I didn’t really follow the last two contests for the New Patriotic Party’s presidential ticket. In 2007, the candidates were just too many to track all messages. In 2010, it was obvious who was going to win so I didn’t bother. But I have always being interested in Alan Kyerematen who together with Nana Addo ...

Nigeria’s militant Islamists are in control of the key town of Damboa in north-eastern Nigeria, a local vigilante leader has told the BBC. The vigilante force defending the town fled on Sunday, and Islamist group Boko Haram’s black flag is now flying over Damboa, he said. At least 40 people were killed when Boko Haram ...

As the central bank pins its hopes on the cocoa syndicated loan and Eurobond issuance to break the fall of the local currency, David Brocke, Director, Risk Assurance, of PwC, believes inflows from the two loans, estimated at US$3billion, will do little to assuage the pressure on the cedi. The cedi has depreciated by 27 ...

Sacked Director of Human Resources (HR) at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Tahir Abdul-Islam Mahmoud, has petitioned the then Minister of Health against the decision of the hospital’s Board to remove him. In a long petition dated May 24, 2014 and sent to the then Minister of Health, Sherry Ayittey, Tahir Abdul-Islam Mahmoud claims he ...

An industrial relations expert, Kofi Davor says organized labour is agitating against the government because the leadership of the nation is acting as if  the nation is not facing challenges. He said the government is “doing things as if there is no problem at all…that is where I think the problem is.” There have been ...

Local investors have had to play second-fiddle to their foreign counterparts in the financing of huge infrastructure projects under government’s Public Private Partnership programme. This is attributable to the inability of local investors to mobilise the huge funds required for these big-ticket transactions. Rashid Pelpuo, Minister of State responsible for government’s PPP initiatives, said in ...

Sports Minister Mahama Ayariga has revealed that Ghana’s team for the Commonwealth Games will have to buy its equipment in Scotland ahead of the event which begins on the 23rd of July. He explained that the procedure to execute the purchase of equipment delayed and the Ministry has now been forced to make funds available ...