Franklin Cudjoe, CEO of IMANI Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana has been dragged before the specialized Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) court for the non-payment of contributions of its workers. A source at SSNIT told Citi News that a writ of summons has been served on IMANI Ghana at its Legon offices. The details of the summons […]

Saadiya Saleh A 12-year-old girl has baffled doctors after crying stones instead of tears – with locals fearing she may be ‘possessed’. Saadiya Saleh, who lives in a village in Yemen, produces the small, hard stones beneath her eyelids. They are then naturally pushed to the front of her eyes, before falling down her cheeks. A […]

Kwaw Kese Kontihene might have bitten more than he can chew. He just made one statement against Kwaw Kese but it seems the man ‘insane’ can’t let those statement lay to rest without replying. After Kwaw said that a man was created to be fearful and that is why he looks as such, he has […]

Satya Nadella Technology giant Microsoft has announced that Satya Nadella will be its next chief executive. Indian-born Mr Nadella is currently Microsoft’s head of Cloud and Enterprise, which builds and runs the firm’s computing platforms and developer tools. He takes over from Steve Ballmer who announced plans to step down last year. Company founder Bill Gates […]

Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Minister of Education Members of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Branch of the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Associations of Ghana (FUSSAG) on Monday began a five-day strike to protest at the delay in the payment of their January salaries and the 2013 salary arrears owed them by the government. […]

Nana Ama with boyfriend Max Thursday January 30 2014 was exactly one year since actress Nana Ama McBrown was involved in an accident on the N1 High way with her boyfriend Maxwell Mensah which almost claimed her life. To mark the one year and thank God for her life, the actress donated several items to […]

Available statistics from managers of the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua indicate that the hospital in 2013 recorded a shocking 1,157 abortion cases. Out of the number, 574 were through a comprehensive abortion, with 373 and 210 being spontaneous and induced abortions respectively. Notwithstanding this, the Hospital Director (HD), Dr. Kwame Anim Boamah described 2013 […]

BLOODY! Those injured in yesterday’s clash with the police THE POLICE in Kumasi yesterday dispersed hundreds of protesters on the Kenyasi-Antoa road in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region after a deadly clash. At least 16 people, including four policemen, were injured when the police used rubber and live bullets, as well as tear […]

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Dr. Tony Aidoo The spiritual solution proffered for the free-falling Ghanaian Cedi by Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, presiding Bishop of the Christian Action Faith Ministries (CAFM), Action Chapel, has received a flurry of intense criticisms from a cross-section of Ghanaians, including former head of Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) […]

Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman, Minister of Education The sorry plight of the Kumbungu Senior High School up North as captured in a newspaper last week is neither a matter of derision nor snubbing. The predicament of the school, one shared by others, should prick the conscience of politicians holding influential positions. If the story […]

An Accra Circuit Court presided over by Francis Obiri yesterday jailed three armed robbers to a total of 85 years with hard labour. They are Robert Kofi Andoh, a taxi driver, who got 30 years, Harrison Brown Adarkwah, unemployed, who was given 25 years and Benjamin Aidoo aka Kwabena Ebo, a footballer, who received 30 […]

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is expected to hold a crunch National Council meeting today to deliberate on matters affecting the party in recent times. High on the agenda is a key decision about the venue for the party’s impending national conference to select national executives, slated for March 1, 2014. Currently, the party […]

Abubakari Iddrisu  Relations of incarcerated baker Abubakari Iddrisu are not perturbed by the death sentence slapped on him by a Tamale High Court. They noted that they disowned the 24-year-old soon after his unlawful act. The family members observed that they would not have welcomed him if the court had freed him. His conduct, the family […]

Joseph Cudjoe. INSET: Killed Samuel Asimeng Frimpong A second-year student of the Christian Institute of Professional Studies, Joseph Cudjoe, has been arrested by the Tafo police in connection with the murder of one Samuel Asimeng Frimpong. Joseph Cudjoe, 22, handed himself over to the police after he had committed the gruesome at about 11:15pm on […]

On 31st January it rained.  Very hard for two hours.  Accra flooded, Ashaiman changed its streets to mud lanes, ditches and potholes sucked huge gulps of aqua divine and the Trotros and taxis had a field day, breaking every road rule they have been stopped from executing with the recent police controls on streets and […]

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7 Can you imagine what a nation we would have if all leaders could be merciful? A leader is someone who knows the importance of showing mercy. Certain political leaders have been on the world scene spitting fire and brimstone. They passed judgements on others […]

Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman cutting the sod. INSET: Most Rev. Francis Anani Lodonu The Catholic Bishop of the Ho Diocese, Most Rev. Francis Anani Lodonu, says congestion in boarding houses in second cycle institutions in Ghana is a fundamental cause of the rising indiscipline among the youth and students. According to him, the large number […]

Hajia Amama Sayibu and Tina Mensah An aspiring National Women’s Organiser of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Madam Tina Mensah, has observed that the lack of unity within the front of women of the party was a contributory factor to its defeat in 2012. She noted that if women leaders coordinated efforts, “it will result […]

Saeed Hussein Yakubu (right), Secretary with the PRO The HEALTH ACCOUNTING Staff Association of Ghana (HASAG) has expressed its dissatisfaction with the manner in which the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) has been rolled out by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). In a three-page communiqué issued on Friday at the end of its […]