Government’s policy of converting polytechnics into technical universities will take-off in September 2016, to help reposition them as strategic institutions for the training of highly-skilled human resource to drive the nation’s socio-economic development. Dr George Afeti, former Secretary General, Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa and former Rector, Ho Polytechnic, said government would soon place ...

An unidentified man was on Thursday found hanging in a church building at Bukankyi in the Ashanti Region, the police announced. The deceased, believed to be in his mid 30s, was found hanging in the Inspirational Assemblies of God Church.   It is believed that he hanged himself at the sacred place during the night where nobody ...

The Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) says it has received intelligence report that some Ivorian refugees living in refugee camps in the country are planning mayhem over irregular food rationing. The Programme Coordinator of the Board, Mr. Tettey Padi, therefore warned the disgruntled Ivorian to refrain from the act to avoid a brush with the law. ...

A worker sent a form for salary advance to his manager who refused to sign it based on the reason given. The manager said the situation the worker had stated as an emergency couldn’t be. The worker had written that he needed the money for a family emergency: his wife had given birth. “It is ...

Ghana’s poor showing at the 2014 World Cup tournament and the scandals generated has been described as a reflection of the current state of the nation, former Chief Operations Officer of UT Group, Captain Rtd. Budu Koomson has said. According to him, at the last World Cup, “Ghana was the darling of Africa, Ghana was the destination, ...

Germany are the 2014 FIFA World Cupâ„¢ champions, lifting the Trophy for the fourth time in their history, after overcoming Argentina 1-0 courtesy of an extra-time goal by Mario Gotze at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. The substitute settled a tie that was in the balance from the first minute until the last with ...

The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has asserted it is possible the about 200 Ghanaian football fans seeking asylum in Brazil were coached by government officials. “They may have sold the story to them that if you say economic hardship, people won’t believe it so just say some conflict somewhere,” he said. According ...

Pope Francis has been quoted as saying that reliable data indicates that “about 2%” of clergy in the Catholic Church are paedophiles. The Pope said that abuse of children was like “leprosy” infecting the Church, according to the Italian La Repubblica newspaper. He vowed to “confront it with the severity it demands”. But a Vatican ...

Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh was the “head tutor” of the SpriteBall Basketball clinic organised in Accra and Cape Coast on Friday and Saturday 12 and 13th July, 2014. The player was in Ghana as part of NBA Africa’s partnership with Rite Multimedia and the Ghana Basketball Association and held sessions with 16 teenagers from ...

Motorists and users petroleum products from tomorrow should be ready to cough up 23 percent more for fuel. This is because the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has in its latest price review increased prices for the various petroleum products. Petrol has gone up by about 23percent, from 2 cedis 73 pesewas to 3 cedis 36 pesewas. ...

This month, events in the football world have the whole world talking, cheering and jeering on the field of play. However, off field events have been particularly spectacular at least for some African countries, Cameroon and Nigeria. However, Ghana sealed it in its comedy of errors that was well orchestrated as was anticipated. We will ...

A Senior Member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Abdallah Ahmed-Abdallah, has described government’s intention to supply girls with sanitary pads as a hospitable idea that required a national policy guideline. He said though the matter has received several criticisms especially from opposition parties and other institutions, a guideline is needed to support ...

Dr Agyenim Boateng, Dean of Graduate School, Ghana Technology University (GTUC) says the nation could go for solar energy if it musters the political will and put in place right research investment and capacity building for local people. He observed that in the light of the country’s abundance sunshine, it has the potential to develop ...

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, (IET) Ghana has appealed to government to repeal PNDC Law 285 on Songhor Lagoon to allow and enable more investors into the salt production industry. Reverend Eric Ankrah, IET, Ghana President said repealing the law would create more jobs for the teaming youth of the country which will solve ...

The former Chief Operations Officer of UT Group, Captain Rtd. Budu Koomson says government is unsettled by the awareness of Ghanaians about the state of the nation and government’s inability to solve the socio-economic challenges facing them. “We have invited ourselves to the table. If we will not be invited, we have invited ourselves to the table,” ...

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has hit “unprecedented” proportions, according to relief workers on the ground, with the WHO reporting 844 cases including 518 deaths since the epidemic began in March. There is no cure or vaccine to treat Ebola, but the aid agency MSF has shown it doesn’t have to be a death ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a series of agreements on nuclear energy in Argentina. It came during his tour of Latin America aimed at increasing Russian influence in the region. The nuclear agreements will see the Russian atomic energy corporation Rosatom get involved in the construction of units in Argentina’s nuclear Atucha 3 power ...

Captain of the Ghana Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan has confirmed that he doesn’t have any official Facebook account. He tweeted asking his fans following him on Facebook to unfollow those accounts because they are FAKE! Some of them have been associated with fraud and has therefore warned the public to be careful  in their dealings ...

Operators in the Haulage and Transit Trade (OHTT) sector have made a plea to government to revert to the axle load limit agreed upon by the European Union (EU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for implementation by the member countries. Ghana, they noted, was the only country in the sub-region, which ...