The Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) has presented a cheque of GHS 300,000 to the Black Stars in support of its campaign in Brazil during the 2014 World Cup. According to the official of the bank, the amount was in fulfilment of a promise made to the team after it qualified for the World Cup and ...

The Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has begun removing the fake Zentel dewormers off the market. Zentel is an over-the-counter drug which is meant for the treatment of single or mixed intestinal parasites. Last week, the FDA warned the public to be on the look-out when purchasing this brand of dewormer. In an interview with ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu, Alex Afenyo Markin is accusing the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) of illegally transferring funds from the accounts of individuals and organizations under investigations. This was revealed at a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting. Speaking to Citi News, Mr. Markin served notice he will challenge the actions ...

The founder of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom is urging the President to put partisan politics aside and choose a strong path to development. This he said could be done if President John Mahama announces “a decision to recommend an amendment to the Constitution to allow the people to elect their ...

The Ghana Mineworkers Union has said between January 2013 and March 2014 it lost 3,080 members, or 16.1 percent of its membership, through retrenchment blamed on the slump in the price of gold. The union said it is worried that redundancy is always considered the major option to manage financial and operational crises within the ...

A National Week of fasting, prayer and thanksgiving, begins this year. It will be organised by the Christian community, in collaboration with the government. A meeting to discuss the maiden programme took place at the Banquet Hall of the Flagstaff House Monday when the President hosted the senior clergy to a breakfast meeting. The meeting ...

 A Circuit Court judge has waded into the debate on the legalisation of marijuana started by the Narcotics Control Board Executive Secretary, Mr Yaw Akrasi Sarpong, last week. Mr Francis Obiri, who presided over some drug-related cases Monday, suggested that instead of legalising the drug, which could make matters worse, the country would be better ...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes Blues legend Didier Drogba is still one of the best strikers in the world. The Galatasaray forward, who left Stamford Bridge in June 2012, returns to London for Tuesday’s second leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie. Mourinho said: “Is he (Drogba) the same player at 36 years ...

China has started searching its territory for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, state media report, as the international search continues. Efforts to find the aircraft are focussing on two vast air corridors north and south of the plane’s last known location. China said no evidence of terror links had been found in Chinese passengers. The ...

The Ghana Mineworkers Union has said between January 2013 and March 2014 it lost 3,080 members, or 16.1 percent of its membership, through retrenchment blamed on the slump in the price of gold. The union said it is worried that redundancy is always considered the major option to manage financial and operational crises within the ...

Six persons including Aisha Gangarey, a TV presenter, were nabbed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and US authorities for allegedly importing 3.7 kilograms of heroin into the United States of America (USA). The accused persons, who have been put before an Accra Circuit Court presided over by Francis Obiri, would be extradited to the ...