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 ...

A government delegation is expected to leave the country for China to continue with negotiations for the release of some funds under the 3 billion China Development Bank (CDB) loan facility. “I have a delegation leaving later tonight to China to discuss with CDB, the of the four subsidiary agreement that we currently have there,” ...

President John Mahama has described as temporary, the current energy crisis being experienced in the country. This follows plans by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to undertake a load shedding programme from next week. The load management was necessitated by the erratic supply of gas from Nigeria through the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) ...

Fernando Torres returns from a groin injury to start for Chelsea in their Premier League clash at Aston Villa. The striker had been set to start against Tottenham last weekend, but was replaced by Samuel Eto’o after picking up the injury in the pre-match warm-up. There is no place in the squad for Eto’o, while ...

A former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) is questioning why investors are allowed to go and see the President or a sector Minister when the GIPC is highly capable to handle all negotiations. There have been several occasions where investors who come into the country request to hold talks with ...

The Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA) is warning that more buildings could collapse if aspects of the National Building Regulation, L.I. 1630 are not addressed. The GIA disclosed that the legislative instrument that regulates the building industry has not been reviewed for more than a decade, thus, giving the contractors the freedom to build thousands ...

President John Mahama has appealed to Ghanaians to change their unbridled taste for foreign goods and switch to made-in-Ghana goods. The change, he said, will reduce importation of goods and services and create jobs for indigenous industries and people throughout the country. President Mahama made the appeal when he addressed students of the University of ...

President John Dramani Mahama has promised residents of the Western Region massive improvement in road networks in the region. This he said is to boost business activities in the region. He made the comment on his tour of the Western Region to inspect progress on the Abidjan-Lagos transport and trade facilitation project. Addressing the gathering, ...

Ten-man Manchester City recovered from Vincent Kompany’s early dismissal to edge out Hull City and move up to second in the Premier League table. Captain Kompany saw red for bundling over Nikica Jelavic as the Croatian ran towards goal inside 10 minutes. But David Silva’s superb strike settled the nerves and Pablo Zabaleta almost made ...

The Elections Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is urging party members and aspirants to disregard reports that the Tamale venue for its upcoming national delegates conference has been changed. There were reports that the venue has been changed following clashes in Tamale which claimed two lives. A release signed by the acting Director ...

At least seven people were killed and dozens injured in Nigeria’s capital after thousands of panicked job-seekers stampeded during a government recruitment drive in the national stadium on Saturday. Survivors told AFP that thousands had gathered to apply for jobs with the immigration department in the Abuja stadium. One witness said the stampede broke out ...

Government has indicated it is working round the clock to ensure the recent power crisis being experienced in the country is resolved within the shortest possible time. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Friday announced plans to issue a load shedding programme next week. This impending power rationing is said to have been caused ...

The Yendi Municipal Hospital has received 30 cases of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM). 23 cases were reported from Yendi, two from Mion District, one from Zabzugu District and two from Saboba District. Awuni Mbabila, Yendi Municipal Disease Control Officer, announced this when he briefed the Yendi Municipal Epidemic Management Committee meeting. Mr Mbabila said two were ...

The Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide, Mr Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, says he has a lot of experience when it comes to smoking marijuana popularly known as ‘wee’. Mr Baako said Saturday on News File, a news analysis programme on Accra-based Joy FM, that he started smoking marijuana in 1967 as 13-year-old, and smoked ...

The Mayor of Accra, Alfred Vanderpuije has revealed prosecution of persons arrested in connection with the Melcom disaster will commence soon. According to him, investigations into the disaster have long been completed. 14 people died and several others got injured when a six-storey building housing the Melcom shopping mall at Achimota collapsed in 2012. The ...

The University of Ghana, Legon, has blocked all access routes into the campus to the public with the exception of the entrance from the Okponglo intersection. The directive was announced about two weeks ago after the school was forced to suspend its tolling system on the orders of government following a huge public outcry and ...

The President, John Dramani Mahama has given the assurance that government will strengthen the mass cocoa spraying exercise to help increase crop yields. Government is also expected to work to eliminate the fraudulence that had over the years bedeviled the exercise in the cocoa farming areas. President Mahama said this when he addressed a durbar ...