Prisons have been in existence since the Stone Age. Until the institutionalization of the prison system in Ghana, our colonial masters in the Gold Coast era housed offenders in dungeons and cells built into their castles. Currently, there are 43prison establishments across the country. They are categorised as maximum security (Ankaful), medium security(Nsawam), central prisons, […]

On Monday, October 18, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Melinda Tabler-Stone and other officials and dignitaries participated in the national launch of Rotary Family Health Days. The program is initiated and managed by Rotary International in partnership with governmental and non-governmental organizations to provide health screening services to vulnerable children, women, and men throughout Ghana. The United […]

The Black Stars have been drawn in group D alongside the Cranes of Uganda, Pharaohs of Egypt and the Eagles of Mali for the 31st edition of the Total Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. The continental showpiece is scheduled for 14 January to 5 February 2017 in the Gabonese cities of Libreville, Franceville, Oyem […]

Fifty-eight chiefs in the Atwima Kwanwoma constituency of the Ashanti region are backing Nana Akufo-Addo to win the 2016 elections. According to the chiefs, they have decided to declare their support to the candidacy of the NPP standard bearer because the governing National Democratic Congress led by President John Mahama has deserted them. Speaking on […]

Holland-born Ghanaian Timothy Fosu-Mensah has signed a new contract at Manchester United which keeps him at the club until June 2020 with an option to extend for a further year, the club have confirmed. Fosu-Mensah,18, joined United in 2014 and played in the Academy team and also the Under-21s. He was later handed a first-team […]

Police in the Northern region have invited the Northern regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, over his claim that the NPP will guard ballot boxes with strongmen. Mr. Naabu said at the party’s rally at Savelugu, a few days ago, that the party would deploy armed macho men to guard […]

Bafana Bafana coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba will be going to Egypt to support Mamelodi Sundowns in the CAF Champions League second leg this weekend. The Brazilians currently enjoy a 3-0 first-leg advantage and are strong favourites to win Africa’s most prestigious club competition for the first time. Mashaba said he was invited to the Sundowns […]

Excellence in Broadcasting (EIB) Network, mother company of Starr 103.5FM, has offered the only independent presidential candidate contesting the December polls, Joseph Osei Yeboah, significant airtime for his campaign. EIB Network has already offered similar package to all the political parties to support their campaigns. Mr. Yeboah, who has been engaging staff of the Network […]

For at least an hour on Wednesday night, America peered through a portal into another world. In this alternate reality, a Democrat and Republican debated the once familiar dividing lines of US politics – guns, abortion, tax – in a shockingly conventional style. Close your eyes, ignore Donald Trump’s cartoon grimaces, Hillary Clinton’s stunned expression, […]

An Environmental and Global Climate Justice Organization, Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation has launched its Academy program in Liberia through the training of more than one hundred Climate Justice Ambassadors in Liberia to advocate for climate justice in Liberia by planting trees. The launching of the Academy included a Climate Walk, training on climate change, and planting of […]

Former president of the most populous black nation, President Olusegun Obasanjo is to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious Pan African Humanitarian awards scheduled to hold in Dubai on the 12th of November. In his acceptance letter, the two term President of the Federal republic of Nigeria and former Chairperson of […]

“I don’t like to date a poor lady”, Smart blurted out in our chatty conversation. “Poor ladies don’t bring anything to the table” he continued. He confessed that dating poor women who only demand for money is what is making most men financially bankrupt. Why date a poor woman whom you cannot mutually benefit from […]

Muhirwa, a Hutu elected in senatorial elections in 2015 in Kirundo constituency, is a member of the Burundian ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD). Mossi is a Hutu woman from the CNDD-FDD party, who was killed in Bujumbura on July 13, 2016 by unidentified gunmen. […]

Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has reiterated calls for the restoration of the teacher trainee allowances. According to the National President of GNAT Philippa Larsen, the restoration of the trainee allowances will not only help the brilliant students who are financially handicapped but also encourage other prospective students. “There are a lot of students […]