Former President John Dramani Mahama’s aide, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has described as irresponsible and reckless claims by Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, that the land on which the former president’s residence is sited, belongs to the Ghana Armed Forces. In a strongly-worded statement which was released in the wake of the Minister’s comments, Joyce Bawah Mogtari ... The post Mahama

Some of the deaths at Kumasi Academy can be traced to an outbreak of Acute respiratory infection, the Health Ministry has stated. Health officials are still yet to fully establish the cause of death of four students, and the hospitalization of 32 others at health facilities in the Ashanti Region. Based on findings from samples ... The post Acute respiratory infection ’caused’

Out of 19 samples sent to the NOGUCHI Memorial Institute from the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti Region, 12 tested positive for influenza type A, the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has announced. According to the Minister, reports on further tests were received confirming Influenza type-A H1N1 2009 [ Otherwise known as Swine Flu], pandemic strain. The ... The post Samples from

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the fifth Ballon d’Or of his career, equalling Lionel Messi’s record after a season that saw him lead Real Madrid to their 12th Champions League title. The 32-year-old, who moved level with Messi at the top of the all-time Champions League group stage goalscorers leaderboard on Wednesday after helping Madrid to beat ... The post Cristiano Ronaldo

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, is demanding that former President John Dramani Mahama vacates his residence  reportedly sited on a military land. According to Mr. Nitiwul, top officials of the erstwhile Mahama administration sold lands belonging to the Ghana Armed Forces to cronies. A visibly angry Nitiwul,  further indicated that, the Military’s financial matters were handled ... The post Vacate

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, is demanding that former President  John Dramani Mahama vacates his residence sited on a land he says belongs to the military. According to Mr. Nitiwul, top officials of the erstwhile Mahama administration sold lands belonging to the Ghana Armed Forces to cronies. He further indicated that, the Military’s financial matters were ... The post John

A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] last year and was paid by Uber to destroy the data through a so-called “bug bounty” program normally used to identify small code vulnerabilities, three people familiar with the events have told Reuters. Uber announced on Nov. 21 that ... The post Uber paid

The Minister of Defense, Dominic Nitiwul, has attributed the current deplorable state of the Kumasi Shoe Factory, on the ineffective management of the company. Formerly known as the Ghana Industrial Holding Footwear Company Limited (GIHOC), the Kumasi Shoe Factory was revived in 2012 through a joint partnership between a Czech company, Knight Ghana Limited, and ... The post Kumasi

Over the past year, the Bank of Ghana has cut its benchmark Monetary Policy Rate five times. Elorm Desewu and Toma Imihere examine how continuity and transparency in monetary policy is benefiting the economy The latest cut in the Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Rate, announced on Monday, November 27, 2017 is the fifth since ... The post The loosening of Ghana’s monetary policy [Article]

The New Patroitic Party (NPP) 2018 budget read in Parliament by the Minister for Finance on behalf of the President, has really launched a debate between economists and public commentators . On the whole though, the budget has been fairly well received by those who understand what budgets really are. Indeed, on paper it appears ... The post The missing link in 2018 Budget [Article] appeared

The 1995 year group of the Presbyterian Boys Secondary School has renovated its alma matter’s Golden Jubilee clinic. The year group officially handed over the facility over the weekend. The handing over ceremony was witnessed by the school’s headmistress, Lady Queen Asiedu-Akrofi, Ernest Owusu -Afari, the global alumni vice president, and Alpha Mfoafo Macarthy, the ’95 ... The post ‘Odadees’

Philippe Coutinho has admitted he was “interested” in a move to Barcelona last summer and is unsure what the future holds for him at Liverpool. The 25-year-old had a transfer request rejected in August, as the Reds turned down three bids from the La Liga club. “I do not know how the future is going ... The post Philippe Coutinho forward admits to Barcelona interest

Nigeria’s military has sacked the commander leading the fight against militant Islamist group Boko Haram. His redeployment to an unspecified post follows a string of attacks by the insurgents, including the killing of at least 50 people in a mosque last month. No official reason was given for Maj Gen Ibrahim Attahiru’s removal. Army chief ... The post Nigeria’s anti-Boko

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) today, [Thursday],  December 7, 2017, held a thanksgiving service at the Accra International Conference Centre to mark a year after the party won the 2016 general elections. Speaking at the event, President Nana Akufo-Addo called on all Ghanaians to pray for the preservation of peace, unity and freedom in Ghana. ... The post NPP’s election

The Ashanti Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr.Emmanuel Tenkorang, has said that his outfit will release its findings on the cause of deaths at the Kumasi Academy by the end of the day today [Thursday]. According to him, the Noguchi Memorial Institute, which has been testing samples from the students at the ... The post KUMACA deaths: Test results to be released

On Thursday at a thanksgiving service held at the International Conference Center, President Nana Akufo-Addo called on all Ghanaians to pray for the preservation of peace, unity and freedom in Ghana. Speaking at the service commemorating the New Patriotic Party’s victory in the 2016 general elections, he said it was only appropriate that Ghanaians renew ... The post I’ll continue

It’s no question that smartphones can inadvertently cause conflicts in a relationship. Most people (me) have gotten mad at a text that was sent too late, or contained a dramatic full stop at the end of what was supposed to be a casual “hey.” Some (also me) have even fought over it, only to come ... The post 6 sneaky ways your phone is ruining your relationship appeared

An IT Analyst in Convergence Technology, Sam Sackey, has said the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) constantly failed to back-up its prepaid power system hence the current predicaments some of their customers are going through. According to him, ECG would have long solved the problem if the back-ups were available. ECG customers in some parts ... The post Lack of backup caused

Policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has described as a complete farce, the electronic registration of businesses by the Registrar-General’s Department. According to the think tank’s President, Franklin Cudjoe, there is no significant difference between the old manual registration process and the newly introduced electronic system. The government in October 2017 launched the automated and online ... The post Gov’t’s

With the UEFA Champions League round of 16 line-up now complete, UEFA takes a look at the contenders ahead of Monday’s draw. Group winners: Manchester United (ENG), Paris (FRA), Roma (ITA), Barcelona (ESP), Liverpool (ENG), Manchester City (ENG), Be?ikta? (TUR), Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) Group runners-up: Basel (SUI), Bayern München (GER), Chelsea (ENG), Juventus (ITA), Sevilla (ESP), Shakhtar ... The post Who