The Thai satellite firm said the objects were yet to be identified A Thai satellite has detected some 300 objects in an area of the southern Indian Ocean being searched for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The images were taken by the Thaichote satellite on 24 March, a day after images from a French satellite […]

Sherry Aryittey The $306million Ridge Hospital expansion project continues to set tongues wagging over the alleged bloated contract sum. The amount in question is expected to be used in upgrading the hospital from a 220 bed capacity facility to a 406 bed capacity, but there are strong suspicions that the cost has been inflated by […]

Kate Wiggin, 29, of Walsall, West Midlands, decided to marry the father of her two young children, 32-year-old childhood sweetheart Gary, when she was told that she had just weeks to live This is the heart-wrenching moment a mother-of-two married her childhood sweetheart three days before dying – and just a month after she discovered […]

Doha, Qatar – An American couple accused of starving their adopted daughter to death has been found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison. The court also imposed a fine of $4,120 on Thursday. The verdict by Judge Abdullah al-Emady concludes a controversial case that saw Matthew and Grace Huang from Los Angeles, California, jailed for […]

Late Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani I The Yaa-Naa Memorial Lecture Secretariat has proposed the establishment of a special fund to cater for the family of the late Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani I. This proposal was made on the occasion of the 12th memorial service of the late Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani I who died on March 27, 2002 […]

Managing Editor of the Al Hajj newspaper, Alhaji Iddrisu Bature has called on the Mahama-led administration to study the economic advice from the 2012 Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. According to him, irrespective of Dr. Bawumia’s political affiliation, it will be of a great interest if the incumbent […]

Samuel Denis Ayibah and the blood stained vehicle in which he was gunned down SAMUEL DENIS Ayibah, a 55-year-old businessman, was shot and killed Tuesday when two unidentified gunmen allegedly stormed his residence at Tema. The deceased, who lived with his family at Community 4 in the Republic Road Electoral Area, was shot in the […]

Edmund Kofi Agbenutse Deh There are strong indications that Ghana may have recalled its Ambassador to Japan, Edmund Kofi Agbenutse Deh, over the gambling scandal in a casino within a property in Tokyo’s Shibuya entertainment area belonging to the Ghana Embassy there. Last week, Japanese media reported statements from Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police saying they raided […]

Aisha Gangarey The dockets of the six persons, including Aisha Gangarey, a TV presenter, who have been arraigned for allegedly importing 3.7 kilograms of heroin into the United States of America (USA) through couriers, have been sent to the Attorney-General’s  office for advice. This was disclosed by the prosecuting officer, DSP Aidan Dery, before an […]

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia could not have rendered a more appropriate description of the current situation of the country vis-a-vis the depreciating Cedi and a government living in shameful denial of the reality. We did not have any doubt about the gentleman’s ability to make a poignant presentation. It laid bare the underpinnings […]

Sherry Aryittey The $306million Ridge Hospital expansion project continues to set tongues wagging over the alleged bloated contract sum. The amount in question is expected to be used in upgrading the hospital from a 220 bed capacity facility to a 406 bed capacity, but there are strong suspicions that the cost has been inflated by […]

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s Tuesday expose of what he described as “fundamental problems” with the Ghanaian economy, has apparently rattled the John Dramani Mahama administration as it has forced the economic advisor to the President, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, to make a rare response, describing Dr. Bawumia’s analysis as “questionable.” Dr. Bawumia enumerated […]

Regina Pokuaa THE GOASO Circuit Court has remanded two sisters for assaulting a female Class Three teacher at the Gambia No.2 D/A Primary School in the Asutifi North District of the Brong-Ahafo Region. The court, presided over by Osei Kwame Gyamfi, on Wednesday handed over the two-week remand term to Lydia Antwi, 24 and Beatrice […]

Justice Apau The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it does not have a special account designated for the payment of judgement debts. This was in spite of the Sole Commissioner’s insistence that evidence on the records indicated there is an account at the central bank for judgement debts payment. The ‘Commission of Enquiry into the […]

Short back and sides? North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is trying to enforce a nationwide hairstyle – his own Kim Jong-Un is forcing all male students in North Korea to get the same haircut – his own. About two weeks ago, the government announced that the only haircut allowed would be the Dear Leader haircut […]

Okyeame Kwame One of Ghana’s favourite rappers, Okyeame Kwame, has condemned Faisal Hakeem, aka Paedae, a member of a Hiplife music group, R2Bees, for using various social media platforms to launch several attacks on the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA). Paedae went on Twitter last week and attacked MUSIGA by describing its leadership as having […]

Bice Osei Kuffour , MUSIGA President A group of some concerned musicians have called on the government to set up an independent committee to probe into how the GH¢2 million budget given to the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) for the creative industry was used. At a meeting yesterday, the group insisted that the independent […]

Mr Michael Thompson addressing the press in Accra. ‘The Art Challenge’, a fine art reality television series, the first of its kind in Ghana which aims at rejuvenating the Ghanaian dying art industry, has been launched,  promising to keep the nation’s art industry alive at all times. Michael Thompson, Marketing Director of Media KolikoKids- creators […]

Ghanaian music fans, who will attend the much-hyped Night Train Parade Beach Jam at the La Beach on Saturday, March, 29 2014 will be thrilled to a show worth their monies. The event, which is expected to bring together beach party goers under one roof, would witness performances from some selected Ghanaian reigning artistes the […]