The Energy Commission is set to launch an audit of all electrical wiring at the various fuel stations by the end of this month [October]. The move is among others to ensure compliance by the various fuel stations with the mandatory ten year audit of all electrical wiring systems. Citi Business News understands that the exercise ...

A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say. Hundreds more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel. It is the deadliest terror attack in Somalia since the Islamist ...

Austria’s conservative People’s Party (ÖVP), led by 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz, is set to win the country’s general election, projections suggest. The victory would make Mr Kurz the world’s youngest national leader. The People’s Party was set to win 31.5%, followed by the Social Democrats with 27.1% and the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) with 25.9%. Short ...

Manolo Gabbiadini marked his return to Southampton’s side by scoring both goals as battling Saints twice came from behind to deny Newcastle United victory in an entertaining game at St Mary’s. Isaac Hayden fired the Magpies ahead from 25 yards after goalkeeper Fraser Forster was left flat-footed before Joselu was denied from making it 2-0 ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is at Lawra in the Upper West Region, to partake in the climax of the annual Kobineh festival of the chiefs and people of the Lawra traditional area. Naaa Abaifah Karbo, the Paramount Chief of the Lawra traditional area, and his sub-chiefs, were on hand to welcome the President. The festival is celebrated ...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has inducted 4,000 nurse Assistants, nurses and midwives in the northern zone, who qualified into the nursing profession in the year 2016, to practice as professionals. The 2017 induction ceremonies for the over 18,000 nurse Assistants, nurses and midwives who qualified in 2016 across the regions in Ghana have been ...

Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Olufemi Micheal Abikoye, has met over 500 Nigerian girls who are engaging in commercial sex activities in Kumasi. The meeting forms part of measures to liaise with relevant authorities to find decent jobs for the girls who are mostly trafficked to Ghana to engage in such illegal activities. ...

Given the loss of lives in the Atomic Junction explosion, a legal practitioner, Rainer Akumperigya, believes there should have been some resignations or sackings coming from the institutions mandated by law with supervisory responsibility. “My guess is that, if you want to demonstrate how reprehensive morally this thing is, you would want to resign. That ...

Woody Allen has said he is “sad” for Harvey Weinstein as the producer faces numerous allegations of sexual assault. The filmmaker said he had heard rumours but not “these horror stories” after a number of women came forward to accuse Weinstein of assault. Weinstein was voted off the board behind the Oscars on Saturday as a result ...

The Met Office has issued Northern Ireland with an amber weather warning as Hurricane Ophelia remains on course to hit Ireland and the UK on Monday. The warning, of “potential danger to life”, came as Ireland called a national emergency meeting. Ophelia, on its way from the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean, is currently blowing winds ...

Wayne Rooney’s 90th-minute penalty earned Everton a point against Brighton in a largely unremarkable encounter at the Amex Stadium. Brighton looked set to secure their third successive home league win when Anthony Knockaert slotted home in the 82nd minute after Jose Izquierdo’s shot was blocked by Michael Keane. But with the clock ticking down, defender ...

Some students of the Islamic Senior High School (ISSEC) in Kumasi, say some members of the public have begun tagging them as ‘One Corner Students.’ The students, who are unhappy about the name calling have warned persons engaging in the acts to stop teasing them since it amounts to stigmatization. The development comes after a ...

Everyone has that spot in their house or car where they let the mail and receipts pile up. For 68-year old Jimmie Smith, it was an old shirt hanging in his closet. Stuffed in its pockets was a stack of unchecked lottery tickets. “I always told myself, ‘I’ll check them when I have the time,'” ...

Cote d’Ivoire President, Alassane Ouattara, will from Monday, 16th October, begin a two-day official visit to Ghana. “This visit is a reciprocal one to the visit made to Cote d’Ivoire by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in May this year, at the start of his tour of the countries of West ...

Morocco will replace Kenya as hosts of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN), organisers announced on Sunday. Kenya lost the rights to stage the 2018 African Nations Championship for failing to meet Caf’s requirements. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) unanimously decided to give Morocco the tournament ahead of Equatorial Guinea. They replace Kenya, who ...

A Community Entry Assessment, jointly undertaken by Teere, has accused some Municipal and District Assemblies of misusing the three per cent of the District Assembly Common Fund meant for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The report was undertaken by Teere, a Non-Governmental Organization in collaboration with the Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD) in the Upper ...

The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) wants government to pay local contractors on time. This, they say will enable government successfully implement its policy of ceding 70 percent work to local contractors. The Minister for Procurement Sarah Adwoa Sarfo has announced that government is working on a policy document that will see 70 percent ...

The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) wants government to pay local contractors on time. This, they say will enable government successfully implement its policy of ceding 70 percent work to local contractors. The Minister for Procurement Sarah Adwoa Sarfo has announced that government is working on a policy document that will see 70 percent ...

The Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, will be closing some roads temporarily in Accra, in anticipation of the visit of Ivorian President, Alhassan Outtara, on Monday, October 16. President Alhassan Outtara is expected to arrive in Ghana for bilateral discussions with President Nana Akufo-Addo. The roads to be affected by the closures are the Kwame  Nkrumah ...

The Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North in the Eastern Region, Emmanuel Aboagye Didieye, has died. The 41-year old former MP, died at the SSNIT hospital in Accra on Saturday night. The late former MP, who lost the NDC primary for his constituency in 2015, had been battling a short ...