Ghana defender Samuel Inkoom provided an assist on his debut for DC United in their 2-1 away win over Waterhouse in the CONCACAF Champions League in the early hours of Wednesday.

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian oil workers said they had started a strike on Tuesday that may affect exports, although market sources doubted they would have an impact and similar strikes in recent years have not significantly hurt production or exports.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has mounted an intensive search for a Canadian resident in Dubai for allegedly duping a Ghanaian businessman of $4 million dollars on the pretext of supplying the businessman with gold. The suspect, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of M.A Resources Limited in Accra, Alistair Jude ...

In a bid to recover their debt, Bulk Oil Distributors are working on rolling-out a credit rating system that will determine the credit-worthiness of Oil Marketing Companies. Senyo Hossi, lobbyist for the fuel importers, said they are working toward the first week of next month to roll out the system, whereby the OMCs will be rated based on their credit history. “So we will put them in tier-one, tier-two, tier-three and tier-four. So if you are a tier-four customer, the industry knows you are

The chairman of Anlo Rural Bank, Larry Kwesi Jiagge, has announced that the bank has been adjudged the best performing rural and community bank for the third consecutive year in the country. The bank was also adjudged fourth out of 135 rural and community banks and first in the Volta Region by the Efficiency Monitoring Unit of the ARB Apex Bank Limited -- regulator of all rural banks in the country. Kwesi Jiagge, speaking at the 13th annual general meeting of the bank, attributed the feat to restructuring

ATLANTA/MONROVIA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday called West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak a looming threat to global security and announced a major expansion of the U.S. role in trying to halt its spread, including deployment of 3,000 troops to the region.

US actor, director and producer George Clooney is to receive an honorary award at next year’s Golden Globes. Organisers said the 53-year-old would be given its Cecil B DeMille award for “his outstanding contributions both in front of and behind the camera”. Clooney was being recognised “as much for his global humanitarian efforts as he ...

Panasonic has unveiled a hybrid smartphone-camera, at the Photokina trade show in Cologne. More camera than phone, the Android device has a Leica lens and a 1in, 20-megapixel sensor more often found in Panasonic’s dedicated cameras. The 2.5cm sensor will help the camera take snaps in low light conditions and shoot ultra-high definition video. Panasonic ...

Ex-Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has launched a scathing attack on self-acclaimed coach and football pundit Nana Agyemang for questioning his credentials as coach of the Black Stars – calling him a ‘FAKE’ coach and a ‘FOREIGNER’ who ought not to speak on issues concerning Ghana national teams.

A Nigerian IT worker is being sought by police for his alleged role in co-ordinating a £25m ($40m) cyber-theft at a bank in Abuja where he worked. Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou is being sought by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A wanted notice claims he helped conspirators dressed as maintenance staff get into the ...

Finalists of the 2014 Quarry Life Awards (QLA) competition have until Tuesday, September 30 to submit their final projects, the Communication Coordinator, Solomon Ayiah, has announced. This forms part of processes toward the assessment and identification of the top-three projects and finalists to represent the country on the international stage later this year. Mr. Ayiah announced this last week, as the national QLA coordinators and jury toured the five finalists’ various project sites. The team

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that its negotiations on a possible programme with government on how the Fund can help the country’s economic problems and accelerate Ghana’s journey to restored economic stability will come to a close next week Thursday. The IMF team, which began the bailout discussions with government yesterday, is being led by Joel Toujas-Bernate while Professor Kwesi Botchway, Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, is leading the government’s