The Ghanaian fans who sought asylum in Brazil after the World Cup have been granted a one-year stay by the Brazilian authorities. 200 Ghanaian supporters reportedly applied for asylum after Ghana’s first round exit from the World Cup, claiming they were fleeing “violent religious conflicts” in their country. The Ghanaian Embassy in Brazil has been ...

The seven aspirants seeking to lead the New Patriotic Party in the 2016 election will ballot for positions on the ballot paper on Tuesday at the party’s headquarters. The ballot will indicate where the candidates will appear on the ballot paper on August 31. The National Vetting Committee of the New Patriotic Party approved the ...

The Government has begun an exercise to collect all refuse at the 17 dump sites across the national capital, Accra. The exercise has become necessary as a result of the increasing number of cholera cases and deaths in the Accra metropolis. Accra has been innundated with refuse, with refuse-collection companies refusing to clear them due ...

All district and regional offices of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) have been equipped with modern tools to upgrade their data gathering, processing and storage systems. As part of the Commission’s paradigm shift, internet facilities have been set up in the offices enable staff overcome global challenges. It is for this reason, 300 ...

Just over two years ago, it was President Obama’s model African nation. Now Ghana is looking for a bailout. The small West African nation won many admirers for growing rapidly and reducing poverty. But the poster child for progress in Africa, hailed by Obama in March 2012 as a “wonderful success story,” is now struggling. ...

CEO of one of the leading Insurance firms in Ghana, Metropolitan Life Insurance Ghana, AJ Kruger, has expressed optimism about insurance penetration in Ghana, although it currently stands at 2 percent. According to him, the increase in the country’s GDP per capita and growth in retail banking penetration should see the insurance penetration rate increase. ...

Manchester United ended their US pre-season tour unbeaten with a 3-1 win over Premier League rivals Liverpool. A Steven Gerrard penalty gave Liverpool the lead, but Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard replied for United. More than 50,000 fans were at the Sun Life Stadium, home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, to see the ...

The Lagos state government has warned pastor TB Joshua of Synagogue Church of All Nations not to accept Ebola victims if they come to him for healing. According to The Nation officials of Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Federal Government, led by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, visited him ...

Manchester United ended their US pre-season tour unbeaten with a 3-1 win over Premier League rivals Liverpool. A Steven Gerrard penalty gave Liverpool the lead, but Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard replied for United. More than 50,000 fans were at the Sun Life Stadium, home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, to see the ...

Ghana’s Under 20 national female team will kick start their World Cup campaign today in Toronto when they face hosts and group A opponents, Canada at the Toronto national stadium at exactly midnight GMT. The Black Princess will be playing in their third consecutive World Cup appearance and will hoping to improve upon their previous ...

Two persons have been confirmed dead in a gory accident in the Tolon district of the Northern Region. About 90 casualties with children being the majority are on admission at the Teaching Hospital. District Chief Executive for Tolon, Seidu Abukari narrated that the accident happened at Lingbunga when a mummy truck on which the traders ...

  Ghana is in international competition. Yes, again. Would it be good news in the end or another shameful story about in-fighting as has been since in the last World Cup in Brazil or the just-ended Commonwealth Games? We’d soon know. The Women’s World Cup begins today in Canada play the opening game at midnight ...

Despite the unambiguous judgment delivered by the Supreme Court that the controversial financier of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, obtained the much publicized GH¢51 million from the state without any legal basis and that he does not deserve the money, the former Deputy Attorney General, Ebo Barton Odro still insists ...

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, August 4, at the commencement of the limited voter registration exercise, toured a few constituencies in the Greater Accra Region to monitor the exercise. The UCOMS registration centre, at the Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro constituency, was Akufo-Addo’s first point of call. There, he interacted with registration officials, polling agents of the ...

Industrial relations expert, Kofi Dovor has called on the leaders of various trade union groups in the country to caution government against accepting any condition for job cuts during negotiations for the bailout with the International monetary Fund. The Government of Ghana announced on Tuesday to open talks for a bailout from the International Monetary ...

Nigerian authorities said Monday that a doctor in Lagos has contracted Ebola, the second case in the sprawling megacity as the deadliest ever outbreak of the disease continues to spread fear and panic across west Africa. The confirmation that a fourth doctor had been infected comes as fear and anger about the dead being left ...

The World Bank has announced that it is allocating $200m (£120m) in emergency assistance for West African countries battling to contain the Ebola outbreak. The money will be distributed to the governments of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as well as to the World Health Organization (WHO). The number of people killed in the outbreak ...

Israel has announced the withdrawal of all of its troops to “defensive positions” outside the Gaza Strip. The move came moments before the latest truce – brokered by Egyptian mediators late on Monday – came into force at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT). Israel claims the main aim of the conflict – to destroy militants’ ...

The Minority in Parliament have questioned the delay in the commencement of work by the presidential commission set up to investigate Ghana’s poor showing at the World Cup in Brazil. Addressing a press conference on Monday, the Minority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu says the delay indicates government’s lack of commitment in probing the matter. ...