The Constitution Review Implementation Committee (CRIC) has suggested that a Referendum should be held alongside the district assembly elections. Such simultaneous exercise if adhered to by government will save cost and also facilitate the amendment of some portions of the 1992 constitution. Chairman of the Constitution Review Implementation Committee (CRIC), Professor E.V.O Dankwa made the ...

The heightened nationwide fuel shortage is affecting basic school pupils in the Tamale Metropolis. The vulnerable are pupils whose parents have contracted taxi cab drivers to be sending their children to school and picking them home daily. Equally, some parents who have their children schooling outskirts Tamale Township have been compelled to temporarily halt their ...

West African states lack the resources to battle the world’s worst outbreak of Ebola and deep cultural suspicions about the disease remain a big obstacle to halting its spread, ministers said on Wednesday. The outbreak has killed 467 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since February, making it the largest and deadliest ever, according ...

Women who have c-sections are 14% more likely to have a stillbirth in future than those giving birth naturally, say researchers. And c-sections raised the chance of an ectopic pregnancy by 9%, according to a study of more than 800,000 Danish first-time mothers. Prof Louise Kenny of University College Cork described the risks as “very ...

Facebook has acquired LiveRail – a tech start-up that helps companies place more relevant ads in the videos that appear on their websites and apps. LiveRail also provides a real-time bidding platform for marketers looking to place ads on online videos. The firms did not reveal the financial terms, but some reports indicate that Facebook ...

Some four million people in South Sudan are likely to face critical food shortages next month, British aid agencies have warned. But the Disasters Emergency Committee says the cost of mounting an appeal to pay for aid might outweigh donations. South Sudan’s president has already warned of “one of worst famines ever”. More than a ...

Stanbic Bank Ghana has launched a first of its-kind Diaspora Mortgage product which is specifically designed for Ghanaians living abroad. Home Loans Officer at Stanbic Bank, Ms Anna Owusu-Sekyere, said the Stanbic Diaspora Mortgage can be used for home completion, building of a new home, equity release and for buy-to-let purposes. The new product offers ...

The Minority in Parliament has filed a motion asking for a Parliamentary probe into the Black Stars’ disastrous outing in Brazil, which led to their early exit from the ongoing 2014 World Cup Tournament. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the Minority Spokesperson on Youth, Sports and Culture, Isaac Asiamah, claimed the Black Stars ...

Renowned sports analyst, Christopher Opoku, says the the coach of the Black Stars, Kwesi Appiah has lost the respect of most players in the team. The Black Stars crashed out of the 2014 World Cup in the first round after a problem-ridden campaign in Brazil after finishing bottom of their group with a single point ...