Citi Business News has learnt that the biggest vegetable cargo airline in Ghana, CargoLuxis is threatening to pull out of the country if the current hold on exportation of vegetables to the European Union continues. The threat follows significant decline in volumes of export following the suspension of vegetable exports by Ghanaian vegetable producers to ...

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has called off its five-week strike. This was announced after leadership of the Association met their members to convey the outcome of the association’s deliberations with government on Tuesday. UTAG withdrew their services to demand the payment of the research and book allowance. But a statement signed by ...

When it comes to trying new things in the bedroom, sometimes it’s best to take it out of the bedroom I came across this sexual bucket list the other day — 50 Things To Try Sexually Before You Die — and I must admit, I was intrigued. Mostly, because I’m no novice when it comes to trying new ...

The Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten has rubbished allegations that he wasted a whopping GHC40, 000 on a birthday party for staff of the Assembly. The Finder Newspaper on Monday reported that the MCE spent that amount for 180 staff members born in June, July and August instead of tackling cholera ...

Government has confirmed Dr. Prosper Akambong as the substantive Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH). As a major referral health facility serving the three regions of the north, the TTH has been without a substantive CEO for almost a year. This created room for several interest groups within and outside to mount ...

As its contribution to help curtail the spread of cholera in the country, the Tema office of Zoomlion Ghana Limited last saturday undertook a clean-up exercise along the 19-kilometre Accra-Tema Motorway. The exercise began at about 7am from the Tema Motorway roundabout through to Lapaz and ended at Mallam Junction in Accra. Sanitation officers from the ...

If you’re looking for a man who’s tall, dark, and handsome, you might want to shift your gaze down a foot. It turns out, short guys may make better partners—and if you marry one, your relationship is more likely to last, according to New York University research. For the study, two NYU sociologists examined data ...

Big Brother Africa, which was supposed to begin on Sunday (7th September) has been postponed indefinitely due to a fire incident at the BBA House in Jo’burg, South Africa. Below is a press release from M-Net: “M-Net and Endemol SA advise that due to a devastating fire at the Big Brother house on 2 September ...

Three mortuary technicians in Kenya have been charged with cutting sexual organs from a dead body. Stephen Ngei, Julius Wambua and Mary Nzilani are accused of unlawfully harming the deceased body of a woman at the Montenzuma Monalisa Funeral home in Machakos. Prosecutors supplied a court with photographs as evidence. The three have pleaded not ...

A five-member armed robbery gang has been busted by the Accra Regional Police Command following a series of attacks they launched on residents of five communities in Accra and its environs. The suspects, described by the police as hardened criminals, are said to have terrorised residents of East Legon, Adjirigano, Trasaaco, Ogbojo and Madina in Accra. ...

The Black Stars are currently in Kumasi and have begun training  for their AFCON 2015 qualifer against the Cranes of Uganda. The team got to Kumasi on Tuesday morning and went into their first training at the Baba Yara Stadium involving 21 players and the technical team. The team was joined by Harrison Afful but ...

The Cranes of Uganda are currently in Niger to hold their training camp and prepare for the AFCON 2015 Group E qualifier against the Black Stars on Saturday 6th September. The team landed in Niger earlier on Tuesday and will begin getting ready for the match in Ghana with a friendly tie against Niger later ...

The former Chief Operations Officer of the UT Group, Captain Budu Koomson (Rtd.) has urged government to tell Ghanaians the truth about the state of the country’s economy in a bid to help manage the expectations of the people. Politicians, analysts and economists have criticized government for not taking pragmatic steps to save the ailing economy ...

A woman crashed her car trying to send a text message while driving – and ended up with a pole through her buttocks. Christina Jahnz said she was late for a meeting after dropping her daughter off at school in Elizabeth, Colorado, when she attempted to send a voice text through her mobile phone. But ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has charged city authorities, to enforce their proposed ban on the sale of food on the streets. This follows the Service’s announcement yesterday in a bid to curb the spread of the cholera disease with has so far claimed 80 lives and affected over 10, 000 people. The Ghana Heath ...

The  Eastern Regional Minister, Antwi Boasiako Sekyere is responding to treatment after a car accident  on the Akuampem ridge road on Tuesday. The Minister was reportedly driving home after attending an official assignment in Accra. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Regional Administrating Council, Prosper Fetor Tsormana, the minister sustained minor injuries and ...

Looking out through the boardroom windows of the Namibian Anti-Corruption Commission’s gleaming head office, its director Paulus Noa admitted that legal loopholes are sometimes abused but told Al Jazeera that many graft cases filed were in fact bogus. High-level corruption cases have been reported by local media, he said, but a lack of evidence is ...

The Youth Enterprise Support (YES) Secretariat sys it hopes to receive between 5,000 to10, 000 applications from young entrepreneurs across the country. The YES Secretariat began receiving business plans, ideas and proposals from young and prospective entrepreneurs on Monday. According to the Secretariat, interested persons who meet the published eligibility criteria have from now till ...

The Most Rev Prof Emmanuel Kwaku Asante, outgoing Presiding Bishop of Methodist Church, Ghana, has said church choirs and gospel musicians should win souls for Christ with their songs instead of providing mere entertainment. “There is the need for you to realize that your primary duty in singing is not for entertainment so let what you sing ...

Striking university teachers are likely to call off their strike soon. This is after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with government following hours of discussions on Tuesday. The members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) declared a nationwide strike five weeks ago to demand the payment of their book and research allowance. ...