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 […]

Kennedy Agyepong THE NEW Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyepong, has objected to the arrest of Kumasi-based business mogul, Kwabena Kesse, otherwise known as Kessben. He stated that it was unfair and improper for the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) to arrest the hard working […]

Engen Ghana Limited officials making the presentation to Otumfuo Education Fund Engen Ghana Limited has presented an amount of GH¢3,000 and periodic tables for Science and Mathematics to support the Otumfuo Education Fund. The presentation was aimed at helping the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, to realise his dream of promoting quality education across the country. […]

Dr Kent Brantly THE US has announced plans to send at least 50 public health experts to West Africa to help fight the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola. A senior US health official said the outbreak was out of control but insisted it could be stopped. Ebola has claimed 728 lives in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone this year. The current mortality rate […]

The Ghanaian fans seeking asylum in Brazil after the 2014 World Cup have been granted an initial one-year stay in the country. The over 200 Ghanaian supporters applied for asylum in Brazil under the reported pretext of a religious conflict in the West African state after Ghana’s first round exit from the World Cup. Ghana’s Sports Ministry is yet to […]

Liberia’s government has ordered that all bodies of people killed by the Ebola virus must be cremated. The decision follows the refusal of some communities to allow the burial of Ebola victims on their land. Meanwhile, Nigeria says it has a second Ebola case – that of one of the doctors who treated a man […]

Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei A former Finance Minister under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei is asking Ghanaians to brace themselves for more hardship as the country seeks a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance committee, Ghanaians should expect job losses and hikes in […]

Till death do us part: Don and Maxine Simpson, of Bakersfield, California, passed away within four hours of each Not many can lay claim to fulfilling their vow of ’till death do us part’. But for one California couple, who had been married an incredible 62 years, that’s precisely what happened. The family of Don […]

Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan, E.C chairman THE ELECTORAL Commission (EC) is expected to begin the limited registration exercise today until August 13, as part of preparations towards the 2016 general elections. The exercise is open to Ghanaians who have attained the age of 18 years since the compilation of the 2012 Voter Register, as well as eligible Ghanaians who were above 18 […]

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu The Minority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has given strong indications that the minority in parliament will use other avenues available to them to summon the Minister of youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga, to come and account for taxpayers’ monies spent on the national team in Brazil. In a press statement released on Friday, August 1, the minority leader said the minority was still not satisfied with the manner in […]

Aisha Gangarey An Accra High Court on Friday dismissed an application seeking to overturn the extradition of a TV presenter and 5 others by a Magistrate Court for allegedly dealing in narcotics. The accused persons include TV presenter Aisha Gangarey, Martin Okpoti, Benjamin Boamah (alias Kweku), Derrick Boateng, Lawrence Aboagye, Alvin Salim Mustapha and Derrick Maxwell. The accused persons had, through their counsel, filed […]

Kweku Kwarteng Member oF Parliament (MP) for Obuasi-West, Kwaku Kwarteng, has indicated that Ghana is currently facing economic challenges because of government’s mismanagement of the economy, excessive borrowing, unnecessary spending and corruption. According to him, the re-denomination of the currency in 2007 cannot be said to be responsible for the present economic mess and therefore any attempt to reverse the policy could have dire consequences for […]