The State on Tuesday, March  18, 2014 preferred three new charges against suspected armed robber Johnson Kombian. He was freshly charged for one count of conspiracy to commit crime and two counts of murder. The State prosecutor, Marina Appiah Opare read the facts of the case and disclosed that  Corporal Osei Bonsu, who was at ...

After blowing £3 million on his daughter’s wedding earlier this month, Zimbabwe’s firebrand president Robert Mugabe is set to ask his country’s hard-up treasury for a pay rise next month. The defiant leader, who has ruled Zimbabwe since leading the country to independence from Britain in 1980, is set to get an increase despite not ...

Newspaper vendors have appealed to the National Media Commission (NMC) to regulate extensive newspaper reviews on radio and television because such an exercise is impacting negatively on newspaper sales and making it difficult for smaller newspapers to grow. The vendors were of the view that newspaper sales could be improved if the electronic media could ...

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) of Ghana has called on the government to conduct a scientific assessment and evaluation of the public sector before considering any calls for a major retrenchment exercise in a desperate move to reduce the huge wage bill. According to the TUC, staff rationalisation is not as simple as it appears ...

Former Tottenham and Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has agreed a two-year deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg, according to the Russian club.  The 36-year-old, who was sacked as Spurs manager in December, will replace Luciano Spalletti. “Zenit has agreed terms on a contract with new head coach Andre Villas-Boas,” said a statement on the club’s ...

The Ghana Beach Soccer Association (GBSA) have renewed its partnership with headline sponsor CAL Bank for another season. Executives of the association last week held fruitful discussions with CAL Bank and agreed on a package valued at GH¢ 44,000. This amount will cover the entire sponsorship package for the 2014 championship season scheduled to kick ...

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) is threatening to embark on a nationwide demonstration on Monday if government fails to pay their feeding fees. According to the teacher trainees, government has failed to pay their feeding fees to their respective training colleges in the past semester. “As it stands now the first semester has ...

The Ministry of Finance has expressed disappointment at the Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA for failing to meet its 2013 revenue target. Out of a revenue target of GHC15, 609,052  the Ghana Revenue authority collected GHC 13, 161,019 giving a negative deviation of over GHC 2 million, that is 15 percent. In a speech read on ...

Key Manchester United boardroom figures have now turned against David Moyes, as the prospect of the manager getting sacked has been properly raised for the first time, club sources have told ESPN FC. The Glazer family owners are now more open to the idea of a change of manager, although they presently remain behind Moyes, but the ...

Parents whose wards attend the University Primary School (UPS) on the University of Ghana campus have temporarily been given access to drop their children without buying the GHC 400 UG sticker. This was after a meeting between the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) and the University Authorities on Monday. This comes a day after ...

The countdown to the most anticipated women’s career forum, Just Women, has began with Estelle Akofio-Sowah. Estelle is a very accomplished Ghanaian woman whose successes as a leader is admired by many business leaders. Estelle would speak on the topic winning the battle: Conquering your limitations at the #JustWomen Forum on Thursday 27th March at ...

The Regional Manager of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) in the Northern Region, Mr. Alex Ayatah has expressed concern about the high rate of motor accidents in the region and therefore called on stakeholders to help address the problem. He blamed the situation on several factors, including the indiscriminate citing of signboards for directions ...

A US judge ordered US rapper Chris Brown on Monday to remain behind bars for allegedly breaching his probation stemming from his notorious 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna. The 24-year-old, arrested Friday after being booted out of a rehab facility in Malibu, will have to stay in custody until a probation violation hearing on April ...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Alhassan has warned personnel in the Ghana Police Service that his leadership will boldly confront and eradicate the actions which have over the years brought the Service into disrepute. “The only way forward is to boldly confront and eliminate all image tarnishing vices and their associated perpetrators in ...

The four candidates contesting the national chairmanship of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have picked their positions on the ballot paper, with the incumbent, Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, taking the number one spot. The balloting was held in camera at the party’s headquarters in Accra yesterday. Mr Steven Ntim, a former national vice-chairman, who is making ...

  A former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobbey has accused the Energy Ministry of making excuses for the West African Gas Pipeline Company which has failed to fulfill its contract with Ghana.  “The Energy Ministry unfortunately…is making excuses for somebody who has been contracted to supply us gas, ...

WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has spoken out against “careless and inaccurate” reports about possible changes to the messaging app’s privacy policies. In a blog post, Mr Koum sought to reassure users that Facebook’s $19bn (£11bn) purchase of the firm would not change core principles. “Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA,” he wrote. The ...