One of the leading contenders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential slot, Nana Akufo Addo says the Electoral Commission (EC) should halt its intention to conduct the limited voter registration exercise in August 2014. Time table for the EC’s intended exercise was overturned by a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on a law suit filed ...
Checks at the Kotoka International Airport has revealed that there is no screening centre for Ebola at the airport, contrary to Thursday’s announcement by the Minister of Health. Dr. Agyeman-Mensah announced that screening centres have been established at all entry points into the country. According to Dr. Agyeman-Mensah the disease surveillance system in Ghana has been ...
Seychelles have cancelled Saturday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone because of fears over the Ebola virus. It means Seychelles have forfeited the match and consequently their place in the competition. Earlier on Thursday it was confirmed to BBC Sport that Sierra Leone were prevented from boarding a plane at Kenya’s Nairobi ...
The head of the World Health Organization and leaders of West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak are to announce a joint $100m (£59m; 75m euro) response plan. They will meet in Guinea on Friday to launch the initiative aimed at tackling a virus which has claimed 729 lives. Sierra Leone’s president has declared ...
Ghana’s Janet Amponsah was disqualified from the semi-finals of the women’s 200m heats after a false start. The announcement of her disqualification was made after she was allowed to complete the race in which she finished eighth. Bianca Williams of England 23.17 seconds won the heat and made the final of the event. Amponsah will ...
Airtel Ghana, CSR Company of the Year has donated food items, GHC1,000 cash and scholastic materials to the Village of Hope orphanage in Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region of Ghana. This crowns the end of a successful Customer Experience week which saw the Managing Director of Airtel and senior members of staff serving customers ...
Malaria has been named as the top most killer in Ghana. According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) based in Atlanta, USA 13 percent of deaths recorded in Ghana in 2010 were caused by malaria the highest among the ten other causes named. Statistics from CDC also show that HIV ...
New Hearts of Oak coach Herbert Mensah has revealed that the expectations surrounding his new job are so heaby that losses will not be permitted by the fans. Addo returns to the Phobians for a second spell in charge after leading the team to a league title in 2002 but he admits pressure from the ...
The long vacation is often viewed as not only a break from school but also a break from learning and a time for children to be carefree – when basically “kids can be kidsâ€Â. But did you know that this vacation is also a period where the rate of academic development declines amongst children, especially ...
The Controller & Accountant Generals Department (C & A G D) was established under the civil service Act, 1960, (C.A.5).The constitution and administration Act, 2003, Act 654 provides the legal framework that governs the operations and functions of the Controller & Accountant General. As Chief Accounting Officer of the government Ghana, the Controller & Accountant ...
One of the most senior members of the Turkish government sparked an outcry on Tuesday, after declaring that women should not laugh loudly in public. The deputy prime minister, Bülent Arinc, one of the co-founders of the ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development party (AKP), made the comment while lamenting the moral decline of modern society. ...
Some political parties in Ghana have welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision barring the Electoral Commission (EC) from using the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards in registering new voters in the upcoming voter registration exercise. The EC was scheduled to embark on the registration of persons who turned 18 years after the 2012 general elections ...
Ghana’s campaign in the table tennis events Ghana’s women doubles team lost to Jamaica in the first round of event by three matches to one at the Scotstoun Table Tennis Centre. Celia Baah-Danso and Cynthia Kwabi could not get past Shenique Clare and Yvonne Foster but the other female team of Mareen Adom Amankwa and ...
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has told Sky Sports News that Fernando Torres will not be sold during this transfer window. Torres became Chelsea’s record signing in 2011 when he joined from Liverpool for a fee of around £50million. Mourinho has three strikers at his disposal this season following the recent arrival of Diego Costa and ...
Frenchman Herve Renard has been appointed coach of Ivory Coast. Renard replaces Sabri Lamouchi, who left after the World Cup, and returns to international coaching after nine months with French club Sochaux. The 45-year-old had two spells as Zambia coach and led them to the Africa Cup of Nations title in 2012. His success on ...
The West Akim Municipal health directorate says it has put in place what it calls an effective plan to deal with any outbreak of Ebola in the area. Concerns have been raised over the country’s preparedness to contain an outbreak of the deadly disease which has so far resulted in over 600 deaths across Guinea, ...
The Ghana Music Right Organization (GHAMRO) has a new board. The board, chaired by Nana Aboagye Da Costa, has Okyeame Kwame and three other members. The Human Rights Court, presided over by Justice Essel Mensah, on July 11 ordered the then GHAMRO board to step aside. The court’s ruling followed an action by legendary musician ...
The frequency with which Ministers of Youth and Sports are being replaced has stirred newly-appointed Mahama Ayariga to seek divine intervention. A source at the ministry revealed that the minister, a few days after taking over from his predecessor Elvis Afriyie- Ankrah, took top-notch Islamic clerics to his office to fortify the place. The move, according to the source, was to seek divine help against evil machinations so that ...
Samsung Electronics West Africa has announced its Smart Trade Programme that will enable customers to trade in old smartphones for any new Samsung phone at a discount. From now to the August 30, 2014, smartphone users of Samsung and other brands can simply walk into any of the selected Samsung Experience Shop and trade-in their ...
The Director of the Kessben Group of Companies, Kwabena Kesse has been remanded in police custody by the Circuit Court One of the Cocoa Affairs Court in Accra. He was charged on two counts of money laundering and forgery of documents. According to the State Prosecutor, Superintendent Francis Baah, the accused used false documents to ship ...
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