Hearts of Oak have strongly criticised referee S.B. Bortey for awarding a late penalty to New Edubiasie in their final league match of the season at the Accra Sports Stadium. The penalty, which was scored by midfielder Asiedu Attobrah, levelled the match at 2-2 and left the Phobians third on the log with 46 points ...

The University of Professional Studies, Accra, (UPSA), has inaugurated a new Centre for Public Accountability. The centre will promote and enhance sound public sector accountability institutions and mechanisms in Africa by providing practitioners with the opportunity for continual learning, development, research and knowledge sharing as well as consultancy support. In his welcome address, Vice Chancellor ...

Medeama Sporting Club has expressed its wish to see better fortunes in next season’s First Capital Plus Premier League. The Yellow and Mauves finished 9th on the log with 40 points after drawing their last match of the season with Hasaacas 2-2 but they believe things could have been far better for them especially as ...

Spain striker Diego Costa has passed a medical at Chelsea ahead of a proposed £32m transfer from Atletico Madrid. Chelsea met the buyout clause in the 25-year-old’s contract with Atletico and he will now negotiate personal terms. Costa scored 36 goals in 52 games for Atletico this season as they won their first La Liga title ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is bent on total quality management procedures, where staff, along with management, would be seen to be working in tandem. Sylvester Mensah, NHIA Chief Executive stated this in a speech read for him at a durbar in Ho on Monday for staffs of the Health Insurance Schemes in the ...

Organized civil society, professional bodies and trade associations are calling on government to open up the constitutional amendment process. According to the group it is imperative for the current proposals for amendment of the 1992 Constitution to be opened up for the people’s involvement and ownership. ‘’The Ghanaian public has had little or no opportunity ...

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade and Industry Alhaji Amadu Sorogo has declared his support for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU and wants Ghana to sign onto the agreement. This is even before the country conducts a cost benefit analysis of the agreement following the recent selection of Trade ...

The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) has threatened to embark on an industrial action if Newmont goes ahead to sack 600 of its workers this year. Newmont has announced it will have to lay off the workers by the end of the second quarter of this year. According to the mining giant the move is part ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) is demanding Vodafone Ghana, submits a comprehensive report on the cause of the disruption of its service across the country. The regulator however did not specify the time frame for which Vodafone must submit the report. Subscribers of Vodafone were up in arms against the mobile service provider yesterday after ...

The Ministry of Education has revealed a roadmap has been prepared for the introduction of free Senior High School (SHS) education in Ghana. According to the Ministry, the road map will largely support needy and vulnerable students. This was disclosed by the sector Minister; Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang who took her turn at the ...

After several months of failing to appear before the commission investigating past judgment debts in Ghana, Peter Abban through his Lawyer Kwame Amponsah Agate finally appeared at Wednesday’s sitting of the commission. Mr. Abban sued the State in 2002, claiming contractors who worked on the Kanda Highway had demolished parts of his home in 1993 ...

Ghanaian winger Ishmael Yartey is close to being signed on a full transfer by Swiss side FC Sion. The player was on loan from relegated French team FC Sochaux and sources say Sion have decided to activate the option for a full purchase from the former French Ligue 1 team. Sources close to the player ...

Ghana’s most influential witch doctor has claimed he is responsible for the knee injury which is threatening to Cristiano Ronaldo’s participation at the World Cup. Nana Kwaku Bonsam – whose name translates literally as ‘Devil of Wednesday’ – predicted in February that the Real Madrid forward would be forced to miss this summer’s tournament in ...

The Board of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital(KATH) has rejected allegations by some senior staff members of the hospital that it is mismanaging the hospital’s internally generated funds. The Senior Staff in a petition to the President Mahama accused the board and management of the hospital of among other things spending more than one million ...

Students at the Cape Coast Polytechnic have embarked on a strike to pressure government to address the concerns of their teachers who are on strike. The Polytechnic teachers association of Ghana (POTAG) has been on strike for almost a week now after government failed to pay their book and research allowance for the 2013/2014 academic year. This decision ...

The Manhyia Divisional Police Command has arrested 33 suspected armed robbers including a 16-year-old boy, Dennis Kyeremanteng. The suspected armed robbers possessed dried leaves believed to be Indian hemp, knives, cutters and other sharp objects. The Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendant Deborah Addison Campbell said although Dennis Kyeremanteng is a juvenile, his identity has been ...

A defeated First Vice National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Michael Omari Wadie is proposing a joint Presidential and Parliamentary primaries for the party. Mr. Omari Wadie in an open letter to the party’s National Chairman and General Secretary says the party should conduct both the Presidential and Parliamentary primaries on the ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has directed telecom operators, Vodafone Ghana to submit a comprehensive report on the outage that hit the network on Tuesday. ‘’ NCA, since the outage has been in constant communication with Vodafone. As has always been the case, we have requested the network to submit a comprehensive report on the ...

The feuding factions of two Konkomba clans fighting over chieftaincy and land related issues at Biriyamba and Yiyamba in the Gushiegu district have signed a peace pact. Signing a bond of good behaviour, they resolved to end the conflict and co-exist peacefully for meaningful development to triumph in their deprived communities. The peace pact was ...

Nigerian rap artiste, Ice Prince Zamani, has disclosed that he is not yet ready for marriage as he has a lot of things to still achieve before settling down with a woman. The Chocolate City artiste stated that he needs to make more money and possibly build a house in Banana Island area of Lagos ...