The Paramount Chief of the Nzema East Traditional Area, Awulai Amihere Kpanyile has said the lawsuit filed against the Atuabo Freeport project will hinder employment opportunities which will come with the project. Five New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) are praying the Sekondi High Court to remove the restriction imposed on the expansion ...

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffour has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) party of bribing members of the NPP to frustrate the leadership of the party with  lawsuits. “If you are a true member of the party, you will like anything that you don’t like in ...

Residents living in the communities of Weija, Oblogo and surrounding areas in the Ga South Municipality of Accra risk contracting diseases, including cholera, if the heaps of refuse in the communities are not cleared as soon as possible. Besides the loads of refuse which are an unsightly spectacle, the atmosphere in the communities is diffused ...

The Ghana Agricultural Workers Union, GAWU is demanding government announces its strategic policy to increase local tilapia production following a ban on its importation. The ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture today announced it will ban the importation of tilapia as part of efforts to create a market for the local fish industry. This will also cut ...

Business mogul and Co-founder of technology firm IrokoTV has advised aspiring entrepreneurs not to prepare a business plan before they start their business. This controversial assertion stands contrary to traditional thinking that a business plan is a springboard to translating an idea into reality. Jason Njoku, speaking to Citi Business News said business plans don’t ...

As concerns continue to mount about the ongoing cholera crisis, and with Ebola spreading in West Africa, fears are rising that managing these diseases will become more difficult because of the presence of fake and counterfeit medicines, which the WHO says make up 25% of all medicines in West Africa. An event in Accra to ...

North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un has always been a Red… And now the 31-year-old Manchester United fan is making sure the rest of his country can also watch their games. He has ordered state TV to broadcast the matches, which observers claim are being illegally streamed. Other changes to the normally staid TV schedules include the ...

The workers union of Golden Tulip hotel is accusing the director of finance and administration Ernest Asamoah and some other members of management of the hotel of embezzling 15 million dollars. According to the workers the money was to be used for the hotel’s renovation project however the hotel is still in a mess less ...

Malaysia Airlines has warned of further losses in the second half of the year because of the two tragedies to hit the airline in recent months. In a statement it said it had seen “a sharp decline” in weekly bookings. It comes as the airline reported a second quarter net loss of 307m Malaysian ringgit ($97.4m; £58.7m) ...

Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola death outside Lagos – a doctor in the oil hub of Port Harcourt. His wife has been put under quarantine, while a further 70 people in the city are under surveillance. Latest figures show more than 1,550 people have died of Ebola, with at least 3,000 confirmed cases – ...