Ofori-Atta usurped power to approve GHc10.4m adb loan – Minority
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has accused the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, of contravening best practice by approving a credit facility of GHc10,459,500 from the...
View ArticleStudents still stranded over difficulties in accessing placement portal
AS of press time yesterday reports that reached Today indicated that many prospective Senior High School students were still stranded and not able to access their chosen schools on the self placement...
View ArticlePPP Jabs NPP over its Independent Prosecutor
Progressive People’s Party PPP) has refuted claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso that the former’s policy position on setting up an Independent Prosecutor is the...
View ArticleLMCs Back NLA Boss for policy modernisation
NATIONAL Executives of the Association of Lotto Marketing Companies (LMCs) have thrown its weight behind the Director-General of National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Kofi Osei-Ameyaw, to fully pursue...
View ArticleCall your officers to order – Attoh Quarshie urges IGP
SENIOR citizen, Joshua Attoh Quarshie, has called on the Inspector General Police (IGP), Mr. David Asante-Apeatu, to advise police offers who help self-styled chiefs to engage in the selling and...
View ArticleChinese illegal miners arrested in E/R; Cash, guns seized
Nine Chinese and two Ghanaians have been arrested by a combined team of Forestry Commission staff and Operation Vanguard taskforce in the Kweikaru Forest Reserve in the New Abirim district of the...
View ArticleGood for democracy in Africa
LAST week Friday, September 1, 2017, something unprecedented happened on the African continent. Something that was extraordinary, but commonly seen in many advanced democracies in the world. THAT an...
View ArticleBusinesswoman Caged For Human Trafficking
A businesswoman has appeared before an Accra circuit court for allegedly trafficking four Nigerian ladies to Ghana to engage in prostitution. The victims are Okafour Amarachi, hairdresser; Mercy...
View ArticleKorle Bu Teaching Hospital restores MRI services
Patients can now access Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) following the repair of the MRI machine which broke down some weeks ago. Computerised...
View ArticleBlack Stars thrash Congo
Black Stars revived their chances of making it to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia by whipping the Red Devils of Congo 5-1 Congo in the their fourth qualifying match at the Stade Alphonse...
View Article2018 World Cup: Egypt leapfrog Uganda at top of Group E
Egypt gained revenge for Friday’s defeat in Kampala by beating Uganda 1-0 in Alexandria, on Tuesday,to leapfrog their opponents at the top of Group E. Mohamed Salah scored the winner after six...
View ArticleMinister briefs Journalists on final design of rail lines
Minister for Railway Development, Joe Ghartey, has revealed that engineers are preparing the final design for the rail lines from Kojokrom in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis to the Mpohor District in...
View ArticleRawlings saves lives of two ‘dying’ children
Former President, Flt lt Jerry John Rawlings and the chiefs and people of Vume in the Volta Region have celebrated the successful treatment of two young people from the community who have undergone...
View ArticleTinder tops Apple App Store with new feature
Dating platform Tinder became the most lucrative app on the Apple store after launching a new paid feature that lets users see who has liked them first. It beat Netflix and Candy Crush to the top...
View ArticleExton Cubic to sue govt over withdrawal of exploration permit
EXTON Cubic Group Limited has said it will turn to the court over government’s revocation of its exploration licence for bauxite in the Tano Offin Forest reserve at Nyinahini in the Atwima Mponua...
View ArticleTwo Grabbed for duping over 150 persons
Two persons are in the grips of the Kwesimintsim Police for duping over 150 persons of various sums of money running into millions of Ghana Cedis. The victims include prominent chiefs from the Western...
View ArticleIndian couple fly to Florida to beat daughter-in-law
An Indian couple flew 8,000 miles (13,000km) to help “discipline” their daughter-in-law, police in Florida say. Jasbir Kalsi, 67, and his wife Bhupinder, 62, are said to have travelled from the Punjab...
View ArticleTrapped Weymouth tower experience ‘horrendous’
A man who got trapped up a 53m-high (174ft) viewing tower for more than seven hours along with 13 other people has described his ordeal. Peter Hyre was one of the group, which included an 11-week-old...
View ArticleLondon’s Nova Victoria crowned UK’s ugliest building
A London office block described as a “bright red hideous mess” has been named the UK’s worst building. Nova Victoria, London won the 2017 Carbuncle Cup with one judge describing it as “cringe-worthy”....
View ArticleGhana ready to host 2017 WAFU Nations Cup
2017 WAFU Cup of Nations will be the fifth edition of the West African regional football tournament, set to be staged in Ghana from 9-24 September, 2017 featuring only locally-based players. This...
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