little Majid and hospital officials look on Arthur Paes, owner of African Royal Beach Hotel, Nungua, has presented an amount of GH¢8000 to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to enable little Majid Karim to undergo definitive surgery to correct his oesophageal stricture condition. The donation by Mr Paes […]
Children who commit crime have some special protection which otherwise would not have been available to an adult, since children have less understanding of the law. At all times the interest of the child must be sought to be paramount during arrest, questioning, trial or at any stage of criminal proceedings. Unlike one of the […]
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