President John Mahama has criticized Ghanaians and politicians who constantly associate pastors who pray for the presidency and the nation with certain political parties saying, it is partisanship which must stop. “If religious leaders pray for the leadership and on that basis they are tagged as being partisan, then we do have a problem,” he ...

The Attorney General’s Department on Monday, March 17 failed to file their responses to a submission of no case filed by businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome who is standing trial for the GHC 51 million paid to him as a judgement debt. Mr. Woyome in his application prayed the court to dismiss the case and by ...

Members of the various supporter groups who had hopes of government funding to enable them make the trip to Brazil for the World Cup will have to pay their way to the tournament. Supporter groups have been funded by government to the last two World Cups but it seems their run is at an end ...

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo has served notice that he will not tolerate any further demolition exercises in the capital without his approval. “Where demolition is justified, I will approve of it. Where it is not justified and it is not a priority, I will not let it happen,” he said. The ...

President John Mahama has dispatched Energy Minister, Kofi Armah Buah to Nigeria to meet  the management of the West African Gas Pipeline Company over the shortfall in the supply of gas from Nigeria. The recent erratic power supply in Ghana, according the power providers is as a result of reduction in the supply of gas ...

For the first time in history the global Christian and Islamic leadership are working actively together, coordinated by the Walk Free Foundation, to end modern slavery forever. The new Global Freedom Network is an operating, well-funded, well-planned initiative committed to ending modern slavery. Walk Free Foundation’s founder, Australian philanthropist and business leader Andrew Forrest, has been instrumental in ...

A land of wealth, spreading from Yendi to Hamele, a land with scattered settlement that aid the northeast winds to blow across every household bringing  joy to the people, whether they have breakfast or not, a culture which is unique in our homeland Ghana. But what could be the problem? Sometimes I think, and cry ...

Nigeria’s interior minister has rejected calls for him to step down after he blamed job-seekers for their deaths in Saturday’s stampede. At least seven people died after tens of thousands turned up to take a test for fewer than 5,000 positions. Abba Moro told the BBC that there had been “poor handling” of the event ...

Despite the seemingly public show of support for the ambition of two times unlucky presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, party insiders have dropped hints of deep divisions among party leaders across country over whether Nana Addo should be given a third chance to lead the party in Election ...

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says it will intensify its construction audits on all building in the Metropolis. According to the Mayor, Alfred Vanderpuijie, buildings suspected to have structural or documentation problems will be pulled down. This follows the collapse of a six-storey hotel building under construction at Nii Boi town in Accra which killed ...

Security expert, Dr Kwesi Aning says the rising spate of brutal killings in the country is set to continue, saying that the phenomenon reflects our changing society. He attributed the phenomenon to rising tension in society, impatience among people and their unwillingness to use established processes and procedures to resolve differences. Dr Aning, who is ...

The decision by the University of Ghana to block all access routes into the campus to the public is reportedly causing chaos and traffic as commuters are struggling to enter and exit the institution. The University on Saturday blocked all access routes into the school with the exception of the entrance from the Okponglo intersection. ...

An outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis (CSM) has been reported in four districts in the Northern Region, leaving one person dead. An 18-year-old student of Yendi Senior High School ,Agnes Nigari, has died of the disease. Thirty cases have been reported so far. Out of the number, 23 were reported from Yendi, two from the Mion ...

Fan Milk Ltd, the dairy producer owned by private-equity firm Abraaj Group and Danone SA, said it will cut investment in Ghana because of electricity outage plaguing storage and distribution. The nation’s largest dairy producer will spend about 15 million cedis ($5.8 million) this year, lower than planned, Managing Director Jesper Bjorn Jeppesen said in ...

The General overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Dr Mensah Otabil says prayers alone will not save Ghana’s economic crisis. In a sermon to his congregation on the “Power of vision” on Sunday, Dr. Otabil said only a clear cut plan can move a country from third world to a developed one. ...

The Constitution Review Implementation Committee (CRIC) has submitted a draft bill for the amendment of entrenched provisions in the 1992 Constitution to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, the Chairman of the CRIC, Professor E.V.O. Dankwa, has said. The submission of the draft bill paves the way for work to start on the processes towards ...

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, an economist of international repute and the vice presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party in the December, 2008 and 2012 elections has been appointed as Visiting Professor of Economic Governance at the Central University College. The Professorship in Economic Governance was established in 2013 by Central University College through the William ...

The Galaxy S5 is coming to Ghana and the general public will have the opportunity to preview Samsung’s new flagship device at two exclusive locations -the Accra Mall and Icon House in the same building as the new Stanbic Bank at Airport City from the 28th March, 2014. The Samsung Galaxy S5 which is the ...