A Political Science Lecturer of the University of Ghana, Dr. Evans Aggrey Darko has downplayed suggestions that the 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo is too old to contest the next elections. “The age  should not be a factor because what we are looking at is whether the person ...

President Robert Mugabe has moved to ease public anger in Zimbabwe by capping the pay of “fat cat” managers of state-owned companies. The 90-year-old had faced growing pressure to act after it was revealed that many executives were being paid up to $500,000 (£300,000) a month. His government is to cap the pay of the ...

Members of the Ghanaian Parliament have criticised the lack of security at the venues of the various league. They explained that players and officials should be protected as a way of ensuring the full participation of the necessary stakeholders in the local game. Their concerns follow the passing of Kwame Kyei Andoh, a 21 year-old ...

Citi Breakfast Show focused on Nana Akufo Addo’s intentions for the 2016 general elections. The show also hosted some ladies of Citi FM who shared their sentiments on Feminism.  

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is announcing that due to the overwhelming numbers of persons hoping to biometrically register with the health insurance scheme, it is increasing terminals for registration at selected centres. Some NHIA centres are also extending their working hours to make sure all clients are served. This, the Authority says is ...

The 2012 presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo says the current economic difficulties Ghana is experiencing calls for efficient and honest management of public resources and projects. Announcing his decision to contest to lead the NPP in the 2016 general elections, Nana Addo stated that the problems facing the economy ...

Samsung Electronics West Africa has launched its new ‘Gifts-4-All-Season’ Promotion, to reward their valued customers with fantastic prizes. The buy-and-win promotion which starts on March 24, 2014 will instantly reward consumers with fantastic prizes whenever they purchase any of the selected range of Samsung products. The Samsung Gifts-4-All-Season promotion is very simple to enter and ...

Fifa’s chief investigator is to interview the 12 remaining members of the world governing body’s executive committee who were involved in the decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar. Michael Garcia is examining claims of wrongdoing in the process. Fifa’s executive committee is in Zurich for a two-day meeting ...

Italian authorities say they have rescued more than 2,000 illegal migrants, many from North Africa, off Sicily’s coast in the past 48 hours. The announcement came a day after some 500 people forced their way into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla. In response, the Spanish government has doubled the number of security forces there. ...

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia says Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 general elections will give the NDC another opportunity to defeat the NPP. “I think that it is good news to NDC because we know how to beat him and ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reveled plans to reinforce its functions to promote financial inclusion in the country. According the bank’s first Deputy Governor Millison Narh the bank will ‘broaden its role as regulators in the promotion of financial inclusion as it aims to reinforce the bank’s functions in ensuring monetary stability and financial ...

Minister of transport Dzifa Attivor has assured domestic flyers that cancellation of flights to the Kumasi airport during the harmattan season will be a thing of the past. Its follows the commissioning of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the Kumasi airport. The multifaceted equipment provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a ...

Transport minister Dzifa Attivor has charged the newly sworn in board of Intercity STC Coaches Limited to acquire new buses for the company. Once a market leader in the transport industry STC is now reeling under huge debts and has only a few buses plying its major routes. The workers of the company recently embarked ...

A former minister for Local Government and Rural Development Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has been appointed the board chairman of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). Other members of the new board include the Director General of the authority Ray Anamoo and the Chief Executive of Ghana Shippers’ Authority Dr Kofi Mbiah. The rest are the President of ...

The 2012 presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party, (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo will contest to lead the party in the 2016 general elections. Nana Addo declared his intention to contest the party’s primaries for the presidential ticket on Thursday after months of reflection. This will be the third time he will be ...

Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, says he stands by his comments in which he described President John Dramani Mahama and his Ministers as a bunch of liars. Professor Adei is reported to have described the President and members of his government as liars when he ...

The countdown to the most anticipated women’s career forum, Just Women, is still on with Ruka Sanusi. Mrs. Hagan would speak on the topic The 360 woman: walking the tight rope of family and career at the #JustWomen Forum on Thursday 27th March at the National Theatre. Mrs. Ellen Hagan is a human resource practitioner ...

Tullow Ghana has signed a three-year partnership agreement with the Right to Dream Academy at an annual fee of $ 250,000 to harness talents in the country. The partnership will see Africa’s leading independent oil company invest in Africa’s leading football academy. Tullow also seeks to extend the deal to a period of five years ...

One of the best things that marriage allows a person to do is become completely comfortable with another person. For women, it just seems too easy to feel so comfortable with their husbands that they think they can say whatever they want to their man. What many women don’t understand is the things they say, ...

An Accra Fast Track High Court has dismissed an application for stay of exercise of summons for Isofoton S. A. to refund part of a judgment debt wrongly paid to it by the government. The dismissal of the application paves the way for the State to retrieve $325,472 from the Spanish company. Isofoton S. A. ...