The market women taking turns to test for their diabetes status FOUR neighbourhoods in the Nima community have benefitted from a free diabetes and blood pressure screening exercise undertaken by the National Diabetes Association (NPA). Residents of Nima 441, Social Centre, Alaska and Apostolic benefitted from the national programme sponsored by Pals Pharmaceuticals to reduce […]

The Speaker of Parliament has directed the leadership of the House to liaise with the Ministers of Education and Roads and Highways to engage management of the University of Ghana on the matter involving restricted access routes to the university.

A 57-YEAR-OLD lecturer at the Department of Social Works of the University of Ghana, Dr Alice Boatemaa, has been installed as the queen mother of Akyem Bomaa in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area in the Eastern Region under the stool name, Nana Boatemaa Korama Dampong. The colourful traditional ceremony was held on Monday at the […]

Ghanaian High Commissioner Kingsley Karimu Ghanaian Prof Kofi Awoonor was one of the continent's leading poets and diplomats. In September, he came to Kenya to take part in the Storymoja Hay Festival, one of the leading literature events in the region. Unfortunately, he met his untimely death when he was having coffee at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi when terrorists attacked ghkilling dozens.

The countdown to the most anticipated women’s career forum, Just Women, is still on with Ruka Sanusi. Ruka would speak on the topic 10 Secrets of a successful entrepreneurial career at the #JustWomen Forum on Thursday 27th March at the National Theatre. Ruka Sanusi has had a diverse international career to date, starting out two ...

The three students with others displaying their certificate at the end of the programme Three students from the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) have successfully participated in a 10-day Advanced Certificate Course titled ‘Mini MBA’ in the United Kingdom (UK). The course which came off from January 17-26, 2014 was organised in collaboration with the […]

The Abokobi Mantse explaining  some points as an aide assists him with the microphone The Abokobi Mantse has proposed the setting up of a committee between the Christian and the Traditional Councils to critically examine the subject of the Christian and the traditional procedures for installing a chief in the country. The Abokobi Mantse stressed […]

The Vice-Chancellor of the University for Mines and Technology (UMAT), Tarkwa, Prof. Jerry Samuel Kuma has appealed to Sandvik Mining Ghana to avail to the university, its cutting technology and equipment to help train the country’s licensed small scale miners. He said the havoc wreaked on the environment through the crude mining methods of the ...

Dateline – Friday, 7th March 2014. Time check circa 7pm. I was seated in a big family gathering at JINJINI, near Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region trying to hammer out final departure rites for my elder brother, Isaac Amoah Bediako Poku.   My mobile phone rang: “Captain, this is Nii Joma. Will you be […]

Yesterday, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced Android Wear, a special extension of Android designed specifically for wearable devices. Wearable as in smartwatches, the newest must-have gadget hyped to warp-factor-nine, darling of the blogosphere.

Parliament of Ghana The Majority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, yesterday appealed to Parliament to intervene in the rumpus between the University of Ghana (UG) authorities and parents of pupils attending UG Basic Schools over lack of access to the university to send or pick their kids, after the authorities had decided to close all access […]

A High Court in Accra will on Wednesday hear a case in which an aspiring National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Nyamah, is suing the Finance Ministry for its indebtedness to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). Mr. Nyamah says since 2013, the Ministry has failed to pay monies into the ...

Former Ghana defender Joe Addo says the current Black Stars team is without intelligent fullbacks with just a few months to the start of the 2014 World Cup.

Simon Dornoo in a handshake with Afriyie-Ankrah after presenting the dummy cheque Ghana Commercial Bank Limited (GCB) has budgeted about GH¢1 million towards Ghana’s participation in the World Cup in Brazil in June. This comprises sponsorship of some 30 Ghanaians to Brazil, a donation to facilitate the creation of Ghana Black Star Village in Brazil […]

Crimea's self-defense forces storm the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, taking possession without resistance. 2. WHY BIDEN'S EASTERN EUROPE VISIT IS KEY. The vice president is poised to reassure Russia's neighbors ...

Reeva Steenkamp was standing in a toilet cubicle when she was hit in the right hip by the first of four bullets fired by Oscar Pistorius through a locked door, his murder trial heard. Police ballistic expert Captain Christiaan Mangena told Pretoria's High Court the ...

Ampofo-Ankrah with workers at the Arena das Dunas, venue for the Ghana vs USA World Cup match Fans Diaries, the popular Ghanaian semi-reality programme that follows the exploits of the national football team and their teeming supporters has joined forces with renowned Brazilian production company, HB Filmes. The partnership would involve production assistance, technical input […]

Michael Essien Ghana midfielder Michael Essien has praised AC Milan coach Clarence Seedorf, despite the Dutchman’s poor outing for the Rossoneri. The Ghanaian believes Seedorf will become a title winning coach soon as this is just the start of things. “I’ve always liked and admired him as a player,” said the 31-year-old to Forza Milan […]

Cairo - Two Egyptian army officers were killed on Wednesday in a shootout with Islamist militants, security sources said. The exchange of gunfire erupted after an army colonel and brigadier general took part in a raid on a militant safehouse where the men ...