I am on a morning run to Korle Bu hospital, my sixth run so far to give a basket of fruit to Arnold, a bosom buddy recuperating from minor surgery. I have come to understand why everything is so underserved in this hospital, stories of horror float in the car park making the trip to the ...
Three Nigerians, one of them a woman, have been arrested for allegedly possessing forged Ghanaian passports. Though the passports bear Ghanaian names; Emmanuel Kwafo, Richard Bioh and Cindy Ayim, officials of the Document Fraud Expertise Centre of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), found out that the names were not the actual identities of the suspects. ...
Citi Business News has learnt that all 28 universal banks in Ghana will for the first time, be available for selection in the 13th edition of the Ghana banking awards. Some banks in previous years were not involved in the annual event following complications with the criteria for selection. The awards scheme based on both ...
The 45th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of States and Government starts Thursday in Accra with the menace of Ebola virus expected to feature prominently on the agenda. Explaining the agenda for the session, Director of Communications at the Flagtsaff House, Ben Dotse Malor said all member states have confirmed ...
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has pleaded no contest to misdemeanour vandalism in connection with the egging of his neighbour’s home and has been sentenced to two years’ probation. California’s court also ordered him to pay $80,900 (£47,160) in damages, serve five days of community service and complete an anger management programme. Bieber, 20, was ...
Members of the Teachers Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana Medical School at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have threatened an indefinite strike. According to them, if the management of the college does not pay their market premium owed them since 2013; they will lay down their tools. ...
Google Glass has been hacked so that it can be controlled by brainwaves. By combining the smart glasses with an electroencephalography (EEG) headset, the software makes it possible to take a picture without moving a muscle. London-based start-up This Place said the tech could be utilised in high-pressure hands-free situations – such as during surgery. ...
Piracy off Somalia’s coast would fall sharply if the country’s economy was more developed, a study says. Local elites and communities in remote areas protect pirates because they lack an income, it adds. Foreign navies have a strong presence around Somalia in order to keep shipping lanes safe. This has led to a decline in ...
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