DCOP Kofi Boakye The Ashanti regional Police command has sternly cautioned the ruling National Democratic congress (NDc) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to refrain from hiring thugs to visit the centres for the ongoing limited voter registration exercise in the region. DCOP Kofi Boakye, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, disclosed that reports reaching him indicated that some political parties were visiting the registration centres […]

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has stressed the need for Sub-Saharan African countries to fully adopt employment policies. According to the organization’s 2014 Human Development Report (HDR), 77 percent of the population in Africa are considered to be in vulnerable employment. It noted that paying special attention to the quality and security of the […]

Barbara Serwaa Asamoah (middle) and Mr. Christopher Ackon (Right) at the program. The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Barbara Serwaa Asamoah has indicated that  government will soon commence the importation of timber into the country. Serwaa Asamoah disclosed this at the 5th edition of National Forest Forum-Ghana (NFF-G) in Dodowa yesterday. She said […]

Charles Asare – Acting MD, GACL Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced its return to profit on the back of improved revenues and effective management, recording a net profit of GH¢19.1 million for the year ending December, 2013. The company’s fortunes are up from a loss of GH¢84.2 million in 2012. Charles Asare, acting […]

Isaac Offei presenting the items to ACP Oyirifi-Akrofi as other top personnel look on Latex Foam Rubber Products Limited has presented several items to support the Visibility Unit of the Northern Regional Police Command to effectively discharge its duties. They include 10 tents, 40 plastic chairs, 100 reflective jackets and 25 student mattresses. The timely donation […]

Participants at the forum, INSET: Dr Emmanuel Akwetey speaking at the forum Civil society organisations have said Ghana needs a constitutional reform that will make governance more relevant to the political aspirations of the country’s citizens. According to them, the present governance system needs to give way to multiparty governance that could address diversity, socio-economic and political […]

Sam Pyne The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has registered its strong protest against the increasing number of faulty biometric machines at some of the registration centres in the Ashanti Region. The party is afraid that the faulty machines could prevent people in the region who are eligible to register from doing so. Sam Pyne, […]

Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa with leaders of PUSAG after receiving the petition The Private Universities Students Association (PUSAG) has called for the revision of some government policies and regulations which it described as discriminatory and unfavorable. PUSAG has called for 15 per cent reduction in corporate taxes paid by private universities and that 30 per cent of […]

Malam Malam Shamuna Ustaz Jibril, known for his spiritual interpretations and predictions, has descended on the Ebola pandemic attributing it to the consumption of carcasses. He has challenged medical researchers to probe the effects of the consumption of the carcasses of felines. He disagreed that the disease is transmitted through handshake explaining that “it can be passed through coughing and blood transfusion and therefore not by handshakes.” The disease, for now, he said,

“When there is a problem, you look at where it started, not where it ended” – Adam Larsen Kwarasey, Black Starts Goalkeeper   One important issue which has so far escaped attention from the ignominy of Ghana’s participation in the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil has been any serious discussion of the colours of […]

Rev Owusu-Bempah   The founder and leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Rev Owusu-Bempah, has declared that the renowned hiplife artiste, Theophilus Tagoe, aka Castro, who was reported missing a couple of weeks ago is dead and gone. Speaking in an interview on Hitz FM, an Accra-based radio station, the man of God […]

Salsa dancers in action The final event of this year’s edition of the Close Up Freshness Dance Revolution Salsa Fiesta 4 takes place on Saturday, August 9 at the T-Havanna Salsa, Tema. The Close-up Salsa Fiesta is the biggest gathering of Salsa lovers and one of the most exciting events in the Ghanaian entertainment industry […]

William Sabi The Minority Caucus in Parliament has appealed to the government to take urgent steps to prevent the imminent collapse of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), insisting that funds should be released immediately to salvage the fund. They said many Ghanaians were dying because that facility, lauded as one of the best Government […]

Ebo Barton Odro The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has implored Parliament to investigate the conduct of First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Ebo Barton-Odro in the payment of GH¢51.2million judgment debt to businessman Alfred Woyome. The PPP also wants the former Deputy Attorney General to resign immediately as the Member of Parliament for Cape Coast […]

Alan Kyerematen As the NPP prepare towards its Presidential primaries, a leading contender in the race, Mr. Alan Kyerematen has called on all party faithful’s to be circumspect in their utterances and dealings with one another, and forge ahead in unity. He noted that, “the NPP thrives on diversity. It has rich democratic values that […]

Ebo Barton-Odro First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ebo Barton-Odro, has further thrown spanner in the efforts at retrieving the GH¢51.2 million paid to National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier, Afred Agbesi Woyome, insisting that the government does not have a good case against the embattled businessman. Mr. Barton-Odro, who took part in the alleged fraudulent payment […]

DCOP Kofi Boakye standing in front of the suspected robbers THE POLICE in Kumasi have arrested one Akwasi Yeboah, popularly known as ‘Inusah,’ in connection with the gruesome murder of one Akwasi Abebe, 23. The deceased was allegedly shot in the head at close range on May 28, 2014, and he eventually died at the […]

Constance Owusu, who was challenged over her age, showing her birth certificate to some of the EC officials  THE TIMELY intervention of a group of armed policemen on Monday prevented what could have been bloody clashes between the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the AME Zion JHS at […]

Only Ministers and Deputy Ministers under an NDC regime can afford the level of profligacy exhibited recently by a female government appointee in commemoration of her birthday. While some government appointees are too scared to undertake such eye-catching social activities given the testy times the country is in, others such as our guest today can […]