The Ministry of Roads and Highways is exploring ways by which it can bridge the funding gap in road construction at its 2014 retreat, which is underway in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital. The move, according to the sector Minister, Alhaji Amin Amidu Sulemani, has become necessary in view of the prevailing economic situation. Currently, there is a freeze on the award of new projects as a result of the ministry's indebtedness to its contractors, both local and foreign. Speaking on the theme:

SEVASTOPOL: Several men in plain clothes entered a building at the Ukrainian naval headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Wednesday and were in talks with servicemen there, a Ukrainian naval spokesman said. The spokesman said there had ...

The AFRICA CEO FORUM 2014, one of the most important gathering of African business leaders taking place in Geneva from 17 to 19 March, has been officially opened. Organised by the Groupe Jeune Afrique in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB), the second AFRICA CEO FORUM welcomed "680 participants, speakers and journalists from more than 38 countries". This level of participation is already a measure of the success of this year's AFRICA CEO FORUM, whose mission is

Ghanaian youth midfielder Thomas Partey has insisted Real Mallorca will not be relegated to the Spanish third-tier division despite their stuttering season.

The Black Maidens booked their place in the last 16 of the Women’s Under 17 World Cup with a 1-0 win over Germany. A 43rd minute header from Gladys Amfobea was the difference between the two sides in a game that was played at a high pace in Liberia. The victory gave the Black Maidens ...

Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova beat former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4 6-2 at the Sony Open, earning a second-round meeting with world number one Serena Williams. The world number 59 broke the Italian to take the first set and broke again to move ahead 3-1 in the second before recording one final break to close ...

LeBron James chalked up 43 points to inspire the Miami Heat’s victory over his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Heat 100, Cavaliers 96 With his sidekick Dwyane Wade taking the night off, James scored 25 points in the first quarter. For the game, he converted 14-of-19 shots from the field, including six-of-eight from three-point range. ...

The police have arrested 14 suspected criminals in a special operation conducted in a number of suburbs in the Kumasi metropolis. The suspects include Emmanuel Osei, 23, who the police described as a notorious car snatcher, and his girlfriend, Adams Ikima, at Tafo Pankrono. Osei is reported to have snatched at least 10 cars so far, and had been on the police wanted list for sometime. He reportedly uses his girlfriend, Ikima, 19, as a decoy to outwit his victims. The other suspects include Maxwell

The news first broke more than a week ago when it was reported that the Knicks wanted Jackson to help bring the franchise back to its championship days and would pay him $12 million per year. Jackson said his contract is for five years. Jackson will be in charge of the Knicks’ basketball operations. General ...

Sony has unveiled a prototype for a virtual reality headset for its PlayStation 4 console at a developers conference in San Francisco. Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, said Sony had been working on the technology – called Project Morpheus – for three years. “We believe VR will shape the future of games,” said ...

Public Relations Officer of Hearts of Oak Muheed Saaed has confirmed the sacking of four back-room staff – assistant coach Ben Adjei, reserve team coach Jacob Nettey, goalkeepers trainer Dan Tettevi and welfare manager Nat Ofosu – from the club. It has been reported in the local media that head coach of the club Mohammed ...

The band are ''deeply sorry and disappointed'' to announce that they've put the first leg of their '14 ON FIRE' tour on hold following the death of Sir Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott. A statement released on their website read: ''The Rolling Stones are ...

USA's budget of $10.5m for their coach's bonuses at the World Cup is bigger than Ghana's entire World Cup budget, rubbishing claims by a section of the Ghanaian media that America has budgeted $2m for the tournament in Brazil in June.

A key police ballistics expert is giving testimony at the murder trial of South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria.

Ghana striker David Accam is optimistic about Helsingborg IF's chances of overcoming GAIS to reach teh semi-finals of the Swedish Cup.

So this is what Google's vision for a smartwatch is and we are loving what we are seeing. Android Wear brings all the refinement of the Google's card-based design language and the power of Google Now to your wrist in what looks like a fantastic product.

A programme to promote creativity among pupils in the primary and junior high schools has been initiated by Aquafresh Limited, producers of Kalyppo fruit juice and other beverages in the country. The programme, dubbed: “Kalyppo Make a Model Contest 2014”, seeks to shape the minds of pupils in first cycle schools by encouraging them to create imaginable figures with empty kalyppo packs. The programme According to the Country Head of Aquafresh Limited, Mr Sanjeet Kumar Pattnaik, the programme

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has extended its working hours to Saturdays. Until further notice, the NIA’s office will be opened from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. A statement issued by the Corporate Affairs Department of the NIA said the new schedule, which will begin from March 22, 2014, was to enable people to collect their national identification cards. It explained that the move was to give people who wished to collect their national ID cards but could not do so during the