President John Mahama with Nana Akufo-Addo The 2012 Presidential Candidate for the 2012 elections, Nana Akufo-Addo has asked President Mahama to hasten the process of West African integration.  According to him, President’s Mahama’s commitment to speed up Africa’s integration process will impact positively on the lives of the 340 million people who live in West […]

CHAIRMAN OF the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has announced that he would not be the one to supervise the 2016 general elections because he would be due for retirement next year. According to Dr Afari-Gyan, people who want him to bow out from the Commission should exercise patience as he would be 70 […]

Spanish champions Barcelona have been given a 14-month transfer ban by Fifa for breaking rules on signing international players under 18. The Catalan club cannot buy players until the summer of 2015 after the world governing body imposed a transfer ban for the next two windows. They have also been fined 450,000 Swiss Francs (£305,000). […]

Hero: Ray Coe, 53, stepped in to rescue pupil Alya Ahmed Ali, 13, after learning she was desperate for a donor A teacher has saved the life of a seriously ill pupil by giving her one of his kidneys. Ray Coe, 53, stepped in to rescue Alya Ahmed Ali, 13, after learning she was desperate […]

Police at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region are due to arraign before court 24 year old spiritualist and five others for an alleged attempt to sacrifice a teenage girl for riches. Chana Nelson, also known as K-Grusi and his accomplices, natives of Atia in the Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality were picked up following a complaint filed by […]

After bashing the 2012 vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for his recent comments on the state of the economy, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Government yesterday painted a gloomy picture of the Ghanaian economy, announcing very stringent measures to put it back on its feet. The Minister of […]

CHAIRMAN OF the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has announced that he would not be the one to supervise the 2016 general elections because he would be due for retirement next year. According to Dr Afari-Gyan, people who want him to bow out from the Commission should exercise patience as he would be 70 […]

Hon. Mahama Ayariga has inveighed against his colleague minister in a manner which pushes us to draw varied conclusions about the insincerity of the government. While we empathise with the Information and Media Relations Minister as he battles with the difficulties posed by a failed propaganda project he has championed in a distressed economy, we […]

The suspected robbers arrested yesterday with their gun and money TWO SUSPECTED armed robbers allegedly using motorbike to rob residents of Tema and its environs in the Greater Accra Region, were yesterday arrested by the Tema Police. The suspects, Mohammed Armed, 31-year-old motor mechanic who resides at Dome in Accra and Emmanuel Ahiagbedzi, 23, who […]

Justice Apau It has emerged that a claimant who did not deserve compensation per documents at the Department of Urban Roads, succeeded in taking home over GH¢200,000 (2 billion old cedis) from the government. The claimant, Peter Abban, had gone to court to obtain judgment with the claim that his property was demolished when the […]

President John Mahama Some angry sub-chiefs of the Okyeman Council in the Eastern Region, are angry with President John Mahama for tagging Kyebi ‘galamsey headquarters,’ in Ghana and are therefore demanding an unqualified apology from him. President Mahama last week commissioned a water project at Kyebi during his two-day working visit to the region, and […]

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has expressed unhappiness about what he describes as attempts by the leadership of the House to hide activities in Parliament from him. He revealed that decisions are taken without prior communication to him as required by Parliament. Mr. Mensah Bonsu cited Tuesday’s appearance of the Finance […]

Investigations carried out by BEATWAVES indicate that one of Ghana’s highlife musicians, Kojo Antwi, will soon be dragged to court by the Ghana Music Right Organisation (GHAMRO) for defaming its hard-earned reputation. The decision of the board led by Carlos Sakyi to drag Kojo Antwi to court is based on Kojo’s recent statement he made […]

ACE BROADCAST journalist, Frankie Taylor of Fox FM, has presented assortment of food items to the All Nations Charity Home at Ayigya in Kumasi. The Best Music Promoter at the Ghana DJ Awards for 2013 who is popularly called ‘Maapao,’ together with his wife, Mrs Princess Taylor, made the donation. He said his mentor, Prophet […]

Emmanuel Kofi Buah, Energy & Petroleum Minister Prices of some petroleum products shot up on Tuesday morning at the various filling stations across the country. The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is mandated to review prices of petroleum product fortnightly. Petrol is now selling at GH¢2.73 per litre, representing a seven percent increase over the previous price. The […]

K.Y. Amoako The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has presented its 2014 African Transformation Report on Ghana’s economy, which indicates that the economy achieved record-breaking growth in recent years. However, ACET noted that in spite of the record-breaking growth, the economy was not ‘transforming.’ At the launch of the report on Monday at the […]

Kwesi Twumasi Ankrah  and Richard Blay   Renold Blay, aka Richard Blay and Kwasi Twumasi Ankrah, aka Kwasi Boutique, were yesterday sentenced to a total of 45 years’ imprisonment for robbery. The two were facing two counts of conspiracy to rob and robbery. Richard Blay and Kwasi Boutique were both found guilty of robbing one Evans […]

“The sad fact is that Ghana’s economy is in crisis.  I do not use the term ‘crisis’ lightly.  This is not some short term blip that will just pass over if we can just muddle through.  The problem we have is that there appears to be an unwillingness to face the truth and admit that […]

Debris of the burnt market  Fire in the early hours of yesterday gutted part of the Timber Market in Accra, destroying properties worth several thousands of Ghana cedis. The fire outbreak, which purportedly started around 5:30 am, destroyed a large number of structures in the market, displacing many traders as a result. Even though the […]