The Minister of Education, Professor Jane Nana Opoku Agyemang has charged industries to be prepared to train graduates from the tertiary institutions across the country to enable them fit into the job market. This follows widely help perceptions that majority of university graduates are not trained to fit the job market; leading to rising figures ...

The Communications Manager of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Robert Coleman, has appealed to government to as a matter of urgency; ensure the payment of money owed the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant, to avoid any disaster that might occur. “The current situation is such that the country is sitting on a time bomb and if the ...

A source at National Security has alleged that fuel stations in the Ketu South Municipality are involved in the massive smuggling of petroleum products from the area to Togo. The products are mainly petrol, diesel and kerosene, which in particular is always in short supply in the area. It is believed, kerosene is sold almost ...

A former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BOG), Emmanuel Asiedu Mante, has urged Rural and Community Banks (RCDs) to take advantage of the securities market to raise capital for their operations. He said given their sterling performance and the enormous opportunities that existed, they needed to go beyond the idea of community ownership ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is still cautious about the Ebola Virus and has put measures in place to deal with it. This came to light at a workshop organized by the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service in Accra. The Ebola virus disease which is also known as Ebola hemorrhagic ...

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, and the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), are close to unraveling the persons behind the forgery of the signature of Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Energy and Petroleum, to acquire an oil block. Prosper Agblor, Director–General in charge of the CID, confirmed to the ...

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Commissioner of Police (COP), Prosper Kwame Agblor, has said the oil industry in the Western Region has increased crime rate in the region. He said fraudsters were defrauding people and appealed to the public to be careful of people who approach them with all kinds of mouth-watering ...

Warner Bros has announced its forthcoming superhero film will be titled Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The title seemingly references the Justice League – a superhero team also featuring Batman and Superman – which director Zack Snyder is due bring to the big screen at a later date. A website for the film has ...

Mexico players won’t be allowed to have sex during the World Cup. Miguel Herrera has decided that they are going to go dry during the tournament in the name of professionalism. Or discipline. Or something. “If a player cannot endure 20 days or a month without sex, he is not ready to be a professional,” Herrera said. That ...

Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah believes the Black Stars can reach the last four at this summer’s World Cup in Brazil. In 2010 they narrowly failed to become Africa’s first semi-finalists when they lost on penalties to Uruguay in the quarter-finals, having missed a spot-kick in the last moments of extra-time. “I think we will do ...

A 27-year-old man, fake doctor, Daniel Appiah Kyere Dankwa has been busted by the Takoradi Central Police for diagnosing and administering medication to his patients. Mr. Dankwa is reported to have used software in diagnosing patients and surf the internet for medication. According to the Police, he also ordered monies from his patients immediately to ...

The Economic Justice Network – EJN is challenging Ghana to pay a 52 million dollar cost and refuse to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. According to the group, this alternative is better than the projected 400 million dollars Ghana stands to lose if it signs the EPA. The major European Market ...

The western regional minister Paul Evans Aidoo has advised the media not to center their reportage only the oil and gas sector but must give room for other relevant sectors in the Ghanaian economy. Mr. Aidoo insisted the Western Region used to be a hub for the production of cash crops such as cocoa, rubber, ...

Government has received US$229 million World Bank support to boost the access of education and health service. As well as improve and save lives and extend opportunities to the vulnerable in society. An amount of US$73 million will go to the Maternal and Child Health &Nutrition Improvement Project and US$156 million was allocated towards the ...

Online marketplace eBay is forcing users to change their passwords after a cyber-attack compromised its systems. The US firm said a database had been hacked between late February and early March, and had contained encrypted passwords and other non-financial data. The company added that it had no evidence of there being unauthorised activity on its ...

A Malawian minister has killed himself, police say, as results are still awaited from Tuesday’s general elections. Outgoing deputy Local Government Minister Godfrey Kamanya shot himself in his home, according to police. His spokesman denied reports that his suicide was linked to him apparently losing his parliamentary seat. Official results have not yet been declared ...

Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije says the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has drawn up a long term strategy to end the sanitation problem in the metropolis. Accra is currently inundated  with tonnes of uncollected refuse generated by residents due to the closure of the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant. Also refuse collection companies in Accra ...

From being touted as ‘The ladies Man’ to be being called ‘The man with many wives’, the self-acclaimed ‘King of African Dancehall’, Samini, seems to have shirked all those titles and wants the title, ‘Man with no wives’. The dancehall artiste has revealed that, he is no longer married and has no wife presently, contrary ...

Doubt surrounds Luis Suarez’s participation at the World Cup finals after reports that the Uruguay striker has suffered a knee injury in training and will have an operation on Thursday. Suarez, the PFA and Football Writers’ Player of the Year after scoring 31 goals for Liverpool, is said to have had an MRI scan on ...

The National Secretariat of the United Cadres’ Front(UCF) has criticized the clergy for what it describes as comments against the current government. The Methodist Church Diocesan Bishop of Obuasi, Rt Rev. Stephen Richard Bosomtwi-Ayensu is alleged to have referred to the leadership of the country as liars. A press statement issued by the Secretariat , ...