The Multimedia Media Group has apologised to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), over comments by host of the Newsfile programme, that two representatives the political party sent for Saturday’s programme did not meet the minimum required standards for the show. According to the media organization, which owns Joy FM and Joy News, the comments by host of the popularly news analysis programme, Mr Samson Lardy Anyenini, on the reasons for rejecting the representatives was not intended to

Some armed robbers attacked and robbed a University of Ghana, Legon lecturer, Dr. Benedicta Fosu-Mensah at gunpoint at her Ashongman residence on Sunday dawn. Numbering about four, the robbers made away with cash and other valuables.

Members of The Grace Community International Ministry have been awed by the images of angel-like wings, which were captured by a teenager on his mobile phone during a fervent worship session on Easter Sunday. What has been interpreted by all as an angelic visitation occurred during at an annual General Easter Convention, which is underway in Sunyani in the Brong-Ahafo Region.

Celebrated heart-surgeon and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has been recognised for his distinguished medical practice over the past two-and-a-half decades. He was presented with the ‘Legend of the Year’ award at the “2017 People’s Choice Practitioners Awards” held at the Golden Tulip Hotel, in Kumasi, and attended by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

Ghana will host over 30 countries for the 2017 World Taekwondo Open Championship fixed for August 2017. The West African country was given the nod by World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) to host the championship for the first time.

Officials of Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday (April 12) seized More than $43m (£34m) from a flat in the capital city Lagos.

A Nigerian man whose identity has been shielded by a local church in Makurdi, Benue State, has stunned church members with a tithe offering of $133,046 (42million Naira). Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi revealed that the money was paid into the UBA account of the Non go Kristu  U Sudan hen Tiv (NKST)

Juventus are confident Paulo Dybala will recover from a sprained ankle in time to face Barcelona on Wednesday at Camp Nou. The forward bagged a brace in the 3-0 first leg victory of their Champions League quarter-final.

The Labour Division of the High Court hearing the case involving the dismissal of some 205 National Service District Directors has adjourned the matter to May 10. When the case was called on Wednesday morning, the Counsel for the Plaintiff, Dr Aziz Bamba told the court that they had still not been served by the Attorney General as promised at the last sitting.

A 37-year-old security man accused of defiling a 13-year-old girl at Nungua has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with defilement. Richard Kweku Siayor has denied the offence.

A 71-year-old driver who allegedly poured acid on his son and an eight-year-old granddaughter has been remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court.  The two victims are said to have suffered severe burns with the son on his neck whilst the grand-daughter on the right eye and cheek.

Justice Jones Dotse, a Supreme Court Judge, has called on Notaries Public to understand their duties and regulations and perform them as requested in the Notary Act. “As sworn public officials you play an important role in the prevention of fraud and protection of the parties involve by acting as an official unbiased witnessed in respect of some documents,” he added.

A Cocoa agronomist from Malaysia, Mr Ayyamani Jagadish, has called on cocoa farmers in the country to avoid the excessive planting of other tuber crops on their farmlands.  He explained that the tuber crops on cocoa farms prevented the cocoa trees from absorbing the required nutrients needed for their potential growth.

The Member of Parliament for Bolga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has disagreed with assertions from the Ministry of Finance that its recent sale of some US$2.25 billion bonds was to help restructure the country’s debt. Rather than helping extend the tenor of the country’s bonds, Mr Adongo said the government needed the money to help fund its consumption budget, which has been burdened by lofty campaign promises.

Tigo Ghana’s flagship Corporate Social Responsibility programme, Shelter for Education, has partnered with Raising Readers Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), to encourage children to read. At an official ceremony in Accra to launch the initiative at the weekend, the Chief Executive Officer of tiGO, Madam Roshi Motman, was optimistic that together with Raising Readers Foundation, tiGO’s Shelter for Education team would be able

The government has to redirect its efforts to mobilise revenues within the domestic economy in order to wean itself from dependence on foreign financing of development projects, the Director at the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), Dr Edward K. Brown, has said. He said because external development assistance was drying up, especially to African countries, more resource allocation should be directed to the private sector to expand,

The Association of Alcohol Manufacturers and Importers (AAMI) has delcared its support for the National Alcohol Policy (NAP) launched recently by the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Baraka Policy Institute (BPI). It said the contents of the NAP were in line with its own commitment to the promotion of responsible drinking.