Ghana midfielder Michael Essien has began negotiations with Indonesian Premier League side Persib Bandung ahead of a potential transfer. Essien has been sighted in Indonesia at the training grounds of several clubs but Persib are thought to be favourites for the former Chelsea cult hero's signature ahead of another team - Pusamania Borneo FC.

Some of President Akufo-Addo's deputy ministerial nominees were taken through an orientation at the Flagstaff House on Monday. They were reportedly taken through how to discharge their duties selflessly as public officers should they get Parliamentary approval after vetting.

An articulated truck on Monday afternoon run over a number of vehicles at Accra New Town after the brakes were said to have failed. The heavy truck was said to have descended the sloppy street and destroyed the vehicles parked by the roadside. No deaths or injuries were recorded but most of the vehicles were badly mangled The crash resulted in a vehicular traffic along the Accra-Newtown road. Below are images from the scene of the incident.

MTN Ghana plans to spend an amount of $143 million in capital expenditure in 2017 in a bid to boost a raft of network expansion programmes aimed at delivering communication speed and improved network access. This year, the communications giant will roll out 197 4G [Long Term Evolution - LTE] site across the country in addition to the existing 275 already spread nationwide. This will mean a total of 475 LTEs in all. Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Mr Ebenezer Twum Asante

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made new appointments at the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) by making Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi the Acting Comptroller General. Mr Laud Kwasi Ofori Affrifah has also been appointed as the Acting Deputy Comptroller General.

Consular officers at Ghana’s embassy in Beijing often have to use their pocket money to help out distressed Ghanaians because of the lack of funds to help such people, the Acting Head of Mission, Mr. McArios Akanbong has said.

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) is prepared to merge with other political forces to establish a strong and viable alternative political movement in Ghana to break the duo politics of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). ‘’It is only by bringing forces together that the dominance of the NPP and NDC duopoly can be broken,” the National Chairman of the PPP, Dr Nii Allotey Brew-Hammond, stated at a press conference in Accra Monday.

Kosmos Energy Ghana has expressed its commitment to play a part in ensuring that the associated gas from the oilfields yield the expected dividend of transforming the national economy.

The Minister of Information, Mr Mustapha Hamid has dismissed claims that there was confusion regarding the appointment of managers for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Media reports had suggested that Brigadier General Kwame Oppong-Kyekyeku (retd) and Eric Nana Agyeman-Prempeh, a former District Chief Executive for Ahafo Ano North in Ashanti have been appointed for the same positions at NADMO and as a result, there

MTN Ghana has stocked the blood banks of the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Referral Hospital and Central Regional Hospital as part of this year’s celebration of social festivals it created to support development.

Black Sticks striker, Johnny Botsio, inspired the national male hockey team to defeat Fiji 11-2 in the ongoing Hockey World League Round 2 match last Saturday.

The President of the Ghana Cycling Federation (GCF), Mohammed Sahnoon, has questioned the inclusion of former Olympians and affiliates to the delegates list without the knowledge of Congress and accused the leadership of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) of planning to rig the upcoming elections on March 15.

Former Black Stars captain and coach, James Kwasi Appiah, could be returning to the job he quit over two years ago if the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) has its way following strong indications that he is the favourite of the ministry among the list of applicants to replace Avram Grant. However, while there is no confirmation by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) about the list of applicants for the Stars vacant job, a credible source told the Graphic Sports at the weekend

Another incident of suicide was recorded Monday morning at Jericho in the Ashaiman Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The man, yet to be identified and believed to be in his thirties, was found hanging on a neem tree at a site near at the Ashaiman irrigation development area. He was in a pair of jeans trousers and had not shirt on.

The government has initiated measures to ensure that all national documents are translated into six local languages to enhance the country’s democracy. The six languages are Ewe, Ga, Twi, Nzema, Dagbani and Hausa.

A landslide at a huge landfill killed at least 50 people and injured dozens more outside the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Communications Minister Negeri Lencho said. Officials were still investigating how the landslide at the sprawling Koshe landfill occurred Saturday night, Lencho said.

More Syrian children were killed in 2016 than in any other year of the six-year conflict, making last year the worst on record for children in the war-torn nation, according to children's charity UNICEF. At least 652 children died in the last 12 months, a 20% increase on 2015, the organization said in a damning new report published Monday.

The  Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) Ghana, a women empowerment organisation, in collaboration with IBIS, an organisation committed to educational development, has organised a workshop to deliberate on the gender policies and laws being operated in the country, 60 years after independence. The workshop brought together stakeholders of gender, children and social protection to ensure the implementation of policies and programmes to promote gender equality through mainstreaming

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A former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, says Africa must fully exploit the potential of the agricultural sector for accelerated economic development and job creation.