The Ebola outbreak threatens to become a political crisis that could unravel years of effort to stabilise West Africa, a think tank warns.

Mr. Kofi Armah Buah, the Minister of Energy and Petroleum has announced that the Petroleum Commission has developed medium-term strategies to ensure smooth implementation of the local content Law. This, he said, includes the development of guidelines, templates as well as a monitoring and evaluation system, and that currently there are about 152 Ghanaian companies out of the 232 companies registered with the Petroleum Commission providing direct and indirect services to the upstream industry. ‘‘Services

A man from Liberia says ten members of his family have been killed after contracting the Ebola virus.

Abuja – Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday promised to secure the future of Nigerian youths as he formally declared his intention to run for the presidency in 2015. Atiku declared his presidential bid in Abuja with a promise to ensure “safe and secured lives’’ for the Nigerian youth. “You, the youth, endowed with fresh ...

Newly admitted students of the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) have been challenged to put knowledge they would acquire in school to help change the face of poverty and despair in the country. “The expectation is that you will use what you learn here to make a difference in the lives of the people of ...

The Alliance for Accountable Governance has indicated it would soon hit the streets if calls on the government to sack embattled CHRAJ boss fell on deaf ears. Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Lauretta Lamptey has been in the news for rather bad reasons. She is accused of expending huge sums of the […]

The Tema office of the National Service Secretariat is under investigations by the National Security, following Joy News’ exposé of a criminal syndicate that takes advantage of National Service postings to rob the state and service persons of huge sums of money. Investigations conducted by Joy FM’s Fred Smith, exposed the ring leaders, some of […]

Armed robbery cases are said to be on the increase on the Damongo-Fufulso-Sawla road in the Northern Region. The road which has since time immemorial being captured in every national budget is 89 percent complete. Two Chinese contractors, China Water and China Harbor Engineering Companies Limited are working on the road and the remaining portion ...

Government is to issue a communiqué on its deliberations as well as the agreement it reaches with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The team from the IMF begun negotiations with Ghana last week on a program expected to help the country out of its current economic challenges. When concluded the program is expected to begin ...

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan says he cannot be blamed for the disappearance of hiplife artiste, Theophilus Tagoe, popularly known as Castro. Castro and a lady friend, Janet Bandu, went missing while on a holiday hangout with Family and Friends of Gyan at a resort in Ada in July.Efforts are still underway to find the […]

Residents of Larabanga in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region will no longer receive health services under trees. Government has built a modern health facility for the community which has gained global popularity because of the mysterious mosque and mystic stone located there. The newly built health centre has 2 wards, one consulting ...

Maxwell Konadu An Executive Committee member of the Ghana Football Association, Fred Pappoe, has confirmed that an interim coach will take charge of the Black Stars next match against Guinea.The Black Stars take on the Syli nationale in next month’s qualifier for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.Rumours are rife that assistant coach Maxwell Konadu […]

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