Work on a $60 million petroleum depot in Tema is near completion  to facilitate the import and distribution of refined petroleum products to help curb shortages of LPG and fuel on the market.

The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Dramani Mahama, has received an award at the just-ended Forum for African First Ladies Against Breast and Cervical Cancer for championing, promoting and campaigning against breast and cervical cancer.

The 32nd Meeting of the Convergence Council of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) opened in Accra with a call on member countries to find innovative ways of financing economic infrastructure without adversely affecting national budgets.

The Nima Division of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service Friday carried out an exercise to tow parked vehicles on the Kanda Highway to ensure free movement of pedestrians and to reduce vehicular traffic.

The Geological Survey Department of Ghana has inaugurated a GHC 1.2 million multipurpose drilling rig to help locate ore 2,600 metres beneath the earth.

Many women are very concerned about their weight, as this affects their shape. Being obese makes one shapeless and some women consider this unattractive to men, although some men also like their women big.

Authorities in New Zealand have told a South African chef he is too fat to be allowed to live in the country.

Vanguard Assurance has held a meeting in Accra to review its performance for the first half of the year.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) says it will by the end of the year empower the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Service, through training and provision of refrigerant identifiers, to facilitate their monitoring role in tracking down illegal importation of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and other Ozone depleting substances into the country.

The driver of a train that derailed in Spain killing 78 people has been accused of "reckless manslaughter", the interior minister has said.

Society usually expects Presidential children (offspring of the First Family) to pursue particular careers – medicine, law, politics, big-time business etc.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has begun full scale investigations into alleged examination malpractices that took place a the JT Cluster of Schools at Mataheko in Accra during this year’s Basic Education Examination (BECE).

Last Wednesday, July 24, marked the first anniversary of the death of President John Evans Atta Mills. May his soul rest in peace. All say Amen. Ghana has had good fortune for having such a fine gentleman as one-time President of the nation.

A name is simply not a noun to identify an individual with. There is a lot in a name, notwithstanding that some names and the ceremonies that go with them are laughably simple.  Admittedly, many others are deeply thought-out.

The wife of the Vice-President, Mrs Matilda Amissah-Arthur, on Tuesday emphasised the need for more investment to be made in the training of teachers. That, she said, would improve the quality of graduates churned out from the country’s teacher training institutions.

Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has admitted that he takes 'Igbo'(Indian hemp) to cool off and relax. Seun, the youngest son of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, made the admission in an interview with nigeriafilms.com recently.

The government is to facilitate the acquisition of land by investors as a major incentive package to enable them set up manufacturing plants or engage in large businesses in the country.

At the Nubuke Foundation tucked in a quiet corner of East Legon in Accra, an exhibition that denotes an important development  on the visual art front in this country is going on.

A housing programme initiated by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in conjunction with the Department of Rural Housing and Cottage Industries for cocoa farmers in cocoa growing areas of the country is crumbling.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Hannah Serwaa Tetteh, has stressed that the African private sector, in partnership with the state, has a uniquely important role in fostering the African Renaissance.