The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Obed Akwa, has donated military training boots and uniforms to Mpraeso Senior High School at Kwahu Mpraeso in the Eastern Region. The items; 60 pairs of military training boots and 60 set of uniforms are to support the school’s cadet. The Chief of Defence Staff, who is the ...

Former Cameroon international Rigobert Song has thanked the country’s fans and President for their support as he arrived back in Cameroon following six months of treatment in a Paris hospital. The former Liverpool player was taken ill in October 2016 when he suffered a brain aneurysm and was hospitalised in Yaounde where his condition stabilised ...

The World Bank has backed the government’s decision to review the AMERI power plant deal over concerns of generation capacity excesses. According to the Bank, Ghana’s current total electricity generation capacity is higher than the amount demanded. Speaking to Citi Business News, the Ghana Country Director of the World Bank, Henry Kerali also stated that ...

The Minister of Finance has set up a committee to address concerns associated with government’s new policy on placing a cap on the internally generated funds of some ministries, departments and agencies. Under the new policy, institutions such as the Universities and Psychiatric hospitals will not retain all their internally generated funds, a policy which ...

Arsenal came from behind twice to salvage a draw against fellow Champions League contenders Manchester City. The Gunners, having picked up a single victory in their previous five games, showed the sense of belief manager Arsene Wenger has always pointed to, as they denied Pep Guardiola’s side a potential route back into the title race. ...

Mobile Telecommunication giant, MTN, has said that activities of illegal mining operators in the Western Region, are affecting the quality of service it is providing to its customers. According to the company, frequent fibre cuts by these illegal miners in 2016, numbered to about 1,200 times, whilst a number of cuts have already been recorded ...

The governments of Ghana and Japan have signed two grant agreements to the tune of US$58.4 million designated for some road and health projects. The first agreement, worth US$56.6 million, will fund the Tema Motorway roundabout project, and will also ensure the rehabilitation of the Yamoransa-Assin Fosu road which had a portion cave in last ...

Newly elected President of the Coalition of Concerned teachers-Ghana (CCT-GH) has stated that the teacher licensing policy by government is a good initiative, but has called on government to take another look at some portions of the policy which may not favour teachers. Speaking at an event to swear in national officers of CCT in ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo spent this weekend in the Ashanti Region on a thank-you tour that is expected to extend to other regions in the coming months. His tour took him to the Manhyia palace on Saturday where he called on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who had words of advice for the President. The ...

In a joint durbar with the Ghana Health Service,  at Apenkwa in the Greater Accra Region, Inesfly Africa announced its commitment to paint ten Community-based Health Planning Services Compounds in ten districts in the Greater Accra Region. This is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility roll out in 2017 and its commitment to improve ...

When it comes to attracting men, there are a lot of things girls often take for granted. Most of the time, we always just assume that guys only notice a girl’s boobs and butt, and for the most part, that is what guys notice in women first. However, that’s really not all they notice. Whether you ...

Swansea and Middlesbrough shared a goalless draw at the Liberty Stadium which does little to alleviate their respective Premier League relegation worries. Hull’s victory over West Ham on Saturday had left Swansea outside the drop zone only by virtue of them having a superior goal difference to the Tigers. Middlesbrough’s position is ever more precarious ...

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in Chicago in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed on Facebook Live. The boy faces charges of aggravated criminal assault and manufacturing and disseminating child pornography. He was not named because of his age. The girl was allegedly assaulted by five or ...

Dear S.O.P, On behalf of Ghanaians, I want to render an unqualified apology to you. It seems you are the headmaster of a primary school instead of being the Speaker of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. We are sorry that you have to deal with such unruly children masquerading as adults ...

Twenty people have been murdered and others wounded at a Sufi shrine near the city of Sargodha, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police say. Deputy police commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta said the main suspect was the shrine’s custodian, Abdul Waheed. One survivor told police Mr Waheed had called followers into his chamber one by one, and ...

AMEND-Ghana, with support from Puma Energy Foundation, has launched a road safety programme to protect school children in an effort to reduce road accidents. The project, which has been endorsed by the National Road Safety Commission and the Ghana Education Service, is to ensure that children are protected as they walk to and from school. ...

An environment sustainability Policy think tank, Green Growth Solutions, has called on chiefs and traditional leaders to help in the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey in the country. According to the think tank, the fight could get a notch higher if the traditional authorities play their respective roles. “We have to look ...

The Fire Service bore the scorn of residents in and around Odawna Fitting Shop, a suburb of Adabraka in Accra, as the residents were forced to intervene when a Toyata SUV burst into flames in the middle of the street. The residents called the Fire Service after they had alerted the driver of the car ...

The Brong-Ahafo Regional Manager of the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Limited, Emmanuel Kusi, has called for the supply of more buses to sustain their operations so they can remain competitive business. He said the company was likely to suspend operations in the next two years if new buses were not brought on board. Mr. Kumi told ...

Prosecution in the alleged assault case involving Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Founder of God’s Way International Church, and two of his pastors, have lamented over threats and insults rained on the complainant in the matter. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police, (DSP) George Amegah, after the last hearing, Bishop Obinim and Madam Irene Abotchie-Nyahe, a private ...