Black Stars and Red Star Belgrade forward, Richmond Boakye-Yiadom, has his eyes set on beating Uganda on Saturday in Kampala in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Ghana is currently third in Group E on 5 points with Uganda on 7 and Egypt on 9 and only a victory for the Black Stars coupled with a ...

Residents in parts of the Kumasi Metropolis are feeling the impact of the shut-down Barekese Treatment Plant for emergency maintenance by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL). Affected residents are now trekking several distances in search of water for domestic use. Residents in areas such as; Asawase, Sawaba, Aboabo, Asafo, Asokwa, Adum, Nhyiaeso, Ahodwo, Kwadaso, ...

Jupp Heynckes will be named as Bayern Munich’s interim coach, according to reports in Germany. The 72-year-old is set to return for a fourth spell in charge of the current German champions, having led them to a Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League treble in 2013. Bayern dismissed Carlo Ancelotti last week following their 3-0 defeat by ...

At least 173 factories are ready to be rolled out as part of the government’s flagship One-district One-factory initiative, Deputy Trade and Industry Minister, Robert Ahomka Lindsay has revealed. According to him, all the 173 projects will be carried out by private businesses with support from the government. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on ...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said Ghana’s digital addressing system which is expected to begin in two weeks time, will cost the country about $2.5 million. He noted that the system, which will be one of the most advanced in the world when rolled out, currently has 16.1 billion unique addresses. The addressing system, he said, ...

Some mobile money vendors have charged telecom giant, MTN, to work at reducing mobile money fraud on the company’s network. Some victims of mobile money fraud called into the station during and after Citi FM’s Business Today programme, which discussed the growing cases of mobile money fraud on Wednesday. According to statistics, at least fifty ...

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (Telecoms Chamber) has announced the appointment of Mr Kenneth Ashigbey as Chief Executive Officer. He assumes duty on November 1, 2017. Mr Ashigbey will join the Chamber from the Graphic Communications Group Limited, where he has been the Managing Director. He was previously the CEO at Optimum Media Prime (OMP) ...

The 97 radio stations caught in the National Communication Authority’s net for various infractions face being shut down following the Authority’s nationwide FM Spectrum Audit if they do not respond adequately to notices to cough up fines imposed on them. They have been given 30 days to respond to the notices. The stations fell foul ...

The Akufo-Addo administration is already  about 10 months old, and the NDC MP for Bolgatanga Central MP, Isaac Adongo, has reminded President Nana Akufo-Addo that people are still waiting for the fulfillment of the $1 million per constituency, one-district-one-factory, and the one-village-one-dam among other promises. “Please ensure that, these campaign promises upon which you were voted ...

Mobile money fraud has in recent times heightened with unsuspecting individuals been swindled by fraudsters. Statistics show that at least 50 percent of Mobile Money subscribers have either experienced one form of fraud or have been a target from Mobile Money fraudsters. Here are some few tips to help avert Mobile Money fraud. Never disclose ...

If you’re wondering whether your feelings of annoyance towards your partner are just a phase, or sign that you’ve just stopped GAF all together, it can be very confusing. Is it time to sack off the relationship because you’ve completely fallen out of love? Or is it salvageable and you’re just going through a bit ...

Claims that Stonebwoy may have created the ‘knife attack’ story about his wife for a publicity stunt, do not sit well with the dancehall artiste. Stonebwoy has described such comments as “a shame” and has chided the media for buying into it to sell their stories. This comes after he reported that his wife, Louisa ...

A giant python in Indonesia met an unfortunate end when it was eaten after it lost a battle with a local man. Security guard Robert Nababan encountered the snake on a palm oil plantation road in Sumatra’s Batang Gansal district on Saturday. Mr Nababan tried to catch the python, reports say, which was 7.8m (26ft) ...

Looooong L?g?, you be Ogboo.   Charle I land ooo, ma landi. From the land of the Nambia creator (AKA Donald Trump) all through to the ‘in-it’ of the queen, I b?ga come. Massa gyae, ayigbe slangs na ba rough!   Naabu C, I read your letter on my way out and it was clear ...

Google’s second-generation Pixel mobile phones are able to take “portrait mode” photos via both their front and rear single-lens cameras. Other handsets have been able to auto-blur image backgrounds for some time, but they typically rely on using two-lens cameras on the phones’ backs to create realistic effects. Google said its innovation meant it could ...

Health officials from around the world are meeting in France to commit to preventing 90% of cholera deaths by 2030. The disease, which is spread through contaminated water, kills about 100,000 people every year. It is the first time governments, the World Health Organization, aid agencies and donors have made such a pledge. It comes ...

Three US soldiers have been killed and two others wounded in an ambush in Niger near the border with Mali, reports say. Several Nigerien soldiers are also said to have died in the attack. US Africa Command said the patrol had come under “hostile fire” and was working to confirm the details. The US army has ...

The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who shot dead 58 people on Sunday has said she had no idea what her “kind, caring, quiet” partner was planning. Marilou Danley’s comments came hours before police suggested Stephen Paddock had been living “a secret life”. They said he may have been planning to escape instead of ...

The Director of Finance at the Ghana Maritime Authority, Kwame Ohemeng-Tinyase, has been invited by the police for questioning after fire razed the finance department of the Authority last week under questionable circumstances. The Assistant Director of Finance and the department’s secretary, along with some other officials of the Authority, are also being probed by ...