The Head of the Human Security Department of the National Security Secretariat, Brig. Gen. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd) has asked government to suspend the payment of salaries to the members of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG). Polytechnic teachers across the country have been on a strike for over hundred days demanding the payment of ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has chastised the Minority in Parliament for portraying the scheme in a bad light. “I don’t think it’s quite appropriate to paint such a dull picture of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS),” said the Communications Manager of the Authority, Selorm Adonoo. This reaction follows an accusation made by ...

A Presidential Staffer, Stan Dobge has engaged in a Social Media battle of insults with Kofi Bentil, Vice-President of IMANI Ghana. The two were engaged in a war of words after a post by Mr. Bentil describing the John Mahama led administration as ‘liars’ didn’t go down well with Stan Dogbe who replied Mr. Bentil ...

Actor John Dumelo says he has plans of settling down “hopefully next year”. According to AmeyawDebrah.com, the award-winning actor said on the Hanging Out with KOD show that, “I want to get married hopefully next year. The false stories are too much and I want to spare myself from heartbreaks.” Asked what he wanted in a woman, ...

The Minority caucus in Parliament has repeated charges of incompetence against President John Dramani Mahama and his government, claiming the National Health Insurance Scheme has virtually collapsed because of the regime’s ineptitude. The minority said this at a press conference addressed by William Kwasi Sabi the MP for Dormaa East on Wednesday. According to them, the ...

Ghana’s agric sector benefited the most under the Millennium Challenge Compact 1,this is according to President John Mahama. ‘The first compact, by all measures, brought a transformational change in the agricultural landscape of Ghana. It also represented a refreshingly new strategy for the transformation of agriculture in Ghana.’ Under the first compact thousands of farmers ...

A young man lies dead in the streets of Liberia, left to rot in view of passers-by and local children. He is just one of many Ebola victims to have been dragged out of their homes and dumped on the country’s roads by terrified relatives in a desperate bid to avoid being quarantined. The deadly ...

The Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) has called on the  Polytechnic Teachers’ Association of Ghana (POTAG) to call off their four-month old strike. According to GNUPS, their support of POTAG’s strike was based the belief that their demands were legitimate. Polytechnic teachers all around the country have been on strike for over 16 ...

A Saudi man who was being treated for Ebola-like symptoms has died at a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s health ministry says. If confirmed, this would be the first Ebola-related death outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed more than 900 people this year. The man recently visited Sierra Leone, one of four countries ...

The Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance (CGRG), the organizers of the #OccupyFlagstaffHouse Protest are threatening to embark on another #OccupyFlagstaffHouse protest if the government fails to address concerns listed in their petition. The group on July 1, embarked on a street protest against the harsh socio-economic conditions facing Ghanaians. They presented a petition to the ...

Neymar has returned to training with Barcelona following his back injury. The 22-year-old forward fractured a vertebra in a collision with Juan Zuniga during Brazil’s World Cup quarter-final against Colombia last month. Neymar, nominated for the Golden Ball despite missing their semi-final obliteration by Germany and the disappointing third-place play-off defeat by Netherlands, successfully passed ...

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has started a dialogue with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to access data from their over-200 satellites that hover around the earth to provide critical information for smallholder farmers in Africa. The ground-breaking process has already begun, with the first meeting taking place in ...

British Airways has temporarily suspended its flights to Sierra Leone and Liberia out of concern over the outbreak of the Ebola disease which has killed over 800 people. British Airways joins three other airlines, Arik Air, Emirates and Asky who have halted their operations to these Ebola-hit countries to avoid the spread of the disease ...

World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim indicated that African “demand for access to power” may lead the lender to support coal projects on the world’s poorest continent. “We are very sensitive to the idea that Africa deserves to have power,” Kim said, referring to the possibility of supporting coal projects. “There’s never been a country that has ...

The Eastern Regional Minister, Antwi Boasiako Sekyere has orderd the installation of simple hand washing facilities in all government and sensitive public places with immediate effect. The directive forms part of efforts to prevent the spread of deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) within the various Municipalities and Districts in the Region, should an outbreak occur. ...

A group calling itself “Coalition for the Protection of Ebo Barton Odro” is asking those calling on the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament to resign to back off. The group says the calls are misplaced and an attempt to make him unpopular. Pressure is mounting on the first Deputy Speaker; Ebo Barton Odro to resign ...

Security officers working along the Ghana-Togo border in Aflao in the Volta Region have accused some youth in the area of hijacking illegal entry points and extorting monies from people using those routes. The officers said the youth’s attitude was gravely affecting screening of travellers coming into the country for the Ebola disease along the ...

Former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings says Ghana going to the International Monetray Fund (IMF) for a bailout is a clear indication that the country is not doing well. ‘’No country goes to the IMF when you are doing well; when you are doing well you don’t go to the IMF, You ...

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is asking government to actively involve industry in its engagement with the international Monetary Fund (IMF). They argue this will ensure that any program entered into with IMF is  beneficial to the economy. Government has indicated it is heading to the IMF for a programme to get the economy ...

Suspended Black Stars midfielders, Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng, will be among the the headline-makers when the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Black Stars’ Brazil 2014 World Cup fiasco begins its sitting next Monday. The chairman of the Commission, Justice Senyo Dzamefe, hinted the Graphic Sports in an exclusive interview at the African Regent ...