The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has submitted reports on the collapsed Melcom and Nii Boi Town buildings to the Ghana Police Service for investigations. This follows the partial collapse of another building at Bubuashie in Accra on Thursday, raising concerns about the AMA’s inablity to check the integrity of buildings in the capital. This is ...

Indigenous bank, HFC was the best performing stock on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) for the first half of this year. The Ghana Stock Exchange returned about 10 percent from the beginning of the year to midyear. This is not as impressive as last year, as the market returned about 50 percent for the same ...

Sports broadcaster and legal practitioner Moses Foh Amoaning has been named as part of a three member committee to investigate Ghana’s participation at the World Cup in Brazil. In a statement signed by the minister of Youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga, Foh Amoaning joins the committee chaired by Appeals Courts judge, Senyo Dzamafeh, and completed ...

German goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer, has indicated that the “Mannschaft” will have to improve on their performance from their previous four games at the tournament if they are to beat France in their quarter final encounter. According to him their current output as a team isn’t worthy of winning them the World Cup. “We are not ...

Algeria forward Islam Slimani has revealed that he and his team-mates are donating their money to people in Gaza. The north African side won the hearts and minds of many with their heroic effort in pushing Germany to extra-time in their round of 16 World Cup clash. And now their display of generosity to the ...

A seven-year-old Brazilian boy has been named after so many French football stars that he struggles to pronounce his own name. He is called Zinedine Yazid Zidane Thierry Henry Barthez Eric Felipe Silva Santos. The little Zidane, as he is simply known, can pronounce his first three names without a problem but stumbles after that. ...

The energy situation in the country is set to improve slightly following the completion of repair works on the Takoradi International Company (TICO) power plant. The plant was shut down for regular maintenance works which worsened the energy situation in the country. The 220 megawatts power plant was until recently producing only 110 megawatts; a ...

African champions Nigeria risk an international ban due to government interference after a court sacked the football federation’s executive committee. Nigerian Sports Minister Tammy Danagogo, on Thursday, appointed Lawrence Katiken as sole administrator of the NFF. The move comes in the wake of Nigeria’s Soccer World Cup campain which came to an end on Monday ...

Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) is calling on the media and stakeholders to help develop a gender equality policy guideline at various workplaces to act as watchdogs on any violations. The Programmes Officer of FOSDA, Theodora Anti appealed to the media to give prominence to such issues as a means of empowering ...

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has welcomed moves by Parliament to enact new laws to help fight corruption in the country. On Thursday, the House adopted a National Anti-Corruption Action Plan to guide national discourse on corruption. This was after the Member of Parliament (MP) for Offinso South; Ben Abdullah Bandah ...

Neymar has put himself at the risk of punishment by FIFA after wearing a pair of Beats by Dre headphones—a brand banned from the World Cup due to the governing body’s deal with Sony—during a press conference in Brazil. The Samba star, who is one goal behind upcoming opponent James Rodriguez in the battle for ...

Okyeame Kwame’s campaign against Hepatitis B is gradually reaching its pinnacle, a statement from his foundation reads. With five years of providing education campaign and free screening of Hepatitis B to the general Ghanaian populace, the Okyeame Kwame Foundation looks forward to activate the Hepatitis B project in a grand style this year. He hopes ...

Mfantsipim Boys Seconday School have been adjudged winners of the 2014 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz after beating Ghana Secondary Technical School and St. Francis Xavier Jr. Seminary in the final round of the competition. This will be the second time the School has won the competition after winning its first in ...

General Motors has halted production at its main South African plant because of the strike by the country’s National Union of Metalworkers. The US car giant has not been able to access component parts for its cars. GM told the BBC that its production line was down, but that it has enough cars to sell ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Horsi has assured Ghanaians the fuel situation will normalize by the end of July. The shortage which hit the country about a week ago came in the wake of threats by the Bulk Oil Distributors (BDCs) of an imminent fuel shortage in the ...

The Minister Energy and Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has directed the Tema Oil refinery (TOR), to revert to its core mandate of refining crude oil to meet current demands. TOR, a state owned oil refinery has over the years been saddled with debts, and operational inefficiencies leading to low production capacity. Speaking at the inauguration ...

The Brong Ahafo wing of the National Service Persons Association (NASPA) is putting in place procedures to expand the National Service Scheme (NSS) Maize Farm Project at Wenchi in the region. The association donated farm logistics and other materials worth over GHC 5, 000 to the farm project. NASPA is an association of fresh graduates ...

The members of the Progressive Road Contractors Association have abandoned all road construction projects across the country. This is to protest government’s failure to direct funds into the Ghana Road Fund over a long period of time. The delay in releasing the funds has further led to the deterioration of road networks nationwide. The Vice ...

Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) has donated GHC 20,000 and 50 cartons of ABL and Voltic Ghana products to the Ga Traditional Council to support the celebration of the 2014 Homowo Festival. According to the Managing Director of Accra Brewery Limited, Mr. Anthony Grendon, the gesture is one of many Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities undertaken ...

Football has traditionally been a male preserve — but no more, according to a U.S. academic who says social media is helping grow women’s interest in the sport. Facebook statistics show female interest in teams considered World Cup underdogs — such as Iran, Colombia, the U.S and Costa Rica — is well over 40% in ...