A training programme for one hundred and seventy (170) personnel of the National Service Scheme (NSS) attached to the National Communications Authority (NCA) for the 2017/18 service year is underway in Accra.

A two-day stakeholder conference to solicit, and discuss perspectives of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on the creation of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017 which is currently before Parliament has opened in Accra.

About $150 million is lost to corruption at the Tema Port alone every year, Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has revealed, saying the newly-introduced paperless system of collecting revenue at the port is meant to stem the haemorrhaging.

The ABN Group owners of Forbes Africa and CNBC Africa platforms have appointed Peace Hyde as its new Head of Digital Media and Strategic Partnerships. Hyde will still be maintaining her current role as the West Africa Correspondent for the leading business publication but will also head the new digital platform, www.ForbesAfrica.com and drive user

The West African Football Union has effected adjustment in fixtures of the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations earlier released immediately after the draws held in Accra in August.