The City of London police are investigating an alleged fraud involving a former Premier League footballer who lost £3.9m from one of Britain’s richest evangelical churches in a disastrous investment scheme. The criminal investigation follows a Charity Commission report into “mismanagement” at Kingsway International Christian Centre, which invested £5m with the former Charlton Athletic player […]

MTN Ghana Foundation in collaboration with the National Blood Bank on Tuesday organized a blood donation exercise in Kumasi to augment blood and other blood products at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The exercise dubbed “MTN Save a Life Campaign” was the sixth of the annual blood donation exercises organized by the telecom giant. […]

Award-winning author and engineer Nana Awere Damoah adds yet another exciting volume to his impressive list of books. Colloquially entitled ‘Nsempiisms’, his latest book will be launched on February 25, 2017 at Jamrock, a restaurant on Jungle Street, East Legon. ‘Nsempiisms’, which is his sixth book, is made up of a rich mix of social […]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed claims by the Chairman of the Appointments Committee, suggesting that he admitted making up the bribery allegation against the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko. Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joe Osei-Owusu,  made the claim at the first public hearing of the ad-hoc […]

The regional minister nominees on Wednesday were screened by Parliament’s Appointments Committee.They included Dr. Archibald Letsa, Rockson Bukari and Alhassan Suleiman, Volta, Upper East and Upper West Regions respectively. This is the second set of nominees to be vetted this week as the committee is expected to vetting all the 10 regional minister nominees by the […]

The year-on-year inflation rate for January 2017 fell to 13.3 per cent, down 2.1 percentage points from 15.4 per cent in December 2016. The rate of 13.3 per cent is the lowest since December 2013. The monthly change rate in January 2017 was 2.8 per cent compared to the 0.9 per cent recorded for December […]

Ms Abla Dzifa Gomashie, a former Deputy Minister of Tourism, Cultural and Creative Art, has presented four beds to the management of the Ketu-South Municipal Hospital to improve health care delivery in the municipality. The beds were donated to the Hospital through collaboration between the Podiatry Department of Camdem Hospital in New South Wales, Australia […]

Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has expressed upset with the low grades that continue to be scored, in mathematics and science by candidates presented for the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). He said given the critical nature of the two subjects to the nation’s development agenda, the trend could not continue. Addressing […]

Some enthusiastic students of the Aggrey Memorial Zion Senior High School on Tuesday donated blood to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) Blood Bank as a sign of love to humanity. The exercise, initiated by the social responsibility wing of telecommunication giants MTN Ghana Foundation in collaboration with the Central Regional Office of the Ghana […]

Mr Daniel Agyei-Larbi, Public Relations Officer (PRO), Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has warned Certified Electrical Wiring Professionals (CEWP’s) to desist from extorting monies from the public over service installations. According to Mr Agyei–Larbi , the ECG was not pleased with the activities of such CEWP’s, adding the ECG was going to call in the […]

Dr. Steve Manteaw, the Campaign Coordinator for Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) has proposed for more effective laws and regulations to manage our natural resources in the country. He said although Ghana is gaining some profits on our natural resources through exports, the management and use of these profits remains a challenge. He explained that […]

The board of directors of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) has declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of 5 cents per share, payable March 22, 2017, to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 8, 2017. The amount of future dividends for Anadarko common stock will depend on […]

Even Adele was shocked when she beat Beyonce in the best album category at the Grammys. “I can’t possibly accept this award,” she said as she (accidentally) broke it in two. Of course, she did accept it in the end; despite protesting that Beyonce was the more deserving winner. But the issue reignited claims the […]

Dr Sylvia Annie has been asked to step aside as the Registrar of the Health Facilities and Regulatory Agency following an audit of the agencie’s operations. She was indicted in the audit report for misappropriating about GHs2 million. A letter dated 1st February, 2017 signed by the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu said the directive […]

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ishmael Ashitey, says the Tema East Constituency Member of Parliament, Titus Glover, is engaged in a personal battle with one of the MCE aspirants in Tema, Ben Ashitey, explaining that he’s unrelated to the man in question. According to Mr. Ashitey, the nominee who […]

One of the tasks which President Muhammad Buhari laid on the shoulders of the leadership of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) was to fight corruption and all ill-related practices that were associated with the conduct of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Makkah. The directive is an integral part of […]

As part of a three-year partnership agreement signed in 2016, between Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) and the National Film and Television Institute, Ghana (NAFTI), a second series of workshops, facilitated by experts from CCNA, is being organized at NAFTI from February 13-17, 2017 in Ghana. The objective of the partnership and the workshops […]

A few weeks after the presentation and launch of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will be holding the very first convention on “Smart Destinations” this 15-17th February, 2017 in the Murcia region of Spain. The smart destination conference will bring together government representatives, private sector […]

THE Irish arm of the governing Ghanaian New Patriotic Party finally held their 2016 General Elections Victory Celebrations / Party over the weekend with the Centre Right Irish Government Party including two Ministers of State who came over to grace the occasion. The function was opened and chaired by Pastor Ricky Sarpong and his wife […]

A business mogul and Youth Activist of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Mr Wonder Madilo, has challenged President Akufo Addo to back his campaign to protect the public purse with action by cancelling the policy that allows government officials to purchase their official vehicles. Alarmed by ongoing accusations and counter accusations by government officials and […]