The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) is raising concerns over some diaries being procured by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). According to the Federation, such expenses can only be described as “profligate expenditure” and far from SSNIT’s mandate. “Even though the new management has instituted a forensic audit into SSNIT operations, we ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the government will launch an Agricultural Marshall Plan in November to enhance food production. He said the plan will focus on the use of scientific skills and knowledge approaches, provision of fertilizers to farmers and requisite storage and irrigation facilities to ensure high productivity. The Vice President said the ...

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) plans to become a major player in autonomous driving, building on its recent $8 billion acquisition of audio and auto parts supplier Harman and its pole position in mobile communications markets. Samsung announced on Thursday at the Frankfurt Motor Show that it has set up a strategic business ...

Finnish mobile games and animation studio Rovio Entertainment Ltd on Friday set the initial price range for its planned IPO which would value the company at around 1 billion dollars. The preliminary price range of 10.25-11.50 euros per share would give Rovio a market value of between 802 million euros and 896 million euros ($955.34 ...

A lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, Professor Livingstone Kobina Sam-Amoah, has asked chiefs in the country to have development plans to elevate their communities out of poverty. According to him, chiefs must be initiators of development projects. Speaking at a public lecture at Assorku in the Shama District of the Western Region to ...

An explosion on a Tube train in south-west London is being treated as terrorism, Scotland Yard has said. Passengers were injured following the blast at 08:20 BST (07:20 GMT) at Parsons Green station. Pictures show a white bucket on fire inside a supermarket bag, but do not appear to show extensive damage to the inside ...

Thomas Tetteh, a 34-year-old electrician, on Thursday wept uncontrollably after an Accra Circuit Court sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling an 11-year-old girl at Teshie on different ocassions. Tetteh, who was charged with defilement pleaded guilty and the court presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye convicted him on ...

Second half goals from Stephen Sarfo and Kwame Kizito handed Ghana a 2-0 win over Guinea in their first Group A game of the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations at Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Thursday, September 14. Ghana started really positively and created chances almost at will in the opening half, but their finishing ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo will be the first person to register and be issued the rebranded National Identification Card. He will be at the National Identification Authority’s office this morning [Friday] to go through the process as the country kicks off the renewed National Identification System (NIS) promised by his government. The National ID scheme is ...

A Committee facilitating the reintegration of alleged witches and wizards camped at isolated places in the Northern Region, has revealed that reintegrating them is difficult. The committee was constituted and sponsored by Action Aid Ghana to oversee the reintegration of the alleged witches. But the Committee’s Chairman, Dr. Alhaji AlHussein Zakaria, at a news conference in ...

The CEO of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Ing. William Amuna has stepped down as the boss of the power generation company. It follows the expiration of his four year term as the head of the institution. Engineer William Amuna assumed the mandate in September 2013. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, Ing. William ...

Bla Ace oo, Long Lege, Naabu Commando, You dey? I am so elated and it is best summed up in this modified Baptist hymn Joy like a river Joy like a river Joy like a river in my soul I have joy like a river Joy like a river Joy like a river in my ...

Gospel minister Nii Okai, will be dedicating proceeds from his 6th album to the surgery of 40 hole-in-heart patients. The cause dubbed “40 hearts campaign” is put together by his Nii Okai Saving Hearts Foundation and it also marks his 40th birthday. Speaking at a press conference, Nii Okai revealed that the foundation is embarking on ...

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile across Japan, its second such move in weeks. South Korea’s military said the missile reached an estimated altitude of about 770km (478 miles) and travelled 3,700km before landing in the sea off Hokkaido. Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe said his country would “never tolerate” such “dangerous provocative action”. “If ...

Rights group Amnesty International has released satellite images which it says show an “orchestrated campaign” to burn Rohingya villages in western Myanmar. Amnesty said this was evidence security forces were trying to push the minority Muslim group out of the country. The army says it is fighting militants and denies targeting civilians. Some 389,000 Rohingya have ...

There are not enough NHS psychiatrists in some parts of the UK and more should be recruited to improve care, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists. In Scotland, there are 10 consultant psychiatrists per 100,000 people – but only eight for the same number in England and Northern Ireland, and just six in Wales. London’s ...

Three women who used to work at Google have filed a lawsuit against the technology giant, alleging it pays women less than men for comparable work. The suit says Google is aware of the situation, but has not moved to fix it. It comes as companies in Silicon Valley face growing scrutiny over gender relations. ...

Five Chinese who were granted bail by the Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region for engaging in illegal mining have been re-arrested for involvement in the same act. The five “galamseyers’’ were arrested by the National Anti-galamsey Task Force at Abodom in the Bekwai District and granted bail by the court on September 6, ...

The acting Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Professor Alex Dodoo, says he supports the production of marijuana for export, since the herbs are used for medical purposes abroad. Sharing his perspectives on the use of marijuana at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament at its sitting in Accra on Wednesday, Prof. ...