The Department of Social Welfare (DSW) has, from 2007 to date, closed down 48 children’s homes and orphanages because they were unregistered. The objective of the exercise is to ensure that standards and safety measures for running such facilities are strictly adhered to. The National Coordinator of Orphanage and Vulnerable Children (OVC) at the DSW, ...

The management of Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) has visited the Senchi and Akrade ferry sites in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, to assess their operations since the commencement of the service. The GHA recently launched two ferries “Senchi” and “Akrade” to carry vehicles and passengers across the Volta River following the closure of ...

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Rt Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, has said the leadership of the nation has failed Ghanaians and that they should rather put their hope and trust in God. According to the moderator, “We are living in a corrupt society and that Ghanaians should not look up to ...

Lupita Nyong’o splashed onto the scene in her first feature film, 12 Years A Slave, that garnered her multiple awards, including an Oscar, and she hasn’t had to celebrate alone. The Kenyan-raised actress has reportedly been dating rapper K’Naan, real name Keinan Abdi Warsame since September. The couple have bonded over their shared African upbringing ...

Beautiful Canadian-born Ghanaian actress, Jackie Agyemang, popularly known as Jackie Appiah, is reportedly set to get married to her alleged Nigerian boyfriend and actor, Bobby Obodo. Speculations have it that the mother of one, who divorced her husband, Peter Agyemang some years ago, is believed to be discussing marriage with Bobby, her Nigerian lover and ...

The Rector of the Tamale Polytechnic, Dr Abdulai Salifu Asuro has appealed to government to hasten the process of transforming the country’s polytechnics into technical universities. He said this will ensure skills training at the polytechnics, which was the surest way of curbing youth unemployment in the country. Dr Asuro made the appeal at the ...

The Foods and Drugs Authority (FDA) is strongly advising all drug retailers in the country to purchase their stock of medicine from only licensed importers. This follows a detection of a fake brand of the Zentel dewormer on the market on Friday. Zentel is an over-the-counter drug which is meant for the treatment of single ...

Labour Unions in the transportation sector are soon expected to organize themselves into a one unified body. This latest development comes on the back of moves by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) to revamp its local chapter, the Ghana National Coordinating Council of the ITF. The unified body will be made up of Maritime ...

People are less likely to yawn when others do as they get older, a study has found. Contagious yawning is linked more closely to a person’s age than their ability to empathise, as previously thought, US-based scientists said. It also showed a stronger link to age than tiredness or energy levels. Researchers are now looking ...

Malaysian police have searched the homes of the pilots of the Malaysia Airlines plane that vanished eight days ago with 239 people on board. The police are also reportedly looking at the family life and psychological state of pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, and co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27. This comes after the authorities said ...

Former Mayor of Accra, Nat Nunoo Amarteifio has rejected suggestions that the current Mayor, Alfred Vanderpuye be dismissed following the collapse of some high rise buildings in the capital. He described the seeming failure of the AMA boss to develop and maintain law and order in the city coupled with the frequent calls for his dismissal ...