Alhaji Inusah Fuseni The Ministry of Roads and Highways last year generated an amount of GH₵49.06 million from 35 toll stations and a ferry station at Ada. The Ministry, as at the end of June 2014, had collected Gh₵27.8 million at 38 stations, including the Ada and Senchi Ferry stations. Alhaji Inusah Fuseni, Minister of […]

Former President Jerry Rawlings is seeking a perpetual injunction at the Fast Track High Court to restrain Professor Kwaku Danso-Boafo, Ghana’s ex-High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, from proceeding with the launch of a book the latter has written on Rawlings. According to Rawlings, the ex-diplomat has breached a contract between them to get his ...

Justice Yaw Apau Two staff of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), who were denied Cap 30 pension, have separately petitioned the Commission of Enquiry investigating the payment of judgement debts. The petitioners, Agnes Tawiah and Seth Adzah, want the Ministry of Health (MoH) to pay their pension under Chapter 30 of the 1950 British Colonial […]

Dr Kwabena Adjei (left) in a handshake with a member of the delegation Kasapreko Company Limited, the leading producer of local alcoholic drinks, has hinted that it will begin the production of non-alcoholic drinks in Ghana next year. Dr. Kwabena Adjei, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kasapreko, disclosed this when some chiefs of Anglo State in […]

Google has removed a total of 12 BBC News stories from some search results since controversial EU “right to be forgotten” laws came into force in May. The stories range from coverage of a court case on bomb-making in Northern Ireland 13 years ago to a dispute over a lost dog. Google notified the BBC ...

Benjamin Dagadu – Deputy Energy Minister Deputy Minister of Energy, Benjamin Dagadu, has disclosed that government would from next month cease its subsidy programme to ensure that consumers pay the full cost of the commodity as it pertains on the world market. He made this known recently to the media in Accra. Currently, there is […]

The US-Africa Summit reflected the progress we have made toward establishing Africa as an attractive destination for investment on the world stage and that was certainly encouraging. But it also illustrated how much remains to be done. The summit, convened by President Obama, was a major undertaking. It brought together the leaders of nearly African nation and the continent’s business leaders, and enabled them to engage in meaningful dialogue with U.S. policymakers and business leaders. What

Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew and has quarantined an area of the capital Monrovia in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said the curfew would be from 21:00 local time to 06:00 (21:00-06:00 GMT). She said all movement would be blocked in and out of the West Point ...

Henri Wientjes, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of African Tiger Holdings Limited, has stated that the best way to promote competitive agriculture in the country to reduce poverty is for the government to review the fertilizer subsidy programme to ensure farmers benefited directly. He said the current system where farmers benefit from the fertilizer subsidy […]

Sumani Abdulkarim, aka Lord Ziko, who defected from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Techiman South constituency to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has advised the supporters of Alan Kyeremanteng, who is vying for the flagbearership slot, to avoid insults because their actions could destroy the career of the aspirant. Lord Ziko disclosed this […]

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has met the executives of the Greater Accra Market Women’s Association at Flagstaff House to discuss a number issues affecting markets. The discussions between the market women and Vice President Amissah-Arthur centred on ways by which the women can complement the effort of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to enhance sanitation and improve the collection of rubbish at the various markets. Present at the meeting was Mr. Julius Debrah, Minister of Local Government

Media are cautiously optimistic over Beijing-Vatican ties after telegrams sent before and after Pope Francis's visit to South Korea. Enroute to Rome, the Pope sent a telegram to President Xi Jinping as a follow-up to a message he had sent when he flew over ...

Media are cautiously optimistic over Beijing-Vatican ties after telegrams sent before and after Pope Francis's visit to South Korea. Enroute to Rome, the Pope sent a telegram to President Xi Jinping as a follow-up to a message he had sent when he flew over ...

Kwamena Bartels A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwamena Bartels says Nana Akufo-Addo is the party’s sure bet for victory in the 2016 polls. Mr Bartels, a former Interior Minister under the previous Kufour administration said, “Nana is the most popular person within and outside the NPP, there is no one who is […]

The ECOM and Akuafo Adamfo Cocoa Sustainable Project has paid a total of GH¢979,008 to farmers in ten districts of the Central and Ashanti Regions as their first premium bonuses for the certified cocoa beans. The ECOM cocoa sustainable project has a membership of 8,335 certified cocoa farmers in Asante Bekwai, Nsokote, Obuasi, New Edubeasi, Assin Breku, Assin Fosu, Breman Asikuma, Twifo Praso and Atieku. They produced and sold 7,650 metric tonnes of exportable certified beans to ECOM through Akuafo

The Chief of Staff at the Presidency, Mr. Prosper Bani, has urged Vice-Chancellors, presidents, rectors and principals of all tertiary Institutions to join forces with government to ensure the Ebola outbreak that has affected four West African nations does not spread to Ghana. According to Mr. Bani, there is need for effective cooperation and coordination of strategy between the inter-ministerial committee constituted by government and the heads of all tertiary institutions in the country. He

Another patient is being tested in the United States for possible Ebola exposure -- this time, in California.

Tokyo (CNN) -- Residents combed through mud and debris looking for bodies of their loved ones after heavy rains triggered landslides that swallowed up homes in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Wednesday. The landslides killed at least 27 ...

Tokyo (CNN) -- Residents combed through mud and debris looking for bodies of their loved ones after heavy rains triggered landslides that swallowed up homes in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Wednesday. The landslides killed at least 27 ...

Surfline Communication Ghana has begun its commercial operations with a pledge to change the local Internet industry by providing what could be the fastest Internet and data communication services ever seen in the country. The launch of Surfline’s commercial operations in Accra on Tuesday makes the wholly-owned Ghanaian firm the first company to deploy fourth-generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) services, reported to be the biggest in Africa. Ghana thus becomes the 13th country in Africa that