The ABN Group owners of the prestigious Forbes Africa and CNBC Africa platforms have  appointed Peace Hyde as its new Head of Digital Media and Strategic Partnerships. Hyde will still be maintaining her current role as the West Africa Correspondent for the leading business publication but will also head up the new digital platform, www.forbesafrica.com and drive […] The post Peace

Surgeons at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have suspended new emergency admissions. The decision which takes effect from September 12, 2017 was considered during an emergency meeting. A letter intercepted by Ultimate News issued by the residents and directorate of surgery on Tuesday indicates that the decision was borne out of lack of doctors at the […] The post KATH

Surgeons at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have suspended new emergency admissions. The decision takes effect from September 12, 2017. A letter intercepted by Ultimate News issued by the residents and directorate of surgery on Tuesday indicates that the decision was borne out of lack of doctors at the facility. The letter signed by […] The post KATH Surgeons suspend

The Ghana Childhood Cancer Network” (GCCN) is calling on Ghanaians to ensure that no child affected by cancer in Ghana suffers needlessly. GCCN is calling on policy makers to include childhood cancers on the NHIS. It further requested for the screening of eye cancer at child weighing clinics. ‘We stand the best chance of curing childhood cancers […] The post Let’s

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that revenues from the country’s natural resources will be used to fund the touted free Senior High School (SHS) policy. He stated that its pointless for the proceeds from the natural resources to land in wrong pockets when his government could use the proceeds to educate and empower […] The post We will use Oil

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has recalled that his free SHS idea was ridiculed by his political opponents. According to him, his opponents described as a vote-buying gimmick saying he was labelled as a liar for prophesising the idea during the 2012 and 2016 general elections. He stated that he didn’t give up on […] The post My free SHS idea was ridiculed -Nana Addo

Former President John Dramani Mahama is in Marrakech- Morocco, to address a Summit of Women in Agriculture. The Summit is being organized by Believe in Africa, in collaboration with OCP Group, United Nations Women, Africa 24 TV, Forbes Afrique and AllAfrica Magazines. Mr Mahama is the Special Guest of Honour for the Summit, which is […] The post Mahama visits Morocco for Women Summit

Over 400 students have been turned away at Mamfe Methodist Girls SHS in the Eastern region due to lack of capacity to accommodate them. According to authorities, the school can only accommodate 400 students but over 800 students have been placed in the school by the CSSPS. Some stranded parents have been sleeping in the […] The post Free SHS: Mamfe Girls’

The former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Amidu has admonished the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Tongu constituency Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to engage in reasoned and matured arguments in public discourse instead of insults. ‘Kindly, therefore, learn to engage in reasoned and matured arguments in your public discourse instead of insults. A word […] The post Learn

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on September 12, 2017 launched the touted free SHS policy at the West African Senior High School in Accra. He touched on the need for Ghanaians to support the policy which every Ghanaian SHS students is going to enjoy. The President indicated how he was labeled as a liar […] The post Free SHS Launch: Full text of Nana Addo’s statement

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised fresh students to study their books very well and avoid negative tendencies. Speaking during the launch of the free SHS policy on Tuesday September 12, 2017. According to him, the number of students who could not access SHSs has dropped to 36,000, not because of the cost of […] The post Free SHS: Study hard -Nana Addo to students

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated his government’s readiness to accept criticisms and inputs on the Free SHS policy. The policy was officially launched on Tuesday at the compound of the West Africa Secondary School in Accra. The President indicated that the policy is not about his party New Patriotic Party (NPP) but Ghanaians, calling […] The post Free

The captain of Ghana’s national team Black Stars Asamoah Gyan has stated that no one can retire him from the team except God. The skipper has scored 51 goals in 105 appearances, making him the top scorer among his peers. He stated that he will not kowtow to undue pressures from a section of Ghanaians to hang […] The post No one can retire me from Black Stars –

The Ashanti Regional Police Commander COP Ken Yeboah has instructed the small scale miners protesting against the Akufo-Addo’s government to go call off their planned demonstration. The miners are hitting at government for refusing to provide them alternative jobs to improve their living conditions after it placed a six-month ban on their operations. Speaking with […] The post Kumasi:

The official launch of the Akufo-Addo’s free SHS will take place on Tuesday September 12, 2017 at the West African Senior High School (WASS)- Adentan in the Greater Accra Region. The various Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the country reopened to begin the 2017/18 academic year on Monday. Preparations are underway at WASS which has […] The post Nana Addo launches free SHS

The Deputy Sports Minister Enam Pius Hadzedi has exclusively told Starr FM Sports that officials of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) will be probed over the 84, 000 Dollar budget for this year’s IAAF championships. The sports ministry through the national sports authority gave out 84,000 dollars to the Ghana Athletics Association to cater for […] The post Gov’t to probe GAA over $84k

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated his belief in the fact that the noblest chapters in the modern history of the Ghanaian people, so far, have been written by lawyers. According to President Akufo-Addo, the writing was begun by Ghana’s first lawyer, “the immortal John Mensah Sarbah”, who, together with […] The post Noblest

For anyone who is not a fashionista, New York Fashion Week can look very dull – but Rihanna is here to change that. The pop star took New York by storm, riding high on the back of a motorbike as she arrived on a stage purposely built with pinks mountains for models and bikers to […] The post Rihanna steals show at NY Fashion Week appeared first on Ultimate

These latest sanctions on North Korea are being described as “by far the strongest” ever imposed. “This will cut deep,” US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley declared. But then she said the last round, just last month, would be a “gut punch” that would put Kim Jong Un “on notice”. Instead, in the interim, […] The post Why UN sanctions

More than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh following a two-week surge in violence in majority Buddhist Myanmar, formerly Burma. Aid officials said refugee camps in the neighbouring country were reaching capacity, as fleeing Rohingyas claimed security forces and Buddhist mobs in Rakhine state had attacked them and set fire to their homes. The […] The post Rohingyas