The Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Ibrahim Saani Daara, has indicated the country cannot continue to accept the demands of the players of the Black Stars with regards to their bonuses. ”…some of these things are unsustainable for the country, if we should continue with the level of continuous increment it will ...

M-Net Africa Director for Special Projects, Biola Alabi, has given the assurance that the organisers of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) have not closed their doors to African indigenous language filmmakers whose movies are not presented in Swahili, Yoruba or Hausa. The Swahili language or Kiswahili, according to Wikipedia, is the mother tongue ...

Many women scoff at the idea of dating shorter men — and a poll claims it’s actually the vast majority of women. According to a survey by High And Mighty, 70 percent of women say a man under 6 feet wouldn’t stand a chance with them. Ouch! For starters, society has taught us that men ...

A Legal Practitioner, Mr.Egbert Faibille has reiterated calls to hold the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) responsible for the collapse of the uncompleted hotel building at Nii Boi Town. This he said was because; the AMA had failed to notify the owners of the property to follow the right procedure before putting up the structure. According ...

First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Dramani Mahama, has on behalf of her organization, the Lordina Foundation, presented an ambulance to the Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in Accra. Thursday’s presentation, according to Mrs. Mahama is in response to a request from the hospital and in line with her commitment to improved health service delivery in Ghana. ...

The Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) has served notice it will withdraw its services to National Health Insurance Card holders from the 21st of March. GHOSPA says the action has become necessary following what they describe as failure on the part of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission(FWSC) to pay their conversion differences after ...

The President of the Ghana Contractors Association, Mr. Rockson Dogbegah has advised government to set up a construction industry development board to ensure that building projects are properly monitored. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Dogbegah stated that the board will also ensure that contractors as well as people undertaking constructions are qualified to do so. ...

Sierra Leone’s ex-president and war-time leader Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has died at the age of 82 after a long illness. Mr Kabbah’s then-deputy, Solomon Berewa, and a relative confirmed his death, Sierra Leonean journalist Umaru Fofana told the BBC. Mr Kabbah was praised for his leadership during Sierra’s Leone’s decade-long civil war. The conflict officially ...

Mobile World Congress spans the full spectrum of untethered gadgetry, from the next generation of mobile phone networks to wireless charging technology. But it’s always the consumer technology that’s the star. We askedStuff Magazine Editor-in-Chief Will Findlater to analyze the top trends from the show. Trend 1: Getting the whole world connnected Mark Zuckerberg used his keynote address to ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he has called President Barack Obama to “express frustration” over US digital surveillance. The 29-year-old said in a blog post the US government “should be the champion for the internet, not a threat”. His comments come a day after a report the US National Security Agency (NSA) imitated a Facebook ...

President John Mahama begins a three-day working visit to the Western Region, Friday. The visit forms part of the President’s objective to spend more time in the regions and interact with fellow Ghanaians in all parts of the country. According to the presidency, Mr. Mahama will also use the opportunity to interact with the chiefs, ...

Express Capital, a wholly owned Ghanaian microfinance institution, has opened its new ultra modern corporate office in Accra. The company incorporated on 19th June 2012, is licensed by the Bank of Ghana to operate a Tier II microfinance business. With three branches in Accra, Tema and Kasoa, Express capital provide microfinance services to micro, small ...

The 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that the relationship between him and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, remains intact and stronger. He said no amount of rumour and unfounded allegations against the Asantehene could mar the long-standing bond between them. Nana Akufo-Addo made the declaration ...

Popular Jamaican dancehall and reggae star Vybz Kartel has been found guilty of murder in a high-profile trial. He and three co-defendants were convicted under tight security of killing an associate, Clive Lizard Williams, in a row over a missing gun. Parts of the capital Kingston were cordoned off in advance of the verdict and ...

Having an orgasm that lasts for three hours might sound like fun to many but for Liz, from Seattle, the experience was anything but. Instead, she says it was fun ‘for the first five minutes’ but soon descended into a nightmarish experience that left her needing hospital treatment. Worse, the marathon orgasm proved to be ...

Ghanaian lawmakers have slammed poor management of the processes that have led to what some have called the calamitous closure of the Adomi Bridge to allow for extensive repair works. According to the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), the two-year-long repair works will cost Ghana an estimated €13 million. In the aftermath of the closure of ...

A German court has sentenced Uli Hoeness, president of European football champions Bayern Munich, to three years and six months in jail for tax evasion. He admitted defrauding German tax authorities of millions of euros. The former World Cup-winning Germany striker, 62, had kept the funds in a secret Swiss bank account. His lawyer had ...

The Minority in Parliament says Ghana will lose $85 million dollars if a commercial agreement between the Government and Bouygues Bartiment International to expand the Ridge Hospital in Accra for $306 million goes ahead. Parliament in February approved the agreement, clearing the way for the design, construction, procurement and installation of equipment for the rehabilitation ...

Survivors say dozens of gunmen on motorbikes in northern Nigeria have killed more than 100 villagers in an ongoing conflict over land. They say scores of people are fleeing on foot from four attacked villages about 110 miles (180 kilometers) west of Katsina city. Residents reached by telephone said the attacks began late Tuesday and ...

The family of the Bimbilla Naa in the Northern Region is accusing the Regional Minister and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the chaos in the area. Fighting broke out last week between two feuding factions in the area over the burial of the late Nakpaa-Naa Salifu Dawuni. The factions are the Naa-Andani family and ...