The mother at the centre of the missing baby saga at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Suweiba Abdul Mumin has threatened to invoke curses on all the nurses and midwives at the centre of the controversy in a bid to unravel the truth surrounding the circumstances of the case. In the latest of investigations into […]

Vitus Azeem Ghana Integrity Initiative Chief, Vitus Azeem, has backed Thursday’s Presidential order to the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) to withdraw adverts inviting bids to manage the youth employment agency’s ICT module. But, he said, President John Dramani Mahama must go beyond merely ordering a “withdrawal” of the adverts and punish […]

Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress, Kofi Asamoah says failure to develop purposeful goals with efficient institutions that design and implement smart rules, has rendered the country deformed and weak. Addressing a pre-May Day forum in Tema, Mr. Asamoah called on organised labour to salvage and restore the nation to its deserving status. The […]

The four politicians were accused of treason as well as inciting the army and fuelling the insurgency Four senior politicians accused over an alleged coup plot that sparked South Sudan’s civil war have been freed after the government dropped the treason charges against them. The four, who include a former leader of the governing SPLM […]

Around 90 expert divers are part of the operation but only 35 of the 111 rooms have been searched so far Divers searching a sunken passenger ferry off South Korea found 48 bodies in a single room on the vessel meant to accommodate 38 people, officials say. The group was crammed into a dormitory and […]

A political analyst says Government is gradually losing the trust of Ghanaians with its current communication lapses. The president on Thursday April 24, 2014 ordered the acting Executive Director of the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency, Kobby Acheampong, to immediately cancel the Agency’s invitation for proposals from the public toward implementing an ICT module. […]

Nana Akuffo-Addo, Dr Konadu Apraku, Francis Kofi Nimoh, Alan Kyerematen and Joe Ghartey Four key figures of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have emerged as contenders for the flagbearer position of the party. The latest roll-call include the immediate past flagbearer of the party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; John Kwadwo Alan Kyerematen; Dr. Kofi […]

Justice Yaw Apau of the Court of Appeal appears to have incurred the wrath the Judicial Service Staff Association (JUSAG) following a comment he purportedly made last Wednesday that some staff of the Judiciary as well as some lawyers were corrupt. As a result, JUSAG has petitioned the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, to impress […]

Sympathisers at the scene of the tragedy TWO members of a family were killed and one seriously injured when part of a mud house collapsed at Aninkruma near Adankwame in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region. Kofi Boateng, 27, and his four-year-old daughter, Pokuaa Boateng met their untimely death when the room in […]

Once again our unsafe beaches have consumed nine or so lives. It is not unusual for holidaymakers who turn to the beaches in continuation of their merriment, to drown. What happened during the last long Easter holidays was neither the first nor would it be the last to occur on our dangerous beaches, yet nothing […]

Haruna Hamidu A NOTORIOUS Kumasi robber, Haruna Hamidu alias Lalas, who is linked with a series of hardcore robberies in the city – including the one which led to the shooting to death of a watchman at Hilltop at Kwadaso – has been nabbed by the police. The Ashanti Regional Police Command, led by DCOP […]

Hamamat Montia and Versa Keskinen Vejekset Keskinen, the Finnish businessman who accused Hamamat Montia, winner of the 2006 Miss Malaika beauty pageant of stealing his unregistered Toyota Highlander valued at $35,000, yesterday told an Accra Circuit Court that he was not her lover. The businessman told the court presided over by Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku that he […]

President John Dramani Mahama has issued a directive, pulling the plugs on attempts by the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) to invite new bids for new ICT modules from service providers. The directive came a day after the Member of Parliament (MP) for Obuasi West constituency, Kwaku Kwarteng, raised concerns over an […]

Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie Government’s decision to introduce a new 17.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on some banking services is facing stiff opposition with calls for it to be withdrawn. Latest to join the protesters of the tax is the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) which is threatening to hit the streets and […]

Abrantie Amakye Dede and Daddy Lumba Legends Consult, organisers of the much awaited musical concert dubbed Aseda Tour, have announced their readiness for the maiden edition of the concert which will feature Abrantie Amakye Dede and Daddy Lumba. The Aseda Tour, which is a nationwide musical tour, is an event being organised to celebrate the […]

George Smith Graham, FWSC Executive Secretary An Accra Fast Track High Court on 16th April 2014 quashed the directive of the National Labour Commission (NLC) to the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to  restore the Conversion Difference of members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA). A press statement issued in Accra by FWSC recently […]

Randolph Rodrigues A senior investment banker at Stanbic Bank Ghana has predicted a rise in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activity in the country due to emphasis on local content across sectors of the country. Randolph Rodrigues, who heads the M&A and Financial Advisory Desk at Stanbic Bank, therefore urged financial institutions in the country to […]

Clement Kofi Humado addressing the press The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) says it is poised to achieve a growth rate of 20 percent per annum in rice production and a surplus of 13 percent by 2018. Clement Kofi Humado, Minister of Food & Agriculture, who made this known at a press conference in […]

Li Xiaohai Sunon Asogli Power Limited, an independent power producer, has denied media reports that it was demanding $50 million compensation from government over losses it incurred as a result the damage to the West Africa Gas Pipeline. The Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dela Amaglo, in a press release issued yesterday, said “management will like […]