President Akufo Addo has appointed Senior Law Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Poku Adusei as Deputy Director General in charge of General Service at the Ghana Standard Authority (GSA). The appointment took effect from September 1st 2017. A letter signed by the Board Chairman of the GSA said “following the recommendations of the Governing ...

The rapidly shifting technology environment offers businesses very little wriggle room for error in the 21st century. The survival of a business anywhere in the world, is often down to minute strategic decisions about which technologies to adopt or neglect. Gaining unique insight into the changing preferences of customers, understanding purchasing decisions of various demographics, ...

Ghanaian beneficiaries of the 2017/2018 Chevening scholarship took the Citi Opportunity Project on Education (COPE) closer to its GHc250,000 with a GHc 1,700 donation. Citi FM is raising the amount for the foundation to support the tertiary education of 50 beneficiaries. The average amount spent on each beneficiary is roughly GH¢5,000, and this is to cover ...

A female patient with a serious brain injury was allegedly raped at a New York City hospital. A nurse was said to have walked in on Keith Nembhard, 37, while he was sexually assaulting the woman, according to New York Post sources. Officials at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital called security straight away and the suspect was held until ...

Some of the 200 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) from two communities in the Bunkpurugu District of the Northern Region, who were unable to sit for two papers in the last exams, have been placed in Senior High Schools. These candidates were unable to write the English and Religious and Moral Education papers during the 2017 ...

Vodafone Ghana in collaboration with CARE International, have launched Project Revive, a flagship financial inclusion project for women in the Ga West and East Municipalities. The project would see groups of women under the Village Savings and Loans Scheme and Rural Project Support Network, introduced to financial inclusion opportunities including the use of Vodafone cash. ...

With barely 24-hours left for him to provide evidence to back his wild corruption claims against some government officials, musician and sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as Kwame A-Plus, has said he never accused the two Deputy Chiefs of Staff of taking bribes, although he branded the appointees as ...

In this day and age of democratization in Africa, many Africans have joined the cue to exercise their democratic franchise to liberate the continent from corruption, tyranny, gross impunity, injustices, oppression, economic hardship, inequity and all forms of bad leadership. The quest for such an exercise in my opinion is nothing but to choose the ...

The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, has refuted assertions the clamp down by government and its agencies on Exton Cubic Group Limited are politically motivated. Speaking to the press on Monday, Prof. Frimpong Boateng stated that “every government wants to promote indigenous Ghanaian businesses.” The Minister was speaking after ...

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, is investigating two directors of the Department of Urban Roads for allegedly taking bribes. The two, Benjamin Bampoe, the Tema Metropolitan Director and Francis Torsu, who is the New Juaben Municipal Director of the Department, were captured on tape taking money from some investigative journalists ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has directed Exton Cubic Group Limited, to discontinue exploration for bauxite in the Tano Offin Forest reserve because their three mining leases are invalid. Addressing the media on Monday, the Minister said the company’s failure to provide key documents covering its acceptance of the lease, ...

The Vice Chancellor of Takoradi Technical University, Prof. John Frank Eshun, has advised newly-admitted students to avoid the use of illicit drugs as they begin their academic journey on the campus of the university. Speaking on the first day of orientation to welcome the new students to begin the 2017/2018 academic year, Prof. Eshun called ...

Prices of fuel are likely to remain stable in the first pricing window of September this year. This is according to the Institute of Energy Security (IES). The IES attributes this to the relative stable prices of finished products on the international market as well as the suspension of the recently implemented fuel standards. Principal ...

The US envoy to the UN has urged the Security Council to take the “strongest possible measures” against North Korea after its latest nuclear test. “The time has come to exhaust all diplomatic means before it is too late,” Nikki Haley told an emergency meeting of the council in New York. She also warned countries ...

Dating platform Tinder became the most lucrative app on the Apple store after launching a new paid feature that lets users see who has liked them first. It beat Netflix and Candy Crush to the top grossing spot in the US, according to analyst App Annie. Until now, both users and subscribers could only see ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been included in Manchester United’s squad for the Champions League group stage. The 35-year-old forward rejoined United in August having been released at the end of last season, but is still working his way back to fitness after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in April. His inclusion means that he would ...

A five-year-old boy was shocked to discover a python inside his toilet when he lifted up the lid. He was “frantic” when he found it in the bathroom at home in Southend, Essex, his mother Laura Cowell said. Specialists from pet shop Scales and Fangs came to the rescue, removing the harmless 3ft (91cm) baby ...

Bulk Oil Distributors (BDCs) have recorded about GH¢140 million losses on margins due to activities of fuel smugglers. The losses were recorded between May and July 2017 mainly because the oil wholesalers and retailers were forced to lower their margins due to the presence of smuggled products on the market which sell far lower than ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu has announced that Exton Cubic Group Limited has not met all the legal requirements to permit the company prospect for bauxite in Nyinahini in the Ashanti region, hence stopped from operating. Exton Cubic Group Limited, which is owned by Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President ...

Ghanaian gospel sensation, Rev. Denzel Agyeman-Prempeh and the HearbeatMusic Worldwide are set to hold the USA edition of the flagship “Touching God’s Heart” concert. The event, which is themed, “Testify, The Lord’s Goodness” is the maiden edition of Touching God’s Heart-USA and is set to bring people together in worship in the Virginia District of ...