The ground floor of the Accra City Car Park at the central business district is currently on fire. Eyewitnesses say the fire started from a shop on the ground floor of the car park. The car park serves the workers in the area. It is believed the park is fully occupied to capacity at the ...

Global health experts at the World Health Organization are meeting to discuss new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak. The meeting – being held in Geneva, Switzerland – is expected to last two days and will decide whether to declare a global health emergency. That could involve imposing travel restrictions on affected areas. The outbreak ...

Taking aspirin every day can reduce the chance of developing or dying from bowel and stomach cancers, a review of all available evidence suggests. And scientists predict if everyone aged 50 and above in the UK took the drug for 10 years, some 122,000 deaths could be prevented over two decades. But they warn aspirin ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has suspended three more health facilities from providing service to NHIS subscribers. The facilities; North Western Eye Centre at Mataheko, Community Clinic also at Mataheko and Family Maternity Home at Dansoman, all in Accra, were suspended for offences ranging from illegally taking monies from subscribers for services already covered ...

One of Ghana’s political icons, the late Paul Victor Obeng, is set to be interred at his home town, Akrokerri in the Ashanti Region, on Saturday, August 16. PV, as he was affectionally called, died on May 18, 2014, in what was suspected to be an asthmatic or heart attack, at age 67. His sudden ...

Economic and Investment analyst, Kofi Arkaah is asking the Bank of Ghana to introduce a law to cap how much commercial banks can invest in government securities. This follows reports of a number of banks who are currently investing heavily in government treasury bills, notes and bonds because of the high returns offered. The Ghana ...

Deputy Minister in-charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that final year polytechnic students of  the 2013/14 academic year will undertake their national service in 2014. According to him, the students who have not completed their polytechnic education will be posted to regions where their schools are located so as to be able ...

A 100-day contingency plan has been put in place by the government to fight the outbreak of cholera in the country. The Chairman of the National WASH in Emergencies (WinE) Technical Working Group, Mr Kweku Quansah, who made this known in Accra yesterday, said GH¢213,000 had been set aside for activities to deal with the ...

Is it the love and acceptance or is it the possibility of having sex everyday? What do guys like most about being in a long-term relationship? 1. A sense of stability. Single life is confusing and horrifying and forces you to meet new people constantly. It’s exhausting. Dating someone long -term is warm and safe, ...

A 44-year-old electrician who is alleged to have repeatedly defiled his biological daughter for the past two years has been arrested by the police. The suspect, whose name was given as Solomon Addae Mensah, was arrested after the victim had confided in her class teacher about what she had been going through. The teacher, who ...

The Millennium Challenge Corporation signed the largest U.S. Government-funded transaction of President Obama’s Power Africa initiative—designed to double access to power on the African continent—with the Government of Ghana. The Ghana Power Compact invests up to $498.2 million to support the transformation of Ghana’s electricity sector and stimulate private investment. Secretary of State John Kerry ...

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) says its members are struggling to manage their businesses under the current economic conditions. The President of the AGI, James Asare Agyei on Eyewitness News said it is difficult to efficiently operate and make profit under the harsh socio-economic conditions. According to him, business owners and captains of industry ...

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, David Apinyah Ato Sam has called for the resignation of Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament of Cape Coast Barton Odro for criticizing the Supreme Court ruling on the Woyome case. Businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome was ordered by the Supreme Court on July ...

An IMF programme that supports fiscal consolidation and addresses macroeconomic imbalances in Ghana could stabilize the outlook on the country’s ‘B’/Negative sovereign rating, Fitch Ratings says. However, an IMF programme is not a foregone conclusion, nor is its effective implementation. A lasting reduction in exchange rate and funding pressures is unlikely until a programme is ...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has denied claims that the members of Ghana’s athletics team who participated in the Commonwealth Games have threatened to seek asylum in Scotland after the games. There were reports that Ghanaian athletes who participated in the just ended Commonwealth Games threatened to seek asylum in Scotland if officials failed to ...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Nigeria has positioned itself to advance trade ties with its neighbour, Ghana, to enhance cross-border relations and tap into the potential market of 350 million people in the West African region. ‘’Integration is in fact the main vehicle for boosting trade,’’ said Remi Bello, president, LCCI, during ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has defended the current voter’s register by describing it as credible and genuine. This declaration by the Electoral Commission comes days after the 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akuffo Addo called for an independent forensic audit of the register which in his opinion was ridden with anomalies. ...

Members of the communication team of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) across the country have been banned from openly campaigning for the party’s presidential candidates. Kwabena Agyapong, NPP General Secretary, stated emphatically that any NPP communication team member who would flout the directive would be dealt with according to the party’s laws. He admonished ...

The Ghana Police Service has announced that it is resuming the recruitment of  individuals into the service. A statement signed by the Director-General, Public Affairs of the service, DCOP Rev. David N. Ampah-Bennin said preference will be given to “the backlog of candidates standing by from the 2012 recruitment exercise that, it has resumed processing ...

Monday, August 4th was exactly 6 months since the Bank of Ghana introduced the new foreign exchange rules. Citi Business News analysis shows that the cedi has in the past one month seen some recovery and begun to appreciate against some major currencies. This is based on data provided by the Bank of Ghana. The cedi ...